Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon


Cosmo George Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon KT, styled Marquess of Huntly until 1728, was a Scottish peer.

Life

Gordon was the son of the 2nd Duke of Gordon and was named after his father's close Jacobite friend, Cosimo, Grand Duke of Tuscany. He sat in the House of Lords as a Scottish Representative Peer from 1747 to 1752. In 1748, he was made a Knight of the Thistle.

Family

Gordon married Lady Catherine Gordon, daughter of William, Earl of Aberdeen, on 3 September 1741. They had three sons and three daughters.