General George Duncan Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon,, styled Marquess of Huntly until 1827, was a Scottish nobleman, soldier and politician and the last of his line.

Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, KT, styled Marquess of Huntly until 1752, was a Scottish nobleman, described by Kaimes as the "greatest subject in Britain", and was also known as the Cock o' the North, the traditional epithet attached to the chief of the Gordon clan.