Draft:Henrietta Gordon
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Comment: WikiTree is not reliable, and reference 3 doesn't work. mwwv converse∫edits 11:38, 11 March 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: The article is written like a bulleted list. Try to write it in a more prose style with paragraphs so it is easier to read. Also remove the templates at the top with her name, those are unnecessary. Sophisticatedevening (talk) 20:25, 10 March 2025 (UTC)
| TracySteinbe | Henrietta Gordon 1681-1760. Estate manager and innovator |
Lady Henrietta Mordaunt Gordon (1682-1760) was a notable estate manager and innovator during the 18th century in Scotland.[1]
Also known as Lady Henrietta "Duchess of Gordon" Gordon formerly Mordaunt[2] After her marriage, Lady Henrietta Mordaunt was styled as Duchess of Gordon on 7 December 1716.
- Birth
- 3 Apr 1682, Bedfordshire, England
- Death
- 11 October 1760 (aged 78), Preston Hall, Pathhead, Midlothian, Scotland
- Burial
- Elgin Cathedral Churchyard , Elgin, Moray, Scotland
Duchess Henrietta Gordon of Mourdant was an estate manager and manager. She was a Jacobite and daughter of Carey Fraser and Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 1st Earl of Monmouth.[1], who fought in Spain.
Descendants
Sister of Henry Mordaunt RN MP and John Mordaunt[2]
Wife of Alexander (Gordon) Gordon Second Duke of Gordon, married 13 Feb 1707 (to 1728) in England[2]
Mother of five sons and seven daughters including:
- Elizabeth married Rev John Skelly
- Catherine (1713–1791) married 7th Earl of Wemyss
- Anne (d.1786) married 2nd Earl of Aberdeen
- Cosmo George, 3rd Duke of Gordon (1721–1752)
- Lewis Gordon (1724–1754)
- Charlotte Gordon, invested in Edinburgh millinery business
- General Lord Adam Gordon (1728–1801) married Jean, daughter of Alexander Drummond of Lennoch and Megginch.
- Lord Charles Gordon (1721–1780)
In 1738 Preston Hall was bought by Henrietta, the widow of Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon, and additions were made to the house in 1740 by William Adam. Henrietta introduced many agricultural improvements to Scotland and, at Preston Hall, probably laid out the parkland grounds to the form shown on General Roy's map of 1750[3], after which work on the estate was continued by her son Lord Adam Gordon, who inherited the estate on her death.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Breitenbach, Esther (April 2007). "Elizabeth Ewan, Sue Innes, Sipn Reynolds, and Rose Pipes, eds. The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006. - William Knox. Lives of Scottish Women: Women and Scottish Society, 1800–1980. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006". Journal of British Studies. 46 (2): 425–427. doi:10.1086/514375. ISSN 0021-9371.
- ^ a b c "Henrietta (Mordaunt) Gordon (abt.1688-abt.1760) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree". www.wikitree.com. 1688. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
- ^ "https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=1505:300". portal.historicenvironment.scot. Archived from the original on 2024-10-07. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
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