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 GOB JOHN, successor to tbc saridom. ROBERT, of whom presently. William (Sir). Hid lordship’s 2nd son, I. Tust HON. ROBERT GORDON, of Gordonstoun, was a Runtley-Strathsr, AR. 1120. man of very eminent abilities, and having filled the high THOMAS DR GounoR, his son, confirmed to Lhslu the offices of vice-chamberlain of Scotland, aheriff-pi-incipal of donations and agreements made by his father Richard, and the en. Inverness, lord of thc privy-council, dcc., was created at his death Lie, lands devolved upon his son, a Boresel s.f Thea Bedim, 26 May, 1625. Sir Robert d. in Sia T000cAs DO GORDON, Rot., who dying in Sept. 1158, 1656, and was s. by his eldest son, II. SIR Lunovicm, who so. Elizabeth, dan. and co-heir ALICIA RE GORDON, wbs Ia. her cousin, Adam do Gordon. of Sic- Robert Farquhar, and had four sons and four dane. He accompanied the Earls of Athell and Carrick ta Palestine, Of the latter, tho eldest, Lucy, so. ROBERT CUMNINO, Esq. died on that expedition. lie was s. by his son, of Altyrs. Sh- Ludoviek 4. in 1658, and was s. by hiB eldest ADAM DR GORDON, who died fighting for the independence son, III. Sin ROBERT, who is. twIce, and left by Elizabeth, his of his country in the troublous year 1296; his wife having 2nd wife, dau. of Sir William Dunhar, of lIempriggs, olvom fealty to Kiug EOwARD I., obtained restitution of three sons and a dau., Lucy, Ia. to David Scot, Esq. of hsr estates, 1 Sept. 1296. Seotstarvet. He 4. in 1761, and was s. by his eldest son, Wallace in 1227; was eoe of the wardens of the niarchcs in IV. SIR ROBERT. This gentleman, upon the demise el 1300, and one of the ten cemmiosieuers elected at the William, 21st Earl of Sutherland, claimed that dignity; but general council of the Scottish nation at Perth, invested the House of Lords (1771) adjudged it to the deceased earl’s with full parliamentary pc’wers for the settlement of dan., Elizabeth, the late Duchess Dowager of Sutherland. Scotland, under King Euwaeu I. in 1202; that eanae year Sir Robert ca. Agnes, dau. of Sir William Maxwell, hart of he was fined three years’ rent of his estates for his former Calderwood, and was s. at his decease, in 1772, by his eldest opposition to that naonarch. Sir Adam, together with the son, V. Sue RORERT, at whose decease unca., I Juno, 1776, the Earl of Athoil and others, wae sent in January, 1211, by title devolved upon his only surviving hrother, VI. SIR WILLIAM, who ci. mass. 1 March, 1795, when his which they had ample powers; he afterwards jellied the estates passed, by bequest, to Sir Alexander CumocingGordon; standard of Brece. In 1320, King Roastor I. soot him as and the baronetcy was assumed by, VII. Sra JAMEs GORDON, of Letterfourie, the ropressntative aentones of excommunication against him. As a reward of Sir James Gordon, of Letierlonrio, 4th son of George, for the faithful services of Sir Adam, King RORERT made 2nd Earl of Huntly. He ml. in 1801, Mary, oldest dau. and him a grant of tl,e hareny of Strathbogie, in Abcrdoenshire, heir of William Glendonwyu, Eeq. of Glendonwyu, by whom forfeited by David, Earl of Atball. He fell at the battle of (whod, in May, 1541) be bad, WILLIAM, 8th baronet. James, 5. in Slay, 1805 ; ‘6. young. Charles, 0. in 1808; ‘1. young. ROBBRT-GLONDONwTN, present baronet. Helen. Mary, so. 26 Dec. 1817, to the Hon. Sir William Shee, fell at the battle of Durham, 17 Oct. 134e; his son, serjeant-st-law, and a judge of Ohs Court of Queen’s SIR JOHN DO GORDON, Kut., was taken prisoner at the Bench, and had issue: she ci. 11 Oct. 1881, and her hasbaad, battle of Durham, from whence he was not released ncstil Mr. Justice Shoe, ci. 19 Feb. 1888. Alexandrina-Jane. Sir James 4. 24 Dec. 1843, and was s. by his eldest son, Viii. SIR WILLIAM, who was 0. 26 Dec. 1803, and was a Sia JOHN Do GORDON, his son, who obtained from King lieut.-col. in the army: ho 4. unoc. 5 Dee. 1161, and was s. ROBERT II. a ehartsr, confirming the grant of the lands of by his only survivillg brother, SIR ROBLRT.GL5NDONwTN Strathhogis which King ROBERr I. had made to his great- Goimoie, the present baronet. t’reatioa—I6 May, 1825. Arcss—Quartsrly: 1st, az., three bsars’ beads, couped, who entering England, was encountered by Sir John de or; 2nd, or, three lions’ beads, erased, gu. 3rd, or, three Lilbnrn, whom he defeated at Carham, after a desperate cushions, within a double tressure, flowered and counterflowered, affray. This gallant warner fell at the battle of Otterburn, gu.; 4th, az., three cinquefoilo, arg., all within a 19 Angoet, 1388, leaving a eon, bordure, indented, arg. Crest—A stag at gaze, ppr. Matte—Bum sisto vigile. Seat—Lettsrfourie, Banifabire. GORDON, GoRDON, SIR HoME, Bath of Embo, co. Suther. He had issue by his wife, Elizabeth, land, MA., J.P. and DL.; 6. in iSiS; Re. 26 March, William, ancestor of tbo ScroNs of JJeldrom. 1844, Ellon.Iiarriet, youngest clau. of the late Bar. Elizabeth, cm. to Alexander, Earl of Ross. tholomew Baruewall,Eeq. (eefec’ to BAENEWALL, Bui’oRet), Sir Alexander was a. by his eldest son. and has a eon, Homo-SsToN, 0. 21 March, 1845, an officer 44th regt. Sir Home a. as 10th hart., at the decease of his with the dauphin, after the murder of JAasos I. lIe was father, 19 June, 1857. iLInrrige. This family is a branch of the ducal houes of Gordon. 493 GOB RICHARD DC GOROON, tbe first of this illustrious race en record, granted to the monks at Kelse, souls laud at Gordon, near the cemetery, aud a right of pasturage in left by his wife, Marjory, an ealy dam, under the banner of Louis IX. of Prance in 1268, and Sim ADAM DL GORDON, Rut., their son, jeioed Sir William King EDWARD II., to n,ake a truce with tics Scets, for one of the ambassadors to Rome, to obtain a repeal of the Haliden Mill, 29 July, 133:), supporting the cause of King DAVID II. Sir Adam left issue, two seoe, I. ALEXANDER (Sir). it. WILLIAM, ancestor of the Viscounts of Kenmure, SIR ALOXANDEII DR GORDON, the eldest son, was engaged in the battle of Halidon lull, end according to Abereroncbie, the year 1257, when the Earl of Douglas became one of his sureties. He was a. in his estates by grandfather, Adam de Gordon, Rut. The Earl of llaroh, in 1377, having burned the town of Rexburgb, the English borderers retaliated en the lands of Sir John de Gordon, SIR AfiAM DO GORDON, of Huntly, who also fell in the field of battle, being killed at Momilden, 14 Sept. 1402, having descended the bill accempanied only by one hnDdred men the whole of whom perished in a deaperate attempt to turn the fortune of the day. By his wife, Elizabeth, dan. of Sir Wilhana do Keith, great marisehal of Sentland, he had an only child, ELIzAR0TH DO GORDON, ccc. to Alexander Seten, sen of Sir William Seton, of Setou, thenceforth styled Alexander de Seton, Deminus de Gordon et Iiaiatly; he was engaged in the battle of Harlaw (141i), in the wars in France (1421), among the Scottish forces sent to assist the dauphin ; but that aame year3 at the desire of King JAMEs I., who wee then the prisoner of HENRy V., lao came over to England, and was one of the ten commissioners to treat fee tie release of that monarch, and become one of the hostages for his ransom in 1424, wbeD the annual reveuue of Alexander, Lord of Gordon and hilintly, was stated at 400 marks. A LEXA ND OR. ALEXANDra DO SETON, Lord of Gordon, who accompanied Margaret of Scetlond to France in 1426, en her marriage sent in 1437, ambassador to England, to treat of a peace, which was happily concluded in 2410, and was created, 29 Jan. 1449, Earl of Haally, with limitation to the male heirs of his 3rd wife, Elizabeth, dan. of Lord Crichton, and received from King JAMES II., a charter, granting hina all