Alexander Sutherland, 8th of Duffus

Laird of Duffus

He was a member of the Parliament which ratified the first Confession of Faith in August 1560. The lands of Skelbo, Invershin, Proncy, Torboll and all of the other lands that belonged to Sutherland of Duffus in Sutherland, were erected into a barony by the Earl of Sutherland on 7 November 1562, that was called the barony of Skelbo, to be held by Sutherland of Duffus and his heirs. In June 1563, as the Earl of Sutherland had been forfeited, Alexander Sutherland of Duffus received a grant directly from the Crown for the lands of Skelbo, for which he paid 1000 merks. but it is not known if he survived his father. James Sutherland of Kinstearie, who married Violet Fraser, the daughter of Thomas Fraser of Strichen, leaving descendants. Elizabeth Sutherland, who married Archibald Douglas of Pittendriech, natural son of the Regent Morton.