Person:Alexander Gordon (48)

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Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon
b.Abt 1678
d.28 Nov 1728
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  1. Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of GordonAbt 1678 - 1728
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  1. Anne GordonAbt 1713 - 1791
  2. Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of GordonEst 1720 - 1752
  3. Katherine Gordon - 1786
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Name Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1678
Marriage to Lady Henrietta Mordaunt
Military[1] Combatant of Sheriffmuir
Death[1] 28 Nov 1728
Reference Number? Q716650?


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General Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon (c. 167828 November 1728), styled Earl of Enzie until 1684 and the Marquess of Huntly from 1684 to 1716, was a Scottish peer.

Gordon was the son of George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon and Lady Elizabeth Howard, the daughter of the Roman Catholic Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk. He fought with the Jacobites at the battle of Sheriffmuir, with three hundred horsemen and two thousand foot. On 12 February 1716, he surrendered at Gordon Castle to John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland. He was imprisoned at Edinburgh, but obtained a pardon when his father died and entered his inheritance as 2nd Duke on 7 December 1716.

He is mentioned in the Jacobite riddling song Cam Ye O'er Frae France, referred to as "Cockalorum", an epithet derived from the traditional nickname of the head of the Gordon clan, "Cock o' the North"

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
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