Clan Gordon
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Gordon is the name of a Scottish clan in Moray .
A member of this family, John Gordon from the Gordons of Coldwell line, emigrated to Poland in 1716 and founded the Prussian- German noble family von Gordon (see Gordon (noble family) ).
history
The first known de Gordun was a Richard († around 1200), Lord of the Barony of Gordon in the Merse in the Berwickshire region , four miles west of Greenlaw . He is said to come from the Swinton clan , one of the oldest families in Britain, which can be traced back to Uhtred , an Earl of Northumbria mentioned 1006-1016 , via his son Gospatric and again via his son (or grandson) Eadulf Rus. The Gordons have the Swintons' three boar heads in their coat of arms.
The name Gordon is said to come from the Gaelic Gor Dun , which means large castle . The Gordons held the lairdship of the same name in the Scottish Borders for over 200 years and are said to have built a castle in the hamlet of Huntly north of the village of Gordon. Most of the land came to her husband Alexander Seton in 1408 through Elizabeth Gordon; her descendant James Seton built a tower house in 1581 in the western neighboring village of Greenknowe , which still exists as a ruin. Until the 18th century, however, parts of the land were also owned by members of the Gordon clan.
Sir Adam Gordon supported Robert the Bruce in the battle of Inverurie against the Comyn clan in 1308. For this he received the lands of John Comyn.
Around 1445 Sir Alexander Gordon was made Earl of Huntly . For his services to King James II , he received other lands, titles and offices, including a. that of the Sheriff of Aberdeen. The second earl built Gordon Castle in County Moray in the 1470s . In 1599 the Gordons received the dignity of Marquess of Huntly , in 1684 that of Duke of Gordon . In 1794, the then chief of the clan raised the 92nd regiment, the Gordon Highlanders . The main line of the family went out in 1836 with George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon . Today's chief of the clan is Granville Charles Gomer, 13th Marquess of Huntly .
The 157 branches of the family include the Lochinvar line to Kenmure Castle ( Viscounts of Kenmure from 1633 to the extinction in 1847), the Earlston line, as well as the Earls of Aberdeen , who descended from Sir Adam Gordon, who lived in 1402 Battle of Homildon was killed.
The clan motto is An Gordonach , the clan plant is ivy. Badge: A deer's head, front.
Clan seats are Huntly Castle (Moray) and - since 1449 - Aboyne Castle ( Aberdeenshire ). Abergeldie Castle (built in 1550) has also been owned by a branch of the Gordons of Huntly since 1481 . The seat of the Earls of Aberdeen is the Haddo estate in the county of Aberdeenshire, acquired in 1469 .
Nobility title
Members of the clan carried or carry the following British nobility titles:
- Peerage of Scotland
- Earl of Huntly (around 1445)
- Marquess of Huntly , Earl of Enzie , Lord Gordon of Badenoch (1599)
- Viscount of Kenmure , Lord Lochinvar (1633)
- Duke of Gordon , Viscount of Inverness , Lord Badenoch, Lochaber, Strathavon, Balmore, Auchindoun, Garthie and Kincardine (1649)
- Earl of Aboyne , Lord Gordon of Strathaven and Glenlivet (1660)
- Earl of Aberdeen , Viscount of Formartine , Lord Haddo, Methlic, Tarves and Kellie (1682)
- Peerage of England
- Baron Mordaunt (1529)
- Peerage of Great Britain
- Earl of Norwich , Baron Gordon of Huntley (1784)
- Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair , Earl of Haddo (1916)
- Viscount Gordon (1814)
- Baron Meldrum (1815)
- Baron Gordon of Drumearn (Life Peerage, 1876)
- Baron Gordon of Strathblane (Life Peerage, 1997)
- Baronetage of Nova Scotia
- Gordon Baronet, of Letterfourie (1625)
- Gordon Baronet, of Cluny (1625)
- Gordon Baronet, of Lesmore (1625)
- Gordon Baronet, of Lochinvar (1626)
- Gordon Baronet, of Embo (1631)
- Gordon Baronet, of Haddo (1642)
- Gordon Baronet, of Park (1686)
- Gordon-Cumming-Dunbar Baronet, of Northfield (1700)
- Gordon Baronet, of Dalpholly (1704)
- Gordon Baronet, of Afton and Earlston (1706)
- Baronetage of Great Britain
- Gordon Baronet, of Newark-upon-Trent (1764)
- Baronetage of United Kingdom
- Gordon-Cumming Baronet, of Altyre (1804)
- Duff-Gordon Baronet, of Halkin (1813)
- Gordon Baronet, of Northcourt (1818)
- Gordon Baronet, of Jamaica (1838)
- Gordon Baronet, of Northcourt (1818)
Tribe list
photos
Original coat of arms of the Gordon family
Gordon family badge (colored)
Gordon family tartan (from the Vestiarium Scoticum)
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literature
- John Grant, William Leslie: A Survey of the Province of Moray. Historical, Geographical, and Political. Isaac Forsyth, Aberdeen 1798, ( Internet Archive )
- Lachlan Shaw: The history of the Province of Moray. Comprising the counties of Elgin and Nairn, the greater part of the County of Inverness and a portion of the County of Banff, all called the Province of Moray before there was a division into counties. New edition in 3 volumes. London / Glasgow 1882, ( Vol. 1, Internet Archive , Vol. 2, Internet Archive , Vol. 3, Internet Archive ).
- Ian Grimble: Scottish Clans & Tartans. 150 full-color tartans with brief histories of the clans. 6th edition. Harmony Books, New York 1992, ISBN 0-517-54827-5 (first edition 1973).
Web links
- Website of The House of Gordon Society
- Website of The House of Gordon USA
- Website of the company The House of Gordon Australia
Individual evidence
- ↑ SND: Bydand ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Leslie G. Pine: A Dictionary of Mottoes. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London et al. 1983, ISBN 0-7100-9339-X , p. 27.
- ↑ What does Bydand mean? . In: The Gordon Highlanders - Bydand.net . Archived from the original on November 8, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
- ^ Leslie G. Pine: A Dictionary of Mottoes. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London et al. 1983, ISBN 0-7100-9339-X , p. 13.
- ^ The Scottish Clans and Their Tartans. Library edition. W. & AK Johnston, Edinburgh et al. 1902, p. 11 .
- ↑ clanchiefs.org ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ see: Clan Gordon and Clan Swinton (in English)
