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Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, KT (18 June 1743 – 17 June 1827), styled Marquess of Huntly until 1752, was a Scottish peer who was described by Henry Home, Lord Kames as the "greatest subject in Britain". He was also known as the "Cock o' the North", the traditional epithet of the chief of Clan Gordon .
Alexander Gordon was born at Gordon Castle in 1743 and succeeded his father as 4th Duke of Gordon. He was educated at Eton and afterwards entered the Army, becoming a Colonel in 1793.
In 1794 under the direction of his father, Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon, he raised the Gordon Highlanders regiment, first under the command of General Moore in the Netherlands, and then Gordon commanded it in Spain, Corsica, Ireland, Holland; attaining the rank of general in 1819.
Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon primary name: Gordon, Alexander other name: (Duke of) Gordon
Alexander Gordon, who became the 4th Duke of Gordon at the age of nine, went on a Grand Tour of Europe to complete his education. This portrait of him was painted in Rome by Batoni, the fashionable portrait painter popular with the British aristocracy in Italy.
Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon (1743–1827), eldest son of the 3rd Duke. George Duncan Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon (1770–1836), elder son of the 4th Duke. Dukes of Gordon, second Creation (1876)
Alexander Gordon nació en Gordon Castle, Fochabers, el 18 de junio de 1743, el hijo mayor de Cosmo Gordon, tercer duque de Gordon, y su esposa, Lady Catherine Gordon, hija del segundo conde de Aberdeen. Fue educado en Eton y posiblemente también en Harrow. Sucedió como cuarto duque de Gordon en 1752.
