Notes on the family of Gordon of Craichlaw, 1920

William Macmath, The Gordons of Craichlaw.

Typescript genealogical study of the male heirs of the house of Gordon to show that the male line was not extinct, as it had been claimed to be. From the line of William Gordon of Craichlaw, [fl.1530] to Henry Erskine Gordon of Aikenhead [born 1849] with a prefatory note, signed, in the hand of William Macmath, 90 Hamilton Place, Edinburgh, 30 June 1920. f.vi recto Manuscript table of errata.

An engraving of Paul Jones, founder of the American Navy, is loose within the volume.

This is the twelfth of eighteen typescript copies. Four copies were also produced in manuscript.

The Gordons of Craichlaw were founded by William Gordon, second son of Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar. In the early 16th century he was given various grants of land by his father, including land in the barony of Craichlaw, in Wigtownshire. The house and estate became known as Craichlaw.

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Binding: red cloth boards with The Gordons of Craichlaw 1920 on spine. Paper: 20x33.9cm

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Formerly in the possession of S P Johnston of Edinburgh. Purchased from him by 'R.H.' on 14 September 1932.

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