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Maternal Family Tree: Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon 1748-1812
In 1748 Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon was born to [her father] William Maxwell.
On 5th August 1752 Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon (age 32) died. His son [her future husband] Alexander (age 9) succeeded 4th Duke Gordon, 7th Marquess Huntly, 12th Earl Huntley.
On 18th October 1767 Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon (age 24) and Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon (age 19) were married. She by marriage Duchess Gordon. He the son of Cosmo George Gordon 3rd Duke Gordon and Catherine Gordon Duchess Gordon (age 49).
On 20th September 1768 [her daughter] Charlotte Gordon Duchess Richmond was born to [her husband] Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon (age 25) and Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon (age 20). She married 9th September 1789 her sixth cousin Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond and had issue.
On 25th November 1771 Thomas Fane 8th Earl of Westmoreland (age 70) died. His son John (age 43) succeeded 9th Earl of Westmoreland. [her sister-in-law] Susan Gordon Countess of Westmoreland (age 19) by marriage Countess of Westmoreland.
Henry Fane of Fulbeck (age 32) inherited Fulbeck Hall.
In 1772 [her daughter] Madelaine Gordon was born to [her husband] Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon (age 28) and Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon (age 24).
1772 Angelica Kauffmann (age 30). Portrait of Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon (age 24).
On 27th December 1776 [her daughter] Louisa Gordon Marchioness Cornwallis was born to [her husband] Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon (age 33) and Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon (age 28). She married 17th April 1795 Charles Cornwallis 2nd Marquess Cornwallis, son of Charles Cornwallis 1st Marquess Cornwallis and Jemima Tullekin Jones Countess Cornwallis, and had issue.
Around 1778 George Romney (age 43). Portrait of Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon (age 30) and her son George Gordon 5th Duke Gordon (age 7).
Around 1780 Daniel Gardner (age 30). Portrait of Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon (age 32) wearing a green riding habit.
On 18th July 1781 [her daughter] Georgiana Gordon Duchess Bedford was born to [her husband] Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon (age 38) and Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon (age 33). She married 23rd June 1803 her sixth cousin John Russell 6th Duke Bedford and had issue.
In 1785 [her son] Alexander Gordon was born to [her husband] Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon (age 41) and Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon (age 37).
On 9th September 1789 [her son-in-law] Charles Lennox 4th Duke Richmond (age 25) and [her daughter] Charlotte Gordon Duchess Richmond (age 20) were married at Gordon Castle, Fochabers. She the daughter of [her husband] Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon (age 46) and Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon (age 41). They were sixth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 7th October 1793 [her son-in-law] William Montagu 5th Duke Manchester (age 21) and [her daughter] Susan Gordon Duchess Manchester were married at Edinburgh. She by marriage Duchess Manchester. She the daughter of [her husband] Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon (age 50) and Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon (age 45). He the son of George Montagu 4th Duke Manchester and Elizabeth Dashwood Duchess Manchester (age 53).
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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 17th April 1795 [her son-in-law] Charles Cornwallis 2nd Marquess Cornwallis (age 20) and [her daughter] Louisa Gordon Marchioness Cornwallis (age 18) were married. She the daughter of [her husband] Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon (age 51) and Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon (age 47). He the son of Charles Cornwallis 1st Marquess Cornwallis (age 56) and Jemima Tullekin Jones Countess Cornwallis.
On 23rd June 1803 [her son-in-law] John Russell 6th Duke Bedford (age 36) and [her daughter] Georgiana Gordon Duchess Bedford (age 21) were married. She by marriage Duchess Bedford. She the daughter of [her husband] Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon (age 60) and Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon (age 55). They were sixth cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 8th January 1808 [her son] Alexander Gordon (age 23) died.
On 14th April 1812 Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon (age 64) died.
On 17th June 1827 [her former husband] Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon (age 83) died. His son George (age 57) succeeded 5th Duke Gordon, 8th Marquess Huntly, 13th Earl Huntley, 13th Baron Mordaunt. Elizabeth Brodie Duchess Gordon (age 32) by marriage Duchess Gordon.
Diary of the Times of George IV Volume 1 Section 1. London is very full, and the Duchess of Gordon has had some good assemblies. The Princess of Wales lives quietly; never has above four or five people at dinner, and has quite given up going to the play, though she owns, she considers this is a very great privation. I have been teased into promising to put together some showy spectacle for Covent-Garden; and the Princess insists on its not being produced before Easter Monday, as she says that till then she has no hopes of being allowed to visit the theatre.
[her daughter] Susan Gordon Duchess Manchester was born to Alexander Gordon 4th Duke Gordon and Jane Maxwell Duchess Gordon. She married 7th October 1793 William Montagu 5th Duke Manchester, son of George Montagu 4th Duke Manchester and Elizabeth Dashwood Duchess Manchester, and had issue.