Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly

Scottish noble
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroScottish noble
PlacesUnited Kingdom Scotland
isPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth4 February 1944
Age80 years
The details

Biography

Granville Charles Gomer Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly (born 4 February 1944), styled Earl of Aboyne until 1987, is a British peer and the Premier Marquess of Scotland.
Huntly is the son of Douglas Gordon, 12th Marquess of Huntly, by the Honourable Mary Pamela, daughter of James Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley, and was educated at Gordonstoun. He succeeded to the marquessate in 1987 on the death of his father and contributed occasionally in the House of Lords. However, he lost his seat in parliament after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. He is also the Chief of the Clan Gordon.
Lord Huntly married Jane Elizabeth Angela, daughter of Alistair Monteith Gibb, in 1972. They had one son, Alastair Gordon, Earl of Aboyne, and two daughters. Lord and Lady Huntly were divorced in 1990. He married secondly in 1991 to Catheryn Kindersley, of the Barons Kindersley, formerly Mrs. Robert Lennon Millbourn, in 1980, and had a daughter. The Marchioness is a Patroness of the Royal Caledonian Ball.

Titles

Since 1987, he is:

  • 13th Marquess of Huntly (Peerage of Scotland, 1599)
    • 18th Earl of Huntly (Peerage of Scotland, 1445), contested
  • 13th Earl of Enzie (Peerage of Scotland, 1599), contested
  • 13th Lord Gordon of Badenoch (Peerage of Scotland, 1599), contested
  • 9th Earl of Aboyne (Peerage of Scotland, 1660)
  • 9th Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet (Peerage of Scotland, 1660)
  • 5th Baron Meldrum, of Morven in the county of Aberdeen (Peerage of United Kingdom, 1815)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Lord Granville Gordon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Maria Pegus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Granville Gordon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Henry Roe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Charlotte Roe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Douglas Gordon, 12th Marquess of Huntly
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Henry Streatfeild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Gerard Streatfeild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Marion Smith
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Violet Streatfeild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Richard Combe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Ida Combe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Esther Hollway
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Granville Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. John Berry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Thomas Rowe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Mary Rowe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Hon. Mary Berry
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Horace Holmes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Mary Holmes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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