GORDON, John (1661-1733)

bap. 2 Mar. 1661, 1st s. of George Gordon, 15th earl of Sutherland [S], and Jean, da. of David Wemyss, 2nd earl of Wemyss [S]. m. (1) 28 Apr. 1680 (with £30,000 Scots), Helen (d.1690), da. of William, Ld. Cochrane [S], 1s. d.v.p. 3da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) Catherine (d.1705), da. of Sir Lionel Tollemache, 3rd bt., of Helmingham, Suff., wid. of James Stuart, Ld. Doune [S] (1st s. d.v.p. of Alexander Stuart, 5th earl of Moray [S]), s.p.; (3) contr. 11 Aug. 1727, Frances (d.1732), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Hodgson of Bramwith, Yorks., and wid. of Sir Thomas Travell^‡ of Milborne Wick, Som., s.p. KT 1716. d. 27 June 1733; Douglas, Scots Peerage, viii. 353-5, where he is misidentified as the 15th earl of Sutherland, owing to the title’s tenure in the 16th century by Elizabeth, suo jure countess of Sutherland. will intestate, admon. 3 Oct. 1733 to grandson William Sutherland^†, 17th earl of Sutherland [S]. Edinburgh Commissary Court, CC8/8/96, 102.