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5 unusual facts about Alexander Gordon


Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly

He was the son of Alexander Seton, Lord Gordon (d. 1440) (2nd son of Sir William Seton of that Ilk), by his spouse Elizabeth Gordon (d. 16 March 1439), daughter and heiress of Sir Adam Gordon of that Ilk.

Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Huntly (died 15 July 1470) at some point he began using his mother's family family name of Gordon, possibly when he succeeded his father as Lord Gordon.

James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres

Hugh Lindsay (1765–1844), married Jane Duff-Gordon, daughter of Hon. Alexander Gordon, Lord Rockville,and had issue.

The Glenlivet distillery

Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, was allegedly instrumental in the passing of this legislation.

William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen

Lord Aberdeen's second wife also died giving birth to their last child and so he then married Lady Anne Gordon (a daughter of the 2nd Duke of Gordon) and they had six children,


Brussels Cemetery

The remainder are all British Army officers and include Colonel Sir William Howe de Lacy (the Quartermaster-General of the British Army), Colonel Edward Stables and Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Milnes (both 1st Foot Guards), and Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Gordon (3rd Foot Guards).

Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon

Gordon was the son of the 2nd Duke of Gordon and was named after his father's close, Jacobite friend, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Gordon Castle

Eventually the commission fell to the lesser-known Edinburgh architect, John Baxter, who rebuilt it in 1769 for Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon.


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