GORDON, George 9th of Gight ¹

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  General Notes:

"Sir George Gordon, IX. of Gight.

(Son of VIII.)

Very little is known about this laird. Dr. Temple, in the Thanage of Fermartyn, dismisses him with four-and-twenty words. Almost the only fact I can discover about him is that he was a Commissioner of Supply in 1678 and 1685 (Acts of Parliament). In 1682 Lord Aberdeen sent a present of plums to Gight's gardener (Aberdeen Papers, Historical MSS. Commission, 5th Report, p. 609). In a sasine of 1685 Gight is described as 'Knight, Baronet'.

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George married Elizabeth URQUHART, daughter of Patrick URQUHART of Lethenty and Meldrum and Margaret OGILVY.¹ (Elizabeth URQUHART was born about 1645 and died after 1704 ¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"The ninth laird married his kinswoman, Elizabeth Urquhart, only daughter of Patrick Urquhart of Meldrum (1611-1664) by Lady Margaret Ogilvie, who was the daughter of the first Earl of Airlie, and the cousin of her husband, for it will be remembered that the seventh laird of Gight had married the sister of the first Earl of Airlie. Gight died before 1695, for his wife was described (Poll Book) in 1695 as the 'duager of Gight,' and was living at the Mains of Gight."

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