Families Klein, Ree, de Breed en de Vries van Terschelling » Alexander Gordon (1743-1827)

Personal data Alexander Gordon 

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Household of Alexander Gordon

He is married to Jane Maxwell.

They got married.


Child(ren):

  1. Charlotte Gordon  1768-1842
  2. Charlotte Gordon  1768-1842 
  3. George Gordon  1770-1836
  4. Susan Gordon  1774-1828 


Notes about Alexander Gordon

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Gordon,_4th_Duke_of_Gordon Wikipedia Entry] *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/alexander-gordon-4th-duke-of-gordon-205872 BBC - Your Paintings - Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon] Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon KT (18 June 1743 � 17 June 1827), styled Marquess of Huntly until 1752, was a Scottish nobleman, described by Kaimes as the "greatest subject in Britain", and was also known as the Cock o' the North, the traditional epithet attached to the chief of the Gordon clan. He was created a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Thistle Knight of the Thistle], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Knights_and_Ladies_of_the_Thistle 29 May 1687], He raised the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/92nd_(Gordon_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot] in 1794 for the French Revolutionary Wars. He was responsible for establishing the new village of Fochabers as well as those of Tomintoul and Portgordon in Banffshire. He is also credited as the founder of the Gordon Setter breed of dog, having popularised a 200-year-old breed during the 18th century and then formalised its breed standard in 1820.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alexander Gordon

Alexander Gordon
1678-1728
Alexander Gordon
Henrietta Mordaunt
1682-1760

Alexander Gordon
1743-1827

Alexander Gordon


Jane Maxwell
1748-1812

Jane Maxwell

Charlotte Gordon
1768-1842
Charlotte Gordon
Charlotte Gordon
1768-1842
Charlotte Gordon
George Gordon
1770-1836
George Gordon
Susan Gordon
1774-1828
Georgiana Elizabeth Russell (Gordon)
1781-1853

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Historical events

Birthday June 18, 1743

  • The temperature on June 18, 1743 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1743: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 12 » Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
    • May 19 » Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale.
    • June 27 » In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
    • September 13 » Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.

Christening day June 21, 1743

  • The temperature on June 21, 1743 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1743: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 12 » Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Bohemia after defeating her rival, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
    • May 19 » Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale.
    • June 27 » In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
    • September 13 » Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.

Day of death June 17, 1827

  • The temperature on June 17, 1827 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: betrokken mist dampig. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1827: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 15 » University of Toronto is founded.
    • April 7 » John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year.
    • August 17 » Dutch King William I and Pope Leo XII sign concord
    • August 22 » José de la Mar becomes President of Peru.
    • October 17 » Bellini's third opera, Il pirata, is premiered at Milan.
    • October 20 » In the Battle of Navarino, a combined Turkish and Egyptian fleet is defeated by British, French and Russian naval forces in the last significant battle fought with wooden sailing ships.


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