GORDON, Alexander Bishop of the Isles and of Galloway, Right Reverend Mr 1 3
- Born: About 1516
- Marriage (1): LOGIE, Barbara 'of Ennis' about 1543 1 2
- Died: 11 November 1575, Clary House, Penninghame, Wigtownshire, Scotland 1 2
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General Notes:
"Gordon
Alexander
9/3/1576
Bishop of Galloway
Testament Dative and Inventory
Edinburgh Commissary Court
CC8/8/4"
"Gordon
Alexander
27/4/1577
Bishop of Galloway
Testament Dative and Inventory
Edinburgh Commissary Court
CC8/8/5"
from Wills and Testaments 3
Alexander married Barbara LOGIE 'of Ennis' about 1543.1 2 (Barbara LOGIE 'of Ennis' was born about 1525 and died after 11 November 1575 2.)
Marriage Notes:
"Alexander (Gordon). He entered the Church, was nominated by the Chapter Archbishop of Glasgow in 1551, but James Beaton was appointed by the Holy See. He was made Bishop of the Isles 26 November 1553, of Galloway 1558, and was titular Archbishop of Athens. He also held the Abbeys of Tongland and Inchaffray and Icolmkill in commendam. He is said to have been the only consecrated Bishop who joined the Lords of the Congregation at the Reformation. He was appointed a Privy Councillor 3 November 1565, and an Extraordinary Senator of the College of Justice on 26th of the same month; afterwards, however, he joined the Queen's party and had much tribulation with the General Assembly in consequence ; ultimately he was obliged to make a public satisfaction to the Assembly in August 1575, and he died on 11 November following. He married Barbara Logie of Ennis, and by her had issue a son George."
from Scots Peerage (vol 4)
Note:
According to The Dictionary of National Biography, where Hew Scott is listed as the source, Alexander and Barbara had six children:
" (1) John, dean of Salisbury [q. v.];
(2) Alexander, probably died young;
(3) Lawrence, commendator of Glenluce, in whose favour the temporalities of that abbey were erected into a barony by James VI in 1602; he died early in 1611; the Historical Manuscripts Commission's 2nd Rep. 178 mentions 'certane instructions anent ane testament to be maid by Lawrence, commendator of Glenluce,' dated at 'the chappell in Tongland ye fyft of February 1620' [1610?];
(4) George, who on his father's death obtained the revenues of the see of Galloway, and was its bishop-designate; he died before 1605, when Gavin Hamilton was appointed;
(5) Robert, in the service Queen Margaret of France, killed in a a duel;
(6) Barbara, married to Anthony Stewart, rector of Penninghame; her father left her the lands of Clary in that parish." 1 2
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