Duncan Forbes Sutherland

Resident in St Vincent at the time of compensation, but married in London in 1836 and died there in 1846.

1. Duncan Forbes Sutherland, son of George Sackville Sutherland and his wife Jean Mackay, was born at Uppat and baptised 17/11/1801. Marriage of Duncan Forbes Sutherland and Lucy Campbell Hackshaw (the daughter of Harry Hackshaw (q.v.)) 08/10/1836 at St Mary Bryanston Square. Death of Duncan Forbes Sutherland registered Q1 1846 Kensington. Burial of Duncan Forbes Sutherland of 6 High Street Notting Hill Kensington at All Souls Kensal Green 01/02/1846 aged 47. Genealogical sources give his date of birth as 1801. No will has yet been found for him.

2. Duncan Forbes Sutherland's widow Lucy Campbell nee Hackshaw (c. 1817-1907) married as her second husband [Sir] John Hall, the Deputy Inspector-General of Army Hospitals, in Cape Town 31/10/1848. At that time, Duncan Forbes Sutherland was described as of Sion Lodge and of the Rivulet, St Vincent.

3. Duncan F. Sutherland of St Vincent was listed as a subscriber to Charles Shephard's An Historical Account of the Island of Saint Vincent, published in 1832.

1. GROS OPR Births 69 10 166 Kilmuir Easter. Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database online]; Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online]; Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Free BMD Death Index: 1837-1915 [database online].

2. South African Commercial Observer 01/11/1848, transcribed at http://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/south-african-commercial-advertiser/192-saca-1848-oct-dec [accessed 29/09/2014].

3. Charles Shephard, An Historical Account of the Island of Saint Vincent (1832) pp. vii-xii.

We are grateful to Paul Kay Foster Mackenzie for his assistance with compiling this entry.