GORDON, Robert of Craigwillie, Jacobite 1745 ^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

"Gordon, Robert, of Craigwillie Son of Alexander Gordon of Craigwillie"

from Jacobites of 1745



"2142. Robert. 1746, Jan. 13, writing from Craigwilly, to Robert Grant of Tammore, Alexander Gordon says (Add. MSS., B.M., 25,409) :
' Ime much straitned as to my son Robie ; some way or other he was induced by some comrads and others, at Aberdeen, to join Lord Lewis Gordon, and I belive was with him eight or ten days contrary to my inclinations '. A letter to Tammore from John Grant of Delnabo, written from Edinburgh, Aug. 7, 1746(Add. MSS., 25,409 ff., 181-2), says: 'Alexander [not 'Robie'] Gordon of Craigwillie, was brought here Saturday last among the prisoners from
Aberdeen '."

from Gordons Under Arms ^{1 2}