Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly, PC, DL, JP (5 March 1847 – 20 February 1937), styled Lord Strathavon until 1853 and Earl of Aboyne between 1853 and 1863, was a Scottish Liberal politician. He served under

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, he was appointed

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between January and June 1881.

Background and education

Huntly was the son of Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly, by his second wife Maria Antoinette, daughter of Reverend Peter William Pegus, and succeeded to the marquessate in 1863 at the age of sixteen. He was educated at Eton and

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Political career

In 1870 Huntly was appointed a

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(government whip in the

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) in the first Liberal administration of

, a post he held until 1873, and served from January to June 1881 as

(government chief whip in the House of Lords) in Gladstone's second administration.thepeerage.com Privy Council. Apart from his political career, Lord Huntly was Rector of the University of Aberdeen">Lord Rector of the University of Aberdeen between 1890, 1893 and 1896. He also published ''Auld Acquaintances'' and ''Milestones'' and edited ''Records of Aboyne''. He was also a member of Huntingdonshire County Council.

Family

Lord Huntly married firstly Amy, daughter of Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, 1st Baronet, in 1869. After her death in 1920 he married secondly Charlotte Isabella, daughter of John H. Fallon and widow of James McDonald, in 1922. Both marriages were childless. Huntly died in February 1937, aged 89, and was succeeded in the marquessate by his great-nephew, Douglas Gordon. The Marchioness of Huntly died in May 1939.

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