Georgiana Russell, Duchess of Bedford
Georgiana( or Georgina) Russell, Duchess of Bedford( 18 July 1781 – 24 February 1853), formerly Lady Georgiana Gordon, was a British aristocrat and patron of the arts.
Georgiana was born at Gordon Castle in Scotland, a younger daughter of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, and his first wife Jane.
In 1802, after the Treaty of Amiens, the Duchess of Gordon took Georgiana to Paris to pursue the option of a marriage with Eugène de Beauharnais, stepson of Napoleon, who was around her own age, but political sensitivities put an end to the plan.
As a second option, the Duchess of Gordon then arranged for her to become engaged to Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford; he died, aged 36, before they could marry.
The duchess advised Georgiana to wear black when meeting Francis's younger brother, who had inherited the title and had been widowed with several children.
Edmond de Talleyrand-Périgord
Edmond de Talleyrand- Périgord, 2nd Duke of Talleyrand, 2nd Duke of Dino( 1 August 1787, Paris – 14 May 1872, Florence), was a French general of the Napoleonic Wars.
George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon
George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon KT, PC (1643 – 7 December 1716), known as Marquess of Huntly from 1661 to 1684, was a Scottish peer.
George Gordon, 4th Marquess of Huntly was born in 1643, the son of Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Huntly and Mary Grant.
He was originally styled the Earl of Enzie until his succession as Marquess in December 1653, when he was around four years old.
The young Marquess was educated at a Catholic seminary in France, following a tradition within the Huntly family.
In 1673, when he was aged 24, he entered the French Army of Louis XIV and served under the famous Marshal de Turenne before returning to Scotland sometime around 1675.
In October of the following year, 1676, he married Lady Elizabeth Howard, the second daughter of Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk.
However, he was described by the historian Macky as someone "made for the company of ladies, but is covetous which extremely eclipses him.
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The marriage was not wholly successful and the couple parted some years before his death.
On 1 November 1684, George was advanced from Marquess of Huntly, becoming the first Duke of Gordon.
Following the accession of the Catholic James II in 1685, the Duke was made one of the Commissioners of Supply, Constable of Edinburgh Castle, a Commissioner of the Scottish Treasury and a founding Knight of the Order of the Thistle.
The Duke owed these positions to his Catholicism, Around this time, he was described as being "a libertine and a fop, he is a Roman Catholic because he was bred so, but otherwise thinks very little of revealed religion."
Following the Glorious Revolution and the overthrow of James II, the Duke held Edinburgh Castle against the Protestant Conventionists.
However, he is remembered as being "vacillating in his defence" and eventually surrendered the Castle on 14 June 1689.
As a result of his actions in Edinburgh, he was received somewhat coldly by King James at his residence in exile, the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris.
On his return to Scotland he was confined on parole.
Shortly after this, his Duchess left him and retired to a convent in Flanders.
The Duke temporarily regained favour with the accession of Queen Anne in 1702 and was recognised by her as a Knight of the Thistle when she revived the Order on 31 December 1703.
However, the Duke, being a true Gordon, could not stay out of trouble for very long.
In March 1707, he was arrested along with other Jacobite Lords and was confined to Edinburgh Castle for being implicated in the aborted Jacobite invasion.
For his long-suffering Duchess, this was the final straw, and she obtained a deed of separation from her husband.
The historian Macky, in his book "Characters", observed the Duke and said that "he hath a great many links, but they do not make a complete chain; is certainly a very fine gentleman and understands conversation and the belles lettres; is well bred.
He is handsome and taller than the ordinary size; thin, dresses well; but is somewhat finical, resembling the French".
The Duke died at Leith, on 7 December 1716.
The Duchess returned to Scotland after his death and resided at Abbey Hill in Edinburgh until her own death in July 1732.
Like her husband, she was buried in Elgin Cathedral.
Lord Adam Gordon (British Army officer)
Lord Adam Gordon( c. 1726 – 13 August 1801) was a Scottish career army officer, achieving the rank of general, and a younger son of Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon and Lady Henrietta Mordaunt.
Jane Gordon, Duchess of Gordon
Jane Gordon, Duchess of Gordon(" née" Maxwell; 1748 or 1749 – 14 April 1812) was a Scottish Tory political hostess.
Together with her husband Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon, and son George, Marquess of Huntly( the future 5th Duke of Gordon), she founded the Gordon Highlanders, a British Army infantry regiment which existed until 1994.
Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond
Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, 2nd Duke of Lennox, 2nd Duke of Aubigny,( 18 May 17018 August 1750) was a British nobleman, peer, and politician.
He was the son of Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, an illegitimate son of King Charles II.
He held a number of posts in connection with his high office but is best remembered for his patronage of cricket.
He has been described as the most important of the sport's early patrons and did much to help its evolution from village cricket to first- class cricket.
Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon
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"
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk
Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk( 144321 May 1524), styled Earl of Surrey from 1483 to 1485 and again from 1489 to 1514, was an English nobleman and politician.
He was the eldest son of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, by his first wife, Catharina de Moleyns.
The Duke was the grandfather of both Queen Anne Boleyn and Queen Catherine Howard and the great grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I.
He served four monarchs as a soldier and statesman.
Catherine Gordon, Duchess of Gordon
Catherine Gordon, Duchess of Gordon( 20 October 1718 – 10 December 1779), was the wife of Cosmo George Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon, and the mother of the 4th Duke.
After the duke's death, she married General Staats Long Morris.
Lady Catherine was born at Haddo, the daughter of William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen, and his wife, the former Lady Susan Murray.
She married the Duke of Gordon, to whom she was distantly related, on 3 September 1741 at Dunkeld.
Their children were: The Duke of Gordon died in 1752.
In 1754, Horace Walpole described the duchess as looking" like a raw- boned Scottish metaphysician that has got a red face by drinking water", and implied that she had made advances to Stanisław August Poniatowski( the future King of Poland).
In March 1756, the widowed duchess married Staats Long Morris, an American soldier who had become a British MP.
In 1759, Catherine decided to raise a new regiment as a career opportunity for her second husband, but they were posted to India.
She later went with him to America, where they travelled widely in 1768- 9.
They then returned to Scotland and set up home at Huntly Lodge.
Morris became MP for Elgin Burghs in 1774, largely due to the influence of his stepson, the new Duke of Gordon.
James Gordon, 2nd Viscount Aboyne
James Gordon, 2nd Viscount Aboyne( c. 1620 – February 1649) was the second son of George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly, a Scottish royalist commander in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

Question: Who is Alexander Gordon, 2Nd Duke Of Gordon's paternal grandfather?
Answer: Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Huntly