Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon

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Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon

Cosmo George Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon (born April 27, 1720 , † August 5, 1752 in Breteuil , France ) was a British nobleman .

Life

He was the son of Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon , from his marriage to Lady Henrietta Mordaunt, daughter of Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough . He is named after the Jacobite and close friend of his father Cosimo III. de 'Medici , Grand Duke of Tuscany . As his father's apparent marriage , he had the courtesy title of Marquess of Huntly since birth . He was still a minor when he inherited his Scottish nobility title of 4th Duke of Gordon and the dignity of Chief of the Clan Gordon when his father died in November 1728 .

He studied law at the University of Leiden in Holland . Unlike his brother Lord Lewis Gordon, he did not take part in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 . From 1747 to 1752 he was a Scottish Representative Peer member of the British House of Lords . In February 1748 he was accepted as a Knight Companion in the Thistle Order .

He died in 1752 at the age of only 32 while traveling through France. His body was transferred to Scotland and buried in Elgin Cathedral. His titles of nobility fell to his eldest son Alexander.

Marriage and offspring

In 1741 he married Lady Catherine Gordon (1718–1779), daughter of William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen . He had six children with her:

  • Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon (1743-1827);
  • Lord William Gordon († 1823), MP, Lieutenant Colonel of the British Army, ⚭ 1781 Hon. Frances Ingram-Shepheard († 1841), daughter and coerbin of Charles Ingram, 9th Viscount of Irvine ;
  • Lady Susan Gordon (around 1746–1814), ⚭ (1) 1767 John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland , ⚭ (2) 1778 John Woodford († 1800);
  • Lady Anne Gordon (1748-1816), ⚭ 1782 Rev. Alexander Chalmers;
  • Lord George Gordon (1751-1793), MP, initiator of the Gordon Riots ;
  • Lady Catherine Gordon (1751–1797), ⚭ Thomas Booker.

His widow married State Long Morris in 1756 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 78 ( archive.org ).

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predecessor Office successor
Alexander Gordon Duke of Gordon
1728-1752 		Alexander Gordon
personal data
SURNAME Gordon, Cosmo, 3rd Duke of Gordon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gordon, Cosmo George, 3rd Duke of Gordon; Gordon, Cosmo, Marquess of Huntly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British peer
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1720
DATE OF DEATH August 5, 1752
Place of death Breteuil (Oise)