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George Gordon 1535–1576 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1535

Birth Location: Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Death Date: 19 October 1576

Death Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

Father: Sir I

Mother: Lady escape…

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George Gordon was born in 1535 in Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Sir George Lord High Chancellor And Regent Of Scotland 4Th Earl Of Huntly Sheriff Of Aberdeenshire Gordon I And Lady Elizabeth Beatrice Keith Gordon Countess Of Huntly Gordon Helped Mary Queen Of Scots Escape. George Gordon passed away in 1576 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Biography

  • George Gordon was born in 1535 in Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the child of Sir George Lord High Chancellor And Regent Of Scotland 4Th Earl Of Huntly Sheriff Of Aberdeenshire Gordon I And Lady Elizabeth Beatrice Keith Gordon Countess Of Huntly Gordon Helped Mary Queen Of Scots Escape.
  • George Gordon passed away in 1576 in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland.

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George Gordon
1535–1576
Birth Place: Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Parents
Sir George, Lord High Chancellor and Regent of Scotland, 4th Earl of Huntly, Sheriff of Aberdeenshire Gordon I
1513–1562
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Elizabeth Beatrice Keith Gordon, Countess of Huntly, Gordon Helped Mary Queen of Scots) escape…
1514–1562
Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Admiral (James Gordon (1st Laird of) Terpersie)
1500–1558
Lesmoir, Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Lord (John Gordon (3rd Earl of) Huntly)
1477–1517
Scotland
Sir (William Alexander Keith 16th) GGF
1450–1515
Kincardineshire, Scotland
Lady (Elizabeth Beatrice Douglas, Baroness Morton and) Glamis
1492–1527
Morton, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Gordon
1455–1524
Jean Stewart
1465–1510
John Morton
1466–1512
Janet Morton
1461–1515
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Cranstonriddel
1433–1465
Lady Bakersfield
1440–1478

George Gordon's Timeline

2 Records

1535
1535
Birth of George Gordon in Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1576
19 October 1576
Age 41
Death of George Gordon in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1535
    Event Place: Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 October 1576
    Event Place: Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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