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GORDONS UNDER ARMS — CONTINENT. 469
Chancellor of Moray, to whom he was served heir 1637, Dec. 7. ; in. Janet,
dau. of Gordon, of Cluny ; and had Alexander, who was served his
father's heir, 1656, Nov. 8, and who acquired Glengerack, and Thomas, of Cran-
noch {Balbithan, MS.).
1829. Sir William, ist hart., of Afton. 1670-85, in the army ot
Frederick, Duke of Brandenburg, coming home to fight for Monmouth. 1642-
98, fought in King William's battles abroad, including Namur and Steinkirk
{Earlston MS.). His career in our army is dealt with in 1379.
1830. William. 1691, Aug. 8, Capt., Russian army; visited Scotland
(Patrick Gordon's Tagebuch, 11. 349, iii. 289, 291, 293). 1692, Apr., his death
at Reval is reported (ibid., 11. 372, 375, iii. 321).
Son of James, of Rothiemay [ibib., ill. 333), and Margaret, dau. of
Gilbert Menzies, of Pitfoddels, and therefore nephew of Gen. Paul Menzies,
of the Russian army {ibid., in. 333). He had borrowed money from Patrick,
1795 {Diary 182). He does not appear in the Balbithan MS. The Gordons
of Rothiemaj' were cadets of the Cairnburrow group.
1831. William. 17 19, Oct. 3, the Chevalier James wrote to the Duke
of Ormonde, that " Will. Gordon, the marchand's son, is gone into the Spanish
service, for he is a pretty young man, and his father deserved well by me "
(Dickson's Jacobite Attempt of I Jig, 265).
1832. Sir William, 3rd bart., of Park. After the '45 (see 2054)— he had
been a most enthusiastic rebel — he escaped to France and " became Lt. Col. of
Ogilvie's Reg. He also served the Emperor of Germany " (G. E. C.'s Complete
Baronetage, iv. 345), who allowed him and his heirs "the rank of the first
class nobility m Hungary" (Burke's Peerage, foriS32). In 1790, he is said
to appear in a list of Hungarian nobles (N. and Q. 1883, Mar. 31), but is not
noted in the Hungarian section of the Marquis de Ruvigny's Nobilities of
Europe.
Eldest son of Sir James, 2nd bart., of Park, 2098, and half-brother of James,
1739a, 2106, John, 877; b. 1712, Sep. 23 {Ordiquhil Reg.); in. 1745, Janet
Duff, dau. of I St Earl Fife, and had Sir John James, 1046, and William Braco,
1482; d. 1751, Jun. 5, at Douai (J. Christie in Banfj'shirc jfoiirnal, 1911, Sep.
26; J. M. BuUoch, Banffshire Field Club, 1907, May 23).
1833' William. 1756, " Capts. arms " of Capt. Gordon's Coy., Marjori-
banks' Reg., Scots Brigade in Holland.
M. Neeltje van Merendonk, and had a son, Robert, bap. at Tournay,
1756, Jan. 4 (Ferguson's Scots Brigade, in. 71).
1834- William. 1764, entered Russian Navy as Lt. and d. 1768 (Note
from Gen. Beklemisheft). James Grant in his Scottish Soldiers of Fortune,