Name of Gordon

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PITLURG GORDONS.— There have been four
changes of nam© in thi6 family, namely, Gordon
Cuming ; Gordon Cuming Skene ; Forlong-
Gordon; and Gordon-King. They will be more
clearly seen in a glance at .the following table: —
Dr James Gordon of Pitlurg (died 1754).
Married Barbara Cuming of Birness.
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Dr John Gordon Cuming of Pitlurg (died 1768).
Took the name of Cuming on succeeding to
his mother's estates.
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John Gordon Cuming Skene of Pitlurg (died 1828).
Took the name of Skene on succeeding his cousin,
Andrew Skene of Dyce, 1815.
Wm. Gordon Cuming Skene Crawford Gordon
of Pitlurg : died 1837. married William
Forlong.
John Gordon Luckan Gordon Thomas Alexander
of Pitlurg mar. Col. Ross-King Forlong took the
died 1828. of Tertowie. name of Gordon.
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J. A. Cordon-King
Died May 9, 1904.
Line extinct.
With regard to Forlong-Gordon a very interest-
ing point was raised in the Court of Session on
Jane 15, 1880, when Thomas Alexander George
Forlong of South Erins, Argyllshire, presented a
petition for authority to assume and bear the
name of Thomas Alexander George Gordon, stat-
ing that he had succeeded through his mother,
Mrs Crawford Gordon or Forlong, to considerable
means and estate, and that by her settlement she
had specially requested him to assume the name
of Gordon instead of Forlong in remembrance of
her. The grounds on which he made the appli-
cation were that he was possessed of heritable and
other property acquired by him under the name
of Forlong; that he was a trustee and executor
under various deeds, and was a Oomimissioner of
Supply for the county of Argyll under tha.t nam« ;