GORDON, George Thomas HEICS, Lieutenant Colonel ^{1 3}

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  General Notes:

"GORDON
GEORGE THOMAS
WILLIAM GORDON/SARAH CHANDLER FR2239 (FR2239)
M
28/12/1784
692/2 70 184
Leith South"

from Births and Baptisms


"George Thomas, next younger brother of James Macpherson Gordon, went to India as a cadet in Hon. East India Co.'s Service in 1801 : he served many years in the Bombay Cavalry, became Lieut.-Col. in 1832, and after his retirement, lived at Deebank, Banchory, Kincardineshire, till his death."

from Later Gordons of Beldorney



"597. George Thomas. 1800, Cadet, H.E.I.C.S. (Bombay). 1801, May 22, Ens., sth N.I. 1803, May 23, Lt. 1807, Aug. 12 1815, Adj., 2nd Batn. 1818, Apr. 3, Capt., 2nd N. Lt. Cav. 1820, Feb. i, leave to England for three years ; but returned in 1822. 1824, May i, Maj. ; served under Lt. Col. Prother in Southern Concan; shared in the Deccan prize for general captures. 1829, Apr. 30, temporary command of Kattywar. 1831, Feb. 16, appt. to command troops at Deesa. 1832, Mar. 29, leave to the Neilgherries on s.c., for twelve months; Nov. 2, Lt. Col. 1833, Mar., served as President of a Court Martial at Bombay; May 15, returned to Deesa. 1834, Jan. 4, furlough to Europe for three years for benefit of his health. 1836, Dec. 4, on return to Bombay, transferred to 3rd Lt. Cav. 1837, Dec. i, ret. (E.I. Reg., 1801-48 ; Services of yd Bombay Lt. Cav., 26).

Younger son of William (who was the youngest son of Thomas, II. of Fodderletter, Strathavon, a junior cadet of Beldorney), manufacturer of Cudbear dye (so named after his brother Cuthbert), Leith, and Sarah Chandler ; b. 1784, Dec. 4; bap. Dec. 28, in the New English Chapel, Edinburgh, James Gordon, Leith, being one witness; nominated for H.E.I.C.S., by Rt. Hon. Henry Dundas; m. 1821, Oct. 15, at Old Aberdeen, Margaret Catherine, youngest dau. of Principal Roderick Macleod, King's Coll., Aberdeen (S.M., N.S., vol. ix. p. 495) ; and had Isabella Ann, b. 1837, Mar. 15, bap. Apr. 14, at Deesa, m. 1857, Aug. 7 ; Margaret Sarah, b. 1839, Jul. 27 ; Matilda Christina, b. 1841, Jul. 27, m. (i) 1865, Dec. 19, at St. James's Ch., Dover, Henry Horace Powell (d. 1890), J.P., Cinque Ports, son of Henry Percy Cotton, Quex Park, Thanet (becoming the mother of Major Percy Horace Gordon Powell Gordon, the explorer) ; m. (2) 1902, Mar., John B. Dunning (G.M., vol. i. GORDONS UNDER ARMS. 133 N.S., p. 120, Burke's Family Rec.) ; and Georgina Jessie, b. 1843, Mar. 27, m. 1866, Sep. 13, James Nicol McAdam, 78th Highlrs., youngest son of James McAdam, of Tindon End, and grandson of Sir James Nicol McAdam (G.M., vol. 2, N.S., p. 686). Gordon d. 1850, Sep. 6, at Deebank (now Riverston), Banchory. bur. at Old Machar Cathedral (ibid., vol. 34, N.S., p. 454 ; 7.O. Rec. ; Fodderletter family described by J. M. Bulloch, Huntly Express, 1909, Aug. 27, Sep. 3 ; and in Wimberley's Gordons of Beldorney, 33-36)."

from Gordons Under Arms ^{1 3 4}

George married Margaret Catharine MACLEOD on 15 October 1821 in Old Machar parish, Aberdeen, Scotland.^{1 2} (Margaret Catharine MACLEOD was born about 1795.)

  Marriage Notes:

(George Thomas Gordon) m. 1821, Oct. 15, at Old Aberdeen, Margaret Catherine, youngest dau. of Principal Roderick Macleod, King's Coll., Aberdeen ..."

from Gordons Under Arms


"GORDON
GEORGE THOMAS
MARGARET CATHARINE/MACLEOD
13/10/1821
168/B
160 46
Old Machar"

from Index of Marriages


"He married Margaret, 4th and youngest daughter of Roderick MacLeod, Principal of King's College, Old Aberdeen, and had issue:
1. Isabella Anne, married C. G. Lumsden, Ass. Surg., 8th Hussars, and had issue, 3 daughters.
2. Margaret.
3. Matilda Christina, married Horace Powell Cotton of Quex Park, Kent, and has issue,
(1) Percy H. G., now of Quex, Major 5th Batt. Northumberland Fusiliers, a well-known hunter of big game, naturalist, and traveller.
(2) Ida.
(3) Gerald.
4. Georgina, married Capt. James N. M'Adam, some time in the 78th Highlanders."

from Later Gordons of Beldorney ^{1 2 4}