Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Most Honourable
The Marquess of Huntly
Order1:Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
Term Start1:21 January 1881
Term End1:27 June 1881
Monarch1:Victoria
Primeminister1:William Ewart Gladstone
Predecessor1:The Earl Fife
Successor1:The Lord Carrington
Birth Date:5 March 1847
Birth Place:Orton Longueville, near Peterborough
Death Place:Orton Longueville
Nationality:British
Alma Mater:Trinity College, Cambridge
Spouse:Amy Brooks (d. 1920)
Charlotte Fallon (d. 1939)

Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly, PC, DL, JP (5 March 1847 – 20 February 1937),[1] styled Lord Strathavon until 1853 and Earl of Aboyne between 1853 and 1863, was a Scottish Liberal politician. He served under William Ewart Gladstone, he was appointed Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms between January and June 1881.

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. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.

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, a post he held until 1873, 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.[2] In 1881 he was sworn in the Privy Council.

Apart from his political career, Lord Huntly was Lord Rector of the University of Aberdeen between 1890, 1893 and 1896. He also published Auld Acquaintances and Milestones and edited Records of Aboyne.[3] [2] He was also a member of Huntingdonshire County Council.[4]

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,[5] 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.[2]

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  1. Web site: Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly. geni.com.
  2. http://thepeerage.com/p5966.htm thepeerage.com [Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly]
  3. Web site: Norris Museum’s Books and Pamphlets. norrismuseum.org.uk. 16 November 2021.
  4. Web site: Charles Gordon, the 11th Marquess of Huntly P.C., LL.D., J.P., D.L., C.C.. 16 November 2021.
  5. Web site: Charlotte Jane Isabelle Gordon (née Fallon), Marchioness of Huntly. National Portrait Gallery, London.