URQUHART, Violet of Craigfintry ¹

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Violet married Sir Alexander GORDON elder, 1st Baronet of Cluny (of the First House), son of Sir Thomas GORDON 3rd of Cluny (of the First House) and Elizabeth DOUGLAS.¹ (Sir Alexander GORDON elder, 1st Baronet of Cluny (of the First House) was born about 1581 and died about 1644 in Abroad ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"Elspet (Gordon), Lady Wardes, married as her second husband, June 22, 1641, Sir Alexander Gordon of Cluny, whose first wife was a daughter of Urquhart the Tutor of Cromarty (Balbithan MS., p. 21)."

from Newton




"His (Sir Thomas Gordon's) eldest Son Sr Alexr. Gordon Barronet of Cluny married the Laird of Craigstons daughter Urquhart who was tutor of Cromarty, with whom he begat one son Sir Alexander Gordon heir of Cluny, who married the Laird of Wardhouse daughter who dyed in France without succession."

from Balbithan MS ^{1 3}