Biography of Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon 1743-1827

On 3rd September 1741 [his father] Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon [aged 21] and [his mother] Catherine Gordon Duchess Gordon [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Duchess Gordon. She the daughter of [his grandfather] William Gordon 2nd Earl Aberdeen [aged 62] and [his grandmother] Susan Murray. He the son of Alexander Gordon 2nd Duke Gordon and Henrietta Mordaunt Duchess Gordon. They were fourth cousins.

On 18th June 1743 Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon was born to [his father] Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon [aged 23] and [his mother] Catherine Gordon Duchess Gordon [aged 25].

On 5th August 1752 [his father] Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon [aged 32] died. His son Alexander [aged 9] succeeded 4th Duke Gordon, 7th Marquess Huntly, 12th Earl Huntley.

Around 1764 Pompeo Batoni [aged 55]. Portrait of Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon [aged 20].

On 28th May 1767 [his brother-in-law] John Fane 9th Earl of Westmoreland [aged 39] and [his sister] Susan Gordon Countess of Westmoreland [aged 15] were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of [his father] Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon and [his mother] Catherine Gordon Duchess Gordon [aged 49]. He the son of Thomas Fane 8th Earl of Westmoreland [aged 66] and Elizabeth Swymmer Countess Westmoreland.

On 18th October 1767 Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon [aged 24] and Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Duchess Gordon. He the son of Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon and Catherine Gordon Duchess Gordon [aged 49].

On 20th September 1768 [his daughter] Charlotte Gordon Duchess Richmond was born to Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon [aged 25] and [his wife] Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon [aged 20]. She married 9th September 1789 her sixth cousin Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond and had issue.

On 2nd February 1770 [his son] George Gordon 5th Duke Gordon was born to Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon [aged 26]. He married 11th December 1813 Elizabeth Brodie Duchess Gordon.

On 25th November 1771 Thomas Fane 8th Earl of Westmoreland [aged 70] died. His son [his brother-in-law] John [aged 43] succeeded 9th Earl of Westmoreland. [his sister] Susan Gordon Countess of Westmoreland [aged 19] by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.

Henry Fane of Fulbeck [aged 32] inherited Fulbeck Hall.

In 1772 [his daughter] Madelaine Gordon was born to Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon [aged 28] and [his wife] Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon [aged 24].

1774 Angelica Kauffmann [aged 32]. Portrait of Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon [aged 30].

On 27th December 1776 [his daughter] Louisa Gordon Marchioness Cornwallis was born to Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon [aged 33] and [his wife] Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon [aged 28]. She married 17th April 1795 Charles Cornwallis 2nd Marquess Cornwallis, son of Charles Cornwallis 1st Marquess Cornwallis and Jemima Tullekin Jones Countess Cornwallis, and had issue.

On 18th July 1781 [his daughter] Georgiana Gordon Duchess Bedford was born to Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon [aged 38] and [his wife] Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon [aged 33]. She married 23rd June 1803 her sixth cousin John Russell 6th Duke Bedford and had issue.

In 1785 [his son] Alexander Gordon was born to Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon [aged 41] and [his wife] Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon [aged 37].

On 9th September 1789 [his son-in-law] Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond [aged 25] and Charlotte Gordon Duchess Richmond [aged 20] were married at Gordon Castle, Fochabers. She the daughter of Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon [aged 46] and Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon [aged 41]. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 7th October 1793 [his son-in-law] William Montagu 5th Duke Manchester [aged 21] and Susan Gordon Duchess Manchester were married at Edinburgh. She by marriage Duchess Manchester. She the daughter of Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon [aged 50] and Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon [aged 45]. He the son of George Montagu 4th Duke Manchester and Elizabeth Dashwood Duchess Manchester [aged 53].

On 17th April 1795 [his son-in-law] Charles Cornwallis 2nd Marquess Cornwallis [aged 20] and Louisa Gordon Marchioness Cornwallis [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon [aged 51] and Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon [aged 47]. He the son of Charles Cornwallis 1st Marquess Cornwallis [aged 56] and Jemima Tullekin Jones Countess Cornwallis.

In 1799 [his mother] Catherine Gordon Duchess Gordon [aged 81] died.

On 23rd June 1803 [his son-in-law] John Russell 6th Duke Bedford [aged 36] and Georgiana Gordon Duchess Bedford [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Duchess Bedford. She the daughter of Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon [aged 60] and Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon [aged 55]. They were sixth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 8th January 1808 [his son] Alexander Gordon [aged 23] died.

On 14th April 1812 [his wife] Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon [aged 64] died.

On 11th December 1813 George Gordon 5th Duke Gordon [aged 43] and Elizabeth Brodie Duchess Gordon [aged 19] were married. She brought £100,000 to the marriage and inherited more then £100,000 when her father died. The difference in their ages was 24 years. He the son of Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon [aged 70].

On 11th December 1814 [his sister] Susan Gordon Countess of Westmoreland [aged 62] died. Memorial in the Church of St Leonard, Apethorpe [Map].

Susan Gordon Countess of Westmoreland: In 1752 she was born to Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon and Catherine Gordon Duchess Gordon. On 28th May 1767 John Fane 9th Earl of Westmoreland and she were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon and Catherine Gordon Duchess Gordon. He the son of Thomas Fane 8th Earl of Westmoreland and Elizabeth Swymmer Countess Westmoreland.

On 22nd June 1819 Mary Anastasia Grace Mordaunt 11th Baroness Mordaunt [aged 80] died. Her second cousin Alexander [aged 76] succeeded 12th Baron Mordaunt.

On 17th June 1827 Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon [aged 83] died. His son George [aged 57] succeeded 5th Duke Gordon, 8th Marquess Huntly, 13th Earl Huntley, 13th Baron Mordaunt. Elizabeth Brodie Duchess Gordon [aged 32] by marriage Duchess Gordon.

[his daughter] Susan Gordon Duchess Manchester was born to Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon and Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon. She married 7th October 1793 William Montagu 5th Duke Manchester, son of George Montagu 4th Duke Manchester and Elizabeth Dashwood Duchess Manchester, and had issue.