Family of Gordon in Griamachary, in the parish of Kildonan

THE GRIAMACHARY GORDONS
Adam Gordon, tacksman, Griamachary, Kil-
donan, who died in 1831, gave thirteen Soldiers
— all commissioned officers, and two of them
honoured Generals— to his Country.
That is a remarkable record even for the
Gordons, whose ruling passion has always been
Soldiering, and stands unbeaten in the annals of
the house, except perhaps by the Banffshire
family, the Gordons of, or more correctly, in
Crougnly.
Curiously enough, though Adam Gordon the
tacksman did so well in giving four sons, four
grandsons, four great grandsons, and a great great
grandson to the regular army, besides a grandson,
who also became a peer of the realm, to the volun-
teers, his reward has largely been overlooked,
although in the spring of 1902 a large bronze tablet
was placed in the restored Church of St Donan, at
Kildonan, bearing this legend : —
To the glory of God, in memory of Adam
Gordon of Griamachary, Kildonan, b 1750, d 1831,
and his sons, John, major in the 2nd Queen's Regi-
ment ; William, captain in the 2nd Queen's Regi-
ment ; Thomas captain in the 1st Royal Scots ;
Adam lieutenant in the Cape Regiment, who
served their country in the wars with France
early in the last century. This tablet is erected
in 1901 by General Sir Thomas Edward
Gordon, K.C B., K.C.I. E., C.S.I , youngest son of
Captain W Gordon, and by the Hon. John Edward
Gordon, M.P., eldest son of the Right Hon.
Edward Strathearn, Lord Gordon of Drumearn,
Lord Advocate in 1867 and 1874, a son of Major
John Gordon.
With the aid of Mrs Skelton, who possessess a
unique knowledge of the mi itary achievements of
the Gordons — from preparing a biographical
dictionary for the New Spalding Club, of every
officer who has ever borne the name of Gordon — I
have pieced together a genealogy of Griamachary.
Before doing so it may be well to state the case in
tabular form ; —