Alexander Gordon

Abt 1665 - 1747  (82 years)

• Name	Alexander Gordon
  Birth	Abt 1665	Keith, Banffshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Title Suffix	8th of Pitlurg
  Property	1682	Keith, Banffshire, Scotland
  	Heir to the Pitlurg estates, and under the guardianship of Alexander Gordon, 'Tutor of Pitlurg', his great-uncle
  Property	5 Oct 1692	New Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Served heir to his grandfather in the lands of Over Kinmundy, Milnhill, Pettiemarkhouse, Kinknockie, etc
  Property	11 Oct 1698	Keith, Banffshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Served heir to his father in the land of Pitlurg and Over and Nether Auqhhorties, etc
  Occupation	1707	London, England
  	MP for Aberdeenshire in the first Union Parliament
  Property	1724	Keith, Banffshire, Scotland
  	Sold the estates of Pitlurg and Kinmundy, having lost heavily in the Mississippi Scheme
  Origin	Keith, Banffshire, Scotland
  Death	27 Feb 1747
  	Died without surviving issue
  Person ID	I44414	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Gordon,   b. 1641, Keith, Banffshire, Scotland d. 1680 (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jean Maitland,   b. Udny, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 26 Nov 1741
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31152	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1665 - Keith, Banffshire, Scotland Property - Heir to the Pitlurg estates, and under the guardianship of Alexander Gordon, 'Tutor of Pitlurg', his great-uncle - 1682 - Keith, Banffshire, Scotland Property - Served heir to his grandfather in the lands of Over Kinmundy, Milnhill, Pettiemarkhouse, Kinknockie, etc - 5 Oct 1692 - New Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Property - Served heir to his father in the land of Pitlurg and Over and Nether Auqhhorties, etc - 11 Oct 1698 - Keith, Banffshire, Scotland Occupation - MP for Aberdeenshire in the first Union Parliament - 1707 - London, England Property - Sold the estates of Pitlurg and Kinmundy, having lost heavily in the Mississippi Scheme - 1724 - Keith, Banffshire, Scotland Origin - - Keith, Banffshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3625] Thomas Thomson (ed.), Thomson, Thomas, Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini Regis retornatarum: Abbrevio, (Name: Record Commission, Great Britain; Location: London;), Vol. 1, Aberdeenshire (487). [S3625] Thomas Thomson (ed.), Thomson, Thomas, Inquisitionum ad Capellam Domini Regis retornatarum: Abbrevio, (Name: Record Commission, Great Britain; Location: London;), Vol. 1, Banff (168).