Arthur Sutherland
Sir Arthur Sutherland Lord Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne | |
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| In office 1918–1919 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arthur Munro Sutherland 2 October 1867 Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| Died | 29 March 1953 (aged 85) |
| Occupation | Shipowner and philanthropist |
Sir Arthur Munro Sutherland, 1st Baronet, philanthropist.[1]
Sutherland was the son of Benjamin John Sutherland, a shipping merchant of Thurso House,
shipbrokers Lindsay, Gracie & Co as a clerk. He left to open a steamer department in his father's firm, later turning it into a successful cargo shipping business, B. J. Sutherland & Co. He was chairman of that firm and several other shipping operators. Later, Sutherland was owner of the Newcastle Chronicle newspaper between 1920 and 1925.[2]
In 1910 Sutherland was elected to
dental school which had been founded in 1895, which was named the Sutherland Dental School in his honour, and afterwards used his coat of arms and motto Sans Peur (Fearless) as its badge. He served as High Sheriff of Northumberland
in 1943.
In 1943 Sutherland, then a director of the
Admiralty official Charles James Butt. After a five-day trial at Leeds, Sutherland was found not guilty; Dalgleish and Butt were convicted and jailed.[4] Sutherland was the last private owner of Dunstanburgh Castle which he purchased in 1919[2] and donated to the nation in 1929. He bequeathed his town house, Thurso House in Jesmond in Newcastle upon Tyne, to the city for use as the new official Mansion House, after using it as a home to entertain lavish parties. Sutherland also owned many properties in London. He once owned Close House in Northumberland
.
Sutherland was appointed
He married Fanny Linda Haggie in 1893. They had four children including Sir Benjamin Ivan Sutherland, 2nd Bt. Following her death in 1937, he married Ella Bertha Louise Christensen.
Sources
- Obituary, The Times, 30 March 1953
References
- ISBN 978-1659997972.
- ^ a b c d Goldwater, David (Summer 2017). "History of the RGS in its People: Sir Arthur Sutherland (1867–1953)" (PDF). Old Novocastrians Association Magazine. No. 100. Newcastle upon Tyne: Old Novocastrians Association. pp. 14–16. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ Mayors and Sheriffs of Newcastle
- ^ The Times, 25 May 1943;26 July 1943
- ^ "No. 31840". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 March 1920. p. 3760.
- ^ "No. 32346". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1921. p. 4530.