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514 HOUSE OF GORDON.
" Gentlemen, behold the heart of a traitor I " ; at the last he cried, "Gentlemen, behold the
heart of the last traitor I God Save King George ! " upon which the spectators gave a loud
huzza. Then the executioner scored the arms and legs of each (but did not cut them off)
crying " Good people, behold the four quarters of a traitor ! " and next chipped off their heads.
Hearses were ready to receive the bodies of Captain George Hamilton,
Edward Clavering and Gordon, and there were coffins for the others. Gordon
was a Roman CathoHc. Richard Almack, of Long Walford, wrote to the
G.M. (1828, Jan., vol. 98, pt. i. p. 18) that
he had in his possession some relics of the Royal Family of Stewart, one of which
is a document, interesting because its authenticity is less disputable than that of the
others. It is a ticket [illustration given] on paper, printed with blue ink from an engraved
plate in the form of a full-blown rose and contains the names of forty sufferers in the cause of
the exiled family. The tradition is, that this was a ticket of admission to the private meetings
of the partisans of the Stuarts after defeat at Culloden. It was religiously preserved in an
ancient Catholic family of Lancashire, together with other Jacobite mementos of more intrinsic
value, and an MS. account, dated 1749, of the births and ages of the old Pretender and his two
sons, Charles Edward, the young Pretender, and Henry Benedict, afterwards Cardinal of York.
Charles Gordon's is one of the names mentioned on the ticket.
Origin uncertain ; he is readily mistaken for Charles, 2074 ; the S.M.
(1747, p. 649) describes him as a "gentleman, otherwise husbandman ".
2076- David. 1745, Lt. (Rosebery's Lis/, 108; S.P. Scotland, Letters
and Papers, P.R.O., 2nd series, bundle 34, No. 29) ; Sep., forcibly carried off
James, 2107-
Younger son of John, 2110; resided at Delavorar ; in. Isobel Gordon
(contract, 1733, Jan. 20), heiress of Kirkhill, and had at least four daus. ; d.
1746, Mar.; will confirmed, 1746, Nov. 25 (Edin. Com.).
2077- Donald. 1745, carried arms; in 1745, submitted to the king's
mercy. 1746, May 7, returned as " killed " (Rosebery's List, no).
Resided at Delavorar.
2078- Duncan. 1745, Ensign. 1746, Jan. 21, arrived at London a
prisoner (S.M., viii. 294), and sent to Southwark gaol, though there was no
evidence against him (S.P. Dom. Geo. IL, bundle 92). 1747, Mar. 2, discharged
from the New Gaol, by order of the Duke of Newcastle (G.M., 1747, p. 150).
2079- Francis. 1715, Oct. 23, fought under Mar, his superior, who
sent 300 foot under John Gordon, of Glenbucket, to occupy Dunfermline ;
Oct. 24, they were encountered by a detachment of Col. Cathcart's force, who
took 18 prisoners, including Dr. Alexander, 2055, George, 2089. Patrick,
2137; Oct. 30, Mar wrote to Argyll from Perth, that he was informed that
the prisoners were " very ill-used at Stirling, that they are strypt of their
clothes and lay on bare boards in the common guard room ; if it be so, I am
persuaded it is without your grace's knowledge or order". 1716, Sep. 3, he