STALPAERT - STALPERS XVII Generaties » Gilbert Gordon of Garty (± 1510-± 1567)

Persoonlijke gegevens Gilbert Gordon of Garty 

• Hij is geboren rond 1510.
• Vermelding vanaf 1542.

  The lands of Garty were he d by several Gordons. I am unable to connect the different owners, but the first of them, Gilbert Gordon was the youngest son of Adam Gordon, Lord iboyne, second son of the second Earl of Huntly, who married Elizabeth Sutherland, Countess of, Sutherland in her own right.
  In 1542 Donald Mackay burned the village of Knockarttol and raided Strathbrora. Sir Hugh Kennedy marched agains him accompanied by Gilbert Gordon of Garty, surprising Mackay beside Aldy-Ne-Beth Mr Robert Gordon (" Earls of Sutherland".p.107)

• Vermelding van 1563 tot 1567.

  In 1563 Gilbert Gordon of Garty is mentioned in a charter as uncle to the 10th Earl of Suther- land (Fraser's Sutherland Book " i, 89).
  The most exciting event in (Gilbert Gordon's career was the poisoning at Helmsdale in 1567 of John 11th Earl of Sutherland and his Countess bjr his wife, Isobel Sinclair the sister of Willliam Sinclair, laird of Dumbeath. The crime was only one point in the history of the long vendetta between the Sinclairs, Earls of ( aithness and the noble (Gordons of Sutherland, but it gained an ironic interest in being perpetuated through the Gordons themselves, and from the fact that the murdress inadvertently killed her first born by it. The story is told at length in "The Earl of Sutherland," by Sir Robert Gordon, who admits, however, that he had picked up the threads of the plob withsome difficulty.

• Hij is overleden rond 1567.
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 22 september 2021.

Gezin van Gilbert Gordon of Garty

Hij is getrouwd met Isobel Sinclair.

Zij zijn getrouwd

Gilbert Gordon of Garty had by his wife lsobel Sinclair the following issue, as noted in air Robert
Gordon's tables :
1 John Gordon, poisoned at He msdale 1567. 2 Patrick Gordon, of Garty
3 Jane Gordon, married John Gordon of Embo.
4 Eleanor Gordon married Alexander Sutherand, grandchild of Alexander i^uthernnd
the natural son of John (-utherland) Earl
of Suther and i*he had two sons.
5 Isobel Gordon, married William Sutherland of Olyne. by whom she had two daughters, who both married Sutherlands
6 Beatrix Gordon, married George Sine air of Scrabister, son of the aird of Dun.
Gilbert Gordon of Garty had also a illegitimate son George Gordon in Mar e (s ain in 1587), who
is treated separate y

Kind(eren):

1. Jane Jean  ± 1555-???? 

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