Elizabeth Gordon, Duchess of Gordon

Elisabeth Gordon
Elizabeth Gordon from Disruption Worthies[1]
Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Brodie

20 June 1794
Died31 January 1864
Huntly Lodge, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
SpouseGeorge Gordon
Portrait of Elizabeth Brodie, by Alfred Edward Chalon
Elizabeth, Duchess of Gordon, with headgear.
George, 5th Duke of Gordon
George, 5th Duke of Gordon
Elizabeth Gordon, by Jabez Hughes

Elizabeth Gordon, Duchess of Gordon (née Brodie; 20 June 1794 – 31 January 1864), was a Scottish noblewoman. In 1813, she married George Gordon, Marquis of Huntly, afterwards the 5th Duke of Gordon. She was a member of the Scottish Episcopal Church but left it and joined the Free Church of Scotland in 1846. She had the nickname The Good Duchess. She is remembered as a supporter of the early Free Church and as a founder of the Gordon Schools in Huntly and of the Gordon Chapel in Fochabers.