Cosmo George Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon

He was created a Knight of the Thistle, 29 May 1687,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmo_Gordon,_3rd_Duke_of_Gordon

http://thepeerage.com/p199.htm

http://www.cyberancestors.com/cummins/ps100/ps100_430.htm

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His father was an intimate friend of the King of Prussia as well as of the Grand Duke of Tuscany; in honour of the latter he was named Cosmo. Born about 1721, he was styled Marquess of Huntly until, in 1728, he succeeded his father to become 3rd Duke of Gordon. Without her father's knowledge or approval, on 3 September 1741 he married Lady Catherine Gordon, only daughter of his own brother-in-law. They became the parents of six children. From 1747 until 1752 he was Representative Peer for Scotland. Under the Jurisdiction Act of 1747 he claimed £22,300 but received only £5,282 of which £4,000 was for the Regality of Huntly. He was only thirty-two when he died in Breteuil near Amiens in France, on 5 August 1752, and was buried in Elgin Cathedral. His widow married the twenty-five-year-old Staats Long Morris who came from New York. When she died in 1779 she, too, was buried in Elgin Cathedral.

Gordon married Lady Catherine Gordon (c. 1725 – 10 December 1779), daughter of William, Earl of Aberdeen, on 3 September 1741; they had three sons and three daughters.[2]

Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon (1743 – 1827) Lord William Gordon (1744 – 1823) Lord George Gordon (1751 – 1793), after whom the Gordon Riots were named Lady Susan Gordon (c. 1752 – 1814), married first John, Earl of Westmorland, and second, Colonel John Woodford, having issue from both marriages Lady Anne Gordon (16 Mar 1748 – 7 Jun 1816) Lady Catherine Gordon (26 Jan 1751 – 3 Jan 1797)

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He was created a Knight of the Thistle, 29 May 1687,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmo_Gordon,_3rd_Duke_of_Gordon

http://thepeerage.com/p199.htm

http://www.cyberancestors.com/cummins/ps100/ps100_430.htm

His father was an intimate friend of the King of Prussia as well as of the Grand Duke of Tuscany; in honour of the latter he was named Cosmo. Born about 1721, he was styled Marquess of Huntly until, in 1728, he succeeded his father to become 3rd Duke of Gordon. Without her father's knowledge or approval, on 3 September 1741 he married Lady Catherine Gordon, only daughter of his own brother-in-law. They became the parents of six children. From 1747 until 1752 he was Representative Peer for Scotland. Under the Jurisdiction Act of 1747 he claimed £22,300 but received only £5,282 of which £4,000 was for the Regality of Huntly. He was only thirty-two when he died in Breteuil near Amiens in France, on 5 August 1752, and was buried in Elgin Cathedral. His widow married the twenty-five-year-old Staats Long Morris who came from New York. When she died in 1779 she, too, was buried in Elgin Cathedral. Gordon married Lady Catherine Gordon (c. 1725 – 10 December 1779), daughter of William, Earl of Aberdeen, on 3 September 1741; they had three sons and three daughters.[2]

Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon (1743 – 1827) Lord William Gordon (1744 – 1823) Lord George Gordon (1751 – 1793), after whom the Gordon Riots were named Lady Susan Gordon (c. 1752 – 1814), married first John, Earl of Westmorland, and second, Colonel John Woodford, having issue from both marriages Lady Anne Gordon (16 Mar 1748 – 7 Jun 1816) Lady Catherine Gordon (26 Jan 1751 – 3 Jan 1797)