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

Peerage

The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...

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Sutherland is the son of Cyril Reginald Egerton, the grandson of Francis Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere

Francis Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere

Francis Charles Granville Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere VD, DL, JP , styled Viscount Brackley between 1857 and 1862, was a British peer, soldier and author...

. His mother was Mary, daughter of Sir Ronald Campbell

Ronald Hugh Campbell

Sir Ronald Hugh Campbell, PC, GCMG was a British diplomat who held several important positions at the Foreign Office including, from July 1939 to 22 June 1940, when the armistice between Germany and France was signed at Compiègne, that of British ambassador to France...

. Sutherland was educated at Eton

Eton College

Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....

 and RAC Cirencester

Royal Agricultural College

The Royal Agricultural College is a higher education institution located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK. Established in 1845, it was the first agricultural college in the English speaking world...

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In 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

Orleans Collection

The Orleans Collection was a very important collection of over 500 paintings formed by the French prince of the blood Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans, mostly acquired between about 1700 and his death in 1723...

 put together by the first Duke's uncle, Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater

Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater

Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater , known as Lord Francis Egerton until 1748, was a British nobleman, the younger son of the 1st Duke...

, which had been inherited by the Ellesmere line of the family. In 2008 he sold Titian

Titian

Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio Tiziano Vecelli or Tiziano Vecellio (c. 1488/1490 – 27 August 1576 better known as Titian was an Italian painter, the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, near...

's Diana and Actaeon

Diana and Actaeon (Titian)

Diana and Actaeon is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Titian, finished in 1556–1559, and is considered amongst Titian's greatest works. It portrays the moment in which the goddess Diana meets Actaeon. In 2008–2009, the National Gallery, London and National Gallery of Scotland...

to the National Gallery of Scotland

National Gallery of Scotland

The National Gallery of Scotland, in Edinburgh, is the national art gallery of Scotland. An elaborate neoclassical edifice, it stands on The Mound, between the two sections of Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens...

 and National Gallery in London for £50m. He ranked 107th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2009

Sunday Times Rich List 2009

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, with an estimated wealth of £480m in art and land.

Sutherland married Victoria Mary, daughter of Major-General Edward Williams, on 11 May 1974. They have two sons:

• James Granville Egerton, Marquess of Stafford (born 12 August 1975), who is married to Barbara Schneider (of Austria). They have three daughters:
  • Lady Isabelle Victoria Egerton (born 10 December 2007)
  • Lady Louisa Egerton (born 7 January 2010)
  • Lady Violet Mary Egerton (born 11 November 2011)
• Lord Henry Alexander Egerton (born 28 February 1977), who is married to Harriet Carter. They have three daughters:
  • Beatrice Georgina Egerton (born 7 June 2005)
  • Fenella Sybilla Egerton (born 18 January 2008)
  • Rose Evelyn Egerton (born 20 March 2011)