Memorials of four old families

IV. PREFACE.
I believe the two Pedigrees, which I have framed, are fairly correct. I
consider them of great interest, especially in tracing out the connections
with other families. I found a much closer connection between the Gordons
of Lesmoir and the Irvines of Drum, particularly through the Keiths, and
also between them and the Huntly family, than I was aware of.
A number of Appendices are added, which will be found of more or
less interest according to the reader's connection with the families referred
to. Some of these contain information obtained too late for insertion in
the text.
After the MS. was finished and partly in type, I learned from the Rev.
W. Temple, Forgue, of the existence of a great-grandson of Sir James, the
ist Bart., who succeeded as 2nd Bart, and appears to have lived 4 or 5
years after 1642. Consequently Sir William, the boy's granduncle, was
really the 3rd Bart, and Sir William's son, Sir William the 4th, and so on ;
and Sir Francis the 8th, instead of 7th Bart. I have left the text as it was
to avoid endless corrections.
Proud as I am of many of my forbears, I have always felt that the
strain of Gordon blood in me predominates.
DOUGLAS WIMBERLEY.
Inverness,
July, /S93.
P.S. — I was not aware until this book and nearly all the Appendices
were printed that I could consult the Records of the Privy Council and the
Old Retours of Service in the Public Library here. What I have gleaned
from the former about members of the Lesmoir family, and others connected
with it by marriage, is added in an Appendix. Notes collected from the
latter will be found under Additions and Corrections.
December, 1893.