Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly (4 January 1792 – 18 September 1863), styled Lord Strathavon from 1794 to 1836 and Earl of Aboyne from 1836 to 1853, was a Scottish peer and first a

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(1818–1830) and then a Whig (1830 onwards) politician.

Early and political life

Huntly was born at Orton Longueville in 1792, the eldest son of the 5th Earl of Aboyne (later

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) and his wife, Catherine Cope (of the Cope baronets of

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). His younger siblings included Lady Catherine Susan Gordon (wife of

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); Lord George Gordon (the Rector of Chesterton who married Charlotte Anne Vaughan); Lady Charlotte Sophia Gordon; Lady Mary Gordon (who married Frederick Charles William Seymour, Esq., a son of

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); Adm.

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(who married Lady Augusta FitzClarence, a sister of George FitzClarence, 1st Earl of Munster, and the daughter of King

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and his mistress

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); Maj. Lord Henry Gordon (who married Louisa Payne); Lord Cecil James Gordon-Moore (who married Emily Moore); and Lord Francis Gordon (who married Isabel Grant, a daughter of Lt.-Gen. Sir

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). He was educated at

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Career

Gordon entered

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in 1818 as a Tory MP for

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before being elected as a Whig MP for

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in 1830. From 1826 to 1830, he was a

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and then a

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from 1840 to 1841, his last office being that of

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from 1861 until his death. Upon his father's death in 1853, he inherited the Marquessate of Huntly and the Earldom of Aboyne (both in the

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) and the Meldrum Barony in the

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Cricket

Huntly played

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for Hampshire, Middlesex, Kent, Surrey and the

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(MCC) between 1819 and 1843. He also appeared in first-class matches for W Ward's XI, both the Players and the Gentlemen, a Married XI, Lord Strathavon's XI (his own side) and the Gentlemen of Kent.Earl of Aboyne
CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2019. In 33 first-class matches he scored a total of 193 runs, with a highest score of 19 against

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, at a

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of 4.02 runs per innings, only reaching double-figures on four occasions in 61 innings.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 18–19.
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at the

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. Retrieved 16 August 2022.)Earl of Aboyne

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. Retrieved 26 December 2019. Huntly played for both the Players and the Gentlemen in the annual matches between the two sides, uniquely becoming the only member of the aristocracy to appear for the Players when he did so in 1819. This appears to have been due to him having placed a bet on the Players. He played for the Gentlemen in the fixture in 1827. He was a member of MCC for around 50 years and its president in 1821–22. His brother, Francis Gordon, also played some first-class cricket, including for MCC, and appeared alongside Huntley for the Gentlemen in 1827. The brother's father had been an early member of MCC.

Personal life

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In March 1826, he as married to Lady Elizabeth Conyngham, the eldest daughter of the

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and the former Elizabeth Denison, king George IV's mistress. They did not have any children before her death in 1839. At age 52, Huntley married Maria Antoinetta Pegus (–1893), the only surviving daughter of Rev. William Peter Pegus and the former Charlotte Susanna Layard (a daughter of

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Charles Layard,

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). Maria's was a half-sister of George Bertie, 10th Earl of Lindsey. With Maria he had fourteen children, the last born five months after his death: * Lady Mary Katherine Gordon (1845–1930), who married Edmund Turnor, in 1866. * Lady Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon (1846–1921), who married

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, in 1863. *

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(1847–1937), a

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, Captain of the Gentlemen at Arms,

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lor and Lord Rector of the University of Aberdeen. * Lord Lewis Gordon (1848–1870), who was lost at sea in HMS ''Captain''. * Lord Bertrand Gordon (1850–1869), who died unmarried. * Lord Douglas William Cope Gordon (1851–1888), a Lt.-Col. and Member of Parliament. * Lord Esmé Stuart Gordon (1853–1900), who married Elizabeth Anne Phippen Brown in 1874. * Lady Grace Cecilie Gordon (1854–1941), who married

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in 1878. * Lord Granville Armyne Gordon (1856–1907), who married Charlotte D'Olier Roe, a daughter of Henry Roe of Mount Dunville Park, in 1878. * Lady Margaret Ethel Gordon (1858–1950), who married

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, in 1881. * Lord Randolph Seaton Gordon (1859–1859), who died young. * Lady Elena Mary Gordon (1861–1936), who married Maj. George Lamplugh Wickham of Wetherby, in 1885. * Lady Edith Blanche Gordon (1861–1862). * Lady Ethelreda Caroline Gordon (1864–1961), who married Lt.-Col. Henry Wickham of Oundle, youngest son of Lamplugh Wickham, in 1884. Lord Huntly died at Orton Longueville 18 September 1863, aged 71. His titles passed to his eldest son,

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. His widow died on 10 August 1893.

References

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