There have been eleven Gordon baronetcies. Of those, two are extant as of 2024, with the baronets of Embo dormant. [1]
Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, in the County of Aberdeen, in the County of Meath and in the County of Argyll, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 4 January 1916 for John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen.
Clan Bannerman is a Lowland Scottish clan.
Viscount of Kenmure was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created by Charles I in 1633 for the prominent Presbyterian Sir John Gordon, 2nd Baronet. He was made Lord Lochinvar at the same time, also in the Peerage of Scotland. Both titles were created with remainder to "heirs male whatsoever bearing the arms and name of Gordon"
John, Johnny, Jonathan, or Jon Gordon may refer to:
Alexander Gordon, Lord Rockville was a Scottish judge.
Sir Andrew Agnew, 2nd Baronet was a Scottish parliamentary shire commissioner for Wigtownshire and Sheriff of Kirkcudbright.
A sheriffdom is a judicial district of Scotland. Originally identical to the Shires of Scotland, from the eighteenth century many counties were grouped to form "sheriffdoms".
The Murrays of Aberscross were a minor noble Scottish family who were seated at Aberscross Castle, in the county of Sutherland, Scotland. The Murrays in Sutherland are recorded specifically as a clan in two acts of the Scottish Parliament of the 16th century.
Sutherland was a constituency that returned shire commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of the Estates.
Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun was a Scottish politician and courtier, known as the historian of the noble house of Sutherland.
Robert Sivell (1888–1958) was a Scottish portrait artist active in the first half of the 20th century. He was a founder member of the Glasgow Society of Artists and Sculptors in 1919.
Dorothy Johnstone (1892–1980) was a Scottish painter and watercolourist.
Kirkcudbright Academy is a state funded, six-year secondary school in Kirkcudbright, Scotland with about 400 pupils and 87 staff including teaching, support and administration.
Events from the year 1720 in Scotland.
The Battle of Embo took place at Embo in Sutherland, Scotland in 1245. It was fought by Scottish forces against Viking invaders who were defeated.
William Sutherland, 10th of Duffus was a member of the Scottish nobility and a cadet of the Clan Sutherland.
John Malcolm Bulloch (1867–1938) was a Scottish journalist and magazine editor, known also as a genealogist, and a literary and theatre critic.
The Gordon baronetcy of Gordonstoun was created on 28 May 1625 in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia for Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun, fourth son of Alexander Gordon, 12th Earl of Sutherland. It was until 1908 the premier baronetcy in Scotland.
The Gordon baronetcy of Embo, Sutherland was created on 18 June 1631 for John Gordon, son of John Gordon who was a large landowner in the county.