GORDON, Henry in service of King of Poland, Lieutenant Colonel ^{1 2}

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  General Notes:

"Henry (Gordon), took service under the King of Poland through the influence of his brother-in-law Count Morsztyn. In 1667, when there was a general settlement of the family estates, he was provided in the sum of 5000 merks. He died at Strathbogie."

from Scots Peerage (vol 4)




"Henry Gordon was the youngest son of the the 2nd Marquis of Huntly, who had been brought up in Paris before migrating to Poland in the 1650s along with his sister Catherine and their guardian Dr William Davidson. In late 1657, a letter from Colonel Alexander Durham noted that Major-General Thomas Rokeby was in command of all 'strangers' in the Polish army. He noted that Henry Gordon served as lieutenant-colonel to him while Durhame himself served as regimental major. The following year, Henry Gordon became the first of 13 Scottish soldiers who was granted the right of 'indygenat' which allowed them to become Polish noblemen. By 1665 he took part in the civil war against John Casimir. He later returned to Scotland on the death of his brother Lewis, 3rd Marquis of Huntly"

from Institute of Scottish Historical Research ^{1 2}