Gordon, Alexander (London)

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Dates c.1708-1715
Location London
Vocation Jacobite sympathizer
Place of Birth Scotland
Marriage Henrietta Mordaunt
Issue 12 children
Place of birth Source Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Second Duke of Gordon. Styled marquess of Huntly, 1684-1715. In England at time of father's arrest. Allegiances complicated by marriage - Gordon's were staunch royalist Catholics, whilst wife came from a Protestant family. Summoned to Edinburgh 1715 to prove allegiance to government and helped co-ordinate Jacobite forces. In Scotland for remainder of life.