Robert Gordon (31 December 1635-1671) |
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| Father:1 | John Gordon (9 March 1609-14 October 1679), 13. Earl of Sutherland | ||
| Mother:2 | Jean Drummond (-29 December 1637) | ||
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| Married:3 | Jane Mackay (-) | ||||
| Marriage contract dated 14 November 1665. | |||||
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| Born:4 | 31 December 1635 | Dunrobin Castle [building], Golspie [Unknown/Unspecified], Sutherland [county], Scotland [country], United Kingdom [country] | ||
| Died:5 | 1671 | |||
| He died somewhat suddenly at Langdale, Strathnaver. The History of the Frasers, known as the Wardlaw MS., states that his death was caused by a high fever brought on by excessive drinking, but the truth of the tale is discounted by the assertion that his death took place in very brief space after his marriage, whereas he and his wife were married for some years before his death. Also it is said that his ' young widow wept out her eyes and lived desolate and disconsolate all her days, whereas about March 1676 she married Hugh Mackay, second of Strathy, with issue two sons. | ||||
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| In 1654 he travelled with his elder brother to London, where they remained for two years. He was a Commissioner to Parliament for the county of Sutherland in 1661.6 | ||
| He died without issue.7 | ||
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