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GORDON, George, Mq. of Huntly (1770-1836).
Family and Education
b. 2 Feb. 1770, 1st s. of Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon [S], by 1st w. Jane, da. of Sir William Maxwell, 3rd Bt., of Montreith, Wigtown. educ. Eton 1780; St. John’s Camb. 1786. m. 11 Dec. 1813, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Alexander Brodie, E.I. merchant, of Arnhall, Kincardine, s.p.; 1s. illegit.Glenbervie Diaries, ii. 63. Summ. to Lords in his fa.’s barony as Lord Gordon of Huntly 11 Apr. 1807, GCB 20 May 1820; suc. fa. as 5th Duke of Gordon [S] 11 June 1827.
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Keeper of great seal [S] 1828 – 30; PC 7 Apr. 1830.
d. lt. Aberdeen 1808 – d.; chancellor, Marischal Coll. Aberdeen 1814 – d.; gov. Edinburgh Castle 1827 – d.
Ensign and lt. 35 Ft. 1790, 42 Ft. 1791; capt. and lt. 3 Ft. 1792; lt.-col. commdt. 100 Ft. 1794, brevet col. 1796; col. 92 Ft. 1796 – 1806; brig.-gen. [I] 1798; maj.-gen. 1801; col. 42 Ft. 1806 – 20, lt.-gen. 1808, gen. 1819; col. 1 Ft. 1820 – 34, Scots Fus. 1834 – d.
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GORDON, George (1770-1836)
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GORDON, James (?1758-1822), of Moor Place, Much Hadham, Herts.
Family and Education
b. ?1758 in Antigua, o.s. of James Brebner (afterwards Gordon), c.j. of the Ceded Islands (1767), by Anne, da. of William Lavington, judge, of Antigua. educ. Winchester ?1768: St. John’s, Camb. 13 Oct. 1775, aged 17; L. Inn 1775, called 1780. m. 10 July 1789, Harriet, da. of Samuel Whitbread I, 1s. suc. fa. 1807.
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Main residence: Moor Place, Much Hadham, Herts.
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GORDON, James (?1758-1822)
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GORDON, John (1794-1843).
Family and Education
b. 20 Oct. 1794, 2nd s. of Very Rev. George Gordon, DD, dean of Lincoln, by his w. née Tomlinson of Lincoln. educ. Rugby 1807; St. John’s, Camb. 1811. m. 21 Dec. 1820, Sarah Matthews, late of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, Mdx.,Scots Mag. (1821), i. 94. 3s. 1da.
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Vicar of Bierton with Buckland, Bucks. 1825 – 34; rector of St. Antholin’s, Watling Street 1827 – 35; preb. Easton in Gordano, Wilts. 1834 – d.; vicar of Edwinstowe, Notts. 1835 – d.
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For an account of the family see J. M. Bulloch’s articles in the Huntly Express, Sept.-Oct. 1907.
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GORDON, John (1794-1843)
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GORDON, Robert (1786-1864), of Leweston House, nr. Sherborne, Dorset and Ashton Keynes, nr. Cricklade, Wilts.
Family and Education
b. 1786, o.s. of William Gordon, W.I. planter, of Auchendolly, Kirkcudbright by Anna, da. of Stephen Nash of Bristol, Glos., sis. and h. of Sir Stephen Nash of Leweston House. educ. Eton 1799-1803; L. Inn 1803. Christ Church, Oxf. 1804. m. 11 July 1809, his cos. Elizabeth Anne, da. of Charles Westley Coxe of Kemble House, Glos., 1da. suc. fa. 1802.
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Cornet, Dorset yeomanry 1805, lt. 1808; capt. Wilts. yeomanry 1816.
Commr. Board of Control July 1832 – Dec. 1833; jt. sec. Dec. 1833 – Dec. 1834, Apr. 1835 – Sept. 1839, sec. to Treasury Sept. 1839-June 1841.
Commr. in lunacy Aug. 1844 – d.
Main residences: Leweston House, nr. Sherborne, Dorset; Ashton Keynes, nr. Cricklade, Wilts.
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GORDON, Robert (1786-1864)
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GORDON, Lord William (1744-1823), of Green Park Lodge, Mdx.
Family and Education
b. 15 Aug. 1744, 2nd s. of Cosmo George Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon [S], by Lady Katherine Gordon, da. of William, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen [S]. educ. Harrow 1757; Eton 1758-60; Grand Tour 1762-3. m. 1 Mar. 1781, Hon. Frances Ingram Shepherd, da. and coh. of Charles Ingram, 9th Visct. Irwin [S], 1da.
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Lt. 89 Ft. 1759; capt. 37 Ft. 1764, res. 1769; lt.-col. Gordon fencibles 1778, 1803.
Dep. ranger St. James’s and Green Parks 1778 – d. v.-adm. Scotland 1782 – 95; receiver-gen. duchy of Cornwall Sept. 1817 – d.
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Main residence: Green Park Lodge, Mdx.
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GORDON, William (1744-1823)
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