Duke of Gordon

The title Duke of Gordon has been created once in the Peerage of Scotland and again in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Dukedom, named for the Gordon family, was first created for the fourth Marquess of Huntly on November 3, 1684; he was simultaneously created with the subsidiary titles of Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Huntly and Enzie (all three of which he already held by an older creation), Viscount of Inverness (c.f. Earl of Inverness), and Lord Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine. On July 2, 1784, the fourth Duke was created Earl of Norwich and Baron Gordon of Huntly, in the Peerage of Great Britain. The principal family seat was Gordon Castle. The Dukedom became extinct in 1836, with all the titles created in 1684 and 1784. Most of the Gordon estates passed to the son of the 5th Duke's eldest sister, the English nobleman Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, whose main seat was Goodwood House in Sussex. ^[1]In 1876 he was created 1st Duke of Gordon in the second creation. Thus, the Duke holds four dukedoms (including the titular Aubigny-sur-Nère; see Duke of Aubigny), more than any other person in the realm. Aubigny is in the defunct Peerage of France and it should be noted that the central arms of the Duke are based on the original Jacobean ones for the Union of the Crowns, with the inherited but inactive English claims to the French throne also represented prominently.

Dukes of Gordon, First Creation (1684)

• George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon (1649–1716)
• Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon (d. 1728)
• Cosmo George Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon (c. 1720–1752)
• Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon (1743–1827)
• George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon (1770–1836)

Dukes of Gordon, Second Creation (1876)

• Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Gordon (1818–1903)
• Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond, 7th Duke of Lennox, 2nd Duke of Gordon (1845–1928)
• Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond, 8th Duke of Lennox, 3rd Duke of Gordon (1870–1935)
• Frederick Charles Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond, 9th Duke of Lennox, 4th Duke of Gordon (1904–1989)
• Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond, 10th Duke of Lennox, 5th Duke of Gordon (b. 1929)

Heir Apparent: Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara (b. January 8 1955)
Lord March's Heir Apparent: Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Lord Settrington (b. December 20 1994)

References

1. ^ Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical, edited by Francis H. Groome, 1882-85, online at www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz

See also

• The Gordon Highlanders
• Gordon Riots

External links

• An Online Gotha - Dukes of Richmond, Lennox & Gordon

This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.