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GORDON. 51 Dukedom [S.] 1. George (Gordon), Marquess of Huktlt, &c. T 1684 [S-l w«s cr. 3 Nov. 1684, DUKE OF GORDON, MARQUESS OF HUNTLY, EARL OF HUNTLY AND ENZIE, VISCOUNT OF INVERNESS, LORD BADENOCH, LOOHAEER, STRATH- AVEN, BALMORE, AUCHINDOUN, GARTHIE AND KINCARDINE [S.], with (the usual) rem. to heirs male of his body. He was only s. and h. of Lewis, 3d had previously, in 1651, been remitted by the King alone) was reversed by act of Pari. He was ed. at a Roman Catholic seminary in France ; joined the French Army in 1673, and served under Turenne and the Prince of Orange. He was (by the influence of Graham of Claverhouse), advanced to a Dukedom, by Charles II., in Nov. 168-1 as abovestated. By James II. he was, in Nov. 1685 (without taking the test) made one of the 26 (Catholic) Commissioners in 1686, Constable of the castle of Edinburgh ; P.C. ; and on 29 May 1687, K.T., being one of the eight orig. Knights at the revival of that order,^) and one of the two recognised by Queen Anne, 31 Dec. 1703. For James II. he held the castle of Edinburgh, against the convention, to whom, however, he surrendered it 11 June 1689.( c ) He was, however, coldly received both by the court at St. Janus' and at St. Germain-en-laye, and was, on the Hanoveran succession, confined an parole. He m. Oct. 1676, Elizabeth, 2d da. of Henry (Howard), 6th Duke of Norfolk, &c, and 1st Earl of Norwich, by his first wife, Anne, da. of Edward (Somerset), 2d Marquess of Worcester. He d. at Leith, 7 Dec. 1716. ( ,l ) His widow, who had retired to a convent in Flanders as early as 1697, obtained in 1707, a separation from her husband, aud d. at the Abbey Hill, Edinburgh, 16 July 1732, being bur. in Elgin cathedral. II. 1716. 2. Alexander (Gordon), Duke op Gordon, &c. [S.], only b. aud h., 6. about 1G7S, being styled Marquess of Huntly, till, on 7 Dec. 1716, he sue. to the peerage [S.] He was a Roman Catholic and an adherent to the house of Stuart, proclaiming the Chevalier St. George, as King, at Gordon Castle, whose standard he joined at Perth with above 2,000 men, but after the battle of Sherifftnuir (Nov. 1715), capitulated aud tho' imprisoned at Edinbnrgh, in April 1716, was afterwards unmolested. He m. in 1706, Henrietta, da. of Charles (Mordalnt), the celebrated Earl of Peterborouh, &c, and Lord Mordaunt, by his first wife, Carey, da. of Sir Alexander Fraser. He d. 28 Nov. 1728. His widow, who brought up all her family (4 sons and 7 daughters) as Protestants (receiving accordingly a pension of £1,000 a year), d. 11 Oct. 1760, at Prestonhall, CO. Edinburgh, aud was bur. in N.airne church. Fun. eutry in Lyon office. III. 1728. 3. Cosmo(o)-George (Gordon) Duke op Gordon, &c. [S.], b. about 1720 ; being styled Marquess of Huntly, till, on 2S Nov. 1728, he sue. to the peerage [S.], Rep. Peer [S.], 1747-52. K.T., 10 Feb. 1747. He m. 3 Sep. 1741, at Dunkeld, Catharine, da of William (Gordon), 2d Earl of Aberdeen [S.j, by his second wife, Susan, da. of John (Murray), 1st Duke of Atiiole [S.] He d. at Breteuil, near Amiens, in France, 5 Aug. 1752, in (") As to this Earldom, see vol. iii, p. 258, note "b." (>') See vol i, p. 187, note " d," sub " Athole," for a list of these Knights. ') His somewhat vacillating conduct in the defence of that Castle is a matter of historical discussion. (*) Macky in his " characters " observes of him (" when past 50 ") that " He hath a great many links iu him, but they do not all make a complete chain ; is certainly a very fine gentleman and understands conversation and the belles lettra ; is well bred ; made for the company of ladies, but is very covetous, which extremely eclipses him. The priests and new converts represented him to be a libertine and a fop ; he is a Roman Catholic, because he was bred so, but otherwise thinks very little of revealed religion. He had a good estate which, notwithstanding his turns, he improves. He is handsome and taller than the ordinary size ; thin ; dresses well ; but is somewhat finical, resembling the French." (°) So named in honour of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, with whom (as well na with the King of Prussia), his father was very intimate. O Under the jurisdiction act of 1747, he obtained £5,282 (in lieu of hie claim for £22,300), of which £4,000 was for the regality of Huntly.