Cosmo George Gordon, 3rd Duke
of Gordon (1721-1752)
Born circa 1721
Died 5 August 1752 Breteuil nr Amiens
Buried Elgin Cathedral
Married 3 September 1741 Dunkeld
Lady Catherine Gordon, daughter of William Gordon, 2nd Earl
of Aberdeen and Lady Susan Murray
Born 20 October 1718
Died 10 December 1779 London
Buried Elgin Cathedral
His father was an intimate friend of the King of Prussia as well as
of the Grand Duke of Tuscany; in honour of the latter he was named Cosmo.
Born about 1721, he was styled Marquess of Huntly until, in 1728, he succeeded
his father to become 3rd Duke of Gordon. Without her father's knowledge
or approval, on 3 September 1741 he married Lady Catherine Gordon, only
daughter of his own brother-in-law. They became the parents of six children.
From 1747 until 1752 he was Representative Peer for Scotland. Under
the Jurisdiction Act of 1747 he claimed œ22,300 but received only œ5,282
of which œ4,000 was for the regality of Huntly. He was only thirty-two
when he died in Breteuil near Amiens in France, on 5 August 1752, and was
buried in Elgin Cathedral. His widow married the twenty-five-year-old Staats
Long Morris who came from New York. When she died in 1779 she, too, was
buried in Elgin Cathedral.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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