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Charles Gordon (governor)
Charles Gordon may refer to: Politics and armed forces * Charles Gordon, 1st Earl of Aboyne (1638–1681) * Charles Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aboyne (1670–1702) * Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne (1726–1794) * Charles Gordon (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1780–1860) * Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly (1792–1863), Scottish peer and politician * Charles George Gordon (1833–1885), British army officer and colonial governor, killed at Khartoum * Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly (1847–1937), Scottish Liberal politician * Charlie Gordon (born 1951), Scottish Labour Party politician * Charles William Gordon (MP) (1817–1863), British Conservative politician * Charles Gordon (parliamentary clerk) (1918–2009), English parliamentary clerk Sports * Charles Gordon (cricketer, born 1849) (1849–1930), English cricketer * Charles Gordon (cricketer, born 1814) (1814–1899), English cricketer and gin distiller * Charles Gordon (Canadian football) (born 1968), Canadian footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Gordon, 1st Earl Of Aboyne
Charles Gordon, 1st Earl of Aboyne (c1638 - March 1681). The fourth son of George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly and Lady Anne Campbell, he was created 1st Earl of Aboyne and 1st Lord Gordon of Strathaven and Glenlivet by Letters Patent Letters patent ( la, litterae patentes) ( always in the plural) are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch, president or other head of state, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, titl ... on 10 September 1660. At the time of his death in March 1681, he was succeeded in the earldom and lordship by his son. Family He married firstly, Margaret Irvine, daughter of Alexander Irvine, c1662, and had issue: *Lady Ann Gordon (d. c1665) His first wife died in 1662. He married secondly, Elizabeth Lyon, daughter of John Lyon, 2nd Earl of Kinghorne and Lady Elizabeth Maule, on 28 August 1665, and had issue: * Charles Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aboyne (c1670-1702) *Hon. George Gordon *Hon. John Gordon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |