Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly

{{Short description|Scottish Liberal politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Most Honourable

| name = The Marquess of Huntly

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|PC|DL|JP}}

| image = 11thMarquessOfHuntly.jpg

| imagesize = 200px

| caption =

| 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 = {{birth date|1847|3|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Orton Longueville, near Peterborough

| death_date = {{death date and age|1937|2|20|1847|3|5|df=y}}

| death_place = Orton Longueville

| nationality = British

| party = Liberal

| 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),{{cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Charles-Gordon-11th-Marquess-of-Huntly/6000000002576731688|website=geni.com|title=Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly}} 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.{{acad|id=GRDN865C|name=Gordon, Charles (Marquess of Huntly)}}

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,{{London Gazette |issue=23636 |date=22 July 1870 |page=3478 }} 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.[http://thepeerage.com/p5966.htm thepeerage.com [Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly]{{London Gazette |issue=24927 |date=25 January 1881 |page=339 }} In 1881 he was sworn in the Privy Council.{{London Gazette |issue=24946 |date=4 March 1881 |page=988 }}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.norrismuseum.org.uk/discover/library-collection/library-books-and-pamphlets/ |website=norrismuseum.org.uk|title=Norris Museum’s Books and Pamphlets|access-date=16 November 2021}} He was also a member of Huntingdonshire County Council.{{cite web|url=https://huntingdonshire.cambs.info/history/3_12_Huntly.asp| title=Charles Gordon, the 11th Marquess of Huntly P.C., LL.D., J.P., D.L., C.C.|access-date=16 November 2021}}

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,{{cite web|title=Charlotte Jane Isabelle Gordon (née Fallon), Marchioness of Huntly|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw64773/Charlotte-Jane-Isabelle-Gordon-ne-Fallon-Marchioness-of-Huntly?LinkID=mp62662&role=sit&rNo=0#sitter|publisher=National Portrait Gallery, London}} 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.

References

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=Work cited=

  • {{cite book | last=Hesilrige | first=Arthur G. M. | date=1921 | title=Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy | url=https://archive.org/details/debrettspeeraget00unse/page/494 | location=160A, Fleet street, London, UK | publisher=Dean & Son | page=494 }}