Alexander Sutherland, 3rd of Duffus
Alexander Sutherland, 3rd of Duffus (died around 1482) was a Scottish noble and a cadet of Clan Sutherland. He was the son of Henry Sutherland of Torboll and Margaret Mureff or Moray. His uncle was John Sutherland, 2nd of Duffus, and his grandfather Nicholas Sutherland, 1st of Duffus. He inherited Torboll from his father and Duffus from his uncle.
He married Murial, daughter of John Chisholm of Of that Ilk, before 19 March 1433–34. Through this marriage he gained the lands of Quarrelwood and Greschip near Elgin in Moray. The Chisholm boar’s head crest was added to his own coat of arms.
Before 13 March 1433–34 he granted twenty-one oxgangs in Strathbrock (Broxburn) in West Lothian to Robert Crichton of Sanquhar. He also held Ledbothy in Forfarshire from David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford, which he sold in 1455 to Richard Lovell of Balumby. In 1444 he visited his chief, John Sutherland, 7th Earl of Sutherland, who was being held hostage at Pontefract Castle in England, and obtained confirmation of Torboll lands in succession to his father and grandfather.
He is referred to as Sir Alexander Sutherland of Duffus in a Crown writ dated 21 July 1541. He was alive in 1469 and 1478. According to different sources, he died in 1482 or sometime before 1484. Alexander Sutherland and Murial Chisholm had children (their names are not recorded here).
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