1. David Gordon
Said to be related to the Gordon baronets of Park, Banffshire.
His father probably also served in the English Army.
"In 1741, after 29 years service, or more, he received a commission
as an ensign on the formation of Lascelles Regiment (47th Foot) and in
September 1745 was captured by the victorious Jacobites at the battle of
Preston Pans. With the three other captured officers, and two doctors,
Ensign Gordon was released on parole by the Young Pretender before he marched
south to invade England; but Gordon's patron, the Duke of Cumberland, reaching
Scotland three months later on the heels of the retreating Highlanders,
told him that he was not bound by a parole given to a rebel."
"In 1750, now a lieutenant, Gordon went with his regiment to Nova Scotia,
taking his eleven-year-old son; but in 1752 he broke his neck tumbling
downstairs at Halifax, and died, not knowing he had been promoted captain."
John Pollock: "GORDON, the man behind the legend", Constable 1993.
