GORDON, Robert 7th of Pitlurg 1
User ID: D118. General Notes: "Robert (junior), who is believed to have served under Gustavus Adolphus, married a daughter of Sir Alexander Burnett of Leys (Crathes), and was succeeded by his son, also Robert Gordon, who died in 1680, leaving an only son, Alexander, to the guardianship of his great uncle and namesake, Alexander Gordon, the 'Tutor of Pitlurg.' Alexander, who sat as MP for Aberdeenshire in the first Union Parliament, suffered severe financial losses through his investment in the Mississippi scheme, and sold the estates of Pitlurg and Kinmundy in 1724." Robert married Jean MAITLAND, daughter of Sir Richard MAITLAND of Pitrichie, 1st Baronet, Senator of the College of Justice and Mary GORDON.1 (Jean MAITLAND was born about 1645 and died in 1741 1.) Marriage Notes: "Jean (Maitland), married -------- Gordon of Pitlurg" |