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25,1805. "Gent'eman's Magazine"
Vol. 75, p. 1080).
4 Margaret Gordon. The "Scots Magazine"
(vul. ii, N.S. p. 95) announces. " At Dor-
noch [1819] aged 92, Miss Margaret Gordon,
sister of the late f-ir John (Gordon of Embo,
baronet" The June 1818 supplement to
the " Gentleman s Magazine" (vol. 88, pt
1, p 647) contains this announcement : —
" At 1 'ornoch Mrs Gordon, only surviving
sister of the late Sir William Gordon,,
baronet of Embo, N.B." These two
entries may refer to the same lady, or the
first may refer to a daughter of the 3rd
baronet, and the second to a daughter of
the 5th baronet. If they are the same, it
would seem that there was some doubt in
the mind of contemporary w iters as to
whether the 4th baronet was John or
William,
5 Anne Gordon.
6 Betty Gordon These two must be the "an-
tiquated" ladies " who were living in the
town of 1 'ornoch when ;-age was a school
boy there 1801-3. We know that the third
baronet had two daughters Anne and
Elizabeth, but as they are mentioned in a
sasine of 1700 they can hardly have been
alive in 1801, however " antiquated."
Sage ("Memorabilia Domestica" p. 164)
says that " their brother was the last heir
in the direct line and was the immediate
predecess r of Robert Hume Gordon of
Embo." Anne was " always ailing and
seldom visible to the outdoor public. Miss
Betty herself was too feeble to walk out,
but she usually sat in the window in the
afternoon, dressed after the fashion of 1699
in an ancient gown with a shawl pinned
over her shoulders and a high cap as head
gear. She was very fond of society, and of
that light and easy conversation otherwise
termed gossip. When, therefore, she took
her station at the upper window a female
audience usua ly congregated be'ow it 1
These attendants gave her the news of the
day ; and she made her remarks upon it,