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GORDON, John Merchant, Provost of Aberdeen, MP, 'Campvere'
(About 1654-1730) |
GORDON, John Merchant, Provost of Aberdeen, MP, 'Campvere' 1 2
Other names for John were GORDON, John Merchant and Factor in Campheer,4 GORDON, John Merchant and Factor in Camphire,4 GORDON, Jon 5 and GORDOUN, John Factor in Campveir.4 5 User ID: B484. General Notes: "A substantial Aberdeen merchant, from a local commercial dynasty descended (four generations back) from the 2nd Earl of Huntly, Gordon had operated from the early 1680s as a factor in the Scottish staple at Campvere in Zeeland, and was still transacting business in Rotterdam as late as 1702. His uncle and father-in-law, provost in 1688 - 90 and commissioner for Aberdeen in the Scottish parliament, was a mainstay of the Revolution interest in the burgh. Gordon himself was a devout Presbyterian. In 1708, as provost, he was the first to sign a loyal address from the council on the occasion of the Jacobite invasion attempt, which expressed to Queen Anne the hope 'that the reformed religion may for ever be established and flourish more and more in your Majesty's dominions'." Noted events in his life were: 1. Factor, 1680s, Campvere, Friesland, Netherlands. 8 2. Burgess, 1682, Elgin, Moray, Scotland. 2 8 3. Bailie: of the burgh, 1705-1709, Aberdeen, Scotland. 8 4. Provost, 1706-1708, Aberdeen, Scotland. 3 8 5. MP: representing Aberdeen Burghs constituency, 1708-1710, House of Commons, Westminster, London, England. 8 6. Bailie, 1714-1715, Aberdeen, Scotland. 8 7. Bailie, Between April 1716 and 1717, Aberdeen, Scotland. 8 8. Provost, 1717-1718, Aberdeen, Scotland. 8 9. Bailie, 1718-1719, Aberdeen, Scotland. 8 10. Honorary Burgess, 1719, Old Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. 2 8 John married Janet GORDON, daughter of Alexander GORDON Merchant, Provost of Aberdeen, MP in Scottish Parliament and Grissell WALKER, on 18 April 1682 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.1 (Janet GORDON was baptised on 8 February 1663 in Saint Nicholas parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 5 and died in December 1731 6.) Marriage Notes: "GORDON |
1 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.
2 Internet Site, http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/gordon-john-1655-1730.
3 e-books, Memorials of the Aldermen, Provosts, Lord Provosts of Aberdeen 1272-1895 by A. M. Munro (1897).
4 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Saint Nicholas parish Aberdeen Baptisms.
5 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.
6 Newspaper, Magazine or Journal, Aberdeen Journal Scottish Notes and Queries vol. 2 No. 12 May 1889.
7 e-books, Officers and Graduates of University and King's College Aberdeen ed P.J.Anderson (1893).
8 Internet Site, https://www.wikiwand.com/en/John_Gordon_(Aberdeen_MP) John Gordon (Aberdeen MP).
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