GORDON, Alexander younger, Baronet of Cluny, Sir ¹

  General Notes:

"Sir Alexander (the 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 - 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 Aberdeenshire

Alexander married Elizabeth LESLIE, daughter of Sir John LESLIE 6th of Wardis, Baronet and Elspet GORDON.¹ (Elizabeth LESLIE was born about 1612.)

  Marriage Notes:

"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 - this seems a mistake in the Christian name of the baronet....."

from Cluny Castle Aberdeenshire
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