GORDON, JOHN [SSNE 503]

Surname

GORDON

First name

JOHN

Title/rank

COLONEL

Nationality

SCOT

Region

DOLL, CLYNE PARISH, SUTHERLAND

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

John Gordon was the illegitimate son or grandson of Adam Gordon in Doll (Clyne parish in Sutherland). John was an officer in colonel Donald Mackay's [SSNE 93] regiment in Danish-Norwegian service in 1627. He was later a Colonel himself in Dutch service.

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p. 130; J. Mackay, 'Mackay's Regiment' in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, VIII, 1879, p. 188; Gordon under Arms, eds. C. O. Skelton and J. M. Bulloch (Aberdeen, 1912), nos. 1748-1749; R. Gordon, A Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland (Edinburgh, 1813), p. 402; J. Mackay, An Old Scots Brigade: Being the History of Mackay’s Regiment Now Incorporated with the Royal Scots (Edinburgh, 1885), p. 208; J. M. Bulloch, The Gordons in Sutherland (including the Embo Family) (Dingwall, 1907), pp. 80-81.

 

This entry was kindly updated by Dr Thomas Brochard

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, MACKAY'S REGIMENT

Arrived 1627-01-01, as OFFICER

Departed 1627-12-31, as OFFICER

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY