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Title
  
Duke of Gordon

Died
  
August 5, 1752

Name
  
Cosmo 3rd


Nationality
  
Scotland

Known for
  
House of Lords

Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon

Born
  
20 April 1720 (
1720-04-20
)

Children
  
Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon

Grandchildren
  
George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon

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Great grandchildren
  
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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.

  • 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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