GORDON, Harry 11th of Knockespock 1 2 3
- Born: 4 October 1761, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 1 3
- Marriage (1): CARNEGIE, Anne on 22 October 1826 in Montrose parish, Angus, Scotland 1 2
- Died: 11 November 1836, Roehampton, Wandsworth, London, England 3
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General Notes:
"Gordon
Harry
2/10/1838
esquire of Knockespock
T. 02/10/1838 SC1/37/15/p951
Aberdeen Sheriff Court Inventories
SC1/36/15"
"Gordon
Harry
2/10/1838
Esquire, resided in Rachampton Villa, county of Surrey, & Knockespock, Aberdeen
T. 02/10/1838 SC1/37/15/p951 See Also SC1/36/15/1
Aberdeen Sheriff Court Wills
SC1/37/15"
"Gordon
Harry
13/5/1848
Esquire of Knockespock,
Additional Inventory
Aberdeen Sheriff Court Inventories
SC1/36/25"
from Wills and Testaments 4
Harry married Anne CARNEGIE, daughter of George CARNEGIE of Pittarrow, Merchant in Sweden, Jacobite 1745 and Susan SCOTT 'of Benholm', on 22 October 1826 in Montrose parish, Angus, Scotland.1 2 (Anne CARNEGIE was baptised on 6 December 1790 in Montrose parish, Angus, Scotland 5.)
Marriage Notes:
"CARNEGIE
ANNE
HARRY GORDON/
22/10/1826
312 110 / 72
Montrose"
from Index of Marriages
"Harry Gordon, 11th laird of Knockespock, succeeded his father in 1787. He married Ann, daughter of George Carnegie of Pitarrow, Kincardineshire, and Charlton, Forfarshire, and by her had two children, viz. :
1. Hannah, who many years after her father's death, came into possession of Knockespock under the entail mentioned above.
2. James, who died in infancy.
This laird like his father, served as an officer in the Army, probably in the Hon. East India Company's service.
A Harry Gordon got his first commission in the Madras Army, 6 July 1778 ; Lieutenant, 8 March 1782 ; and resigned in 1788, on acoount of ill-health. Harry Gordon as a young man served in India, and in the war between the British and Hyder Ali in the Carnatic. He was taken prisoner when Colonel Baillie was overwhelmed and defeated by Tippoo Sahib in 1780, and was carried about for a year in a cage, along with Lieutenant Baird (afterwards Sir David Baird.) It seems probable that this Ensign Harry Gordon of 1778 was afterwards 'Harry G. of Knockespock.'
He had a very long tenure of the family estate, from 1787 to 1836 ; and it is probable that his succession as laird had something to do with his retiring from the Army, as well as his ill-health from privations and climate. He made extensive additions to the mansion-house, and planted a large acreage with forest trees.
He was survived by his daughter, Hannah, who did not succeed to the family estate till forty years afterwards."
from Gordon of Knockespock 1 2
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