GORDON, James Cosmo Acting Judge Advocate For Bengal, Lieutenant 1 2
- Baptised: 13 August 1755, Fordyce parish, Banffshire, Scotland 2 3
- Marriage (1): KNOX, Christian on 16 October 1792 in India 1
- Died: 31 December 1792, Calcutta, India
User ID: F903.
General Notes:
"GORDON
JAMES
JOHN GORDON/MARGARET BREBNER
M
13/08/1755
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Fordyce"
from Births and Baptisms
Old Parish Registers
Fordyce parish Banffshire
Baptisms
"1755 Register of Baptisms
Gordon
August 13th John Gordon Esqr of Birkenbush and his spouse Margaret Brebner had a child baptised called James witnesses Willm Legg in Portsoy, James Gordon & Walter Christie in Fordyce"
"788- James Cosmo. 1781, Cadet, H.E.I.C.S. (Bengal); Jun. 15, Ens., N.I. 1782, Jul. 10, Lt.; afterwards Judge Advocate Gen. (act.), Town Maj. (act.), Fort William, A.D.C., to Sir Charles Stuart (Bengal Cal., 1792, p.40).
Son of John, of Birkenbush; b. 1756, Aug. 13; m. 1792, Oct. 16, Christian, dau. of Robert Henry Knox, merchant, Dunbar, widow of Robert McLeish, Dunbar; (d. 1792, Dec. 13, at Calcutta. Mrs. Gordon was granted pension from Lord Clive's fund from Dec. 31; she d. 1809, in London (G.M., vol. 63, p. 575 : Knox Genealogy, 1896, p. 13). Gordon's sister Mary d. 1792, Mar. 12, at Banff (Abd. Jour.)."
from Gordons Under Arms 2 3
James married Christian KNOX on 16 October 1792 in India.1 (Christian KNOX was born about 1755 and died in 1809 in London, England.)
Marriage Notes:
"Name:Christian Knox
Gender:Female
Marriage Date:16 Oct 1792
Marriage Place:India Office Ecclesiastical Returns-Bengal Presidency, Misc, India
Spouse:James Cosmo Gordon
FHL Film Number:498608"
from Select Marriages 1
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