George Gordon of Gight
George Gordon (14 November 1741 – 9 January 1779) was the maternal grandfather of poet George Gordon Byron and a descendant of King James I of Scotland and of Cardinal Beaton. He was son of Alexander Gordon (25 May 1716 – 24 January 1760) and Margaret Duff (20 December 1720 – 13 November 1801). He married Catherine Innes and had a daughter, Catherine (Lord Byron's mother). He lived his life on the Gight Estate, Scotland, and died in Bath, England.
External links
- Gordon of Gight Photo Gallery
- George Gordon XII of Gight - The House of Gordon, ed. by John Malcolm Bulloch, M.A., Vol. I, 1903, Aberdeen
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