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GORDON, James of Lochinvar, Sir
(About 1498-1547)
CRICHTON, Margaret 'of Kirkpatrick'
(About 1505-)
MAXWELL, John 4th Lord Herries of Terregles, jure uxoris
(About 1514-1583)
HERRIES, Agnes Baroness Herries of Terregles (suo jure )
(About 1534-)
GORDON, John of Lochinvar, Sir
(About 1525-1604)
MAXWELL, Elizabeth
(About 1549-)
GORDON, Robert of Lochinvar, Sir
(About 1565-Before 1628)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. RUTHVEN, Elizabeth

GORDON, Robert of Lochinvar, Sir 3

  • Born: About 1565
  • Marriage (1): RUTHVEN, Elizabeth 1 January or 1 February 1597(1598)(contract) - divorced 1608 1 2
  • Died: Before 24 January 1628 1

   Cause of his death was 'the stone'.1

   Another name for Robert was GORDON, Robert of Glen, Sir.1

   User ID: C262.


Robert married Elizabeth RUTHVEN, daughter of William RUTHVEN 4th Lord Ruthven, Earl of Gowrie and Dorothea STEWART, 1 January or 1 February 1597(1598)(contract) - divorced 1608.1 2 The marriage ended in divorced 1608. (Elizabeth RUTHVEN was born about 1580 and died in January 1617 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Elizabeth (Isabel) (Ruthven), married, first (contract dated 1 February 1597-98 ), to Sir Robert Gordon of Lochinvar. The marriage was not a happy one, and it is referred to in the Privy Council Records. In 1607 she was ordained to remain in Edinburgh 'free from the keeping of her husband,' and later they were divorced August 1608. She was married, secondly, to George, first Lord Loudoun."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)




"He (Sir Robert Gordon) married (contract dated 1 January 1597), Lady Elizabeth Ruthven, daughter of William, first Earl of Gowrie, by whom he had issue"

from Scots Peerage (vol 5) 1 2

Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 5 (1908).

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 4 (1907).

3 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 7 (1910).

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