Title Duke of Gordon Died August 5, 1752 Name Cosmo 3rd | Nationality Scotland | |
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Born 20 April 1720 ( 1720-04-20 ) Children Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon People also search for Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon | ||
Great grandchildren Georgiana McCrae |
Cosmo George Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon KT (27 April 1720 – 5 August 1752), styled Marquess of Huntly until 1728, was a Scottish peer.
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Life
Gordon was the son of the 2nd Duke of Gordon and was named after his father's close Jacobite friend, Cosimo, Grand Duke of Tuscany. He sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish Representative Peer from 1747 to 1752. In 1748, he was made a Knight of the Thistle.
Family
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.
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