The son of the ninth marquess (d. 1853); he was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge and was a Tory MP for East Grinstead (1818-30) and Huntingdonshire (1830-31); he was Lord of the Bedchamber (1826-30).

REFERENCES TO Charles Gordon, tenth marquess of Huntly:

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 30 October 1820 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)