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Alexander Gordon was born at Gordon Castle, Fochabers, on 18 June 1743, the eldest son of Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon, and his wife, Lady Catherine Gordon, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Aberdeen. He was educated at Eton and also possibly at Harrow. He succeeded as 4th Duke of Gordon in 1752.
George Gordon (1770-1836), fifth and last duke. In 1794 under the direction of his father, Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon, he raised the Gordon Highlanders regiment, first under the command of General Moore in the Netherlands, and then Gordon commanded it in Spain, Corsica, Ireland, Holland; attaining the rank of general in 1819.
Apparently, he married Catherine without her father's knowledge or consent. The 3rd Duke died in France in 1752 and his widow, who married General Staats Long Morris, lived on until 1799. Alexander Gordon was born at Gordon Castle in 1743 and succeeded his father as 4th Duke of Gordon.
20 de feb. de 2024 · Children of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon and Jane Maxwell. Lady Louisa Gordon + 6; Lady Charlotte Gordon + 6 b. 20 Sep 1768, d. 5 May 1842; General George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon + 4 b. 2 Feb 1770, d. 28 May 1836; Lady Madelina Gordon + 8 b. c 1772, d. 31 Mar 1847; Lady Susan Gordon + 4 b. 2 Feb 1774, d. 26 Aug 1828; Lady Georgiana ...
Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon. Sir Henry Raeburn (attributed to) 4 Mar 1756 - 8 Jul 1823. Summary. Half-length three-quarter left side portrait of Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon. He is depicted as an aging man with short fair hair, pinched cheeks and a sober expression. He is dressed in a dark heavy jacket and high white neck tie.
26 de may. de 2024 · Alexander Gordon, who became the 4th Duke of Gordon at the age of nine, went on a Grand Tour of Europe to complete his education. This portrait of him was painted in Rome by Batoni, the fashionable portrait painter popular with the British aristocracy in Italy. Usually Batoni's Grand Tour portraits make references to the antiquities of Rome ...
Cosmo George Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon, 6th Marquess of Huntly (c. 1720–1752) Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, 7th Marquess of Huntly, 1st Earl of Norwich and Baron Gordon of Huntley, 12th Baron Mordaunt KT (1743–1827) maternal great-grandson of John Mordaunt, 1st Earl of Peterborough, 5th Baron Mordaunt. See House of Mordaunt.
