Name of Gordon

Wliole Families Who Have
Changed.
The change of surname clue to the succession
to land is most strikingly shown im the ease of the
Gordons of Craig, Hailhead, Kenmure, Knock es-
yiock, and Bitkug.
CRAIG GORDONS.— The family who owned
Craig for hundii'eds of years ended, as almost all
families do, 'in a iwomia/n— IMiaabeth Shepherd
Gordon, daughter of Francis Gordon XII. of Craig,
who died January 27, 1857, aged 88. She married
Captain Charles Kinnaird Johnstone, H.E.I.C.
Navy, son of J. R. Johnston of Alva, and he as^
suuied the name and arms of Gordon. Their eldest
daughter, Elizabeth Mary Johnstone-Gordon,
married (September 8, 1857) Hugh Scott of Gala,
and she took the -name of Scott-Gordon. She
afterwards married Baron de Roissarxl, and now
signs herself de Roissard-Gordon. When Mis
Johnston-Kinnaird died (she was burned to death
ab Nice in 1863), Kincardine Lodge went to her
daughter Mrs Scott-Gordon, but Craig went to
the issue of her grand-aunt, Barbara Gordon, who
liad married Rev. John Brown, Newhille. Brown's
daughter married Mr Shirreffs, advocate, Aberv
doen, whose grandson, James Francis Gordon-
Rhirreffs, on succeeding to Craig, took the name
of Shirroffs-Goudon. The estate was sold by
the iShirreffs-Gordon family to Mr William Penny
Craik.
KNOCKESPOCK GORDONS.— The change of
surname in the case of this family cannot be
readily understood without a table. The estate
was Iwmght in 1705 by George Gordon, son of
Harry Gordon of AiuxMym, who belonged to the
ruined Terpei-sie Gordons, from John Gordon
who bought instead the lands of Glen bucket, and
whose son became the famous Jacobite general.
This George was twice ma.rried, and left the
estate to his eldest son (by his first marriage)
James Gordon. On July 19, 1738, he executed a
ourioua deed by which he entailed the lands on
his sisters (cutting out his own brother) : and then
an his half-brother Harry, great-grandfather of