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Sir John "The Good Earl John" Gordon, XI Earl of Sutherland, Lord Aboyn, Gov & Lt of Scotland 1525 – 1567 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 1525

Birth Location: Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland

Death Date: 23 Jun 1567

Death Location: Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland

Father: Sir Girvanmains

Mother: Lady Sutherland,

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Sir John "The Good Earl John" Gordon, XI Earl of Sutherland, Lord Aboyn, Gov & Lt of Scotland was born in 1525 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland, the child of Sir Hew (Hugh) Kennedy of Girvanmains and Lady Janet (Stewart) Kennedy, Countess of Sutherland,. Sir John "The Good Earl John" Gordon, XI Earl of Sutherland, Lord Aboyn, Gov & Lt of Scotland passed away in 1567 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland.

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  • Sir John "The Good Earl John" Gordon, XI Earl of Sutherland, Lord Aboyn, Gov & Lt of Scotland was born in 1525 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland, the child of Sir Hew (Hugh) Kennedy of Girvanmains and Lady Janet (Stewart) Kennedy, Countess of Sutherland,.
  • Sir John "The Good Earl John" Gordon, XI Earl of Sutherland, Lord Aboyn, Gov & Lt of Scotland passed away in 1567 in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland.

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Sir Scotland's Ancestors

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Sir Scotland
1525 – 1567
Birth Place: Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
Parents
Sir Hew (Hugh) Kennedy of Girvanmains
1500 – 1565
Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet (Stewart) Kennedy, Countess of) Sutherland,
1505 – 1580
Castle Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (Sir John of Riccarton 11th of CRAIGIE,) WALLACE
1484 – 1559
Riccarton, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lady (Isabel of Riccarton) Campbell
1489 – 1529
Loudon, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John WALLACE
1465 – 1507
Agnes Borthwick.-Kennedy.
1465 – 1512
Sir Wallace
1450 – 1513
Sibilla Cathcart
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Scotland's Timeline

2 Records

1525
Jan 1525
Birth of Sir John "The Good Earl John" Gordon, XI Earl of Sutherland, Lord Aboyn, Gov & Lt of Scotland in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
1567
23 Jun 1567
Age 42
Death of Sir John "The Good Earl John" Gordon, XI Earl of Sutherland, Lord Aboyn, Gov & Lt of Scotland in Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 1525
    Event Place: Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Jun 1567
    Event Place: Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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