Alexander Gordon, fourth duke of Gordon

(1743-1827)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Gordon, Alexander Gordon, Duke of, 1743-1827 NRA: Gordon Alexander (1743-1827) 4th Duke of Gordon DNB: Gordon, Alexander, fourth duke of Gordon (1743-1827), politician and army officer LBT ID: DuGordon4 VIAF ID: 46619444 LOC ID: nr91031904	B/BAP: 1743-06-18 DIED: 1827-06-17
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Byron's godfather and the husband of Jane, Duchess of Gordon, one of London's most prominent hostesses.
REFERENCES TO Alexander Gordon, fourth duke of Gordon: Duchess of Devonshire to Lady Melbourne, [February 1802?] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921) Found 2: ¶ 4 ¶ n1 Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, [September 1812] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Found 2: ¶ 4 ¶ n1 Walter Scott to John Richardson, [September? 1813] in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 1 Galt, John, 1779-1839, The Life of Lord Byron (London: Henry Colburn, 1830) Chapter I Found 1: ¶ 18 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: to 1806 Found 1: ¶ 14 Maginn, William, 1793-1842, “Galt’s Life of Byron” in Fraser’s Magazine 2 (October 1830) 347-70 Found 1: ¶ 23 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter II 1813 Chapter IV 1814 Found 1: ¶ 24 Chapter X 1814-15 Found 1: ¶ 33 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. VIII: 1812 Found 1: ¶ n1 Airlie, Mabell, Countess of, 1866-1956, In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921) Chapter II. Found 1: ¶ n1 Chapter III. Found 1: ¶ 9