Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne (c. 1726 – 28 December 1794). The eldest son of

John Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aboyne John Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aboyne (April 1700National Library of Scotland, MS 1338, f. 143. – 7 April 1732) was the son of Charles Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aboyne and Elizabeth Lyon. He succeeded his father as 3rd Earl of Aboyne in April 1702. On the da ...

and Grace Lockhart, he succeeded his father as 4th Earl of Aboyne on 7 April 1732. On his death in 1794 he was succeeded in his titles by his eldest son. His family home was

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, but he had an Edinburgh townhouse in the newly built St Andrews Square in the New Town.

Family

He married firstly, Lady Margaret Stewart, daughter of Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway and Lady Catherine Cochrane, on 22 April 1759, and had issue: *Lady Catherine Gordon (1760–1764), died in infancy, buried in

Restalrig Restalrig () is a small residential suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland (historically, an estate and independent parish). It is located east of the city centre, west of Craigentinny and to the east of Lochend, both of which it overlaps. Restalri ...

churchyard *

George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly, (28 June 1761 – 17 June 1853), styled Lord Strathavon until 1795 and known as The Earl of Aboyne from 1795 to 1836, was a Scottish peer. Early life George was the son of Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboy ...

(1761–1853) *Lady Margaret Gordon (c. 1763–86), married William Beckford (1783) His first wife died on 12 August 1762. He married secondly, Lady Mary Douglas, daughter of

James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton, KT, PRS (1702 – 12 October 1768) was a Scottish astronomer and representative peer who was president of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh from its foundation in 1737 until his death. He also became ...

and Agatha Halyburton, on 13 April 1774, and had issue: * Lord Douglas Gordon (1777–1841)

Notes

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (2003 edition). London: Pan Macmillan, 2003., *
Cracroft's Peerage
1726 births 1794 deaths Earls of Aboyne {{Scotland-earl-stub