GORDON, Alexander 3rd of Auchintoul, Jacobite 1715, Major General 1
- Born: 27 December 1669 1
- Marriage (1): GORDON, Katherine Elizabeth on 15 February 1698
- Died: 31 July 1751 2
- Buried: Marnoch parish, Banffshire, Scotland 2
Another name for Alexander was GORDON, Allxr of Auchentoul, Major Genl..3
General Notes:
Major Genl Allxr Gordon of Auchentoul was a witness at the baptism of Allxander son of Peter Gordon of Ardmely in Marnoch in 1715.
"He was included among those attainted for treason, but by being misnamed Thomas in the Act of Attainder of 1716 he did not lose his estates...
Major-General Gordon did not return to Scotland till 1727, and thereafter he lived quietly the life of a country gentleman. On June 28, 1729, he received from James Mitchell of Auchanacie in the parish of Keith a discharge for 10,000 merks which had been borrowed on the security of the lands of Auchintoul (Sasines). He did not take any part in the rebellion of 1745, though the leaders of the rebel forces were in communication with him in February, 1746 (Oliphant's Jacobite Lairds of Gask, p. 182). The village of Aberchirder was founded by him in 1746, the first feus being given off in that year (Dr. Cramond in Aberdeen Free Press, September 24, 1901). In his later years he occupied his time in writing a life of the Emperor of Russia*, under whom he had served, which was published in two octavo volumes at Aberdeen in 1755...
Having no surviving issue he was succeeded in Auchintoul and Laithers by his nephew."
Note: * The History of Peter The Great by Alexander Gordon 2 3
Noted events in his life were:
1. Commanded: Jacobite Army flank, 1715, Dunblane, Stirlingshire, Scotland. 4
Alexander married Katherine Elizabeth GORDON, daughter of General Patrick GORDON of Auchleuchries, Officer of Russian Army and Katherine VAN BOCKHOVEN, on 15 February 1698. (Katherine Elizabeth GORDON was born in November 1665 and died in 1739.)
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