Jane Gordon, Duchess of Gordon
British noble · Writers · Lived 1749 to 1812 · aged 63
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Something wrong?Jane Gordon, Duchess of Gordon was a Scottish Tory political hostess. Together with her husband Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon, and son George, Marquess of Huntly, she founded the Gordon Highlanders in 1794, a British Army infantry regiment which existed until 1994.
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Jane's husband, Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, portrayed by Pompeo Batoni (1764)
Cap badge of the Gordon Highlanders
Jane Gordon, Duchess of Gordon, in a green riding dress, portrayed by Daniel Gardner (around 1775)
Jane, Duchess of Gordon with her eldest son later 5th duke, by Romney c.1778
Lady Rachel Evelyn Russell (1826-1898), a granddaughter of Jane, portrayed by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1835). It was said that Rachel was the daughter of Jane's daughter Georgiana and Edwin Henry Landseer.
Robert Burns, portrait (detail) by Alexander Nasmyth (1787). Jane was one of Robert Burns's most important patronesses. He thanked her with a poem.Family
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Jane Gordon, Duchess of Gordon was a Scottish Tory political hostess. Together with her husband Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon, and son George, Marquess of Huntly, she founded the Gordon Highlanders in 1794, a British Army infantry regiment which existed until 1994. Jane had placed a bet with George, the then-Prince of Wales that she could raise more men than he could. Although 45 by then, she was still extremely attractive, upon which she based her recruiting technique: She wore a military uniform and a large black feathered hat, touring Scotland to organise reels. Anyone who joined the reel joined the army and received the King's shilling, the recruiting payment, from between the Duchess' lips by kissing her.
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