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Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly






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(Redirected from Alastair Gordon, Earl of Aboyne)

The Most Honourable


The Marquess of Huntly
BornGranville Charles Gomer Gordon
(1944-02-04) 4 February 1944 (age 80)
ResidenceAboyne Castle
Spouse(s)

Jane Elizabeth Angela

(m. 1972; div. 1990)

Catheryn Kindersley Milbourn

(after 1991)
Issue
  • Alastair Gordon, Earl of Aboyne
  • Lady Amy Gordon
  • Lady Lucy Gordon
  • Lady Rose Gordon
  • ParentsDouglas Gordon, 12th Marquess of Huntly
    The Hon. Mary Pamela Berry

    Granville Charles Gomer Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly (born 4 February 1944), styled Earl of Aboyne until 1987, is a Scottish peer and the Premier Marquess of Scotland.

    He was a hereditary member of the House of Lords from 1987 to 1999.

    Early life[edit]

    Huntly is the son of Douglas Gordon, 12th Marquess of Huntly, by the Honourable Mary Pamela Berry, daughter of Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley. His older sister, Lady Pamela Lemina Gordon, married the Hon. Ian Henry Lawson-Johnston (second son of Ian Lawson-Johnston, 2nd Baron Luke) in 1970. He was educated at Gordonstoun.

    Career[edit]

    He succeeded to the marquessate of Huntly in 1987 on the death of his father (who had inherited the marquessate from his great-uncle, Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly)[1] and contributed occasionally in the House of Lords. However, he lost his seat in parliament after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. He is also the ChiefofClan Gordon.

    Personal life[edit]

    He married Jane Elizabeth Angela, daughter of Alistair Monteith Gibb, in 1972. They had one son and two daughters before getting divorced in 1990:[2]

    Lord Huntly married secondly in 1991 to Catheryn Milbourn (née Kindersley). The former wife of Robert Lennon Milbourn, she was the eldest daughter of Gay Kindersley (a grandson of Robert Kindersley, 1st Baron Kindersley) and the former Margaret Diana Wakefield (a daughter of Hugh Wakefield of Mayfair, London). The Marchioness is a Patroness of the Royal Caledonian Ball.[3] Together, they were the parents of one daughter:[2]

    The seat of Lord and Lady Huntly is Aboyne CastleinAberdeenshire.[2]

    Titles[edit]

    Since 1987, he is:[1]

    References[edit]

  • ^ a b c d e f g "Huntly, Marquess of (S, 1599)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  • ^ "Patronesses". Royal Caledonian Ball. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  • External links[edit]

    Peerage of Scotland
    Preceded by

    Douglas Gordon

    Marquess of Huntly
    1987–present
    Incumbent
    Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
    Preceded by

    The Marquess of Winchester

    United Kingdom Order of Precedence
    gentlemen
    Succeeded by

    The Marquess of Queensberry



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