Elizabeth Gordon, Duchess of Gordon

Her Grace

The Duchess of Gordon
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Personal details
BornElizabeth Brodie
(1794-06-20)20 June 1794
London, England
Died31 January 1864(1864-01-31) (aged 69)
Huntly Lodge, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
SpouseGeorge Gordon

Elizabeth Gordon, Duchess of Gordon (née Brodie; 20 June 1794 – 31 January 1864), was a Scottish noblewoman. In 1813, she married George Gordon, Marquis of Huntly, afterwards the 5th Duke of Gordon. She was a member of the Scottish Episcopal Church but left it and joined the Free Church of Scotland in 1846. She had the nickname The Good Duchess. She is remembered as a supporter of the early Free Church and as a founder of The Gordon Schools in Huntly and of the Gordon Chapel in Fochabers.

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