STEWART, Gordon 6th of Drumin ³

   Another name for Gordon was STUART, Gordon.^{2 4 5}

   User ID: G618.

  General Notes:

"STUART
GORDON
JOHN STUART/
M
24/01/1713
157 10 / 124
INVERAVON"

from Births and Baptisms



Old Parish Registers
Inveravon parish Banffshire
Baptisms

"John Stuart of Drumin hade a child bap: the forsd day (from previous entry date given as "Jan^y 24") called Gordon"




"A 28-bore Scottish Flintlock belt pistol made entirely from steel fetched £8,970. The pistol, which was estimated at £4,000-6,000, dated to the second quarter of the 18th century and was probably made by Thomas Caddell. Engraved 'Drumin' on a silver strip behind the breech, and 'Gordon Stewart, Nat: 1713 Ob: 1745' on the left-hand side of the butt, the pistol is believed to have belonged to Gordon Stewart of Drumin. Gordon Stewart was an active Jacobite who lived in Drumin, a small village near the Glenlivet Distillery that was destroyed after the Battle of Culloden. Stewart never actually reached the battle, but was later taken prisoner and carried to London where he was executed in 1746. A letter dated 1843, written by a descendant of Stewart, describes the reason for his absence; "He had ordered his horse and put on long boots for riding, and everything being ready, he sat down to breakfast. His wife in making tea, contrived as if by accident to pour boiling water out of the tea-kettle into one of his boots, which burnt and blistered his leg so much that he could not ride or walk for sometime, and before he could leave home, the Battle of Culloden had been fought [Lot 729]."





"...we need only refer to a memorandum furnished by him (ie William Tod, 'tacksman' of Auchenhalrig - a farm of 134 acres, between two and three miles from the gates of Gordon Castle - was factor for Alexander, fourth Duke of Gordon for the Enzie district of Banffshire, as well as for his Highland estate on Speyside) in answer to an enquiry from John Home, the author of Douglas, who was then engaged in his history of the Rebellion of 1745, as to the composition of the celebrated Glenbucket Regiment, which played such a prominent part in the army of the Young Pretender. Writing to Mr. Charles Gordon, W.S., the Duke's law agent in Edinburgh, from 'North Hanover Street, Edinburgh,' on ' 24th April 1793,' Mr. Home says:

' My dear Sir,
' Having occasion (often) in the manuscript memoirs that are in my hands to read of General Gordon of Glen Bucket, who had a Regiment of men in the army of Charles, I am at a loss to know of whom that Regiment consisted. If yon can procure me any information about them or their number, I shall be much obliged to you.
' I beg leave to present my best compliments to Mrs. Gordon, and am, ^k Your most obedient servant,
J. Home.'

In reply, Mr. Tod was able to give the names of every officer included in it before it joined Lord Lewis Gordon's men, and merged its individuality in the Gordon Brigade. His list was as follows :

'General, John Gordon of Glenbucket.
Lieut'. Col., John Gordon, Y^r. thereof.
Major, Peter Gordon of Strom, Badenoch.
Captains, Macdonald of Forlundy.
Wm. Gordon, son of Glenbucket.
Thos. Gordon of Todderletter, Strathaven.
John Gordon of Minmore.
Gordon Stuart of Drummin.
Lieutenants, John Grant of Inverlochie, Adjutant.
Mr. McAlpin, Standard-bearer.
John Gordon of Clashnoir.
Alex. Grant of Newie, - killed at Culloden.
James Grant of Blairfindy.
Mr. Forbes of Edendiack, Secretary to the General.
'The men from Badenoch, Kincardine, Strathaven, Glenlivat, Glenrinnes, and Auchindown to the number of about 500.' "

from The Correspondence of an Old Scotch Factor




"Gordon Stewart appears to have been the last of the Stewart family living at Drumin - he is described as 'ruling over the Alan Stewarts' - which is said to have been destroyed or abandoned after Culloden, but nobody really knows when it fell into disuse. He died at Forres in 1746."

from Stewarts of Drumin and Pittyvaich ^{1 4 5 6 7}

Gordon married Margaret DUNBAR, daughter of Ludovick DUNBAR of Grange and Bettie DUNBAR, on 21 August 1739 in Kirkmichael parish, Banffshire, Scotland.^{1 2} (Margaret DUNBAR was born about 1718 and died after 1746.)

  Marriage Notes:

"STUART
GORDON
MARGRAT DUMBAR/
21/08/1739
160 10 / 128
KIRKMICHAEL AND TOMINTOUL"

from Index of Marriages




"According to H. F. Stewart's notes, Gordon Stewart married a Dunbar of Grange. He had at least one son, Thomas, and one daughter."

from Stewarts of Drumin and Pittyvaich ^{1 2}