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GORDONS UNDER ARMS. 69
charge of subdivision of the Pensioners Force of the Country, for which
his former services render him quite competent and with the Bt. rank
of Lt. Col. to which he was entitled on restoration to active duty" (W.O.,
Offs. Services, 1829, 1S54, P.R.O. ; A.L., 1810-67; Hart's A.L., 1840-
67).
Son of WilHam, of Clerkhill, 1405; b. 1791, Aug. 20, at Clerkhill,
Farr, Sutherlandsh. ; living at Claremont Crescent, Edinburgh, 1854-6O; d.
suddenly, 1866, Aug. 26, at Harrogate (G.M., vol. 2, N.S., p. 557).
329- Charles. 1810, Jan. 19, Vol., ist Class, R.N., " Hussar," Baltic and
E.Indies. 1811, Sep., served at reduction of Java. i8i2,Aug. 18, " Modeste,"
E. Indies; Aug. 20, Mid., passage home. 1813, Mar. 12, Supy., "Thisbe,"
Thames; Apr. 12, " Bellerophon," Newfoundland; Dec. 24, "Royal Sove-
reign" yacht, Thames. 18 14, Mar. 16, " Erebus," rocket ship, Chesapeake
and N. American Coast; Aug. 17-Sept. 6, actively employed in brilliant ex-
pedition by Sir James Alexander Gordon against Alexandria on the
Potomac (three men killed and fourteen wounded). 1815, May 16 " Lame,"
Channel ; Jul., Master's Mate ; Aug. 29, " Challenger," E. Indies. 1816,
May 31, " Zebra," E. Indies. 1817, Feb. 5, passed as Lt. ; Apr. 15, Mid.,
"Ganymede," Mediterranean. i8i8, Jul. i6, I^t. (act.) " Albion," Mediter-
ranean ; Aug. 20, Lt., "Tagus," Malta. 1819, Jan. 12, "Active," Halifax
and Mediterranean. 1822, Mar. 29, " Ariadne," Cape of Good Hope.
1826, Jan. 6, Comdr. 1827, Apr. 17, "Cadmus," S. America. 1828, Apr.
17, Post Capt., returned home. 1855, Jan. 22, R. Adm., h.p. 1865, Apr. 24,
Adm., ret. {Adm. Indexes, Midshipmen, Lts. Passing Certif., P.R.O. ; N.L.,
1S14-76; John Marshall's R.N. Biog., 11. pt. 2, p. 29; O'Byrne's A''. Biog.
Die; Boase's Mod. Eng. Biog.).
Son of 5th Duke of Gordon (S.N. S' Q., 2nd ser., iv. 58, 80) ; and half-
brother of Alexander, 209; ^. 1798 ; m. 1830, Mar. 10, at Gibston, Elizabeth
(1812-43), second dau. of Andrew Macpherson of Gibston, her sister marry-
ing General John Gordon, 962- " Capt. Charles Gordon, Huntly " and
"Mrs. Captain Charles Gordon" were the names of tunes composed by
William Marshall. They had Elizabeth, named after the last Duchess of
Gordon, d. 1910, Mar. 8, at Old Quebec St., London (Times); Margaret,
alive in Aberdeen 1910; Susan, alive in Crieff, 1910. Admiral Gordon d.
1876, May 18, at Huntly, aged 78. He was a tar of the old school and
known to everyone. He occupied a front seat in the parish church and
during sermon could often be seen taking a small round looking-glass from
his pocket, and examining the state of his tongue. No old tar passed through
the town without calling on the Admiral, and tasting his Jamaica rum, the