Francis Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland

Francis Ronald Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland (born 18 February 1940), known as Francis Ronald Egerton until 2000, is a British peer from the Egerton family.

His Grace The Duke of Sutherland
Duke of Sutherland Earl of Ellesmere
Full name	Francis Ronald Egerton
Born	(1940-02-18) 18 February 1940 London, Middlesex
Net worth	£585 million (Sunday Times Rich List 2020)
Spouse(s)	Victoria Mary Williams
Issue	James Egerton, Marquess of Stafford Lord Henry Egerton
Parents	Cyril Reginald Egerton Mary Campbell

Family

Sutherland is the son of Cyril Reginald Egerton, the grandson of Francis Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere. His mother was Mary, daughter of Sir Ronald Campbell. Sutherland was educated at Eton and Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester (Gloucestershire).

Career

On 21 July 2000, Sutherland succeeded his first cousin once-removed as 7th Duke of Sutherland and 6th Earl of Ellesmere. Most of Sutherland's wealth is in the form of the art collection put together by the first Duke's uncle, Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, which had been inherited by the Ellesmere line of the family. In 2008 he sold Titian's Diana and Actaeon to the National Gallery of Scotland and National Gallery in London for £50 million.

He ranked 107th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2009, with an estimated wealth of £480m in art and land, including Mertoun House and Stetchworth House. In the 2020 edition of the list, his net worth was estimated to be £585 million.

Marriage and issue

Sutherland married Victoria Mary Williams, born in Newbury on 21 June 1946, daughter of Major-General Alexander Williams and wife Sybilla Margaret Archdale, in Winterborne Monkton, Dorset, on 11 May 1974. They have two sons:

• James Granville Egerton, Marquess of Stafford
• Lord Henry Alexander Egerton

Arms

Coat of arms of Francis Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland

Coronet The coronet of a Duke Crest On a Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a Lion rampant of the first supporting an Arrow Or feathered and headed Argent Escutcheon Argent a Lion rampant Gules between three Pheons Sable Supporters Dexter: a Horse Argent ducally gorged Or Sinister: a Griffin Or ducally gorged Azure Motto Sic Donec (Latin for "Thus until")

References

• "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage"
• "Who's Who in Austria 1961"
• "Fluchtpunkt England", Reinhard Müller, 1996
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/u/Harry-M-Stuart/PDFGENEO5.pdf

External links

• Francis Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland