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 Alexander Gordon, 2nd [Duke of Gordon|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.- Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon
- Lord William Gordon
- Lady Anne Gordon
- Lord George Gordon, after whom the Gordon Riots were named
- Lady Susan Gordon, married first John, Earl of Westmorland, and second, Colonel John Woodford, having issue from both marriages
- Lady Catherine Gordon