Family of Gordon in Griamachary, in the parish of Kildonan

The Griamachary Gordons. II
frontier campaign of 1851, in the ex-
pedition against the Moniunds and was
second in command of the 7th Punjab
Infantry during the Indian Mutiny 1858-9
commanding the regiment at the attack
and capture of Oude Forts, Dehagu and
Turowl July 14 and 17, 1858. He was
engaged in the operations in the
Futteghur, Azimghur, and Gorukpore
districts in 1858 and in the Terai Nepaul,
1859 being four times mentioned in de-
spatches He became captain in the 25th
regiment December 13, i859, or the 95th
regiment Mav 18th 1S60, and of the Ben-
ga SrafFCorps, October 29 1861, becom-
ing brevet-major, Nov mber 15, 1861. He
was a brigade major in Bengal October
30, 1862- VI ay 17, 1865 ; major in the B.S.C
August 21,1869 ; brevet-lieutenant colonel
August 23, 1869. At the Ambala Durbar
1869 he made a daily call on ;»here Ali,
who masked a cruel nature and despotic
will under a genial and hearty manner.
S xteen years later Gordon was deputed
to meet another Ameer, Abdurrahman,
in the Khybar and escort him to Rawal-
pindi. It was Gordon who read to him
the telegram announcing the capture of
Penjdeh with heavy loss to his Afghans.
It chanced to be the evening of the day
on which formal dec afation had been
made of the English and Afghan al iance.
" The Ameer exclaimed bitterly. This is
Russian friendship, is it ? Is killing
hundreds of my men and wounding my
general a sign of their friendship ?" He
expected war, but, knowing the Afghan
jealousy of foreign intervention, he prayed
his Eng.ish a lies to hold back
till his peop'e should be fairly
roused by the fighting. General
Gordon was second in command
of the Mission to the Ameer of
Kashgar 1873-4. The envoy was Mr
(afterwards Sir) David Forsyth and he
was accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel
Gordon, Captain Chapman, and Dr
Bellew, C.S.I., whi e Captain Trotter*