if the person so succeeding to the Earldom of Sutherland were dead without issue." She later served as Mistress of the Robes to Queen Victoria from 1870 to 1874, and was awarded the Order of Victoria and Albert (3rd class). Personal life On 27 June 1849 she married George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Marquess of Stafford, eldest son of George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland. He succeeded as third Duke of Sutherland on 22 February 1861. The Duchess of Sutherland had succeeded to her father's lands in the year of her marriage. Together, they had five children: George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Earl Gower (1850–1858), who died young. Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland (1851–1913) Francis Mackenzie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl of Cromartie (1852–1893) Lady Florence Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1855–1881), who married Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin and had issue. Lady Alexandra Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1866–1891), who died unmarried. She died at the family's London mansion, Stafford House, St James's, and was buried at Babbacombe Cemetery, Torquay, Devon. On her death in 1888, aged 59, she was succeeded in her earldom according to the special remainder by her younger son Lord Francis. The Duke of Sutherland died in 1892 and was succeeded by their eldest surviving son Cromartie. References External links Anne Sutherland-Levenson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland (1829-1888) at the National Portrait Gallery, London Cromartie, Anne Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Countess of Sutherland, Anne Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, Anne Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, Anne Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Hereditary peeresses created by Queen Victoria Sutherland, Anne Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Mistresses of the Robes to Queen Victoria Anne Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland Earls of Cromartie (1861)