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CodeP/0052
Datesc.1821-1893
Person NameGordon (nee Pegus); Lady; Maria Antoinetta (c.1821-1893); Marchioness of Huntly; of Aboyne Castle and Orton Hall
SurnameGordon (nee Pegus)
ForenamesMaria Antoinetta
PreTitleLady
TitleMarchioness of Huntly
Epithetof Aboyne Castle and Orton Hall
ActivityMaria Antoinetta Gordon, Marchioness of Huntly (c.1821-1893) was married at a young age to the 10th Marquess of Huntly, already aged 52. They were married for 19 years and in this time the Marchioness gave birth to 14 children, including one after her husband had died. During her married life she appears to have been given leeway to indulge a passion for shaping the family's Orton estate, both through landscaping the grounds and having the west wing of the building remodelled. Her passion for botany extended beyond just the Orton estates and she collected samples of plants from throughout Britain. She outlived her husband by three decades, and in her time as a widow she spent some time managing part of the Gordon estates, while also outliving five of her children.
RelationshipsFather: Rev. William Peter Pegus (1792-1860)
Mother: Charlotte Susannah Elizabeth Layard, widow of Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey
Spouse: Lord Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly (1792-1863)
Children: Lady Mary Katherine Gordon CBE (1845-1930), m. Edmund Turnor (m.1866)
Lady Evelyn Elizabeth Gordon (1846-1921), m. Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster (m.1863)
Lord Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly (1847-1937) m. 1st Amy Brooks (d.1920), daughter of Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, 1st Bt; m. 2nd. Charlotte Isabella Fallon (d.1939) daughter of John H. Fallon
Lord Lewis Gordon, lost at sea in HMS Captain (1848-1870)
Lord Bertrand Gordon (1850-1869)
Lt Col Lord Douglas William Cope Gordon MP (1851-1888)
Lord Esmé Stuart Gordon (1853-1900), m. Elizabeth Anne Phippen Brown (m.1874)
Lady Grace Cecilie Gordon CBE (1854-1941), m. Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (m.1878)
Lord Granville Armyne Gordon (1856-1907), m. Charlotte D'Olier Roe (d.1900), whose grandson became the 12th Marquess
Lady Margaret Ethel Gordon (1858-1950), m. George Ormsby-Gore, 3rd Baron Harlech (m.1881)
Lord Randolph Seaton Gordon (died in infancy, 1859)
Lady Elena Mary Gordon (1861-1936), m. Maj George Lamplugh Wickham, (m.1885)
Lady Edith Blanche Gordon (1861-1862)
Lady Ethelreda Caroline Gordon (1864-1961) m. Lt Col Henry Wickham CMG, of Oundle, co. Northampton (d.1933)
Linked entries in the catalogue
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KHUNTLY/539/3Diary of Lady Mary Antoinetta
KHUNTLY/539/13Diary of Lady Mary Antoinetta
KHUNTLY/539/12Diary of Lady Mary Antoinetta
KHUNTLY/539/9Diary of Lady Mary Antoinetta
KHUNTLY/539/1Diary of Lady Mary Antoinetta
KHUNTLY/539/5Diary of Lady Mary Antoinetta
KHUNTLY/539/4Diary of Lady Mary Antoinetta
KHUNTLY/258/17Ledger
KHUNTLY/258/18Cash book
KHUNTLY/539/2Diary of Lady Mary Antoinetta
KHUNTLY/539/14Diary of Lady Mary Antoinetta
KHUNTLY/258/16Cash book
KHUNTLY/258/19Cash book
KHUNTLY/539/11Diary of Lady Mary Antoinetta
KHUNTLY/539/16Diary of Lady Mary Antoinetta
KHUNTLY/539/15Diary of Lady Mary Antoinetta
KHUNTLY/539/8Diary of Lady Mary Antoinetta
KHUNTLY/539/10Diary of Lady Mary Antoinetta
KHUNTLY/539Diaries of Lady Mary Antoinetta, wife of the 10th Marquis of Huntly of Orton Hall
KHUNTLYHuntly Collection
KHUNTLY/539/6Diary of Lady Mary Antoinetta
KHUNTLY/539/7Diary of Lady Mary Antoinetta
KHUNTLY/258/15Cash book
KHP61/30/31Papers from file labelled 'Various letters on history of the church and concerning people buried in churchyard'
KHUNTLY/1343/1Family Album of photographs
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