In 1632, four years before his father's death, the seventh Earl was created
Viscount Aboyne in the Peerage of Scotland in his own right, with remainder that the title should be passed on to his second son the Hon. James Gordon on his death or on the death of his father, whichever came first. When he died two years later the titles passed to his son, the third Marquess. In 1661 the attainder of 1649 was revoked by Act of Parliament. In 1684 Lord Huntly was created
Lord Badenoch, Lochaber, Strathavon, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine,
Viscount of Inverness,
Earl of Huntly and Enzie and
Duke of Gordon. All four titles were in the Peerage of Scotland. He was succeeded by his son, the second Duke. He was a supporter of the
Old Pretender. Gordon married Lady Henrietta, daughter of
Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough and 8th Baron Mordaunt. Their eldest son, the third Duke, sat in the
House of Lords as a
Scottish representative peer from 1747 to 1752. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the fourth Duke. Known as "
Cock o' the North", he was a Scottish Representative Peer from 1767 to 1784 and served as
Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire and as
Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland. In 1784 he was created
Baron Gordon of Huntley, in the County of Gloucester, and
Earl of Norwich, in the County of Norfolk, in the
Peerage of Great Britain. Gordon's great-grandfather, the first Duke, was the husband of Lady Elizabeth Howard, daughter of
Lord Henry Howard, who had been created Baron Howard of Castle Rising in 1669 and
Earl of Norwich in 1672. The earldom of Norwich had become extinct on the death of the fourth Earl (also the ninth Duke of Norfolk) in 1777 and was now revived in Gordon's favour. In 1819 Gordon also inherited the
barony of Mordaunt through his grandmother. His son, the fifth Duke, was a general in the Army and served as Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire and as Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland. In 1807 he was summoned to the House of Lords through a
writ of acceleration in his father's junior title of Baron Gordon of Huntley. Gordon died without legitimate issue in 1836 when the dukedom and remaining titles created in 1684 as well as the titles created in 1784 became extinct. The barony of Mordaunt fell into
abeyance between his sisters. Gordon's eldest sister,
Lady Charlotte Gordon, inherited the Gordon estates. Her son
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, assumed the additional surname of Gordon. In 1875, the dukedom of Gordon was revived when his son
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, was made Duke of Gordon in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom (see the
Duke of Richmond for further history of these titles). The Duke of Gordon was succeeded in the marquessate of Huntly by his kinsman
George Gordon, 5th Earl of Aboyne, who became the ninth Marquess (see the
Earl of Aboyne for earlier history of this branch of the family). However, the House of Lords did not allow his claims to the lordship of Gordon of Badenoch and earldom of Enzie (although they had been created at the same time as the marquessate) while his claim to the ancient earldom of Huntly was also overlooked. Lord Huntly, who also held the subsidiary title of Lord Gordon of Strahaven and Glenlivet, had earlier been a Scottish Representative Peer from 1796 to 1807. In 1815 he had been created
Baron Meldrum, of Morven in the County of Aberdeen, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. , the former seat of the Marquesses of Huntly He was succeeded by his son, the tenth Marquess. He represented
East Grinstead and
Huntingdonshire in the
House of Commons and served as Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire. His eldest son, the eleventh Marquess, was a
Liberal politician and served briefly under
William Ewart Gladstone as
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms in 1881. He was succeeded by his great-nephew, the twelfth Marquess. He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel (Granville Cecil) Douglas Gordon (1883–1930), son of Granville Armyn Gordon (1856–1907), sixth son of the tenth Marquess. the titles are held by the twelfth Marquess' son, Granville Charles Gomer Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly, 9th Earl of Aboyne, 9th Lord Gordon of Strathavon and Glenlivet and 5th Baron Meldrum, who succeeded in 1987. He is Chief of
Clan Gordon. Before the passing of the
Peerage Act 1963, which granted all Scottish peers a seat in the House of Lords, the Marquesses of Huntly sat in the House of Lords in virtue of their junior title of Baron Meldrum, which was in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ==Other family members==