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2IO HOUSE OF GORDON.
Mar. 8, promoted to Col. M'Dowall's Fenc. Cav. {L.G. 260 ; Lady Tullibar-
dine's Mil. Hist, of Perthshire, i. 158).
928- John. 1793, Mar. i, orjun. 15, Lt., Perthsh. Fencibles, 2nd Batn.
{L.G., 492 ; W.O. Notifications, P.R.O.).
929- John. 1794, Nov. 22, Capt. Lt., Rothsay [sic] and Caithness
Fencibles {L.G., 1145). 1795, Jun. 6, Capt. and Adj. (ibid., 571-2).
930- John. 1795, Jul. 24, Landsmen, R.N., "Kite"; Sep. 19, Mid. and
Master's Mate. 1796, May 17, "Cynthia". 1800, Sep. i, " Impetueux ".
1801, Sep. 2, passed as Lt., aged 22 {Adm. N. Board Lis. Passing Certif,
P.R.O.). 1802, Apr. 29, discharged, h.p. ; Jun. 21, Lt., " Kite". 1805, May
23, discharged; May 24, h.p.; May 27, "Alert"; Jun. 13, "Hebe" (Adm.
Half Pay Lists; Muster Books, P.R.O.).
Eldest son of Rol)ert (i 737-1810), mason at Craighead, Aberlour, and
farmer at Garbity, Rothes, and his first wife, Helen Green; b. 1760;
Apr. 26(?); bap. 1778, Sep. 14, at Aberlour {Rothes Reg.); ni. 1804, Jun.
25, at St. Brelade, Jersey, Mrs. Hetty Pipon ; d. 1806, Jul. 7, on his passage
from Jamaica, " a brave, active, and intelligent officer of most amiable and
engaging manners, which had endeared him to his friends and acquaintances
by whom he is sincerely and justly regretted" [Abd. Jour., 1806, Nov. 19;
G.M., vol. 76, pt. 2, p. 1075; S.M., vol. 68, p. 887; Adm. Wid. Pensions).
931. John. 1795, S^P- ^^' ^^P- Purveyor to the Hospitals for Forces
(Z.G., 984), previously " Hosp. Mate from Jamaica ". 1797, Mar. 25, pro-
moted Dep. Purveyor to Forces, St. Domingo {ibid., 273). 1798, Dec. 28, or
1799, Feb. 9, Staff Asst. Commiss. of Stores and Provisions, Dominica {ibid.,
126). Dep. Commiss. of Stores and Provisions, Dominica Garrison, salary
£172 17s. 6d. {A.L., 1804-8).
932. John. 1795, Nov. 28, Lt., N. Fencibles (Z.G., 1277). 1 799. Feb.
26, Ens., ist Ft. {ibid., 189). 1800, Jun. i, Lt. ; Aug., stationed at Kilkenny.
1801-6, served in the West Indies. 1804, Aug. 24, Capt. {ibid., 1685). 1812,
stationed at Trichinopoly, comd. four Coys. " when suppressing a mutiny
amongst H.E.LC. native troops at Quilon, which then threatened most
serious consequences to the British possessions in India " (Wetherall's ist
Ft., 124; Cannon's ist Ft., 187). 1814, Jun. 4, Bt. Maj. {L.G., 1184); Dec.
15, Maj. 1817, Jun. 25, Bt. Lt. Col. 1818, Jan. 15, appt. Member of the
Committee to decide all claims to prize money in the first division of the
Deccan army {Memorial of Sir Thomas Hislop, 16); Feb. 27, comd. the
flank coys, of his reg. and Madras European reg. at the capture of the Fort of
Talneir, upon the Tapti river, about 80 miles west of Berhampur, Central
Provinces. The G..V. (vol. 88, pp. 263-4, 367) states :—