GORDON, Alexander of Barrack, SJ, Reverend Mr ¹

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  General Notes:

"2065- Rev. Alexander. 1746, Apr. 17, Chaplain to the French troops, was a prisoner at Inverness (Scots Mag., vol. 16, p. 211), dying about three weeks after (Catholic, Directory, 1853).'Of the Glencat family' (Catholic Directory, 1853) ; apparently the Alexander 'de Glencat,' who was son of John, of Barrack, and his wife Joanna; entered Douai, 1718, Oct. 18 (Forbes-Leith's Scots Colleges, i. 70); entered the mission in Scotland, 1734 (ibid.), serving at Glengairn, 'with great zeal and activity' (Catholic Directory, 1853)."

from Gordons Under Arms ¹