Granville Charles Gomer Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly (born 4 February 1944), styled Earl of Aboyne until 1987, is a
Scottish peer and the Premier
Marquess
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of Scotland.
Early life
Huntly is the son of
Douglas Gordon, 12th Marquess of Huntly, by the Honourable Mary Pamela Berry, daughter of
Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley. His older sister, Lady Pamela Lemina Gordon, married the Hon. Ian Henry Lawson-Johnston (second son of
Ian Lawson-Johnston, 2nd Baron Luke
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Early life and education
Johnston was the eldest son of George Lawson Johnston, 1st Baron Luke an ...
) in 1970. He was educated at
Gordonstoun.
Career
He succeeded to the
marquessate of Huntly in 1987 on the death of his father (who had inherited the marquessate from his great-uncle,
Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly)
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. However, he lost his seat in parliament after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. He is also the Chief
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of Clan Gordon.
Personal life
He married Jane Elizabeth Angela, daughter of Alistair Monteith Gibb, in 1972. They had one son and two daughters before getting divorced in 1990:née
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Kindersley). The former wife of Robert Lennon Milbourn, she was the eldest daughter of Gay Kindersley (a grandson of Robert Kindersley, 1st Baron Kindersley
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Background
Kindersley was born ...
) and the former Margaret Diana Wakefield (a daughter of Hugh Wakefield of Mayfair, London
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). The Marchioness is a Patroness of the Royal Caledonian Ball.Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland.
It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...
.
Titles
Since 1987, he is:Marquess of Huntly
Marquess of Huntly (traditionally spelled Marquis in Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: ''Coileach Strath Bhalgaidh'') is a title in the Peerage of Scotland that was created on 17 April 1599 for George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly. It is the oldest existing ...
(Peerage of Scotland, 1599)
** ''18th Earl of Huntly
Marquess of Huntly (traditionally spelled Marquis in Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: ''Coileach Strath Bhalgaidh'') is a title in the Peerage of Scotland that was created on 17 April 1599 for George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly. It is the oldest existing ...
(Peerage of Scotland, 1445), contested''
* ''13th Earl of Enzie
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(Peerage of Scotland, 1599), contested''
* ''13th Lord Gordon of Badenoch
Marquess of Huntly (traditionally spelled Marquis in Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: ''Coileach Strath Bhalgaidh'') is a title in the Peerage of Scotland that was created on 17 April 1599 for George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly. It is the oldest existing ...
(Peerage of Scotland, 1599), contested''
* 9th Earl of Aboyne
Earl of Aboyne is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, borne in the Gordon family (see the Marquess of Huntly for earlier history of the family).
There is some contemporary evidence that this title was first created for James Gordon, 2nd Visco ...
(Peerage of Scotland, 1660)
* 9th Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet
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(Peerage of Scotland, 1660)
* 5th Baron Meldrum
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, of Morven in the county of Aberdeen (Peerage of United Kingdom, 1815)
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1944 births
Scottish clan chiefs
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Living people
People educated at Gordonstoun
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Earls of Aboyne
People educated at Sunningdale School