Douglas Chalmers Hutchinson Sutherland MC (18 November 1919 – 28 August 1995) was a British soldier, author and journalist, best known for his biographies and the humorous English Gentleman books.
In 1945, he was posted to Second Lieutenant Sir Bernard Montgomery's 21st Army Group Headquarters at Bad Oeynhausen, where he joined the Allied Liaison Branch, and was an observer at the Nuremberg Trials.
Sutherland's life during this period is affectionately depicted in Portrait of a Decade, where he recalls many of the colourful characters of 1950s London, centred on Muriel Belcher's famous Colony Room in Dean Street, Soho.
[citation needed] Prior to its publication it was rumoured that pressure to withdraw some of the book's most controversial content was placed on the authors from the British establishment, and that Sutherland and Purdy were obliged to suppress their information for reasons of national security.
His latter years were marred by ill health and a dispute over the publishing royalties of the English Gentleman series,[citation needed] and he died at South Queensferry on 28 August 1995.