George (Gordon) Gordon Fourth Earl of Huntly (1514 - 1562)

Born 1514 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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Died 28 Oct 1562 at about age 48 in Moray, Scotland

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Biography

George (Gordon) Gordon Fourth Earl of Huntly is Notable.

George (Gordon) Gordon Fourth Earl of Huntly is a member of Clan Gordon.

George was the son of John Gordon and Margaret Stewart^[1][2] born circa 1514 in Gordon Castle, Bog of Gight, Banff and Morayshire, Scotland

He married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Keith, Master of Marischal, on 27 March 1530^[3] in Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland. They had issue:

1. Alexander,^[4] Lord Gordon b. b 1530, d. bt 18 Sep 1552 - 11 Aug 1553
2. George,^[4] 5th Earl of Huntly, b. b 1548, d. 1576
3. John^[4]
4. William^[5]
5. james^[5]
6. Adam^[5]
7. Patrick^[6]
8. Robert^[7]
9. Hon. Thomas, b. b 1550^[7]
10. Elizabeth,^[7]
11. Margaret, b. b 1548^[7]
12. Lady Jean, b. b 1550, d. 14 May 1629^[7]

George died from an apoplectic seizure at the end of the Battle of Corrichie on 22 Oct 1562 and was interred in the Gordon Vault, Cathedral Elgin, Moray, Scotland in Corrichie, Scotland and was buried at Elgin Cathedral, Elgin, Scotland in April 1566 .

Research Notes

• Stirnet (subscription): George Gordon

• George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, PC for complete list of children. From "Cracroft's Peerage, The compete Guide to the British Peerage and Baronetage"

• "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:9KPZ-B7G : accessed 2015-02-05), entry for George Gordon.

Sources

1. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1907, Vol. IV, Archive.org, p. 533
2. ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: London, St. Catherine Press, 1926, Ed. 2 Vol VI, FamilySearch, p. 678
3. ↑ Cokayne, George Edward, "The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom", London: London, St. Catherine Press, 1926, Ed. 2 Vol VI, FamilySearch, p. 679
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1907, Vol. IV, Archive.org, p. 536
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1907, Vol. IV, Archive.org, p. 537
6. ↑ Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1907, Vol. IV, Archive.org, p. 538
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4} Paul, James Balfour. "The Scots Peerage : founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom", Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1907, Vol. IV, Archive.org, p. 539

See also:

• Wikipedia: George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly

• Wikidata: Item Q495531, en:Wikipedia

• The Complete Peerage, by George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, , (London, George Bell & Sons, 1892), v. IV, p. 296

• The Complete Peerage, by George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, , (London, The St. Catherine Press, 1912), v. II, p. 239

• The Complete Peerage, by George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, , (London, George Bell & Sons, 1890),V. III, p. 290