GORDON, George 4th Earl of Huntly

1514 - 1562  (48 years)

• Name	GORDON, George
  Suffix	4th Earl of Huntly
  Born	1514
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Oct 1562
  Person ID	I26686	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	GORDON, John Lord Gordon,   d. 1517, Perth, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	STEWART, Margaret Lady Gordon,   b. 1498, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. 5 Dec 1517, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland  (Age 19 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F20328	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Married	1530
  Children	1. GORDON, Jane (Jean),   b. Abt 1546,   d. 14 May 1629  (Age ~ 83 years)  [natural]   2. GORDON, Lord George 5th Earl of Huntly,   b. 1533, Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. 19 Oct 1576, Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  (Age 43 years)  [natural]   3. GORDON, Sir Patrick,   b. 1538,   d. 3 Oct 1594, Glenlivet, Banffshire, Scotland  (Age 56 years)  [natural]   4. GORDON (OGILVIE), Sir John,   b. Abt 1535,   d. 30 Nov 1562, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 27 years)  [natural]   5. GORDON, Margaret,   d. 1 Jan 1606  [natural]   6. GORDON, Elizabeth,   d. Bef 1557  [natural]   7. GORDON, Alexander,   b. Abt 1531,   d. 1553  (Age ~ 22 years)  [natural]   8. GORDON, Sir Adam,   d. 1580  [natural]   9. GORDON, James,   b. Abt 1543,   d. 1626, Paris, Île-de-France, France  (Age ~ 83 years)  [natural]   10. GORDON, Thomas,   d. Bef Dec 1585  [natural]   11. GORDON, Lord George 5th Earl of Huntly Lord Chancellor of Scotland,   b. 1533, Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. 19 Oct 1576, Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  (Age 43 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F4055	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly (1514 – 28 October 1562) was a Scottish nobleman. Life He was the son of John Gordon, Lord Gordon, and Margaret Stewart, daughter of James IV and Margaret Drummond.[a] George Gordon inherited his earldom and estates in 1524 at age 10. As commander of the King's Army he defeated the English at the Battle of Haddon Rig in 1542, was a member of the council of Regency under James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran and Cardinal Beaton and succeeded as Chancellor on the murder of Beaton in 1546. He was captured at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in 1547, and held in the Tower of London but in autumn 1548 he was released when a ransom was delivered by Robert Carnegie, Lord Kinnaird.[1] In 1550, he accompanied queen Mary of Guise to France. He joined the Protestant Lords of the Congregation in 1560, although he was "a late, reluctant, and unreliable recruit".[2] He was a religious conservative, however, and he worked for "a form of co-existence between Catholic and reformed worship".[3] Huntly was prepared to accept Mary, Queen of Scots, until she transferred the Earldom of Moray, which had been given to the Earl of Huntly in 1549, to her half-brother Lord James Stewart, at which point he withdrew to his estates in the North-East of Scotland.[4] Mary, Queen of Scots, toured the north-east in August 1562, and was refused entry to Inverness Castle on Gordon's orders. The Queen's forces captured the Castle before moving to Aberdeen where she issued a summons for Gordon. He refused to answer and was outlawed. He marched on Aberdeen but was defeated by James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray at the Battle of Corrichie in October 1562. He died of apoplexy after his capture, and his son, Sir John was executed in Aberdeen. Huntly was posthumously forfeited by parliament in May 1563. After his death his body and goods seized at Strathbogie Castle were shipped from Aberdeen to Edinburgh. The body stood for the earl at his trial. The goods were taken to Holyrood Palace. When Mary was imprisoned at Lochleven, she was given the earl's cloth-of-estate.[5] Family On 27 March 1530, he married Elizabeth Keith, daughter of Robert Keith, Master of Marischal, by whom he had nine sons and three daughters, including; • Thomas Gordon • George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly • Lady Margaret Gordon, who married John, Master of Forbes, son of William Forbes, 7th Lord Forbes • Lady Jean Gordon, Countess of Bothwell (1546 – 14 May 1629) • Lady Elizabeth Gordon (died 1557) married John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl • Alexander Gordon, Lord Gordon (d. 1553), who married Barbara Hamilton • Sir John Gordon of Findlater, executed 1562 after Corrichie.[6] • James Gordon (born 1541)[7] • Adam Gordon of Auchindoun (born 1545)[8] • Patrick Gordon of Auchindoun A letter from Edward Stanhope to the Earl of Essex, dated 6 December 1598, describes Richard Rutherford of Hunthill as "cousin german to Earl Huntly".[9] If Stanhope was correct, then it appears George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, fathered an additional daughter: • (daughter) Gordon married John Rutherford of Hunthill