Margaret (Forbes) Gordon (abt. 1654 - aft. 1677)

Born about 1654 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Died after 13 Apr 1677 after about age 23 in Scotland

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Biography

Hon. Margaret Forbes was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Margaret (Forbes) Gordon is a member of Clan Forbes.

Margaret (Forbes) Gordon is a member of Clan Sutherland.

Margaret Forbes was the daughter of William Forbes, 12th Lord Forbes and Jean Campbell. She married, firstly, Sir Alexander Sutherland, 1st Lord Duffus, son of William Sutherland of Duffus and Jean Grant, circa 1668. She married, secondly, Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun, 3rd Bt., son of Sir Ludovick Gordon of Gordonstoun, 2nd Bt., on 23 February 1676. She died in April 1677 as a consequence of childbirth, her only child and daughter Jean being born.

Sources

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p23349.htm#i233489

The family tree of the Dukes, Earls, Lairds and Chiefs of Clan Sutherland 1100-2015 by John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland

The Peerage of Scotland by Sir Robert Douglas (1764) 1st edition within which are found:(Sutherland, Lord Duffus pages 194-196 and Sutherland Earl of Sutherland pages 660-667)

The History of the Earldom of Sutherland by Sir Robert Gordon (written 1650) who was younger son of Alexander Gordon 12th Earl of Sutherland and created 1st Baronet of Gordonstoun

The Sutherland Books Volumes 1-3 by Sir William Fraser (1892) [presented in 1894 by the Duke of Sutherland to Queen Victoria]

Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage 1935 edition

The Scots Peerage by Sir James Balfour-Paul, Lord Lyon King of Arms of Scotland Burke’s Landed Gentry

Private papers referring to various cadet branches of the Sutherland family in the collection of John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland

A short history of Clan Sutherland , the families of Sutherland, Forse and Duffus 12th -19th centuries by Daniel J J Sutherland, Historian Emeritus of Clan Sutherland.

A Fighting Clan: Officers in Clan Sutherland 1250-1850 by Malcolm Sutherland, Historian Emeritus of Clan Sutherland.

Private papers in the collection of James B Sutherland, Historian of Clan Sutherland

Private papers in the collection of John M Sutherland-Fisher, Genealogist of Clan Sutherland

Acknowledgments

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