Alexander Gordon, Lord Rockville
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Alexander Gordon, Lord Rockville (1739 – 13 March 1792) was a Scottish judge.
Rockville was the youngest son of William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen
, by his third wife Lady Anne, daughter of Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon
. He served as a Lord of Session
from 1788 to 1792 under the judicial title Lord Rockville.
Rockville married Anne, daughter of William Duff and widow of William Dalrymple-Crichton, 5th Earl of Dumfries, in 1769. One of their sons was Sir William Duff-Gordon, 2nd Baronet
. He died in March 1792. Lady Rockville died in 1811.
Rockville was the youngest son of William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen
William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen
William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen , known between c. 1691 and 1720 as Lord Haddo, was a Scottish peer, Tory politician and Jacobite....
, by his third wife Lady Anne, daughter of Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon
Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon
General Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon , styled Earl of Enzie until 1684 and the Marquess of Huntly from 1684 to 1716, was a Scottish peer....
. He served as a Lord of Session
Senator of the College of Justice
The Senators of the College of Justice are judges of the College of Justice, a set of legal institutions involved in the administration of justice in Scotland. There are three types of Senator: Lords of Session ; Lords Commissioner of Justiciary ; and the Chairman of the Scottish Land Court...
from 1788 to 1792 under the judicial title Lord Rockville.
Rockville married Anne, daughter of William Duff and widow of William Dalrymple-Crichton, 5th Earl of Dumfries, in 1769. One of their sons was Sir William Duff-Gordon, 2nd Baronet
Sir William Duff-Gordon, 2nd Baronet
Sir William Duff-Gordon, 2nd Baronet , known as William Gordon until 1815, was a Scottish politician.Duff-Gordon was the son of the Hon. Alexander Gordon, Lord Rockville, son of William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen. His mother was Anne, daughter of William Duff...
. He died in March 1792. Lady Rockville died in 1811.