Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly

Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly, PC, DL, JP (5 March 1847 – 20 February 1937), styled Lord Strathavon until 1853 and Earl of Aboyne between 1853 and 1863, was a Scottish Liberal politician. He served under William Ewart Gladstone as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms between January and June 1881.

The Most Honourable

The Marquess of Huntly

PC DL JP
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
In office
21 January 1881 – 27 June 1881
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterWilliam Ewart Gladstone
Preceded byThe Earl Fife
Succeeded byThe Lord Carrington
Personal details
Born(1847-03-05)5 March 1847
Died20 February 1937(1937-02-20) (aged 89)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Amy Brooks (d. 1920)
Charlotte Fallon (d. 1939)
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Background and education

Huntly was the son of Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly, by his second wife Maria Antoinette, daughter of Reverend Peter William Pegus, and succeeded to the marquessate in 1863 at the age of sixteen.[1] He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2]

Political career

In 1870 Huntly was appointed a Lord-in-waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) in the first Liberal administration of William Ewart Gladstone,[3] a post he held until 1873,[1] and served from January to June 1881 as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (government chief whip in the House of Lords) in Gladstone's second administration.[1][4][5] In 1881 he was sworn of the Privy Council.[6]

Apart from his political career, Lord Huntly was Lord Rector of the University of Aberdeen between 1890 and 1896. He also published Auld Acquaintances and Milestones and edited Records of Aboyne.[1]

Family

Lord Huntly married firstly Amy, daughter of Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, 1st Baronet, in 1869. After her death in 1920 he married secondly Charlotte Isabella, daughter of John H. Fallon and widow of James McDonald,[7] in 1922. Both marriages were childless. Huntly died in February 1937, aged 89, and was succeeded in the marquessate by his great-nephew, Douglas Gordon. The Marchioness of Huntly died in May 1939.[1]

References
  1. thepeerage.com Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly
  2. "Gordon, Charles (Marquess of Huntly) (GRDN865C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. "No. 23636". The London Gazette. 22 July 1870. p. 3478.
  4. Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
  5. "No. 24927". The London Gazette. 25 January 1881. p. 339.
  6. "No. 24946". The London Gazette. 4 March 1881. p. 988.
  7. "Charlotte Jane Isabelle Gordon (née Fallon), Marchioness of Huntly". National Portrait Gallery, London.
Political offices
Preceded by
The Earl Fife		 Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
1881		 Succeeded by
The Lord Carrington
Peerage of Scotland
Preceded by
Charles Gordon		 Marquess of Huntly
1863–1937		 Succeeded by
Douglas Gordon
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