George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly

George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly, KT (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.[1]

Huntly was the son of Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne, and Margaret, daughter of Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway. After succeeding to the title of Earl of Aboyne in 1794 after the death of his father, he also succeeded to the title of Marquess of Huntly after his distant cousin, the 5th Duke of Gordon, died in 1836.

Orton Hall, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (now a hotel) was the seat of the Marquess of Huntly.

Huntly was a keen cricketer who made four known appearances in first-class matches from 1785 to 1792 (he was styled Lord Strathavon on the scorecards). He was a member of the White Conduit Club and an early member of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), but he was mainly associated with Surrey.[2]

On 4 April 1791, he married Catherine Cope, daughter of Sir Charles Cope, 2nd Baronet, and they had nine children:

References

  1. ↑  "Gordon, George (1761-1853)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  2. ↑ Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826), Lillywhite, 1862
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
Masonic offices
Preceded by
Earl of Dalkeith		 Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Scotland
1802–1804		 Succeeded by
The Earl of Dalhousie
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
George Gordon		 Marquess of Huntly
1836–1853		 Succeeded by
Charles Gordon
Preceded by
Charles Gordon		 Earl of Aboyne
1795–1853
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Meldrum
1815–1853		 Succeeded by
Charles Gordon


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