GORDON, James 1
User ID: J96. General Notes: "James Gordon killed Robert Leith of Overhall in a duel and escaped from the Tolbooth in Aberdeen, where he was imprisoned, on Aug. 19, 1698. According to the 'Book of Bon-Accord' (p. 205), he intoxicated his jailers. The affair created a great sensation in the town" |
1 e-books, Gordons of Cairnfield by J. M. Bulloch (1910 privately printed).
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