Wallace Collection the largest, most important and extant collection of French 18th-century decorative arts in the world, rivalled only by the triumvirate of the Musée du Louvre, Château de Versailles and Mobilier National in France. The Wallace Collection is a non-departmental public body and admission is free. The Wallace Collection is a museum which displays the works of art collected in the 18th and 19th centuries by five generations of a British aristocratic family – the first four Marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace, the illegitimate son of the 4th Marquess. In the 19th century, the Marquesses of Hertford were one
Marquess of Huntly Gordon (1864–1943), grandson of Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Francis Arthur Gordon (1808–1857), sixth son of the ninth Marquess, was a brigadier-general in the Army. Lord Douglas Gordon, fourth son of the tenth Marquess, was Member of Parliament for Huntingdon. The family seat is Aboyne Castle. The family also previously owned Huntly Castle, Huntly, Aberdeenshire. The heir apparent is the present holder's eldest son Alastair Gordon, Earl of Aboyne (b. 1973).<br> The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Cosmo Alistair Gordon, Lord Strathavon (b 2009). Marquess of Huntly Marquess of Huntly (traditionally spelt Marquis in Scotland) (Scottish Gaelic: "Coileach Strath Bhalgaidh") is