Name of Gordon

17
in-Chief to solicit a reinforcement. In January
1781 he returned to Pensacola, and was taken
prisoner in May following whilst acting as aid-
de-camp to General Campbell. On being ex-
changed he joined General Campbell at New
York, and was present at the evacuation in
1783; lie then accompanied the General to
Halifax, and continued as aide-de-camp to that
officer till 1787. When he joined his regiment in
Ireland, May 31, 1788, he obtained a company
in the 16th ; and in 1792 he embanked for Hali-
fax, where he remained till May following, when
he sailed with the regiment to the West Indies,
and there continued till 1794. On his return to
England he was appointed .aide-de-camp to Gen.
Sir W. Pitt; in June 1795 lie sailed on a secret
expedition, and was at the capture of the Cape
of Good Hope.; he .next proceeded with General
Sir Alwecl Clarke to the East Indies, and ar-
rived at Madias in 1796; May 3, in the latter
year, he received the brevet of Major ; in 1797
he was appointed Quartormastei-General at
Bengal, and was in the field with the army dur-
ing aill its operations. January 10, 1798, he
received the 'brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel.
June 20, 1799, a majority in the 16th; in 1801 he
returned to England, and in 1802 he retired on
half-pay. In 1803, (Lieut. -Colonel Gordon was
appointed Aasistant-Adju'tant-Geneml to the late
Lieut. -General Sir James Craig, then command-
ing the Eastern District, and in 1805 Military
Secretary to the Commander of the Forces in
Ireland ; Cokniol by brevet April 25, 1808, Major-
General June 4, 1811, Coionel of the late York
Ohaiwseurs May 2, 1814, and Colonel of the 16th
Foot, his 'present .regiment, January 8, 1816.
Tim officer served as Major-Genera.l on the Staff
at Madeira, which island he evacuated on Oct.
2, 1814, in consequence of the peace. June 25,
1815. he was appointed to the command of the
South-West District, and acting Lieutenant-
Governor of Porlguioufh, from which he was
removed to his present situation, Lieutenant-
Governor of Jersey, March 1816.
STRAUBE BECOMES GORDON.— During the
last ten years two gentlemen bearing the German
(and Jewish?) name of Straube have changed that
name to Gordon : —
I, Frank Gordon Straube of Fern Bank, East
Heath Road, in the parish of St John, Hamp-
stead, in the county of Middlesex, and of St
John's College in the University of Oxford,
hereby give notice [by Deed Poll] that I Lave
assumed and intend henceforth upon all occa-