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446 HOUSE OF GORDON.
reasons that do not transpire (Patrick Gordon's Tagebuch, i. 86) ; had entered
at the usual age.
Eldest son of Patrick, 1795; sent to Douai, i686 {ibid., ii. 136); got
part of the family estate from his father, 1692, Jan. 11 ; m. 1692, Elizabeth (d.
1726, Mar.), eldest dau. of William Grant, of Crichie, and had six sons and
two daus. ; d. 1712.
1763. John. 1688, Ens., "Col. (Hugh?) Mackay's Reg. in Holland
[Dah'yinph Decreets, vol. 71 ; not in Ferguson).
Described of Craigcullie (? CracuUie, a family descended from John, of
Essie, as described in the Balbithan MS.) ; who, 1688, Jan. 16, gave a bond
for 200 merks to Robert Cheisley, merchant, Edinburgh {ibid.).
1764- John. 1722 (alive), Capt,, Navarre Reg., and surveyor in chief
for Givet and Charlemont, Flanders (Alsatian newspaper, quoted in the
Aberdeen Free Press, 1887, Sep. 15).
Son of Edmond, 1693, and brother of Gilbert, 1724- Recognised as
"cousin" by the Duke of Gordon, 1722, Jan. 13 {ibid.).
1765- John, "8th Viscount of Kenmure". (1733-40?), "served
about seven years in the Scots Brigade" in Holland, and "was just about
being promoted on the commencement of the war, 1740, agreeable to his
wish, as he was much beloved and they wished much his stay [when] he
returned home at his [elder] brother's [Robert's] earnest request " {Earlston
MS. ; not given in Ferguson).
Second son of William, 6th Viscount of Kenmure, 2148, but for whose
attainder he would have been 8th Viscount; b. 1713; in. 1744, Mar. 11,
Lady Frances Mackenzie, dau. of William, sth Earl of Seaforth, and had
Adam, 97, James, 725. John, 897, Robert, 1203, and William, 1402; d. 1769,
Jun. 16, at Liverpool on a coasting voyage for his health {Scots Peerage, v.
131-2).
1766- John. 1734, Capt. in the French army; "behaved with such
courage at the battle ot Guastalla in Italy [1734, Sep. 19, when the French
defeated the Austrians] that the King of Sardinia took notice of him and re-
commended him to the marishal [Claude Louis Hector] duke of Villars, but
he died soon after and left no issue" (C. A. Gordon's Concise History, 1890
ed., p. 128).
Natural son of Armand James, ist Count of Gordon, 1679-
1767- John. 1683, Jan. 14, took the oath in Mackay's Reg., Scots Brigade
in Holland (Ferguson's Scots Brigade, 1. 505). 1688, John left Mackay's
Reg. and received a commission in Wauchope's Scots Foot, raised that year
by King James and paid for by France {ibid., i. 478, 515, 516). See 842.