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364 HOUSE OF GORDON.
Son of William Loudoun, 1506; b. 1872, May 28; ?m. 1909, May 27, at
All Saints', Norfolk Square, London, Nellie, youngest dau. of Alfred Corbyn
Brett, LC.S. {Morning Post).
1494. William Fletcher. 1844, Feb. 18, Cadet, H.E.LC.S. (Bombay) ;
Jun. 20, arrived at Bombay ; Jun. 29, attached for duty to 20th N.L ; Dec. 31,
2nd Lt. 1845, Jan. 1 9, posted to ist European Reg. Bombay Fus. 1846,
Jun. 19, Lt. 1847, Mar. 5, qualified as Inter., in Hindustani ; Mar. 26, Inter,
to his Reg. ; Apr. 19, Qr. Mr. (act.) and Lt., Camel Baggage Corps ; Mar. 30,
S.A.C. (act.), Hyderabad ; May 8, confirmed ; Apr. 15, Inter, (act.), 3rd N.I. ;
May 15, appt. Sub Assist. Commis. Gen. (act.), Hyderabad. 1848, Jun., served
on a Court Martial at Shikarpore ; Oct., placed at disposal of Comdr.-in-Chief,
ordered to join H.Q. of his Reg. ; Oct. 11, appt. S.A.C.G., to force at Koree,
from May 15. 1849, attached to Staff, Mooltan ; Aug. 6, Commiss. Off. and
Supt. of Bazaars. 1850, Mar. 18, S.A.C.G., Hyderabad ; journeyed there
from Mooltan by boat. 1851, Apr., attached to Aden in charge of Commisst.
and Bazaar Depts. ; Dec, Executive Oft'., at the Presidency. 1853, May 3,
D.A.C.G. (act.). 1854, Jul., furlough to Europe for six months. 1859, Jan.
17, Capt. 1857, served in Persian Campaign and on staff of Sir Hugh Rose
in Indian Mutiny, i860, Apr. 20, Bt. Maj. 1861, Assist. Commissary Gen.,
Gwalior Div. 1862-4, on furlough. 1864, Jul. 18, ret. (£./. Reg., and I.A.L.,
1844-65 ; I.O. Rec.)
Youngest son of William, Minmore, 1407 ; b. 1826, Sep. 8, at Inveravon,
Banflsh. ; educated at Nav. and Mil. Acad., Edinburgh ; nominated for
H.E.LC.S. by George Leatt, on recommendation of his uncle, John Stewart.
i860, Jul. 31, created a Mil. Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, by
Pius IX. " as a reward for his bravery in the field and for the assistance gener-
ally afforded by him to the Christian community during the late Indian Re-
bellion," being invested at St. Margaret's Convent, Edinburgh, Sep. 18 {Tablet,
i860, Sep. 22). He m. 1861, Apr. 4, at York, Catherine {d. 1904, Nov. 10),
third dau. of Jarrard Edward Strickland (1782-1844), of Loughly House,
Roscommon, and widow of William McCann, of Booterstown, Dublin
(Burke's Landed Gentry, 1886, p. 1768) ; by her first husband she had a dau.,
Anne Mary, who took the name of Gordon {G.M., vol. 10, N.S., p. 569;
Plantagenet Roll, Clarence I'o/., 315). Gordon d. s.p. 1904, Nov. 10, at St.
Edmond's, Wimbledon (Bulloch's Gordons and Smiths, 29-31).
1495. William Francis Boswell Hill. 1903, Jun. 13, 2nd Lt., Cam'n.
Highlrs. 1907, ret. (^.L., 1903-7).
Son of Orr Boswell, 1123; b. 1884, Oct. 30.
1496 William Fraser Forbes. 1855, May i. Ens., 20th Ft. 1855.