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Temple who four years later handed it on to Charles Hamilton Gordon, Advocate. All this time the interest due on this bond would
have been accruing, and Charles Hamilton Gordon was the son of Sir William Gordon, the originator of the bond.
At this point another figure appears in the story, one James Petrie. According to Kenneth Gordon's memorial of 25 June 1750, 'That
James Petrie, writer in Aberdeen, having formed a project to himself to get possession of the memorialist's Estate of Cluny which
was encumbered with debts to the extent of 20,000 marks. In 1750 James Petrie had bought up the debts on the estate and
persuaded Charles Hamilton Gordon to dispose Sir William's bond to Jean Jamieson, daughter of James Jamieson of Balmuir. It
was the process against himself at the instance of this Jean Jamieson that had been the cause of Kenneth Gordon's two memorials.
19. James, Master of Forbes, afterwards 16th Baron Forbes 1754-55
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Forbes%2C_16th_Lord_Forbes
http://thepeerage.com/p2219.htm#i22182
James Forbes, 16th Baron Forbes was born before 1745. He was the son of James Forbes, 15th Lord Forbes and Mary Forbes.
He married Catherine Innes, daughter of Sir Robert Innes, 6th Bt., in January 1760. He died on 29 July 1804.
James Forbes, 16th Baron Forbes gained the title of 16th Baron Forbes.
Family Catherine Innes d. 16 April 1805
Children
1. Mary Elizabeth Forbes+ d. 2 Nov 1803
2. Marjory Forbes+ b. 3 Feb 1761, d. 3 Oct 1842
3. James Ochoncar Forbes, 17th Baron Forbes+ b. 7 Mar 1765, d. 4 May 1843
His daughter, Mary Elizabeth Forbes, married 1785 John Hay. Their daughter Elizabeth Hay married 1825 Sir David Hunter-Blair,
son of James Hunter, 1st Bart of Dunskey, Grand Treasurer, GL Scotland under William FORBES, Grand Master [1776-78].
Castle Forbes
20. Sholto Charles Douglas, Lord Aberdour, afterwards 15th Earl of Morton 1755-57 (G.M. of England; 1757-61)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sholto_Douglas,_15th_Earl_of_Morton
son of James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton.
On 19 November 1758, he married Katherine Hamilton and they had one child:
George Douglas, 16th Earl of Morton (1761–1827) [38th GM Scotland 1790-92, see below]
21. Alexander, 6th Earl of Galloway 1757-59
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Stewart%2C_6th_Earl_of_Galloway
Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway (c. 1694–24 September 1773) was the son of James Stewart, 5th Earl of Galloway.
In 1719, he married Lady Anne Keith, the youngest daughter of the 8th Earl Marischal and they had one child:
Lady Mary Stewart (d. 1751)
Lady Anne died in 1728 and Alexander married Lady Catherine Cochrane, the youngest daughter of the 4th Earl of Dundonald {see
Earl of Dundonald}, in 1729. They had seven children:
Lady Susanna Stewart (d. 1805). She married Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford.
John Stewart, 7th Earl of Galloway (1736–1806)
Admiral the Honourable Keith Stewart (1739–1795)
Lady Margaret Stewart (d. 1762)
Lady Charlotte Stewart (d. 1818) married John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore [dau. Augusta m. HRH Augustus Frederick
Hanover, Duke of Sussex, GM UGLE 1813-43]
Lady Catherine Stewart (c. 1750–?)
Lady Harriet Stewart (d. 1788)
http://www.whithorn.info/community/garlieston.htm
The lands were bare of trees when, in 1745, the building of Galloway House was commenced by Lord Garlies, who became 6th Earl
of Galloway. The house was built for £2,000 and he planted 200,000 trees per annum on the estate. As a noted agricultural
improver, he opted for larger farms,which he often took over at the end of a lease and re-let them at a much higher rent. When he
bought Baldoon, an estate of 28 farms, from the Earl of Selkirk on terms that proved crippling, he owned half of Wigtownshire.
22. David, 6th Earl of Leven and Melville 1759-61
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Melville%2C_6th_Earl_of_Leven
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