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He was described by Kaimes as the "''greatest subject in Britain''", and was also known by the nickname '' Cock O' The North ''. He succeeded as Duke of Gordon in 1752 and was a Scottish Representative Peer from 1767 , appointed a Knight Of The Thistle in 1775 and created a Peer Of Great Britain ( Earl Of Norwich ) in 1784. He was Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland from 1794 to 1806 and from 1807 to 1827. He raised regiments ( the 92nd Highlanders ) in 1794 for the War Of American Rebellion and French Revolutionary Wars. He was responsible for establishing the village of Tomintoul in Banffshire in 1775.
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