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William GORDON

William GORDON

Male Date of birth unknown - 1816

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William GORDON was born in Date of birth unknown (son of William GORDON, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen and Anne GORDON); died on 25 May 1816.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: 26 Jul 1756; Had a commission as colonel of the 11th Regiment of Dragoons.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1767; Member of Parliament (MP) for Woodstock
    • Occupation / Profession: 1774; Member of Parliament (MP) for Heytesbury
    • Occupation / Profession: 7 Apr 1775; He was appointed one of the Grooms of the Bedchamber to King George III.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1 Jan 1798; General in the army.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Died unmarried.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. William GORDON was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 9 Jan 1847.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William GORDON, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen was christened on 22 Dec 1679 in Methlic, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (son of Sir George GORDON, 1st Earl of Aberdeen, of Haddo and Anne LOCKHART); died on 30 Mar 1746.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: 1708; Elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeenshire but was unseated on petition by the House of Commons on the ground that the eldest son of a Scots peer could not represent a Scottish constituency.
    • Title: From 20 Apr 1720 to 30 Mar 1746; 2nd Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarves and Kellie, Viscount of Formartine [Scotland. 1682], 4th Baronet [Nova Scotia. 1642]
    • Occupation / Profession: From 17 Mar 1721 to 1727; Representative Peer (Scotland)

    William married Anne GORDON on 9 Dec 1729. Anne was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 26 Jun 1791. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Anne GORDON was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 26 Jun 1791.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title: From 9 Dec 1729 to 30 Mar 1746; Countess of Aberdeen

    Children:
    1. 1. William GORDON was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 25 May 1816.
    2. Cosmo GORDON
    3. Charles GORDON was born in Date of birth unknown; died on 13 Dec 1771.
    4. Henrietta GORDON
    5. Elizabeth GORDON
    6. Alexander GORDON was born in 1739; died on 13 Mar 1792.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Sir George GORDON, 1st Earl of Aberdeen, of Haddo was born on 3 Oct 1637 (son of Sir John GORDON, 1st Baronet and Mary FORBES); died on 20 Apr 1720.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation / Profession: Was a student and Professor of Marischal College.
    • Education: 1663; He went to abroad to study law.
    • Title: From 1665 to 20 Apr 1720; 3rd Baronet [Nova Scotia. 1642]
    • Event: 1667; Returned, from abroad studying law, on his brother's death.
    • Membership: 7 Feb 1668; Became a member of the Faculty of Advocates.
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1669 to 1674; He was elected a Commissioner to represent Aberdeen in Parliament.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1678; Commissioner to represent Aberdeen in Parliament.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1678; Privy Counsellor (PC)
    • Occupation / Profession: 1680; Senator of the College of Justice
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1681 to 1682; Commissioner to represent Aberdeen in Parliament.
    • Occupation / Profession: 1681; President of Session
    • Occupation / Profession: 14 Oct 1681; President of the College of Justice
    • Occupation / Profession: From 1 May 1682 to 1684; Lord High Chancellor of Scotland in succession to John, Duke of Rothes, by letters patent dated at Windsor and sealed 9 May following.
    • Occupation / Profession: 7 Nov 1682; He was appointed Sheriff of Aberdeen in succession to John, Earl of Erroll.
    • Title: From 30 Nov 1682 to 20 Apr 1720; 1st Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarves and Kellie, Viscount of Formartine [Scotland. 1682]
    • Occupation / Profession: 2 Dec 1682; Sheriff of Edinburgh

    George married Anne LOCKHART in 1671. Anne (daughter of George LOCKHART) was born in Date of birth unknown; was buried on 19 Jul 1707. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Anne LOCKHART was born in Date of birth unknown (daughter of George LOCKHART); was buried on 19 Jul 1707.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Anne Gordon
    • Title: From From 30 Nov 1682 to 1707; Countess of Aberdeen

    Children:
    1. Margaret GORDON was born in Date of birth unknown; died in Apr 1738.
    2. John GORDON was christened on 7 Sep 1673 in Methlic, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; was buried on 17 Jun 1675 in Methlic, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
    3. George GORDON was christened on 6 Aug 1674 in Methlic, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died in Date of death unknown.
    4. Anna GORDON was christened on 18 Jul 1675 in Methlic, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died before Jun 1709.
    5. James GORDON was christened on 11 Aug 1676 in Methlic, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died in Date of death unknown.
    6. Jean GORDON was christened on 13 Feb 1678 in Methlic, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died in Date of death unknown.
    7. 2. William GORDON, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen was christened on 22 Dec 1679 in Methlic, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; died on 30 Mar 1746.
    8. Martha GORDON was born on 13 Feb 1681; died in Date of death unknown.
    9. Mary GORDON was born on 28 Mar 1682; died on 18 Feb 1753.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Sir John GORDON, 1st Baronet was born in 1610 (son of George GORDON and Margaret BANNERMAN); died on 19 Jul 1644.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Event: 11 May 1630; Was retoured heir general to his grandfather.
    • Event: 4 Jul 1636; Had charter of novodamus of the lands and barony of Haddo.
    • Event: 1639; He was appointed next in command to the Marquess of Huntly over the forces raised to oppose the Covenanters, and was present at the action at Turreff.
    • Event: 1642; He joined the Royal Standard at the Newark and after being engaged in several operations, was sent to Scotland as Lieutenant under George, Marquess of Huntly.
    • Title: From 13 Aug 1642 to 19 Jul 1644; 1st Baronet [Nova Scotia. 1642]
    • Event: 14 Apr 1644; The Marquess of Huntly and Sir John Gordon were excommunicated by the General Assembly.

    Notes:

    Title:
    Created a Baronet [Nova Scotia. 1642] for gallantry at the Battle of Turriff, being 2nd in command of forces raised against the Covenanters (1630) and defender of the House of Kellie against them, though forced to surrender and imprisoned in St. Giles's Cathedral, Edinburgh, where his cell was a recess in the wall which became known as Haddo's Hole (a plate on the wall today marks the spot).

    Died:
    Subsequently executed at the Cross of Edinburgh (the first Royalist to be executed by a judicial sentence), his estates being sequestrated till the Restoration.

    John married Mary FORBES in 1630. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Mary FORBES (daughter of William FORBES).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married name: Mary Gordon

    Children:
    1. Patrick GORDON
    2. Charles GORDON
    3. James GORDON
    4. Jean GORDON
    5. Janet GORDON
    6. Sir John GORDON, 2nd Baronet, of Haddo was born about 1632; died in 1665.
    7. 4. Sir George GORDON, 1st Earl of Aberdeen, of Haddo was born on 3 Oct 1637; died on 20 Apr 1720.

  3. 10.  George LOCKHART

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Torbrecks

    Children:
    1. 5. Anne LOCKHART was born in Date of birth unknown; was buried on 19 Jul 1707.



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