George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon

George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon GCB PC (1770 - 1836) was a Scottish nobleman, soldier and politician.

As Marquess of Huntly, he served with the Guards in Flanders from 1793-4. He raised the 92nd Highlanders and commanded the regiment in Spain, Corsica, Ireland and the Netherlands from 1795 to 1799, where he was badly wounded. He was appointed Lieutenant General in 1808 and General in 1819. He commanded a division in the Walcheren Expedition of 1809.

He was a freemason and was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland from 1792 to 1794.

He was Member of Parliament for Eye in 1806, was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1830 and was Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland from 1828 to 1830, a post that his father had held until 1827.

He was called up to the House of Lords in his father's barony of Gordon of Huntly in 1807 and succeeded as Duke of Gordon, Marquess of Huntly and Earl of Norwich in 1827. All three titles became extinct at his death.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Cornwallis and James Cornwallis	Member for Eye with William Cornwallis 1790–1807, James Cornwallis 1807 1806–1807	Succeeded by James Cornwallis and Henry Wellesley
Honorary Titles
Preceded by The Earl of Morton	Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland 1792–1794	Succeeded by The Marquess of Lothian
Political offices
Preceded by The Duke of Argyll	Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland 1828–1830	Succeeded by Duke of Argyll

Preceded by: Alexander Gordon	Duke of Gordon 1827–1836	Succeeded by: Titles extinct
	Baron Gordon of Huntly (writ of acceleration) 1807–1836	Succeeded by: Titles extinct
	Marquess of Huntly 1827–1836	Succeeded by: George Gordon
	Baron Mordaunt 1827–1836	Succeeded by: Title abeyant