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Authorised form of nameMatheson; Sir; Nicholas James Sutherland (1796 - 1878)
Dates1796 - 1878
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLairg, Sutherlandshire, Scotland
Date of birth1796
Place of deathMentone, France
Date of death31 December 1878
ActivityCareer:
MP for Ashburton (1843-1847); acquired the estate of Achany, Sutherland; bought the Island of Lewis, Hebrides, from the Seaforth family
Honours:
Bt 1850
Memberships:
FRGS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election19/02/1846
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (MP)
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1879 vol 29 pp xxi-xxii
CodeNA1655
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1846/09Matheson, Sir Nicholas James Sutherland: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/Maull/003016Matheson, Sir Nicholas James Sutherlandnd
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