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{{Short description|Peerage of Scotland, and of the United Kingdom}}
{{about|the Dukedom of Gordon|the 6th and present Duke of Gordon|Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond}}
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{{Infobox nobility title
| name              = Dukedom of Gordon<br /><small>''held with''</small><br />Dukedom of Richmond, Dukedom of Lennox 
| image             = [[File:Coronet of a British Duke.svg|150px|center]][[File:Duke_of_Richmond_CoA.svg|180px]] 
| image_size        =  
| alt               =  
| caption           = Arms of the Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon: Quarterly of 4: 1st & 4th grand quarters: arms of [[Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond|Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, 1st Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Aubigny]] (1672-1723), an illegitimate son of King Charles II by his mistress Louise de Kérouaille; 2nd grand quarter: Lennox; 3rd grand quarter: Gordon quarterly of 4.
| creation_date     = 1684 <small>(first creation)</small><br />1876 <small>(second creation)</small> 
| creation          =  
| monarch           = [[Charles II of England|Charles II]]<small> (first creation)</small><br />[[Queen Victoria|Victoria]]<small> (second creation)</small> 
| peerage           = [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]] 
| baronetage        =  
| first_holder      = [[George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon]] 
| last_holder       =  
| present_holder    = [[Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond]] 
| heir_apparent     = Charles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara 
| heir_presumptive  =  
| remainder_to      = 1st Duke's [[heirs male]] [[heirs of the body|of the body]] lawfully begotten 
| subsidiary_titles = Earl of Kinrara 
| status            =  
| extinction_date   = 1836 <small>(first creation)</small> 
| family_seat       = [[Goodwood House]] 
| former_seat       = [[Gordon Castle]]
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The title '''Duke of Gordon''' has been created once in the [[Peerage of Scotland]] and again in the [[Peerage of the United Kingdom]].

The Dukedom, named after the [[Clan Gordon]], was first created for the [[George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon|4th Marquess of Huntly]], who on 3 November 1684 was created '''Duke of Gordon''', '''Marquess of Huntly''', '''Earl of Huntly and Enzie''' (all three of which he already held by an older creation), '''Viscount of Inverness''', and '''Lord Strathaven, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine'''. On 2 July 1784, the [[Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon|4th Duke]] was created '''Earl of Norwich''', in the [[Norfolk|County of Norfolk]], and '''Baron Gordon''', of [[Huntley, Gloucestershire|Huntley]] in the [[Gloucestershire|County of Gloucester]], in the [[Peerage of Great Britain]]. The principal family seat was [[Gordon Castle]]. The dukedom became extinct in 1836, along with all the titles created in 1684 and 1784.

Most of the Gordon estates passed to the son of the 5th Duke's eldest sister, the [[Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond|5th Duke of Richmond]], whose main seat was [[Goodwood House]] in [[Sussex]].<ref>[http://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurehistory5160.html Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical, edited by Francis H. Groome, 1882-85], online at www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz</ref> In 1876 his son, the [[Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond|6th Duke of Richmond and Lennox]], was created '''Duke of Gordon''', of Gordon Castle in [[Scotland]], and '''Earl of Kinrara''', in the [[Inverness-shire|County of Inverness]]. Thus, the Duke holds four dukedoms (including the French title [[Duke of Aubigny]] in the defunct [[Peerage of France]]), more than any other person in the realm; or (not counting the putative French title) three, equal since 2022 to [[William, Prince of Wales|Prince William]], Duke of Cornwall, of Rothesay and of Cambridge.

==Dukes of Gordon, first Creation (1684)==
:''Other titles: [[Marquess of Huntly]] (1599), Marquess of Huntly (1684), [[Earl of Huntly]] (1445), [[Earl of Enzie]] (1599), Earl of Huntly and Enzie and [[Viscount of Inverness]] (1684), [[Lord Gordon of Badenoch]] (1599) and Lord Badenoch, Lochaber, Strathavon, Balmore, Auchidon, Garthie and Kincardine (1684)''
*[[George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon]] (1649–1716) was until 1684 merely [[Marquess of Huntly]]
*[[Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon]] (c. 1678–1728), only son of the 1st Duke
*[[Cosmo George Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon]] (c. 1720–1752), eldest son of the 2nd Duke
:''Other title (4th Duke): [[Earl of Norwich]] and Baron Gordon of Huntly, in the county of Gloucester (GB, 1784) and [[Baron Mordaunt]] (En, 1529)''
*[[Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon]] (1743–1827), eldest son of the 3rd Duke
*[[George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon|George Duncan Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon]] (1770–1836), elder son of the 4th Duke

==Dukes of Gordon, second Creation (1876)==
:''Other titles: Duke of Richmond (1675), Duke of Lennox (1675), Earl of March (1675), Earl of Darnley (1675), Earl of Kinrara, in the county of Inverness (1876), Baron of Settrington, in the county of York (1675) and Lord of Torboulton (1675)''
*[[Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond]], 6th Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Gordon (1818–1903), eldest son of the [[Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond|5th Duke of Richmond]], himself nephew of the above 5th Duke of Gordon
*[[Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond]], 7th Duke of Lennox, 2nd Duke of Gordon (1845–1928), eldest son of the 6th Duke
*[[Charles Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond]], 8th Duke of Lennox, 3rd Duke of Gordon (1870–1935), eldest son of the 7th Duke
**[[Charles Gordon-Lennox, Lord Settrington|Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Lord Settrington]] (1899–1919), eldest son of the 8th Duke (at that point Earl of March), died without issue
*[[Frederick Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond]], 9th Duke of Lennox, 4th Duke of Gordon (1904–1989), second son of the 8th Duke
*[[Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond]], 10th Duke of Lennox, 5th Duke of Gordon (1929-2017), eldest son of the 9th Duke
*[[Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond]], 11th Duke of Lennox, 6th Duke of Gordon  (b. 1955), only son of the 10th Duke
:*the duke's heir apparent: Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox (b. 1994), the 11th Duke's eldest son

==Family Tree==
{{Dukes of Lennox, Richmond, and Gordon family tree}}

==See also==
*[[Gordon Highlanders]]
*[[Gordon Riots]]
*[[Duke of Richmond]]
*[[Duke of Lennox]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080319081436/http://www.ukdukes.co.uk/the_dukes/the_duke_of_gordon/ Duke of Gordon]
*{{Rayment|external links=y|date=February 2012}}

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