One of London's most prominent hostesses; in 1767 she married Alexander Gordon, fourth duke of Gordon. She was active in Tory politics and married three of her daughters to dukes.

REFERENCES TO Jane Gordon, duchess of Gordon [née Maxwell]:

William Roscoe to William Rathbone, [January? 1797] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833)

Duchess of Devonshire to Lady Melbourne, [February 1802?] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921)

Walter Scott to George Ellis, 2 March 1802 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

Sir Robert Adair to Lady Melbourne, 2 October 1802 in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921)

Frederick Foster to Lady Melbourne, [November 1802] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921)

George Robinson to Lady Melbourne, [21 November 1802] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 13 April 1805 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Lord Byron to Elizabeth Bridget Pigot, 2 August 1807 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Lord Byron to Elizabeth Bridget Pigot, 11 August 1807 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Sydney Owenson to Alicia Le Fanu, 18 January 1810 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Marchioness of Abercorn to Sydney Owenson, [July? 1810] in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Sir Thomas Lawrence to Sydney Owenson, 21 December 1810 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863)

Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, [September 1812] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)