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| Dukedom of Gordon held with Dukedom of Richmond, Dukedom of Lennox | |
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  Arms of the Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Gordon: Quarterly of 4: 1st & 4th grand quarters: arms of 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 (first creation) 1876 (second creation) |
| Created by | Charles II (first creation) Victoria (second creation) |
| Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| First holder | George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon |
| Present holder | Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond |
| Heir apparent | Charles Gordon-Lennox, Earl of March and Kinrara |
| Remainder to | 1st Duke's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten |
| Subsidiary titles | Earl of Kinrara |
| Extinction date | 1836 (first creation) |
| Seat(s) | Goodwood House |
| Former seat(s) | Gordon Castle |
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 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 4th Duke was created Earl of Norwich, in the County of Norfolk, and Baron Gordon, of Huntley in the 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 5th Duke of Richmond, whose main seat was Goodwood House in Sussex.[1] In 1876 his son, the 6th Duke of Richmond and Lennox, was created Duke of Gordon, of Gordon Castle in Scotland, and Earl of Kinrara, in the 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 Prince William, Duke of Cornwall, of Rothesay and of Cambridge.
- ^ 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