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back to Russia, as quickly as possible day and night. The petition is printed
in full in the appendix to the Tagebuch (i. 636-8). Subsequently became
Brigadier, and as such " left in legacy " £500 stg. to his brother John's widow,
Elizabeth Grant, as noted in her will, confirmed 1728, Mar. 15. It was still
owing to her executors at that time and does not seem to imply that the
Brigadier was dead, for he must be the Chevalier Gordon, " son to the great
General Gordon and Captain of the Czarina's Band of Young Nobles," who
was stated by a correspondent of the Edinburgh Evening Coumnt (1736, Jul.
812, No. 1934) to have arrived at Vienna "with advice to the Emperor of her
victory over the Tartars " (Turks).
Second son of Patrick, 1795, who was the son of John Gordon, of Auch-
leuchries, and Mary Ogilvie of the Blerack family [cf. 1738) ; educated at the
Jesuit College, Dantzig, 1685-1686 Mar. (Tagebuch, 11. no, 128), was sent to
Douay, 1686, May, and at Lublin, 1686, Oct. (ibid., 11. 136, 202); visited
Auchleuchries, 1690, Feb. [ibid., u. 296).
1737- Count James. 1701, Sep. 2, at the attack on the fort of Notte-
burg near Narva, he was "twice repulsed with considerable loss ; but on the
third assault the commandant caused beat the chamade in order to capitulate.
The Czar made a present of 1000 roubles to Gordon who had received a slight
wound "in the ancle" (Gordon's Peter the Great, i. 169).
1738. James. 1704, Apr. 2, wrote, as a prisoner of the Swedes
from Stockholm, to Lord Seafield (Grant's Seafield Correspondence, 371),
" to proquar on letter from hir Majesty [the Quan of Great Breatten] to is
Majesty the King of Suadlan for Collonell [Alexander] Gordon off Auchintoull
and my fredom ". He adds : " Ue are both content not to serv against is
Majesty the King of Suadland douring this var. . . . Reliv us out of this
misirabell bondeg."
He describes himself as " old Dem Ogilvie grandchild Mullican " (ef. 1736)-
Auchintoul, 1658, calls him " honnest old Mullikins " (ibid., p. 373).
1739- James. 1746, Jul. 15, Ens., Stewart's Reg., Scots Brigade in
Holland, ordered to recruit in Scotland for the ist Batn. (Ferguson's Scots
Brigade, 11. 270; Albemarle Papers, 323). 1749, Nov. 21, Lt., 4th Coy., ist
Batn., Stewart's Reg. (ibid., 11. 418). 1767, Aug. 19, oath by pro.xy as Brevet-
Maj. and Capt., 2nd Batn., Stuart's Reg. (ibid., 11. 483). 1776, Aug. 19,
took the oath as Brevet-Col. and Capt. (by exchange) of a Coy., ist Batn.,
Houston's Reg. (ibid., 11. 490). 17S1, Jan. 2, oath by proxy as Maj., Stuart's
Reg. (ibid., 11. 492) ; Jan. 5, Major, 2nd Batn., Stuart's Reg., authorized to
draw his pay in Holland (ibid., 11. 492). 1782, Dec. 13, Col. "with the army,"
residing at Zutphen, aged 66 (ibid., ir. 500).