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GORDON, Robert of Straloch, 5th of Pitlurg, Cartographer
(1580-1661)
IRVINE, Catherine
(About 1590-)
GORDON, Arthur of Straloch, Edinburgh Advocate
(About 1625-1680)
GORDON, Robert Danzig Merchant, Founder Robert Gordon's College
(About 1668-1731)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Unknown

GORDON, Robert Danzig Merchant, Founder Robert Gordon's College 1 2

  • Born: About 1668
  • Marriage (1): Unknown
  • Died: 1731 1

   Another name for Robert was GORDON, Robert Trader in Danzig Baltic.3

  General Notes:

"The Aberdonian, Robert Gordon, moved to Danzig in 1690 and remained there as a merchant for some thirty years. On his return he provided a large endowment to establish Gordon's Hospital in Aberdeen that eventually became a school and is now a university."

from Network North by Steve Murdoch 4


Robert married.


Sources


1 Internet Site, http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy.

2 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Fordyce parish Banffshire Baptisms.

3 Internet Site, http://www.comp.rgu.ac.uk/.

4 Steve Murdoch, Network North:Scottish Kin, Commercial and Covert Associations in Northern Europe 1603-1746 (2006).

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