Gordon baronets of Embo, Sutherland (1631)

The Gordon baronetcy of Embo, Sutherland, was created on 18 June 1631 for John Gordon, son of John Gordon a prominent landowner.[2]

Gordon baronets of Embo, Sutherland (1631)

  • Sir John Gordon, 1st Baronet (died 1649)[2]
  • Sir Robert Gordon, 2nd Baronet (died 1697)[2]
  • Sir John Gordon, 3rd Baronet (died 1701)[2]
  • Sir William Gordon, 4th Baronet (died 1760)[2]
  • Sir John Gordon, 5th Baronet (died 1779)[2]
  • Sir James Gordon, 6th Baronet (died 1786)[2]
  • Sir William Gordon, 7th Baronet (1736–1804)[2]
  • Sir John Gordon, 8th Baronet (died 1804)[2]
  • Sir Orford Gordon, 9th Baronet (died 1857)[2]
  • Sir William Home Gordon, 10th Baronet (1818–1876)[2]
  • Sir Home Seton Gordon, 11th Baronet (1845–1906)[2][3]
  • Sir Home Seton Charles Montagu Gordon, 12th Baronet (1871–1956)[4]

The 12th Baronet was recorded in 1943 as having no heir.[5] The baronetcy was extinct or dormant on 9 September 1956 with his death. No heir was known by 1971, and the Official Roll counts it as extinct.[6][7]

Notes

  1. ^ Burke, Bernard (1884). The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. London: Harrison & Sons. p. 411.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Cokayne, George Edward (1902). Complete Baronetage. Vol. II. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 392–393.
  3. ^ "Gordon, Sir Home Seton". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ "Gordon, Sir Home Seton Charles Montagu". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ Kelly's (1943). Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. Kelly's Directories. p. 779.
  6. ^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. 1971. p. 1582.
  7. ^ "Official Roll". The Standing Council of the Baronetage. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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