William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland, previously named William Gordon, 17th Earl of Sutherland,[1] (2 October 1708 – 1750), was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 until 1733 when he succeeded to the peerage as Earl of Sutherland. He was chief of the Clan Sutherland, a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands.