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==Estates== According to the will of the Duke of Bridgewater, the Egerton estates passed on the death of the first Duke of Sutherland to his third but second-surviving son [[Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere|Lord Francis Leveson-Gower]], who changed his surname to [[Egerton family|Egerton]] by Royal licence. In 1846 he was created Viscount Brackley and [[Earl of Ellesmere]]. The Duke was succeeded by his eldest son and namesake George, the second Duke. In 1839 he also succeeded his mother in the ancient Scottish titles of Earl of Sutherland and Lord Strathnaver. His eldest son, the third Duke, married Anne Hay-Mackenzie, who in 1864 was created Countess of Cromarty, with remainder to their younger sons (see [[Earl of Cromarty]]). His grandson, the fifth Duke, succeeded to the title at the age of 25 in 1913. In 1914 he decided on the outbreak of the [[First World War]] that it was unwise to have so much of his riches tied up in land and property. He sold the family's Staffordshire estate except [[Lilleshall Hall]] and {{Convert|50|acre|ha}} of gardens. He then decided he wanted to live closer to London, and sold the whole package in 1917 to John Lee. The Duke was childless; on his death in 1963, the line of the eldest son of the first Duke failed. He was succeeded in the earldom of Sutherland and lordship of Strathnaver, which could be inherited by females, by his niece [[Elizabeth Sutherland, 24th Countess of Sutherland|Elizabeth]]. Elizabeth also inherited most of her uncle's wealth, but the dukedom and other titles could only be passed on to male heirs, and they were inherited by his third cousin once removed, John Sutherland Egerton, 5th Earl of Ellesmere, who became the 6th Duke of Sutherland as well. He was a great-great-grandson of the first Earl of Ellesmere, third son of the first Duke of Sutherland. He also died childless and was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, Francis Ronald Egerton, the seventh and present duke, a grandson of the Hon. Francis William George Egerton, second son of the third Earl of Ellesmere. Today most of the Duke's wealth is in the form of the [[Orleans Collection|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 2003 the new Duke sold [[Titian]]'s ''[[Venus Anadyomene (Titian)|Venus Anadyomene]]'' to the National Gallery of Scotland. In 2009 he sold the two other masterpieces by Titian: ''[[Diana and Callisto]]'' and ''[[Diana and Actaeon (Titian)|Diana and Actaeon]]'', but he is still the owner of other masterpieces, such as a 1657 self-portrait by [[Rembrandt]], the ''Bridgewater Madonna'' by [[Raphael]] and the ''[[Seven Sacraments (Poussin)#Second series|Sacraments]]'' series by French master [[Nicolas Poussin]].<ref>[http://www.theartwolf.com/articles/best-private-art-collections.htm Top 10 Private Art Collections in the world<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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