John Baptist Medina - George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon, and family

General Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon (c. 167828 November 1728), styled Earl of Enzie until 1684 and the Marquess of Huntly from 1684 to 1716, was a Scottish Jacobite peer. Gordon was the son of

George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon KT, PC (1643 – 7 December 1716), known as Marquess of Huntly from 1661 to 1684, was a Scottish peer. George Gordon, 4th Marquess of Huntly was born in 1643, the son of Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Hunt ...

and Lady Elizabeth Howard, the daughter of the Roman Catholic

Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk (12 July 162813 January 1684) was an English nobleman and politician. He was the second son of Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, and Lady Elizabeth Stuart. He succeeded his brother Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of ...

. He fought with the

Jacobites Jacobite means follower of Jacob or James. Jacobite may refer to: Religion * Jacobites, followers of Saint Jacob Baradaeus (died 578). Churches in the Jacobite tradition and sometimes called Jacobite include: ** Syriac Orthodox Church, sometime ...

at the battle of Sheriffmuir, with three hundred horsemen and two thousand foot. On 12 February 1716, he surrendered at

Gordon Castle Gordon Castle is located near Fochabers in Moray, Scotland. Historically known as the Bog-of-Gight or Bog o'Gight, it was the principal seat of the dukes of Gordon. Following 18th-century redevelopment, it became one of the largest country hous ...

John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland (1661–1733) was a Scottish nobleman and army officer. He was the only son of George Gordon, 15th Earl of Sutherland (1633–1703), and his wife, Jean Wemmyss.

. He was imprisoned at

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...

, but obtained a pardon when his father died and entered his inheritance as 2nd Duke on 7 December 1716. He is mentioned in the Jacobite riddling song ''

Cam Ye O'er Frae France Cam ye o'er frae France? is a Scots folk song from the time of the Jacobite rebellions of the 18th century. It satirises the marital problems of the Hanoverian George I. Background After the death of Queen Anne the British crown passed on to G ...

'', referred to as "Cockalorum", an epithet derived from the traditional nickname of the head of the Gordon clan, "Cock o' the North"

Family

Gordon married Lady Henrietta Mordaunt (ca. 1688–1760), daughter of

Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth, (1658 – 25 October 1735) was an English nobleman and military leader. He was the son of John Mordaunt, 1st Viscount Mordaunt, and his wife Elizabeth, the daughter and sole h ...

, before 13 February 1707; they had issue. *Elizabeth married Rev John Skelly *Catherine (1713–1791) married 7th Earl of Wemyss *Anne (d.1786) married 2nd Earl of Aberdeen * Cosmo George, 3rd Duke of Gordon (1721–1752) *

Lewis Gordon Lewis Ricardo Gordon (born May 12, 1962) is an American philosopher at the University of Connecticut who works in the areas of Africana philosophy, existentialism, phenomenology, social and political theory, postcolonial thought, theories of ...

(1724–1754) *Charlotte Gordon, invested in Edinburgh millinery business *General Lord Adam Gordon (1728–1801) married Jean, daughter of Alexander Drummond of Lennoch and Megginch. *Lord Charles Gordon (1721–1780)

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* 1670s births 1728 deaths 2 Scottish Jacobites People of the Jacobite rising of 1715 {{Scotland-duke-stub