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HOUSE OF GORDON.
James Gordon, Farmer, Croughly, 1726-1S12
Mar. 1760, Anne Forbes, Bellabeg
John,
Northern
Fencibles
I
George,
Bombay
A rmy
I
I I
John Glenny,
Bombay (s-f.)
George James,
79rt Ft. (s.p.)
Charles Forbes,
Madras (s.p.)
William Alexander,
<j2nd Ft.
Major-Gen.
I I I I h
(i) James John,
S6th Ft.
James, Robert, Charles,
g2nd Ft., Militia, Madras Army
1776-1867 Farmer, Croughly {d. s.f.)
George H. B.,
R.E.
(2) George Huntly,
Bengal Army {s.p.)
(3) William Robert,
Bengal Army (s.p.)
(4) Alexander Dunlop,
Madras Army
(5) Rowland Hill,
lUh Ft.
Ill I
(i) James Charles, (4) Sir Benj. L.,
92H(i Ft. (s.p.) Horse Artillery
(2) Robert Knight, I
Bengal Army (s.p.) \
(3) George Grant, J. Redmond P..
Bengal Army i^tli Hussars
George Grant,
Bengal Vols.
James H. S. G.,
Militia
(5) Wm. Alex. G.
Planter
Neil Fraser,
R.A.
Alister Fraser,
Gordons
Eric R.
R.N.
Charles Forbes,
Nigerian Reg.
(6) Sir Charles Alexander,
A.M.C.
I
Henry King,
Indian Volunteers
The Croughly Gordons who have produced 2S officers.
daughter, the Hvely Henrietta, who married Robert Gordon of Hallhead, contributing
nineteen bearing the name of Gordon. The Earl, who married the sister of his
own son-in-law, Cosmo, 3rd Duke of Gordon, became the grandfather of the 4th
Duke, the greatest of all the regiment raisers : but the real fighting force came from
the Duke's and not the Earl's side of the house. The large number of Hallhead
Gordons in the Services may possibly have been more than nineteen, for Adam
Durnford Gordon, H.E.I.C., the father of Adam Lindsay Gordon, the Australian
poet, wrote to the Commander-in-Chief's Secretary in 1831 : " My father, grand-
father, brother, six uncles and all their sons, twenty of us, have all been brought
up for the Army, and half of these have been killed or died on foreign service " : but
Mrs. Skelton has been able to identify only ten of these as Gordons : the other
ten may have been maternal relatives. The tables on the opposite page trace out
the remarkable naval and military activity of these Gordons and their progenitors,
the Gordons of Haddo.
James Gordon, Farmer, Croughly, 1726-1S12
Mar. 1760, Anne Forbes, Bellabeg
John,
Northern
Fencibles
I
George,
Bombay
A rmy
I
I I
John Glenny,
Bombay (s-f.)
George James,
79rt Ft. (s.p.)
Charles Forbes,
Madras (s.p.)
William Alexander,
<j2nd Ft.
Major-Gen.
I I I I h
(i) James John,
S6th Ft.
James, Robert, Charles,
g2nd Ft., Militia, Madras Army
1776-1867 Farmer, Croughly {d. s.f.)
George H. B.,
R.E.
(2) George Huntly,
Bengal Army {s.p.)
(3) William Robert,
Bengal Army (s.p.)
(4) Alexander Dunlop,
Madras Army
(5) Rowland Hill,
lUh Ft.
Ill I
(i) James Charles, (4) Sir Benj. L.,
92H(i Ft. (s.p.) Horse Artillery
(2) Robert Knight, I
Bengal Army (s.p.) \
(3) George Grant, J. Redmond P..
Bengal Army i^tli Hussars
George Grant,
Bengal Vols.
James H. S. G.,
Militia
(5) Wm. Alex. G.
Planter
Neil Fraser,
R.A.
Alister Fraser,
Gordons
Eric R.
R.N.
Charles Forbes,
Nigerian Reg.
(6) Sir Charles Alexander,
A.M.C.
I
Henry King,
Indian Volunteers
The Croughly Gordons who have produced 2S officers.
daughter, the Hvely Henrietta, who married Robert Gordon of Hallhead, contributing
nineteen bearing the name of Gordon. The Earl, who married the sister of his
own son-in-law, Cosmo, 3rd Duke of Gordon, became the grandfather of the 4th
Duke, the greatest of all the regiment raisers : but the real fighting force came from
the Duke's and not the Earl's side of the house. The large number of Hallhead
Gordons in the Services may possibly have been more than nineteen, for Adam
Durnford Gordon, H.E.I.C., the father of Adam Lindsay Gordon, the Australian
poet, wrote to the Commander-in-Chief's Secretary in 1831 : " My father, grand-
father, brother, six uncles and all their sons, twenty of us, have all been brought
up for the Army, and half of these have been killed or died on foreign service " : but
Mrs. Skelton has been able to identify only ten of these as Gordons : the other
ten may have been maternal relatives. The tables on the opposite page trace out
the remarkable naval and military activity of these Gordons and their progenitors,
the Gordons of Haddo.
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