George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland | |
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In office 1802–1804 | |
Preceded by | Earl of Dalkeith |
Succeeded by | The Earl of Dalhousie |
Personal details | |
Born | George Gordon 28 June 1761 |
Died | 17 June 1853 | (aged 91)
Nationality | British |
Spouse |
Catherine Cope
(m. 1791; died 1832) |
Children | 9 |
Parent(s) | Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne Lady Margaret Stewart |
Other names | 5th Earl of Aboyne |
George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly,
Early life
George was the son of
His paternal grandparents were John Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aboyne (eldest son of Charles Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aboyne and, his cousin, Lady Elizabeth Lyon, second daughter of Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne) and the former Grace Lockhart (a daughter of George Lockhart of Carnwath). Through the male line, his great-great-grandfather, Charles Gordon, 1st Earl of Aboyne was the fourth son of George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly. His mother was the third daughter of Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway and, his second wife, Lady Catherine Cochrane (the third and youngest daughter of John Cochrane, 4th Earl of Dundonald). Among his mother's siblings were John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway (who married Lady Charlotte Mary Greville, and Anne Dashwood);[3] Hon. George Stewart (a Lieutenant who died at Fort Ticonderoga during the French and Indian War);[4] Hon. Keith Stewart of Glasserton (who married Georgina Isabella d'Aguilar);[5] Lady Catherine Stewart (wife of James Murray of Broughton);[6] Lady Susanna Stewart (the wife of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford);[7] Lady Harriet Stewart (the wife of Archibald Hamilton, 9th Duke of Hamilton);[8] and Lady Charlotte Stewart (the wife of John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore).[9]
Career
Gordon was enlisted as ensign in the 1st Regiment of Foot (Royal Scots) in 1777. He was commissioned as a Captain the same year. In 1789, he was promoted Lieutenant Colonel.
Upon the death of his father in 1794, he succeeded to the title of
From 1796 to 1806, he was Colonel in Chief to the 92nd Highlanders (
Cricket
Huntly played in three first-class cricket matches between 1787 and 1792 whilst he was styled Lord Strathavon. He was a member of the White Conduit Club and an early member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and played for early Surrey sides.[13][14]
Personal life
On 4 April 1791, he married Catherine Cope (d. 16 November 1832), second daughter and co-heiress of Sir Charles Cope, 2nd Baronet of Bruern and the former Catherine Bisshopp (a daughter of Sir Cecil Bishopp, 6th Baronet). After her father's death, her mother remarried to Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool. Together, they had nine children:[10]
- Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly (1792–1863), who married Lady Elizabeth Henrietta Conyngham, the eldest daughter of Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham, in 1826. After her death in August 1839, he married Maria Antoinetta Pegus, the only surviving daughter of Rev. William Peter Pegus and the former Charlotte Susanna Layard (a daughter of Very Rev. Charles Layard, Dean of Bristol), in 1844.[10]
- Lady Catherine Susan Gordon (1792–1866), who married Charles Cavendish, 1st Baron Chesham.[10]
- Lord George Gordon (1794–1862), the Rector of Chesterton who married Charlotte Anne Vaughan, a daughter of Col. Thomas Wright Vaughan, in 1851.[10]
- Lady Charlotte Sophia Gordon (1796–1876), who did not marry.[10]
- Lady Mary Gordon (1797–1825), who married, as his first wife, Frederick Charles William Seymour, Esq., a son of Lord Hugh Seymour, in 1822.[10]
- William IV and his mistress Dorothea Jordan, in 1836.[10]
- Lord Henry Gordon (1802–1865), a Major in the East India Company Militia in Bengal; he married Louisa Payne in 1827.[10]
- Lord Cecil James Gordon-Moore (1806–1878), who married Emily Moore, a daughter of Maurice Crosbie Moore of Mooresfort, in 1841.[10]
- Lord Francis Arthur Gordon (1808–1857), a Lt.-Col. who married Isabel Grant, a daughter of Lt.-Gen. Sir William Keir Grant, in 1835.[10]
Lady Huntly died on 16 November 1832. Lord Huntly died on 17 June 1853.[10]
References
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
- ^ "Aboyne, Earl of (S, 1660)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ Marshall, John (1823). Royal Naval Biography : or Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains and commanders, whose names appeared on the Admiralty list of sea officers at the commencement of the year 1760, or who have since been promoted; illustrated by a series of historical and explanatory notes. With copious addenda. Vol. I, Part II. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green. pp. 444–446.
- ^ Wilkes, John (1811). Encyclopaedia Londinensis. p. 610.
- ^ "Baron d'Aguilar, Portuguese Baron of the Holy Roman Empire". www.twickenham-museum.org.uk. Twickenham Museum. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ "Galloway, Earl of (S, 1623)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "Stafford, Marquess of (GB, 1786)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ "Hamilton, Duke of (S, 1643)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ "Dunmore, Earl of (S, 1686)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Huntly, Marquess of (S, 1599)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ Scottish Highlands: Highland Clans and Regiments
- ^ Mosley, Charles (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. p. 2013.
- ^ Lord Strathavon, CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2019. (subscription required)
- CricInfo. Retrieved 26 December 2019.