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Lord William Gordon (1744–1823) was a Scottish nobleman. Background. He was the second son of Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon (1720–1752) and his wife Lady Catherine Gordon (1718 – 10 December 1779), daughter of William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen. He was baptised at St Cuthbert's Church in York 21 August 1744. [1] .
Biography. While still a schoolboy Lord William was given a commission in the regiment of his step-father, Staats Long Morris, but preferred fashionable London life to military duty.
11 de mai. de 2022 · Age 78. Death of Vice-Admiral Lord William Gordon. Genealogy for William Gordon (1744 - 1823) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- August 15, 1744
- May 1, 1823
Lord George Gordon (26 December 1751 – 1 November 1793) was a British politician best known for lending his name to the Gordon Riots of 1780. An eccentric and flighty personality, he was born into the Scottish nobility and sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1780.
General William Gordon (1736 – 25 May 1816), of Fyvie, was a British general and courtier. He was several times returned to Parliament by the interest of the Duke of Marlborough, and precipitated a family quarrel with his nephew, the Duke of Gordon, by commandeering a regiment that the latter was raising.
- 1736
- General
- 25 May 1816
- British Army
23 de mai. de 2014 · There have been two army regiments formed by Clan Gordon - the ‘81st,’ established in 1777 by the Hon. Colonel William Gordon, son of the Earl of Aberdeen, and disbanded in 1783, and the ...
19 de mar. de 2024 · William Gordon, 6th Viscount Kenmure (born before 1672?—died February 24, 1716, London, England) was a Scottish Jacobite who was miscast as a leader in the rebellion of 1715 on behalf of James Edward, the Old Pretender, against King George I.
