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GORDON, John 6th of Knockespock
(About 1640-1704)
GORDON, Mary
(About 1656-)
FORBES, Henry 4th of Boyndlie
(About 1646-)
GORDON, Daughter
(About 1662-)
GORDON, John of 7th of Knockespock, then of Glenbucket (2nd line), 'Old Glenbucket', Jacobite 1715 and 1745
(About 1675-1750)
FORBES, Jean
(About 1682-)
GORDON, Alexander 'in Russian navy'
(About 1707-)

 

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GORDON, Alexander 'in Russian navy' 1

  • Born: About 1707
  • Died: Russia 2

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  General Notes:

"The famous Jacobite, General John Gordon of Glenbucket, had a son in the Russian Navy."

from Appendix of Preface




"The fourth son, Alexander, was killed while fighting in the Russian service against the Turks in the Black Sea. In 1740 old Glenbucket wrote to Admiral Thomas Gordon, the Governor of Kronstadt, about 'my son Sandie.' "

from The Gay Gordons 3

Sources

1 e-books, The Gay Gordons by J. M. Bulloch (1908).

2 e-books, Aberdeenshire Epitaphs and Inscriptions by John A. Henderson (1907).

3 e-books, House of Gordon vol.1 by John M.Bulloch Bibliographical Appendix to Preface.

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