GORDON, Lewis 8th Earl and 3rd Marquis of Huntly ¹

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  Noted events in his life were:

• Went, 1641, to Holland. ¹

• Warded, 1644, in Edinburgh, Scotland. ¹

• Imprisoned, 1650. ¹

• Restored: to his honours, 25 March 1651. ¹

Lewis married Mary GRANT, daughter of Sir John GRANT 6th of Freuchie and Mary OGILVY, in October 1644.^{1 2} (Mary GRANT was born about 1626 and died after 1707.)

  Marriage Notes:

"In the midst of these civil tumults Lord Lewis Gordon, third son of the Marquis of Huntly, was married to the Laird of Freuchie's eldest sister, Mary Grant. Under the date of November 1644, Spalding writes : -

' About this tyme Lues Gordone, sone to the Lord Marques, is mareit to Mary Grant, dochter to vmquhill Schir Johne Grant of Freuchie, vtherwayes callit the Laird of Grant, by whome he gat 20,000 merks, as wes said.'

This marriage at first does not appear to have had the approbation of the Laird, who was for the time estranged from his cousins of the house of Gordon. His mother, at this juncture, made an effort to bring matters to a more conciliatory bearing, and perhaps she was partly successful." (page 258)


"Mary (Grant), married (1.), in 1644, Lord Lewis Gordon, with issue ; (2.) James (Ogilvy), second Earl of Airlie, without isssue." (Pedigree)

from Chiefs of Grant




"He (Lewis Gordon) married, in October 1644, Mary, daughter of Sir John Grant of Freuchie, with whom he had a tocher of 20,000 merks. She was married, secondly (contract 31 October 1668), to James, second Earl of Airlie.By her the Marquess had issue"

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)



"Mary (Grant), who married, first, Lord Lewis Gordon, third son of the Marquis of Huntly, who afterwards succeeded as third Marquis of Huntly. According to tradition. Lord Lewis Gordon was concealed for some time in a cave in a rocky glen about two miles from Castle Grant. To that hiding-place the Laird of Grant's sister Mary carried supplies to the fugitive, and her attentions led to their marriage. The cave is still called 'Huntly's cave.' The marriage took place about October or the beginning of November, 1644. He had with her a tocher of 20,000 merks. He died in December, 1653. There was issue of this marriage, George, created first Duke of Gordon, and several daughters."

from Rulers of Strathspey
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