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456 HOUSE OF GORDON.
committee appointed to confer with him " anent his sense of his former
guiltiness and gross debordinges," found " some signes of repentance," and he
was remitted to the Presbytery to be released. 1666, Nov. 5, went to
London (Patrick Gordon's Diaiy, 84); Dec. 10, "departed with little satis-
faction, haveing gott but fifty pund sterling, and that from the Earle of
Middleton, but by His Majesties order : . . . left his skatole with his passes in
pledge," and they were redeemed by Auchleuchries {ibid., 86). 1667, Mar. 9,
" CoUonell Gordon Steelhand " dined with Auchleuchries at Hamburg (ibid.,
98).
1797. Peter. 1720, Apr. 10 (O.S.) and 1721, Apr. 16 (O.S.), Capt. in Mac-
Lean's Coy., Cunninghame's Reg., Scots Brigade in Holland, communicated at
Tournay (Ferguson's Scots Brigade, iii. 120). 1722, Mar. 18 (O.S.), Capt. in
Mackenzie's Coy., communicated at Tournay (ibid., 111. 121). 1724, Mar.
26, Capt. in MacLean's Coy., communicated at Namur (ibid., iii. 122).
1798- Pierre. 141 9, Ecuyer in the Scots Men-at-Arms in France
(Forbes-Leith's Scots Mcn-at-Arins, i. 154).
1799. Richard. 1550, 1554, Archer in the Scots Men-at-Arms in France
(Forbes-Leith's Scots Men-at-Arms, i. 190, 192).
1800- Robert. 1505, Oct., Archer de la Garde, Scots Life Guards in
France (Forbes-Leith's Sfci<5 il/e«-ai-^n«s, 11. 90). Perhaps the same man
who was Archer du Corps, 1506-1507 (ibid., 11. 90, 91).
1801- Robert. "Slain in France in single combate, being then in
service and great credit with Margaret [1492-1549], Queen of France and
Navarr " (Sir Robert Gordon's Tables, House of Gordon, 11. (135)). C. A.
Gordon (Concise History, 1890 ed., p. 125) calls him "a captain in the
service ".
Fourth son of Alexander, Bishop of Galloway, and great-grandson of
Alexander, 3rd Earl of Huntly, 116- Uncle of Armand Claude, 1678.
1802- Robert. 1631, Drummer in Jacob Ramsay's Reg., Sweden (Th.
A. Fischer's Scots m Sweden, 221).
1803- Robert. " Collonel in Germanic " (Sutherland Tables, House of
Gordon, 11. (152)). In the Earls of Sutherland (p. 408) it is stated that he
was in the Scots Reg. levied by the Earl of Morton and that he went with
the expedition for the relief of Rochelle, 1627. He may be the " Ensign
Gordon," k. at the battle of Rhe (Skrine Papers, Hist. MSS. Com., 127). The
Duchess of Rutland writing 1627, Oct. 10, says—" Last night had news from
Rhe," and refers to the " ill-usage of poor Gordon ".
Son of Patrick, of Craigston, and brother of John, 1756 (Sutherland
Tables) and cousin of Patrick, 1794-