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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19667, 8 December 1933, Page 7

George Granville Sutherland. Duke of Sutherland, whose name has been in the news because of his striking speech on air defence in the House of Lords, speaks with some knowledge of the subject. The Duke of Sutherland put his finger on the weakness of Britain as against other countries when he said that a successful blow at London would mean the surrender of England. That may or may not be wholly true, but the giant capital holds so much which is vital to the country that there is much force in the statement. The Duke, who was born in 1888, has been an Under-Secretary for Air, having filled that role in the Ministry in 1922-24. He was one of the youngest Dukes in England, succeeding his father at the age of 25 and becoming the fifth holder of the Dukedom. During the World War he was a commander. R.N.R., in the North Sea. then went with the British Military Mission to Belgium in 1914-15, and later in 1915 went to the Adriatic, where he commanded the motor-boat flotillas until I 1917. After the war he entered politics and became Under-Secretary for the Colonies in 1921, Under-Secretary for Air in the following year, and later Lord High Commissioner for Scotland, Paymaster-General and Under-Secre-tary for War. In 1922 he became President of the Air League of the British Empire and his interest in Empire defence is attested by the fact that he has been President of the Navy League, and was Vice-President and later becan chairman of the Royal Aero Club. He has no less tha* four addresses, a house at Guildford, one in Surrey, Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, and the Housp of Tongue, Sutherland. He has been Grand Prior of the Primrose League, and possesses two heirs, a | cousin. Frederick Levcson-Gower, who I will inherit the Sutherland earldom, and Millicern Sutherland Leveson- j Gower, a niece. yo Section Seekers. High, dry and level, sun-all-day section, handy to Catholic Church Price £lO5. Went- 1 worth Mart