BYRON, John 'Mad Jack', Captain ¹

  General Notes:

John Byron took the Gordon surname after his marriage.

"The name of Gordon was added in compliance with a condition imposed by will on whoever should become husband of the heiress of Gight; and at the baptism of the child, the Duke of Gordon, and Colonel Duff of Fetteresso, stood godfathers" ^{1 3}

John married Catherine GORDON 13th of Gight, daughter of George GORDON 12th of Gight and Catherine INNES, on 12 May 1785 in Bath, England.^{1 2} (Catherine GORDON 13th of Gight was born in 1764 ⁴ and died in July 1818 ⁵.)

  Marriage Notes:

MISS GORDON OF GIGHT .
O whare are ye gaen, bonny Miss Gordon?
O whare are ye gaen, sae bonny an' braw?
Ye've married, ye've married wi' Johnny Byron,
To squander the lands o' Gight awa'.
This youth is a rake, frae England he's come ;
The Scots dinna ken his extraction ava;
He keeps up his misses, his landlord he duns,
That's fast drawen' the lands o' Gight awa'.
O whare are ye gaen, &c.
The shooten' o' guns, an' rattlin' o' drums,
The bugle in woods, the pipes i' the ha',
The beagles a howlin', the hounds a growlin';
These soundings will soon gar Gight gang awa'.