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     George Gordon 5th Duke of Gordon, 8th Marquess, 2nd Earl of Norwich was born on 2 February 1770 in Edinburgh. He was the son of Alexander Gordon 4th Duke of Gordon, 7th Marquess, 1st Earl of Norwich and Jane Maxwell. George Gordon 5th Duke of Gordon, 8th Marquess, 2nd Earl of Norwich married Elizabeth Brodie, daughter of Alexander Brodie of Arnhall, on 11 December 1813.² George Gordon 5th Duke of Gordon, 8th Marquess, 2nd Earl of Norwich died on 28 May 1836 in Belgrave Square, London, at the age of 66 upon his death the Dukedom and the Earldom became extinct but the Marquessate passed to his kinsman, George, 5th Earl of Aboyne.

     George Gordon Master of Huntly was the son of George Gordon 2nd Marquess of Huntly and Anne Campbell. George Gordon Master of Huntly died on 2 July 1645 in Alford dsp unmarried.

     George Morris Seton Gordon was born on 5 October 1874 in South Melbourne, Victoria.² He was the son of George Tindal Gordon and Elizabeth Knevitt.¹ George Morris Seton Gordon married Lorna Nugent O'Connor in 1909 in Western Australia.³ George Morris Seton Gordon and Lorna Nugent O'Connor were living at 79 Grey Street, Balaclava, Victoria, in 1919 he was an accountant. George Morris Seton Gordon died on 19 July 1953 in 27 Kingston Street, East Malvern, Victoria, at the age of 78.⁴

     George Tindal Gordon was born on 11 January 1832 in Eastbourne, Sussex.¹ He was the son of Maj. Gen. Alexander Gordon R.E. and Zébée Anne Rose Touzi. George Tindal Gordon was baptised on 4 March 1832 in the Parish of St. Mary, Eastbourne, Sussex.¹ GORDON entered the Royal Navy on 12 September 1845 as a Volunteer 1st class and was posted to the Lark; on 10 April 1847 to the Queen and on 24 May of that year as Midshipman on the Spartan; on 19 June 1849 to the Impregnable and on 30 July to the Daedalus which sailed with supplies for the discovery ship Plover, then in the Bering Straits, and Gordon was transferred to the latter vessel as captain's mate. The ship had already been in arctic waters for several years awaiting either news of, or the return of Franklin and his men from their expedition. On 20 August 1852 he was posted to the Swift and on 9 November 1854 he was promoted to Lieutenant. He was First Lieutenant on H.M.S. Fawn which docked in Sydney on 1 July 1860. He left the Navy in 1861.² He married Elizabeth Knevitt, daughter of Morris Thomas Knevitt and Mary Anne Kendal, on 8 June 1867 in Chalmers Manse, East Melbourne, Australia, the service was conducted by the Rev. Dr. Cairns.^3,4 On 22 February 1907 The Melbourne Argus reported that Mr. George Tindal Gordon of the Mines Department met with a painful accident on Wednesday [22 February] evening about 5 o'clock, when he was walking along the footpath at the corner of Spring and Flinders streets, when he slipped on the kerbstone and fell heavily. He was taken to the Alfred Hospital and examined by Dr. Langley, who found that the patient suffered from a fractured thigh.⁵ George Tindal Gordon died on 9 April 1911 in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, at the age of 79 of Bright's disease.¹

     Georgiana Huntly Gordon was born on 15 March 1804 in London. She was the daughter of George Gordon 5th Duke of Gordon, 8th Marquess, 2nd Earl of Norwich and Jane Graham. The illegitimate daughter of George Gordon, Marquess of Huntly, later 5th Duke of Gordon, and Jane Graham, she spent much of her childhood in London where she was born. Educated first at a convent school kept by refugees from the French revolution, presided over by Madame la Comtesse d'Escouailles, Georgiana became fluent in French and studied other languages, including Hebrew and Latin. She was only eleven years old when she began taking lessons in painting from John Varley, the landscape painter, who was by all accounts a brilliant teacher. She studied at the Royal Academy and visited Gordon Castle each summer. A miniature portrait of her grandfather, the 4th Duke of Gordon, won her a silver medal from the Society for Promotion of Arts in 1821 when she was only seventeen. The following year she won a silver palette award for the most promising young portrait painter in Britain. Georgiana also had considerable musical ability as both singer and pianist. From age seventeen till twenty-three she lived at Gordon Castle with her grandfather till he died in 1827. While living in Edinburgh she earned her own living.

On 15 September 1830, at Gordon Castle, she married Andrew Murison McCrae and they became the parents of nine children. She followed her husband from Edinburgh to London and then to Port Phillip in Australia where he was successively a lawyer, squatter and goldfields magistrate. Andrew McCrae was on friendly terms with members of the Bunurong tribe of Aborigines, with whom he had constant dealings on his property on the Mornington peninsula. Georgiana was also a friend to them all, tended to their wants and drew their portraits with the same understanding, compassion and respect she had earlier shown in the representation of Scottish aristocrats.

The character of Andrew Murison McCrae has tended to be obscured by the attention which historians, art critics and various authors have devoted to his wife. In fact Andrew has been consistently vilified as Georgiana has been exalted. The bare facts of his life in Australia are that he went into practice in 1839 as a solicitor in Melbourne with James Montgomery, the Clerk of the Peace, as a partner. However, by the end of 1842, the economy had collapsed and the partnership, faced with clients who could not honour their debts, was dissolved. In 1844 Andrew decided to take up a cattle run at the foot of Arthur's Seat on the Mornington Peninsula and the family left Melbourne in March 1845. Once again the enterprise was unsuccessful financially, and the McCraes returned to Melbourne in October 1851, the 12,000-acre station being sold for 1000 pounds. With the advent of the gold rush in Victoria, Andrew obtained official positions as Stipendary and Police Magistrate in various centres, including Alberton, Gippsland (1851-1854), Barrow's Inn, Hepburn, Crewick and finally for seven years at Kilmore. Georgiana and the children did not follow him to the goldfields but remained in Melbourne. Their marriage was not a consistantly happy one and in the end they were living virtually separate lives. For many years it was clear that Andrew harboured a great admiration and affection for his wife but there is scant evidence of Georgiana's reciprocating these feelings at the same level. In 1867 Andrew left Australia alone to spend seven years in Britain. On 24 July 1874, soon after his return, he died at Hawthorn in Victoria. Georgiana survived him by some sixteen years, also dying at Hawthorn on 24 May 1890. They are buried in adjacent graves in Boroondara Cemetary, Kew, near the gate in the wall adjoining Park Hill Road.

Source: Leo van de Pas.¹ Georgiana Huntly Gordon married Andrew Murison McCrae, son of William Gordon McCrae and Margaret Murison, on 25 September 1830 in Parish Church of Bellie, Fochabers.² Georgiana Huntly Gordon died on 24 May 1890 in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, at the age of 86.¹

     Georgina Gordon was born on 18 July 1781 in Gordon Castle. She was the daughter of Alexander Gordon 4th Duke of Gordon, 7th Marquess, 1st Earl of Norwich and Jane Maxwell. Georgina Gordon married John Russell 6th Duke of Bedford on 23 June 1803 in Whitehall. Georgina Gordon died on 24 February 1853 at the age of 71.

     Henrietta Gordon was born circa 1708. She was the daughter of Alexander Gordon 2nd Duke of Gordon, 5th Marquess and Lady Henrietta Mordaunt. Henrietta Gordon died on 14 February 1789 in Edinburgh unmarried.

     Henry Gordon married Elizabeth Smith, daughter of Daniel Smith and Amanda Shell.¹

     Henry Gordon was born in 1634. He was the son of George Gordon 2nd Marquess of Huntly and Anne Campbell. Henry Gordon died in 1667.

     James Gordon Viscount Aboyne was the son of George Gordon 2nd Marquess of Huntly and Anne Campbell. James Gordon Viscount Aboyne died in 1648 dsp unmarried.

     Jane Gordon was born circa 1780.² She was the daughter of Peter Gordon of Borlum and Mary Grant.^1,2 Jane Gordon married Rev. Donald Fraser M.A., son of Rev. Dr. Alexander Fraser and Isabella Fraser, on 2 November 1802.^1,2 Jane Gordon died on 26 May 1861.²

     Jean Gordon was born circa 1720. She was the daughter of Alexander Gordon 2nd Duke of Gordon, 5th Marquess and Lady Henrietta Mordaunt. Jean Gordon died on 17 January 1792 prob. unmarried.

     Jean Gordon was born circa 1682. She was the daughter of George Gordon 1st Duke of Gordon, 4th Marquess of Huntly and Lady Elizabeth Howard. Jean Gordon married James Drummond "2nd Duke of Perth" de jure 5th Earl circa 5 August 1706. Jean Gordon died on 30 January 1773.

     Jean Gordon was christened on 21 February 1801 at Bellie, Morayshire.^1,2 She was the daughter of Alexander Gordon 4th Duke of Gordon, 7th Marquess, 1st Earl of Norwich and Jean Christie.¹ Jean Gordon married Capt. Lachlan MacKintosh on 8 August 1825.³

     Jessie Gavin Gordon was born on 24 July 1834.¹ She was the daughter of Maj. Gen. Alexander Gordon R.E. and Zébée Anne Rose Touzi. Jessie Gavin Gordon died on 31 July 1834.¹

     John Gordon Master of Huntly was the son of Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly and Jean Stewart. John Gordon Master of Huntly married Margaret Stewart, daughter of James Stewart, King James IV of Scotland and Margaret Drummond, in November 1510.¹ John Gordon Master of Huntly died on 5 December 1517 in Kinloss.¹

     Julia Charlotte Mackenzie Gordon was the daughter of Sir Orford Gordon bart.¹ Julia Charlotte Mackenzie Gordon married Rev. William Churchill, son of Rev. W.R.H. Churchill, on 5 December 1839 in Walcot Church, Bath.^1,2

     Lady Katharine Gordon was born on 20 October 1718. She was the daughter of William Gordon 2nd Earl of Aberdeen. Lady Katharine Gordon married Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke of Gordon, 6th Marquess, son of Alexander Gordon 2nd Duke of Gordon, 5th Marquess and Lady Henrietta Mordaunt, on 3 September 1741 in Dunkeld, Perthshire. Lady Katharine Gordon died on 16 December 1777 at the age of 59.²

     Lewis Gordon was born circa 1718. He was the son of Alexander Gordon 2nd Duke of Gordon, 5th Marquess and Lady Henrietta Mordaunt. Lewis Gordon died on 17 July 1754.

     Lewis Gordon 3rd Marquess of Huntly was born circa 1626. He was the son of George Gordon 2nd Marquess of Huntly and Anne Campbell. Lewis Gordon 3rd Marquess of Huntly married Mary Grant, daughter of Sir John Grant of Freuchie, in October 1644. Lewis Gordon 3rd Marquess of Huntly died in December 1653.

     Louisa Gordon was born on 12 September 1776 in Gordon Castle, Banffshire. She was the daughter of Alexander Gordon 4th Duke of Gordon, 7th Marquess, 1st Earl of Norwich and Jane Maxwell. Louisa Gordon married Charles Cornwallis 2nd Marquess Cornwallis on 17 April 1797.¹ Louisa Gordon died on 5 December 1850 in Park Crescent, London, at the age of 74.

     Lucinde Helen Gordon was born on 18 December 1828 in Eastbourne, Sussex. She was the daughter of Maj. Gen. Alexander Gordon R.E. and Zébée Anne Rose Touzi. Lucinde Helen Gordon married Lt. Col. Frederick William Haultain, son of Major Gen. Francis Haultain and Eliza Ann Dean, on 18 September 1850 in St. George's Church, Montréal.^1,2 Lucinde Helen Gordon died on 15 November 1915 at 78 Durocher Street, Montréal, Canada, at the age of 86.

     Madelina Gordon was born in 1772. She was the daughter of Alexander Gordon 4th Duke of Gordon, 7th Marquess, 1st Earl of Norwich and Jane Maxwell. Madelina Gordon married firstly Sir Robert Sinclair of Murkle, bt. on 3 April 1789. Madelina Gordon married secondly Charles Fysche Palmer on 25 November 1805. Madelina Gordon died on 31 May 1847 in London.

     Mary Gordon was born circa 1712. She was the daughter of Alexander Gordon 2nd Duke of Gordon, 5th Marquess and Lady Henrietta Mordaunt. Mary Gordon died on 26 July 1782 in Edinburgh unmarried.

     Merelina Victoria Gordon was also known as Queenie Gordon. She was born on 2 August 1837 in Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon.¹ She was the daughter of Maj. Gen. Alexander Gordon R.E. and Zébée Anne Rose Touzi. Merelina Victoria Gordon married William Ledsam, son of Joseph Frederick Ledsam and Elizabeth Ann Ashton, on 6 August 1858 in Edgbaston, Birmingham.² On the night of 7 April 1861 Merelina Victoria Gordon and William Ledsam were enumerated in the census of that year as living at at 9, Chad Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham.³ In 1876 in a conveyance she is described as a widow of 12 Boundary Road, St. John's Wood. Merelina Victoria Gordon appears on the census of 1881 at 12 Boundary Road, London, together with Merelina, Beatrice and Alexandra. Amy Bell, her niece is recorded as staying with them. There was also a cook, a parlour maid and a lady's maid.⁴ She appears on the census of 1891 at Holdenhurst, Christchurch, Hampshire.⁵ Merelina's death was registered in the quarter ending March 1902 in the Steyning, Sussex, registration district.⁶

     Of Embo, Sutherland.¹ Sir Orford Gordon bart. died on 19 June 1857 in Brighton, Sussex.²

     Peter Gordon was born circa 1778.¹ He was the son of Peter Gordon of Borlum and Mary Grant.¹

     Note: Mackenzie erroneously gives this person as Robert Gordon of Drakies.^1,2 Peter Gordon of Borlum married Mary Grant.¹

     Philip Ward Gordon was born say 1922 in Victoria ?¹ He was the son of Alexander William Huntly Gordon and Florimel Emma Ward. Philip Ward Gordon died on 5 October 1996 in Olinda, Victoria.¹

     Robert Gordon was born circa 1783.¹ He was the son of Peter Gordon of Borlum and Mary Grant.¹ Robert Gordon died on 25 August 1809 in Huntly, Demerara.¹