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Complete Baronetage.
[volume 2, page 451]
- GORDON
- cr. 13 Aug. 1642 ;(451a) afterwards, since 1682, Earls of Aberdeen [S.].
I. 1642.
Sir John Gordon, of Haddo, only s. and h. of George Gordon, by Margaret, da. of Sir Alexander Bannerman, of Elsick, which George (who d. v.p. Oct. 1610) was 1st s. and h. ap. of James Gordon, of Methlic and Haddo, was b. early in 1610 ; suc. his grandfather in Nov. 1624 ; was next in command of the Royal forces to oppose the Covenanters, and was in the action at Turreff in 1639. He joined the King at Newark, and was by him cr. a Baronet [S.], 13 Aug. 1642,(451a) with remainder to the heirs male of his body. In Oct. 1643 he protested against the Covenant ; was besieged in his house at Kelly, and taken prisoner at its surrender, 8 May 1644 ; was found guilty of treason, and accordingly beheaded at Edinburgh, 19 July following, aged 34. He m., in 1630, Mary, da. of William Forbes, of Tolquhoun. She survived him.
II. 1644.
Sir John Gordon, Baronet, [S. 1642], of Haddo aforesaid, 1st s. and h., b. about 1632 ; suc. to the Baronetcy, 19 July 1644, which was, however, owing to his father's attainder, under forfeiture till the Restoration in 1660. He m. Mary, only da. of Alexander (Forbes), 1st Lord Forbes of Pitsligo [S.], by Jean, da. of William (Keith), 5th Earl Marischal [S.]. He d. s.p.m. 1665.
III. 1665.
Sir George Gordon, Baronet, [S. 1642], of Haddo aforesaid, br. and h. male ; b. 3 Oct. 1637 ; suc. to the Baronetcy in 1665. Advocate, 7 Feb. 1668 ; M.P. [S.] for co. Aberdeen, 1669–74, 1678 and 1681–82. P.C., 1678 ; one of the Lords of Session, 1 June 1680 ; President, 1 Nov. 1681. High Chancellor [S.], 1 May 1682. He m., Anne, 1st da. of George Lockhart, of Torbrecks, by Anne, da. of Sir James Lockhart, of Lee. She, who became, in 1672, heir to her br., William Lockhart, was living when her husband, six months after having been made High Chancellor [S.], was cr., 30 Nov. 1682, EARL OF ABERDEEN, etc. [S.] In that peerage this Baronetcy then merged, and still so continues. See Peerage.
Notes.
(451a) Milne's List.
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