GORDON, John, Lieutenant Colonel ^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

"925 - John (Gordon). 1792, Oct. 27 or 1793, Mar. 1, Ens., Loyal Inverness Fcncibles (L.G., 1105). 1794, Jan. 15, Ens., 1st Ft. 1795, Jan. 27 or Feb. 17, Lt. 1796-7, served at Calir, Porto Ferrajo and other places in the Mediterranean. 1797, Sep. 5, Adj. (L.G., 847). 1799, Sep. 10, engaged at the Helder, wounded near Shagen in an attack by French and Dutch forces on Sir Ralph Abercromby's position (Hist. Roy. Reg. of Ft., 164). 1800, Dec. 25, Capt. 1801, serving in Egypt, wounded in action Mar. 21, at Alexandria (Abercromby's victory).

' When serving as Adj. to the garrison at Gibraltar a mutiny took place, by his active exertions contributed to restore order among the troops '

(Abd. Jour., 1815, Jan. 18). 1807, Aug. 13, Maj. 1809, Jan. 16, served under Sir John Moore, at Corunna ; commanded 3rd Batn., 1st. Ft. in the Walcheren expedition, embarking at Portsmouth, Jul. ; first British Off. to take possession of Flushing on its capitulation (Hist. Roy. Reg. of. Ft., 179 ; Abd. Jour.). 1810, commanded his reg. in several engagements, at Busaco (Sep. 27) and others, under Wellington. 1811, went to W. Indies to take command of another Batn., stationed at Berbice, Barbadoes, and other places (Abd. Jour.). 1812, Jun. 24, the first Batn. sailed from Barbadoes in seven transports, under his command, arrived Aug. 6, at Quebec. 1813, Jun. 4, Bt. Lt. Col. ; Jun. 17, two companies embarked from Kingston under his command, to attack a strong post occupied by the Americans at Sodiers ; Jun. 20, detachment landed, captured a great quantity of stores and burned public buildings ; re-embarked same day, sailed to Four Mile Creek, having lost three privates killed, one sergeant and three privates wounded (Wetherall's Roy. Reg. of Ft., 188) ; Dec. 17, in command of a party of the 19th Light. Dgns., a detachment of the Roy. Scots and the Sgth Light Coy., marched from Burlington towards Niagara, dislodged the enemy from the heights of Lewiston ; Dec. 29, five Coys, crossed Niagara, employed in storming the enemy's batteries at Black Rock and Buffalo; favourably mentioned in Riall's despatch dated Niagara frontier, 1814, Jan. 1, to Gen. Drummond (ibid., 77-9). 1814, Jul. 3, comd. five coys, in the advance on Chippawa to reinforce the garrison there; Jul. 5, slightly wounded ; Riall reported

' that Gordon merited the warmest praise for the good example shown to the regiment ' ;

Jul. 25, in an action

'excited the admiration of Lt. Gen. J. Gordon Drummond for his conduct on some very trying occasions ' (G.M., vol. 84, pt. 2, pp. 371, 377, 387) ;

Sep. 17, comd. the Roy. Scots, supported by the 89th Reg., at the attack on Fort Erie, checked the enemy's advance, but severely wounded ; d. Sep. 24 on the retreat (Abd. Jour.). 1815, the offs. 1st Batn. erected a monument at Montreal

'to commemorate their high esteem for him as a man, and their respect for his character as a soldier'

(Wetherall's Roy. Reg. of Ft., 220; A.L., 1793- 1815).

Son of Robert, grandson of John, in Auchmair, afterwards in Drumfergue, and great-grandson of Peter, in Haddoch, who is supposed to have belonged to the Birkenburn Gordons (House of Gordon, II. (320)) ; educated at Marischal Coll. ;

' for some time studied the law, but upon trial, he disliked the versatility necessary to the advocate and relinquished his profession'

(Abd. Jour., 1815, Jan. 18). Royal Bounty of £50 granted to his mother, Mary, from 1814, Sep. 25. Nephew of John, 909."

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