GORDON, William 2nd of Fyvie 1 2 3 4
- Baptised: 16 June 1775, Fyvie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 3
- Died: 9 January 1847 1 2 4
- Buried: 1847, Fyvie Cemetery, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 2
User ID: P475.
General Notes:
"GORDON
WILLIAM
COLL. WILL./GORDON
M
16/06/1775
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Fyvie"
from Births and Baptisms
Old Parish Registers
Fyvie parish Aberdeenshire
Baptisms
"1775
(June) 16th
Gordon
Coll. Will. Gordon had a Son baptized called William."
William carried out extensive improvements to Fyvie, both in the castle itself and in the grounds of the estate. When he died Fyvie passed to his cousin Charles Gordon, a man of 71 years of age, who transferred it immediately to his own son Cosmo.
from Fyvie Castle, Garden and Estate
"He (Colonel William Gordon) died 25 May 1816, and was succeeded by his son William Gordon ; served heir 25 Nov. 1839 ; died s. p. 9 Jan. 1847."
from Scots Peerage (vol 1) 1 2 3 4 5
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