The Cumming-Gordon, later Gordon-Cumming Baronetcy, of Altyre near Forres

Forres

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, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 27 May 1804 for Alexander Cumming-Gordon

Sir Alexander Cumming-Gordon, 1st Baronet

Sir Alexander Penrose Cumming-Gordon, 1st Baronet was a Scottish politician.Cumming-Gordon sat as Member of Parliament for Inverness Burghs from 1802 to 1803. In 1804 he was created a Baronet, of Altyre near Forres....

, formerly Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Inverness Burghs

Inverness Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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. The Cumyn or Cumming family had been settled in Scotland

Scotland

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 since the 12th century. One member of the family, John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch

John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch

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, married Eleanor, sister of King John of Scotland

John of Scotland

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. Their son John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch

John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch

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, known as the "Red Comyn", was a claimant to the Scottish throne through his mother. A later member of the family, Robert Cumming, 13th of Altyre, married Lucy, daughter of Sir Ludovic Gordon of Gordonstoun. Their great-grandson was the first Baronet, who assumed the additional surname of Gordon on succeeding to the Gordon of Gordonstoun estates. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs. He changed the family surname from Cumming-Gordon to Gordon-Cumming. The fourth Baronet is best known as a central figure in the Royal Baccarat Scandal

Royal Baccarat Scandal

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Charlotte Gordon Cumming

Charlotte Gordon Cumming

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 is the daughter of the sixth Baronet. The family seat is Altyre, near Forres

Forres

Forres , is a town and former royal burgh situated in the north of Scotland on the Moray coast, approximately 30 miles east of Inverness. Forres has been a winner of the Scotland in Bloom award on several occasions...

, Moray

County of Moray

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Cumming-Gordon, later Gordon-Cumming Baronets, of Altyre (1804)

• Sir Alexander Penrose Cumming-Gordon, 1st Baronet
  Sir Alexander Cumming-Gordon, 1st Baronet
  Sir Alexander Penrose Cumming-Gordon, 1st Baronet was a Scottish politician.Cumming-Gordon sat as Member of Parliament for Inverness Burghs from 1802 to 1803. In 1804 he was created a Baronet, of Altyre near Forres....
  
   (1749–1806)
• Sir William Gordon Gordon-Cumming, 2nd Baronet
  Sir William Gordon-Cumming, 2nd Baronet
  Sir William Gordon Gordon-Cumming, 2nd Baronet was a Scottish Member of Parliament.Gordon-Cumming was Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs from 1831 to 1832....
  
   (1787–1854)
• Sir Alexander Penrose Gordon-Cumming, 3rd Baronet (1816–1866)
• Sir William Gordon Gordon-Cumming, 4th Baronet
  Sir William Gordon-Cumming, 4th Baronet
  Sir William Alexander Gordon Gordon-Cumming, 4th Baronet was a Scottish landowner, soldier and adventurer. A notorious womaniser, he is best known for being the central figure in the Royal Baccarat Scandal...
  
   (1848–1930)
• Sir Alexander Penrose Gordon-Cumming, 5th Baronet (1893–1939)
• Sir William Gordon Gordon-Cumming, 6th Baronet (1928–2002)
• Sir Alexander Penrose Gordon-Cumming, 7th Baronet (b. 1954)

The heir apparent

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is the present holder's son William Gordon-Cumming of Altyre (b. 1993)