May 9, 2016 · WebAlthough the family of the Gordons of Cluny had died out in the early eighteenth century, a spurious continuity was maintained by the purchase of the estate by John Gordon, ‘the …

(63) Genealogical chart - Previous Gordon Lairds of Cluny

WebWhen Sir Alexander Gordon Of Cluny was born about 1566, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Gordon, was 8 and his mother, Elizabeth Douglas, was 23. He married Violet Urquhart about 1605, in Cluny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. Cosmo Gordon of Cluny FRSE (1736–1800) was a Scottish politician, agricultural improver and co-founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1777 and was a Baron of the Scottish Court of Exchequer from 1777 until his death. He was for several years Rector of Marischal College in Aberdeen. gauteng province education vacancies

Charles GORDON of Braid, 3rd of Cluny (of the 3rd House)

WebCluny Castle is a huge castellated mansion of the 19th century entirely obscuring an earlier Z-plan tower house of the Gordons dating to the 17th century. It is built on a low rise overlooking a large boggy area containing the Ton Burn to the north, and the Cluny burn to the east, on the southern side of Strathdon. WebJSTOR Home WebMidmar remained part of the Cluny estates until the division of the property in this century when it fell to the share of Mrs Beatrice Claeson Gordon, the great-great niece of Colonel Gordon. She sold it to the present owner Mr Ric Wharton in 1977, under whom a thorough and careful restoration of the castle has been carried out. daylight0.8