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Peerage Record – 18119

Alicia Frances Duff Gordon1

Female, Registry Number #181181

Last Edited=17 Mar 2011
Consanguinity Index=0.0%
     Alicia Frances Duff Gordon is the daughter of Sir William Duff Gordon, 2nd Bt. and Caroline Cornewall.1
Citations:
  1. [S1438] Sir William, Bt. Arbuthnot, “re: Arbuthnot and Duff Families,” e-mail message to British and European Nobility Register, 29 August 2005 and later. Hereinafter cited as “re: Arbuthnot and Duff Families.”

Lt.-Col. Alexander Gordon1,2

Male, Registry Number #181182, b. circa 1774, d. 28 July 1809

Last Edited=24 Jan 2011
Consanguinity Index=0.05%
     Lt.-Col. Alexander Gordon was born circa 1774.1 He was the son of Hon. Alexander Gordon, Lord Rockville and Anne Duff.1 He died on 28 July 1809, killed in action, unmarried.1
     He was Aide-de-Camp to the Earl of Hardwicke in Ireland.2 He fought in the Battle of Talavera on 28 July 1809.1
Citations:
  1. [S1438] Sir William, Bt. Arbuthnot, “re: Arbuthnot and Duff Families,” e-mail message to British and European Nobility Register, 29 August 2005 and later. Hereinafter cited as “re: Arbuthnot and Duff Families.”
  2. [S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood’s edition of Sir Robert Douglas’s The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 92. Hereinafter cited as The Scots Peerage.

General Cosmo Gordon1

Male, Registry Number #181183, b. 28 November 1777, d. 7 March 1867

Last Edited=8 Jan 2017
Consanguinity Index=0.05%
     General Cosmo Gordon was born on 28 November 1777.2 He was the son of Hon. Alexander Gordon, Lord Rockville and Anne Duff.3 He married Caroline Bird.2 He died on 7 March 1867 at age 89 at Exton, Hampshire, EnglandG.1,4
     He was commissioned in 1792 with the rank of Ensign.1 He fought in the Siege of Pondicherry.1 He fought in the Battle of Argaum.1 He fought in the Walcheren Expedition in 1809.1 He gained the rank of General in June 1854.1

Child of General Cosmo Gordon and Caroline Bird

Citations:
  1. [S218] Unknown author, “Obituaries”, Gentleman’s Magazine : April 1867, page 548. Hereinafter cited as “Obituaries.”
  2. [S522] Edmund Lodge, compiler, The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, 80th edition (London, U.K.: Kelly’s Directories Ltd, 1911), page 131. Hereinafter cited as Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, 80th edition.
  3. [S1438] Sir William, Bt. Arbuthnot, “re: Arbuthnot and Duff Families,” e-mail message to British and European Nobility Register, 29 August 2005 and later. Hereinafter cited as “re: Arbuthnot and Duff Families.”
  4. [S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood’s edition of Sir Robert Douglas’s The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 92. Hereinafter cited as The Scots Peerage.

Cosmo Gordon1

Male, Registry Number #181184, d. January 1876

Last Edited=24 Jan 2011
     Cosmo Gordon was the son of General Cosmo Gordon and Caroline Bird.1,2 He died in January 1876.3
Citations:
  1. [S1438] Sir William, Bt. Arbuthnot, “re: Arbuthnot and Duff Families,” e-mail message to British and European Nobility Register, 29 August 2005 and later. Hereinafter cited as “re: Arbuthnot and Duff Families.”
  2. [S522] Edmund Lodge, compiler, The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, 80th edition (London, U.K.: Kelly’s Directories Ltd, 1911), page 131. Hereinafter cited as Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, 80th edition.
  3. [S323] Sir James Balfour Paul, The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood’s edition of Sir Robert Douglas’s The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 92. Hereinafter cited as The Scots Peerage.

Janet Duff1

Female, Registry Number #181185

Last Edited=16 Aug 2013
     Janet Duff is the daughter of William Duff of Crombie and Elizabeth Dalrymple.2 She married Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple of Bargany, 3rd Bt., son of Sir Hew Dalrymple of North Berwick, 2nd Bt. and Margaret Sainthill, before 1773.3
     From before 1773, her married name became Dalrymple. From 12 February 1796, her married name became Hamilton-Dalrymple.2

Children of Janet Duff and Sir Hew Hamilton-Dalrymple of Bargany, 3rd Bt.

Citations:
  1. [S1438] Sir William, Bt. Arbuthnot, “re: Arbuthnot and Duff Families,” e-mail message to British and European Nobility Register, 29 August 2005 and later. Hereinafter cited as “re: Arbuthnot and Duff Families.”
  2. [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 1753. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  3. [S37] BP2003. [S37]
  4. [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 518. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon1

Male, Registry Number #181186, b. 8 August 1771, d. 22 April 1842

Last Edited=19 Mar 2017
Consanguinity Index=0.08%
     Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon was born on 8 August 1771.1 He was the son of Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Shannon and Catharine Ponsonby.1 He married Sarah Burton Hyde, daughter of John Hyde and Sarah Burton, on 7 June 1798.1 He died on 22 April 1842 at age 70.1
     He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Hampshire, England.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Cloghnikelty [Ireland] between 1794 and 1797.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Cork [Ireland] between 1797 and 1800.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Cork between 1801 and 1807.2 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Bandon between 15 May 1807 and 20 May 1807.1 He was appointed Knight, Order of St. Patrick (K.P.) in 1808.1 He was Clerk of Pells [Ireland] between 1808 and 1822.1 He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) [Ireland] in 1809.1 He succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Boyle of Bandon, co. Cork [I., 1756] on 8 July 1815.1 He succeeded as the 3rd Earl of Shannon [I., 1756] on 8 July 1815.1 He succeeded as the 2nd Baron Carleton, of Carleton, co. York [G.B., 1786] on 8 July 1815.1 He succeeded as the 3rd Baron of Castle Martyr, co. Cork [I., 1756] on 8 July 1815.1 He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of County Cork between 1831 and 1842.1

Children of Henry Boyle, 3rd Earl of Shannon and Sarah Burton Hyde

Citations:
  1. [S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 3579. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
  2. [S4620] Robert Butterworth, “re: Oliver-Gascoigne Family,” family provided evidence then verified by subsequent research and verification by BENR (101053), 9 May 2010. Hereinafter cited as “re: Oliver-Gascoigne Family.”

Joan Duff1

Female, Registry Number #181187, b. 1698

Last Edited=17 Jan 2006
Consanguinity Index=3.13%
     Joan Duff was born in 1698.1 She was the daughter of James Duff and Jean Meldrum.1
Citations:
  1. [S1438] Sir William, Bt. Arbuthnot, “re: Arbuthnot and Duff Families,” e-mail message to British and European Nobility Register, 29 August 2005 and later. Hereinafter cited as “re: Arbuthnot and Duff Families.”

Mary Duff1

Female, Registry Number #181188, b. 1699, d. 1780

Last Edited=17 Jan 2006
Consanguinity Index=3.13%
     Mary Duff was born in 1699.1 She was the daughter of James Duff and Jean Meldrum.1 She died in 1780.1
Citations:
  1. [S1438] Sir William, Bt. Arbuthnot, “re: Arbuthnot and Duff Families,” e-mail message to British and European Nobility Register, 29 August 2005 and later. Hereinafter cited as “re: Arbuthnot and Duff Families.”

Margaret Duff1

Female, Registry Number #181189, b. 1700, d. 1789

Last Edited=17 Jan 2006
Consanguinity Index=3.13%
     Margaret Duff was born in 1700.1 She was the daughter of James Duff and Jean Meldrum.1 She married William Gordon.1 She died in 1789.1
     Her married name became Gordon.1
Citations:
  1. [S1438] Sir William, Bt. Arbuthnot, “re: Arbuthnot and Duff Families,” e-mail message to British and European Nobility Register, 29 August 2005 and later. Hereinafter cited as “re: Arbuthnot and Duff Families.”

William Gordon1

Male, Registry Number #181190
Last Edited=7 May 2008
     William Gordon married Margaret Duff, daughter of James Duff and Jean Meldrum.1
Citations:
  1. [S1438] Sir William, Bt. Arbuthnot, “re: Arbuthnot and Duff Families,” e-mail message to British and European Nobility Register, 29 August 2005 and later. Hereinafter cited as “re: Arbuthnot and Duff Families.”

 

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