GORDON, James of Manar ^{1 2 3}

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"GORDON
JAMES
HUGH GORDON/ELIZABETH FORBES
M
17/10/1812
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Inverurie"

from Births and Baptisms



"James and Elizabeth endured many family tragedies, with one child dying in infancy, one in childhood, and two in the teens. The family was also devastated by the death of the eldest son and heir Hugh, who fell ill (as an Ensign in the 90th Light Infantry) at Lucknow in India and is believed to have died from a severe bout of sunstroke on 26th May 1858 at the age of 19. With the death of their son James two years later, this meant that the inheritance of Manar would one day pass to the only other surviving male - Henry Gordon (of Manar) who was born on 21st January 1848.

James was often not in good health, and from 1842 to 1844 he resided in Madeira, where his son James was born (sadly this son died seventeen years later). After that he lived chiefly among his tenants and took a keen interest in agriculture. He was a Conservative in politics and a member of the Established Church of Scotland.

We know that, like his father, James Gordon of Manar was supportive of relatives in times of trouble. James's sister Anne had married Harry Lumsden, and both had died in 1850. So James took in the orphan infant, Catherine Lumsden (Kitty) and she grew up at Manar, before going to Clova to keep house for her brother later on."

from Gordons of Manar website ^{1 4}