Earls of Sutherland (c. 1230)
Although the original line of Earls are known by the surname "de Moravia", historian Sir Robert Gordon, who was a younger son of Alexander Gordon, 12th Earl of Sutherland, states in his book "A Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland" that the original line in fact used the surname "Sutherland".
- William de Moravia, 1st Earl of Sutherland (d. 1284) (The de Moravia line were the chiefs of Clan Sutherland and senior family blood line of the Clan Murray)
- William de Moravia, 2nd Earl of Sutherland (d. 1307)
- William de Moravia, 3rd Earl of Sutherland (d. 1330)
- Kenneth de Moravia, 4th Earl of Sutherland (d. 1333)
- William de Moravia, 5th Earl of Sutherland (d. 1370)
- Robert de Moravia, 6th Earl of Sutherland (d. 1427)
- John de Moravia, 7th Earl of Sutherland (d. 1460)
- John de Moravia, 8th Earl of Sutherland (d. 1508)
- John de Moravia, 9th Earl of Sutherland (d. 1514)
- Elizabeth de Moravia, 10th Countess of Sutherland (d. 1535) (Married to Adam Gordon, a younger son of the chief of Clan Gordon)
- Alexander Gordon, Master of Sutherland (d. 1530) (son of Adam Gordon & Elizabeth de Moravia)
- John Gordon, 11th Earl of Sutherland (c. 1526–1567)
- Alexander Gordon, 12th Earl of Sutherland (c. 1552–1594)
- John Gordon, 13th Earl of Sutherland (1576–1615)
- John Gordon, 14th Earl of Sutherland (1609–1679)
- George Gordon, 15th Earl of Sutherland (1633–1703)
- John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland (1661–1733)
- William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland (1708–1750) (changed his surname from Gordon to Sutherland)
- William Sutherland, 18th Earl of Sutherland (1735–1766)
- Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, 19th Countess of Sutherland (1765–1839)
- George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland, 20th Earl of Sutherland (1786–1861)
- George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland, 21st Earl of Sutherland (1828–1892)
- Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland, 22nd Earl of Sutherland (1851–1913)
- George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland, 23rd Earl of Sutherland (1888–1963)
- Elizabeth Millicent Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland (b. 1921)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Alastair Charles St Clair Sutherland, Lord Strathnaver (b. 1947). Lord Strathnaver's heir apparent is his son, Alexander Charles Robert Sutherland, Master of Strathnaver (b. 1981)
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