GORDON, Alexander younger, 2nd Baronet of Cluny (of the First House), Sir ^{1 2}

   Another name for Alexander was GORDON, John of Cluny, Sir.³

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  General Notes:

"5/6/1616

Tack by Alexander Gordon, son and apparent heir of Alexander Gordon now of Cluny, tacksman of the Teinds annexed to the Vicarage of Aboyne, to Alexander Irvine of Drum of the Teinds of all and whole his half of the town and lands off Tillilair [Tillylair] with pertinents lying within the parish of Aboyne and Sheriffdom of Aberdeen and that for the space of two liferents and three periods of 19 years."

from GD33/55/1





"19/10/1616

Tack by Alexander Gordon, son and heir of Alexander Gordon now of Cluny to Alexander Irvine of Drum, of the Teinds of his half of the town and lands of Tillilair [Tillylair] for period as above. [Both for payment of 40s. Scots at Bartholday]."

from GD33/55/2 ^{4 5}

  Research Notes:

OTHER GORDONS OF CLUNY

J. M. Bulloch, in The Gordons of Cluny, writes that

"Mr Robert Gordon advocate, got Cluny 1680."

Mr Robert Gordon was the son of Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun. Mr Robert Gordon's son,

"Robert Gordon of Cluny, d. 1723 ?" also had a son

"Robert Gordon of Cluny, advocate, d. 1729."

Another grandson of Mr Robert Advocate who "got Cluny 1680" was

"Robert Gordon, farmer, Kirkcaldy, will 1757." who was the son of "Kenneth Gordon, of Cluny, d. before 1741."

Thus by 1757 that second family of Cluny came to an end.

Bulloch concludes his Table of the Previous Gordon Lairds of Cluny by stating that

"John Gordon, 1695-1769, the subject of this book, acquired Cluny in or before 1757." The aforementioned John Gordon established the third Gordon family "of Cluny". ⁶

Alexander married Elizabeth LESLIE, daughter of Sir John LESLIE 6th of Wardis, 1st Baronet and Elizabeth GORDON of Newton, Lady Leslie.^{1 2} (Elizabeth LESLIE was born about 1612 and died in France ⁷.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Sir Alexander (Gordon of Cluny, elder) returned to Aberdeen in 1643 with his step-daughter Elizabeth Leslie, when he was given four months grace to compound his debts with his creditors, after which he soon disappears from history; he is supposed to have died abroad sometime in 1644. The family too disappeared; according to the Balbithan MS. Sir Alexander's son, also Alexander, married the daughter of the Laird of Newton, and died abroad without issue. MacFarlane records that Elizabeth Leslie of Wardess married, as her first husband, Sir John Gordon of Cluny (see Note below) - this seems a mistake in the Christian name of the baronet...

...it seems clear that the last Gordon of Cluny of the first house was Alexander, born sometime before 1615 and probably dead by 1668, having married his step-sister after his return to Aberdeen from Durham in 1643. What happened to the estate after 1644 is not known; it may have remained with the creditors or have passed through several hands before 1680 by which date it had come into the possession of Robert Gordon, 1st Laird of Cluny (son of Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun) of the second house."

from Cluny Castle

Note:

This is puzzling, because Family of Leslie, The Gordons of Cluny and the article of the Gordons of Newton in House of Gordon, all also name the husband of Elizabeth Leslie as Sir John Gordon of Cluny.




""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 2 3 6 7}