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1 Dukes of Gordon, first Creation (1684)  




2 Dukes of Gordon, second Creation (1876)  




3 Family Tree  




4 See also  




5 References  




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This article is about the Dukedom of Gordon. For the 6th and present Duke of Gordon, see Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond.

Dukedom of Gordon
held with
Dukedom of Richmond, Dukedom of Lennox
Arms of the Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon: Quarterly of 4: 1st & 4th grand quarters: arms of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, 1st Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Aubigny (1672-1723), an illegitimate son of King Charles II by his mistress Louise de Kérouaille; 2nd grand quarter: Lennox; 3rd grand quarter: Gordon quarterly of 4.
Creation date1684 (first creation)
1876 (second creation)
Created byCharles II (first creation)
Victoria (second creation)
PeeragePeerage of the United Kingdom
First holderGeorge Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon
Present holderCharles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond
Heir apparentCharles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara
Remainder to1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titlesEarl of Kinrara
Extinction date1836 (first creation)
Seat(s)Goodwood House
Former seat(s)Gordon Castle

The title Duke of Gordon has been created once in the Peerage of Scotland and again in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

The Dukedom, named after the Clan Gordon, was first created for the 4th Marquess of Huntly, who on 3 November 1684 was created Duke of Gordon, Marquess of Huntly, Earl of Huntly and Enzie (all three of which he already held by an older creation), Viscount of Inverness, and Lord Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine. On 2 July 1784, the 4th Duke was created Earl of Norwich, in the County of Norfolk, and Baron Gordon, of Huntley in the County of Gloucester, in the Peerage of Great Britain. The principal family seat was Gordon Castle. The Dukedom became extinct in 1836, along with all the titles created in 1684 and 1784.

Most of the Gordon estates passed to the son of the 5th Duke's eldest sister, the 5th Duke of Richmond, whose main seat was Goodwood HouseinSussex.[1] In 1876 his son, the 6th Duke of Richmond and Lennox, was created Duke of Gordon, of Gordon CastleinScotland, and Earl of Kinrara, in the County of Inverness. Thus, the Duke holds four dukedoms (including the French title Duke of Aubigny in the defunct Peerage of France), more than any other person in the realm; or (not counting the putative French title) three, equal since 2022 to Prince William, Duke of Cornwall, of Rothesay and of Cambridge.

Dukes of Gordon, first Creation (1684)[edit]

Other titles: Marquess of Huntly (1599), Marquess of Huntly (1684), Earl of Huntly (1445), Earl of Enzie (1599), Earl of Huntly and Enzie and Viscount of Inverness (1684), Lord Gordon of Badenoch (1599) and Lord Badenoch, Lochaber, Strathavon, Balmore, Auchidon, Garthie and Kincardine (1684)
Other title (4th Duke): Earl of Norwich and Baron Gordon of Huntly, in the county of Gloucester (GB, 1784) and Baron Mordaunt (En, 1529)

Dukes of Gordon, second Creation (1876)[edit]

Other titles: Duke of Richmond (1675), Duke of Lennox (1675), Earl of March (1675), Earl of Darnley (1675), Earl of Kinrara, in the county of Inverness (1876), Baron of Settrington, in the county of York (1675) and Lord of Torboulton (1675)
  • the duke's heir apparent: Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox (b. 1994), the 11th Duke's eldest son

Family Tree[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical, edited by Francis H. Groome, 1882-85, online at www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz

External links[edit]


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