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Families covered: Gordon of Gordon, Gordon of Huntly, Gordon of Norwich

                               
Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Huntly (b c1626, d 12.1653)
m. (10.1644) Mary Grant (dau of Sir John Grant of Freuchie)
1. George Gordon, 4th Marquess of Huntly, 1st Duke of Gordon (b c1649, d 07.12.1716)
  m. (10.1676) Elizabeth Howard (d 16.07.1732, dau of Henry Howard, Earl of Norwich, 6th Duke of Norfolk)
  A. Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon, 5th Marquess (d 28.11.1728)
  m. (1706) Henrietta Mordaunt (d 11.10.1760, dau of Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough and Monmouth)
  i. Cosmo George Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon, 6th Marquess (b c1720, d 05.08.1752, 2nd son)
  m. (03.09.1741) Catherine Gordon (b 20.10.1718, d 10.12.1779, dau of William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen)
a. Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, 7th Marquess, 1st Earl of Norwich (b 18.06.1743, d 17.06.1827)
  m1. (23.10.1767) Jane Maxwell (b c1749, d 11.04.1812, dau of Sir William Maxwell, Bart of Monreith)
  (1) George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon, 8th Marquess of Huntly, 2nd Earl of Norwich (b 02.02.1770, dsp 28.05.1836)
  m. (11.12.1813) Elizabeth Brodie (b 20.06.1794, d 31.01.1864, dau of Alexander Brodie of Arnhall)
  On George's death, the above-mentioned Dukedom and Earldom became extinct but the Marquessate passed to his kinsman, George, 5th Earl of Aboyne.
  (2) Alexander Gordon (b 08.11.1785, d unm 08.01.1808, Major)
  (3) Charlotte Gordon (b 20.09.1768, d 05.05.1842)
  m. (09.09.1789) Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lennox (b 1764, d 28.08.1819)
Their eldest son took the additional name of Gordon (as Gordon-Lennox) and his eldest son (6th Duke of Richmond and Lennox) was created Duke of Gordon.
  (4) Madelina Gordon (b 1772, d 31.05.1847)
  m1. (02/3.04.1789) Sir Robert Sinclair, Bart (d 04.08.1795)
  m2. (25.11.1805) Charles Fysche Palmer of Luckley Park (d 01.1843)
  (5) Susan Gordon (b 02.02.1774, d 24.08.1828)
  m. (07.10.1793) William Montagu, 5th Duke of Manchester (b 21.03.1771, d 18.03.1843)
  (6) Louisa Gordon (b 12.09.1776, d 05.12.1850)
  m. (17.04.1797) Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Marquess of Cornwallis (b 19.10.1774, d 09.08.1823)
(7) Georgina Gordon (b 18.07.1781, d 24.02.1853)
  m. (23.06.1803) John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (b 06.07.1766, d 20.10.1839)
  p/m2. (07.1820) Jane Christie (d 17.06.1824/27.07.1824)
  (8)+ 4 children (before wedlock)
  partner(s) unknown
(12)+ other issue
  b. William Gordon (b 15.08.1744, d 01.05.1823, Vice Admiral)
  m. (03.1781) Frances Ingram (b c1761, d 29.09.1841, dau of Charles Ingram, 9th Viscount Irvine)
  (1) Frances Isabella Ker Gordon (d unm 02.09.1831)
  c. George Gordon (bpt 27.01.1752, d unm 01.11.1793)
  d. Susan Gordon (b c1746, d 11.12.1814)
  m1. (28.05.1767) John Fane, 9th Earl of Westmorland (d 25.04.1774)
  m2. (28.12.1778) John Woodford (d 18.04.1800, Lt. Colo nel)
e. Anne Gordon (b 16.03.1748, dsp 07.06.1816)
  m. Alexander Chalmers (minister of Cairnie)
  f. Catherine Gordon (b 26.01.1751, d 03.01.1797)
  m. Thomas Booker (captain)
  (1) William Gordon F. Booker, later Gregor of Trewarthenick probably of this generation
  m. (20.06.1814) Loveday Sarah Glanville (b 11.04.1792, dau of Francis Glanville of Catchfrench by Sarah Masterman)
  ii. Adam Gordon (b c1726, dspl 13.08.1801, General, CIC Scotland, 5th son)
  m. (02.09.1767) Jane Drummond (d 22.02.1795, dau of Adam Drummond of Megginch)
  partner unknown
  a. daughter
iii. Anne Gordon (b c1713, d 22.06.1791)
  m. William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen (bpt 22.12.1679, d 30.03.1745)
  iv. Elizabeth Gordon (d 1769)
  m. John Skelly ('vicar of Shilbottle & Stockton')
  a. Isabell Skelly probably of this generation
  m. (16.10.1769) Joseph Forster of High Buston & Newton (bpt 1719, d 1805)
  v. Catherine Gordon (d 21.01.1786)
  m. (12.09.1745) Francis Wemyss, later Charteris, de jure 7th Earl of Wemyss (b 21.10.1723, d 24.08.1808)
  vi.+ other issue - Alexander (bur 07.01.1711), Charles (d unm 26.04.1780), Lewis (d 15.07.1754), Henrietta (b c1708, d unm 14.02.1789), Mary (d unm 26.07.1782), Jean (d unm 17.01.1792), Charlotte
  B. Jean Gordon (b c1682, d 30.01.1773)
  m. (mcrt 05.08.1706) James Drummond, '2nd Duke of Perth' (de jure 5th Earl) (b c02.1673, d 06.04.1720)
2. Anne Gordon
  m. Sir Miles Crouly (a 1694)
3. Mary Gordon (b c1646, d 13.03.1726)
  m1. (1667) Adam Urquhart of Meldrum (d 10/8.11.1684)
  m2. (c1685) James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth, '1st Duke of Perth' (b 1648, d 11.05.1716)
4. Jean Gordon (a 03.1695)
  m. (mcrt 06.07.1682) James Seton, 4th Earl of Dunfermline (dsp 1694)

Main source(s): TSP (Huntly), BP1934 (Huntly)
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