Francis Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland (1940). Francis Ronald Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland, known as Francis Egerton until 2000, is a British peer from the Egerton family. Sutherland is the son of Cyril Reginald Egerton, the grandson of Francis Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere. His mother was Mary, daughter of Sir Ronald Campbell. Sutherland was educated at Eton and Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. In 2000, Sutherland succeeded his first cousin once-removed as Duke of Sutherland and Earl of Ellesmere. Most of Sutherland's wealth is in the form of the art collection put together by the first Duke's uncle, Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, which had been inherited by the Ellesmere line of the family. In 2008 he sold Titian's Diana and Actaeon to the National Gallery of Scotland and National Gallery in London for E50m. He ranked 107th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2009, with an estimated wealth of E480m in art and land, including Mertoun House and Stetchworth House. Sutherland married Victoria Mary, daughter of Major-General Edward Alexander Wilmot Williams and his wife, Sybilla Margaret Archdale, on 11 May 1971. They have two sons: James Granville Egerton, Marquess of Stafford, who is married to Barbara Schneider. They have four daughters: Lady Isabelle Victoria Egerton. Lady Louisa Anna Egerton. Lady Violet Mary Egerton. Lady Charlotte Mabel Ellesmere Egerton. Lord Henry Alexander Egerton, who is married to Harriet Carter. They have three daughters: Beatrice Georgina Egerton. Fenella Sybilla Egerton. Rose Evelyn Egerton.