Family and Education
1st s. of Sir Adam Gordon, MP [S], of Dalpholly, Sutherland by Anne, da. of Alexander Urquhart of Newhall, Ross.; bro. of Alexander Gordon†. m. (1) a da. of Sir William Henderson, 2nd Bt., of Fordel, Dalgety, Fife, ?s.p.; (2) 19 Mar. 1704, Isabel (d. 1740), da. and h. of Sir John Hamilton (d. 1706), MP [S], of Halcraig, Lanark, Ld. Halcraig SCJ, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. suc. fa. 1700; cr. Bt. 3 Feb. 1704. J. M. Bulloch, Fams. of Gordon of Invergordon, 12–14, 24–25; Cromartie Corresp. i. p. ccxlviii.
Offices Held

Burgess, Glasgow 1704, Edinburgh 1708; sheriff, Ross c.1717–25. Scot. Rec. Soc. lvi. 258; Bulloch, 13; P. W. J. Riley, Eng. Ministers and Scotland, 267.

Commr. stating army debts 1715–20. Cal. Treas. Bks. xxix. 869.

Main residence: Uppat, nr. Dunrobin, Sutherland.
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GORDON, Sir William, 1st Bt. (d. 1742)

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