Sir George GORDON, Of Huntly

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• Clan: ; Clan Gordon & Seton
• FamilySearch ID: LZL3-SJF
• _UID: 11BC8420478F4C0ABFC26F1B9555B263A738
• Office: 1449; Privy Counsellor
• TitleOfNobility: 1455; Knighthood
• Occupation: Between 1498 and 1501; High Chancellor of Scotland
• Find a Grave: 30 Jan 1502, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Notes:

Sir George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntley, Lord of Gordon & Badenoch, Justiciary North of the Forth, Lt. North of the Esk, Lord High Chancellor was born circa 1441. A contract for the marriage of Sir George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntley, Lord of Gordon & Badenoch, Justiciary North of the Forth, Lt. North of the Esk, Lord High Chancellor and Elizabeth Dunbar was signed on 20 May 1455; No issue. Sir George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntley, Lord of Gordon & Badenoch, Justiciary North of the Forth, Lt. North of the Esk, Lord High Chancellor and Elizabeth Dunbar were divorced before March 1460; On grounds they were related in the 3rd & 4th degrees of consanguinity.

**Sir George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntley, Lord of Gordon & Badenoch, Justiciary North of the Forth, Lt. North of the Esk, Lord High Chancellor married Annabella Stewart, daughter of James I Stewart, King of Scotland and Joan Beaufort, before 10 March 1460; They had 1 daughter (Isabel, wife of William Hay, 3rd Earl of Erroll). Sir George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntley, Lord of Gordon & Badenoch, Justiciary North of the Forth, Lt. North of the Esk, Lord High Chancellor and Annabella Stewart were divorced before 12 May 1466; Final decree pronounced in 1471. Divorced on grounds that she was related to his former wife, Elizabeth Dunbar, in the 3rd and 4th degrees of consanguinity.

Sir George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntley, Lord of Gordon & Badenoch, Justiciary North of the Forth, Lt. North of the Esk, Lord High Chancellor married Elizabeth Hay, daughter of Sir William Hay, 1st Earl of Erroll, 2nd Lord Hay, Constable of Scotland and Beatrix Douglas, after 12 May 1466; They had 4 sons (Alexander, 3rd Earl of Huntly; Adam, Earl of Sutherland; William, 1st Laird of Gight; & James) & 6 daughters (Janet, wife of Alexander Lindsay, Master of Crawford; Elizabeth, wife of William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal; Margaret, wife of Patrick Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell; Katherine; Eleanor, wife of William Sinclair, & of David Hepburn; & Agnes, wife of Sir Gilbert Hay).
He also had an illegitimate son (Alexander) and an illegitimate daughter (Janet, wife of James Ogilvy of Findlater).

Sir George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntley, Lord of Gordon & Badenoch, Justiciary North of the Forth, Lt. North of the Esk, Lord High Chancellor and Elizabeth Hay obtained a marriage license on 25 June 1466; Date of Dispensation, they being related in the 3rd & 3rd degree of affinity.

Sir George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntley, Lord of Gordon & Badenoch, Justiciary North of the Forth, Lt. North of the Esk, Lord High Chancellor died on 8 June 1501 at Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland; Buried at Cambuskenneth, Stirlingshire.


The Gordons of Sutherland and Gordons of Huntly ancestry of Lady Mary Heron (nee McGeoch)

NOTE: The Life Sketch Info. above reflects the research of B. Phillips, Dr. Margaret Heron Selkirk, Dr. Liam Selkirk, et al, for their book : "The Heron & Bromfield Intrigue - Vols. 1, 2, & 3, from years of research on the ancestry of the "Jamaican Herons and their connection to Ford Castle, Chipchase Castle, Etal Castle (Northumberland),Heron House (Essex), Shacklewell Hall (Kent), Rycote (Oxfordshire), Cressy Hall, Surfleet Estate (Lincolnshire) Kirroughtree Estate. Bargaly Estate, Palnur Estate (Dumfries & Galloway), Heron House (Ayrshire); Wigton, Shooter's Hill, Williamsfield Great House (Jamaica) among many others over England, Scotland and Jamaical and the connections to the Huntingdon/Bruce/Stewart/Gordon/Drummond families and the Ruthven/Wemyss* families.

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In addition other sources:
1 - In 1488 James III's eldest son was proclaimed James IV by a group of nobles consisting of the Humes and Hepburns in the south and the earls of Angus and Argyll in the north. The earls of Huntly, Crawford, Errol, and Buchan in the north with their respective clans remained loyal and the two sides clashed at the battle of Sauchieburn near Bannockburn.

2 - GEORGE, second Earl of Huntly, was appointed, with the Earl of Crawford, joint justiciary of the country beyond the Forth. He was a member of the Privy Council of James IlI. Though he was an accomplice of Bell-the-Cat and the other disaffected barons in the murder of the royal favourites at Lauder, in the final struggle between them and James, Huntly supported the cause of that unfortunate sovereign, and, along with the Earl of Athole, commanded the vanguard of the royal army in the battle of Sauchieburn, where the King lost his life. James IV., however, seems to have entertained no hostile feelings towards the Earl, for in 1491 he nominated him his lieutenant in the northern parts of Scotland beyond the North Esk river; and, in 1498, he appointed Huntly High Chancellor of Scotland. He resigned this office in 1502, and died soon after. The Earl was twice married. His first wife, Annabella, daughter of James I., bore to him six daughters and five sons. His eldest son became third Earl. His second son, Adam, married Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland, and became Earl of Sutherland in her right. William, third son, was the ancestor of the Gordons of Gight, from whom Lord Byron was descended. James Gordon of Letterfourie, the fourth, was admiral of the fleet in 1513. Lady Catherine, the eldest daughter of Lord Huntly, who was regarded as the most beautiful and accomplished woman in Scotland, was given in marriage by the King to Perkin Warbeck, whose claims to the English throne he warmly supported. She accompanied that adventurer to England; after his execution King Henry granted her a pension, and assigned her a post of honour at the English Court, where she was known by the name of the White Rose of Scotland. Lady Catherine afterwards married Sir Matthew Cradock, an ancestor of the Pembroke family. The Earl had no issue by his second wife, a daughter of the first Earl of Errol.
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3 - Although it does appear that there were no children by his first marriage, there is some uncertainty on which of his other wives mothered which of his children. Some sources report that Annabella was mother of only one daughter, the absence of any male issue probably being part of the reason why George divorced her. Claims that Annabella did in fact produce more children may have been made by later Gordons because of the greater social prestige that might have arisen through claiming close descent from the Royal family. We follow what is shown under Burkes Peerage 1934 (Huntly).

4 - George, second earl of Huntly, married Lady Jean[?] Stewart, the daughter of King James I, son of Queen Annabella Drummond.
("Genealogical memoir of the most noble and ancient house of Drummond" by David Malcolm 1808) [1, 4]

George married Lady Annabella Beaufort STEWART, Princess of Scotland before 10 Mar 1460 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Annabella (daughter of King James I STEWART, of Scotland and Joan BEAUFORT, Queen Consort of Scotland) was born in 1432 in Holyrood, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 27 Jun 1509 in Roxburgh Castle, Roxburgh, Scotland; was buried in Jul 1509 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth GORDON and died.
2. Margaret GORDON was born about 1448 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died in in Scotland.
3. Anna GORDON was born on 18 Apr 1455 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England; was christened in 1455 in Saint Michael, Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom; died on 15 Sep 1492 in Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Sep 1492 in Saint Michael, Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
4. Sir Admiral James GORDON was born after 1456 in Lesmoir, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died on 6 Jun 1558 in Lesmoir, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
5. Sir Alexander GORDON, 3rd Earl of Huntly was born in 1460 in Huntley Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died on 21 Jan 1523 in Perth, Perthshire, , Scotland; was buried in Black Friars Cemetery, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland.
6. Lady Elizabeth GORDON was born in 1462 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died on 22 Apr 1525 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
7. Sir William GORDON, of Schivas and 1st of Gight was born in 1466 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died on 9 Sep 1513 in Battle of Flodden Field, Branxton, Northumberland, England.

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth HAY, of Errol - Countess of Huntly. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas HAY and Margaret LOGIE, Of Logie) was born about 1442 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died on 27 Jun 1509 in Scotland; was buried in 1509 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Agnes GORDON, of Huntly was born in 1472 in Huntley Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died on 22 Apr 1525 in Findlater Castle, Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; was buried in 1525 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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• FamilySearch ID: 9JJ1-XWN
• Name: Alexander Gordon
• Name: Alexander Seton
• Occupation: ; 1st Earl of Huntly
• Title of Nobility: 1439, Strathbogie, Banffshire, Scotland; Lord
• TitleOfNobility: 1439, Strathbogie, Banffshire, Scotland; Lord
• Title of Nobility: 1449, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; 1st Earl of Huntley
• TitleOfNobility: 1449, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; 1st Earl of Huntley

Notes:

LifeSketch
Sir Alexander Seton, eldest son of sir Alexander Seton and Elizabeth Gordon, succeeded his father before 3 April 1441.

He is mentioned on record in 1427 and 1438 in connection with his first marriage. It was probably he who in 1435 was one of the Scottish gentlemen who attended the Princess Margaret of Scotland on her voyage to France to marry the Dauphin. The Chronicler describes him as 'Master of Gordon.'

He is styled Alexander of Seton, Master of Gordon, Lord of Tullibody, when, on 20 February 1439-40, he stood up in a General council at Edinburgh and protested that none of the writs made by his mother or grandfather should prejudice himself. But in a charter three days later, 23 February 1439-40, relating to the same matter, he is designed sir Alexander Seton of Tullibody, and heir of Elizabeth Gordon, late lady of that Ilk, when he confirmed an excambion made between the deceased Sir William Keith and Margaret Fraser (his grandparents) and the deceased William Lindsay, Lord of Byres, of certain lands in exchange for Dunottar.

On 3 April 1441 Sir Alexander Seton resigned his lands in the King's hands and received a charter to himself and Elizabeth [Crichton], his spouse, of the lordships of Gordon, co. Berwidk, and Strathbogie, co. Aberdeen, the lands of Aboyne, Glentanner, and Glenmuick, all in Aberdeenshire, with Panbride in co. Forfar, to be possessed by Sir Alexander in liferent, and by George of Seton their son in fee, and the lawful Heirs-male of his body.

The lands of Aboyne, Glentanner, Glenmuick, and Panbride had belonged to his mother, through his grandmother, Elizabeth Keith, 'Lady of Aboyne,' and a dispute arose between Sir Alexander and his kinsman Sir William Keith, the Marischal of Scotland. The parties and their friends met at Cluny on 1 August 1442, where an amicable arrangement was come to, and Seton bound himself to fulfil a contract (date not stated) formerly made between his father, his mother, and himself on one side, and Sir William Keith and his wife Mary on the other side.

About the same period, or in 1444, he made a friendly arrangement with James Forbes, younger of that Ilk, as to certain lands. He also had a grant for life of the barony of Kinedward from Alexander, Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles.

Sir Alexander Seton was, in or about 1445, raised to the Peerage as EARL OF HUNTLY. This honour was conferred on him some time between 30 October 1444 and July 1445. Bower states positively that he was created Earl of Huntly in 1445, without naming the exact date, but it may have been in the June Parliament of that year, as on 3 July he witnesses a charter to James, Lord Hamilton where he appears as the latest Earl, after Moray and Ormond, created in the same year. ...

During the next few years he appears as taking part in local affairs, and in January 1449-50 he had another charter of the same lands and baronies as before to himself and his heirs by Elizabeth his Countess. ... Later he attended at court, and seems to have lent money to the King. Perhaps as a reward for such services, he received a charter, on 28 April 1451, of the lordship of Badenoch and Castle of Ruthven, which refute the statement that they were granted for his conduct at the battle of Brechin. This conflict took place in the following year ... The parties met at Brechin, where a fierce conflict ensued in which Huntly was victorious, though he lost many men and two of his brothers. ... In 1454, notwithstanding the defeat of a party of his followers at Dunkinty, Huntly regained the upper hand, and the Douglas faction in the North were entirely overcome.

He seems to have changed the family name from Seton to Gordon about this time. In a remission to him and his son on 7 March 1456-57, the latter is styled George Seton. But in the following writ, George and his brothers are named Gordons.

In 1458, the Earl and his Countess again resigned their lands, the earldom of Huntly, comprehending Strathbogie, Aboyne, Glentanner, and Glenmuick in Aberdeenshir, the lordship of Badenoch in Inverness, Enzie in Banffshire, Gordon and Huntly in Berwickshire; and on 15 March 1457-58, King James II regranted the lands to the Earl for his lifetime, with remainder to George de Gordon, his son, and the Lawful heirs-male of his body; whom failing, to Alexander de Gordon, brother-german of George, and his lawful heirs-male; whom failing to William de Gordon, brother of Alexander, and his lawful heirs-male; whom failing to the lawful heirs-male of the body of the Earl; whom all failing, to the true, lawful, and nearest heirs of the said George de Gordon whomsoever.

After this the Earl does not appear often on record. ...

According to Ferrerius, the Earl died at Huntly on 15 july 1470, and was buried in the cathedral church of Elgin.

(1) The first Earl of Huntly married, on or about 8 January 1426-27, Egidia, daughter and heiress of John Hay of Tullibody. On that day, King James I granted to Alexander Seton and Egidia Hay, whom he shall marry, the barony of Tullibody, the forests of Boyne and Enzie, and barony of Kilsaurle, with the lands of Kinmundy in the barony of Kinedward.

The marriage was annulled some years later, it is said, at the instance of Sir William Chrichton, afterwards chancellor, though he was not actually Chancellor when the separation took place, before 26 November 1438, when Egidia Hay granted to her 'cousin' Sir Alexander Seton the lands of Tullibody, but came into office in the following April or May.

(2) Seton married, secondly, the Chancellor's daughter, Elizabeth Crichton, and on 18 March 1439-40 the spouses had a charter limiting the entail of the estates to their children only, with remainder (in case of a divorce) to Alexander's heirs whomsoever. Elizabeth Crichton survived her husband, and was alive in 1471. It is said by Ferrerius that she died 9 July 1479.

The first Earl of Huntly had issue:

1. Alexander Seton, son of the first marriage, who inherited his mother's estates ...

2. George, second Earl of Huntly.
3. Sir Alexander of Midmar, afterwards of Abergeldie. ...
4. Adam, Dean of Caithness, who had several natural sons, and a daughter ...
5. William, named after Alexander, and described a brother of Alexander in the charter ...
6. Margaret, contracted, before 9 November 1457, to Nicholas, second Earl of Erroll, but for some reason, perhaps her death, the marriage did not take place.
7. Elizabeth, married (contract dated 15 November 1461) to the above-named Nicholas, second Earl of Erroll, who died in 1470. she married, secondly, before 12 July 1471, John, Lord Kennedy, having issue to both husbands.
8. Christian, married, before 8 July 1468, to William, Lord Forbes.
9. Catherine, contracted on 30 September 1461, to marry Archibald, eldest son of George, Earl of Angus. He was then a boy about twelve years old. The marriage, however, did not take place.

The Earl had also two daughters, whose mother is said to have been a Cumming of Altyre, known as the 'Fair Maid of Moray,' and described as his fourth [third] wife, but his second wife survived him.

1. Janet, married to James Innes of that Ilk. She died about 1470 or before 1473.
2. Margaret, married, 26 June 1484, to Hew Rose, sixth Laird of Kilravock, and died about 1506.

Source: THE SCOTS PEERAGE, ed. by Sir James Balfour Paul, Vol IV, Edinburgh, 1906, pp. 521-26

Alexander married Elizabeth CRICHTON on 18 Mar 1440 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Elizabeth (daughter of William CRICHTON, 1st Lord Crichton and Margaret Agnes MAITLAND) was born in 1410 in Crichton, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 9 Jun 1479 in Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; was buried in Jun 1479 in Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LZPL-GLL
• Name: Elizabeth Crichton

Notes:

Elizabeth Crichton was the daughter of William Crichton of that Ilk, 1st Lord Crichton.1 She married Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly, son of Sir Alexander Seton and Elizabeth Gordon, before 18 March 1439/40.1 She died on 9 June 1479 at Strabolgie, Scotland.2
From before 18 March 1439/40, her married name became Seton.1 From circa 1457, her married name became Gordon.1 As a result of her marriage, Elizabeth Crichton was styled as Countess of Huntly in August 1471.
Children of Elizabeth Crichton and Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly
Lady Christian Gordon+
George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly+3 d. 8 Jun 1501
Lady Elizabeth Gordon+4 d. 17 Apr 1500
Adam Gordon+5 d. 1528

Elizabeth Crichton1
F, #25801, d. 9 June 1479

Children of Alexander Gordon and Elizabeth Crichton:
1.Margaret Gordon (1440-)
2.*BARONESS ELIZABETH GORDON (1440-1500)
3.Sir George Gordon (1441-1501)
4.Alexander Gordon (1442-1458)
5.Janet Gordon (1442-1473)
6.Catherine Gordon (1446-1446)
7.Lady Catherine Janet Gordon (1446-1473)
8.Lady Christian Gordon (1451-1500)
+

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• FamilySearch ID: LTYF-DNQ

Alexander married Eliza Bardil GORDON, Heiress of Gordon. Eliza was born in 1384 in Huntly, , Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died on 16 Mar 1438 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; was buried on 16 Mar 1438 in St Nicholas Churchyard, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: GJSD-QWD
• _UID: DC185E86E22C427A81C9D7E0F7243BF3EC16

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• FamilySearch ID: GLSN-K39

William married Margaret Agnes MAITLAND. Margaret was born in 1385 in Crichton Castle, Midlothian, Scotland; died in 1421 in Crichton Castle, East Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: GNJ3-32Q

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• FamilySearch ID: GC4H-MF7
• Title (Nobility): ; Sir Knight
• Name: William de Wyntoun
• Name: William Gordon
• Title (Nobility): 1371; 1st Lord Seton

Notes:

When Sir William De Seton was born in 1343, in Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, his father, Sir Alan De Wynton of Seton, was 52 and his mother, Margaret Seton Heiress Of Seton, was 26.
He had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Lady Janet Fleming 'Baroness of Seton'.
He died in 1410, in Haddington, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, at the age of 67.
[Above added 2021 by Robert P Campbell]
William Seton (died 1410), born William de Wyntoun, was a 14th? 15th-century noble.
William was the eldest son of Alan de Wyntoun and Margaret Seton, heiress of Seton. William adopted the name and arms of Seton, succeeding to the estates of his mother and was created the Lord Seton in 1371.
He married Janet, the daughter of David Fleming of Biggar & Cumbernauld, they are known to have had the following issue:
John Seton, 2nd Lord Seton, married Katherine, daughter of William St Clair of Hermandston, had issue.
Alexander Seton, married Elizabeth Gordon, heiress of Adam de Gordon, Lord of Gordon, had issue.
Margaret
Marion
Jean
Catherine
William Seton purchased the wardship of Elizabeth Gordon, Heiress of Gordon from Walter de Haliburton of Dirleton on 7 March 1408 for a liferent of 50 merks from the barony of Tranent.
Originally Elizabeth had been betrothed to his eldest son John, however he declined, Elizabeth was then betrothed to William's younger son, Alexander who by this time had been released by the English, after being captured with Prince James of Scotland while traveling aboard Maryenknyght, while en route to France.
--Wikipedia

William married Lady Janet FLEMING, Baroness Of Seton in 1370 in Seton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland. Janet (daughter of Sir David FLEMING, of Biggar and Jean BARCLAY) was born in 1351 in Biggar, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in 1430 in Seton, East Lothian, Scotland; was buried in Seton Collegiate Churchyard, Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L1Q2-SSY
• TitleOfNobility: ; Baroness Seton
• Name: Janet Fleming
• Name: Jonet

Notes:

About Lady Janet Fleming, Baroness of Seton
Children of Janet Fleming and Sir William de Seton

Sir Alexander Seton+1 d. bt 31 Aug 1440 - 3 Apr 1441
John Seton b: 1370 in Seton, East Lothian, Scotland d c 1434
Marion Seton
Janet de Seton1
Anna de Seton1
From SETON.

Sir William Seton of that Ilk, of Winton, and Tranent in East Lothian, and of Winchburgh, West Lothian, had by his wife, Katherine, daughter of Sir William Sinclair of Herdmanstoun, two sons. The elder, Sir John Seton of that Ilk, was ancestor of the Earls of Winton, attainted 1716, of tlie Earls of Dunfermline, Lords of F3 r vie and Urquhart, attainted 1690, and of the Viscounts Kingston, attainted 1715. The second son was the ancestor of the Setons of Strath-bogie and of the Garioch (p. 112).

Sir Alexander Seton married, circa 1408, Elizabeth de Gordon, heiress of Gordon, and became Lord Gordon, and their sons were Alexander, first Earl of Huntly ; William, first Seton of Meldruni ; and Henry, killed along with his brother William in the battle of Brechin (1452).

Citations

[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1285. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
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