Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon

He fought with the Jacobites at the battle of Sheriffmuir, with three hundred horsemen and two thousand foot.

He was imprisoned at Edinburgh, but obtained a pardon when his father died and entered his inheritance as 2nd Duke on 7 December 1716.

He is mentioned in the Jacobite riddling song Cam Ye o'er frae France, referred to as "Cockalorum", an epithet derived from the traditional nickname of the head of the Gordon clan, "Cock o' the North" Gordon married Lady Henrietta Mordaunt (ca.

1688–1760), daughter of Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough, before 13 February 1707; they had issue.

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