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Gordon, Alexander, (1743-1827), 4th Duke of Gordon

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Surname: Gordon
Forenames: Alexander
Gender: Male
Date: 1743-1827
Title: 4th Duke of Gordon
Biography: ODNB link for Gordon, Alexander (1743-1827) 4th Duke of Gordon
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P161369 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P11580 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
West Sussex Record Office
Add Mss 5424-5426
NRA 850 Gordon Lennox
2
papers rel to King's College Aberdeen, etc
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD44
See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [42b]
3
1785-1786: letters to Lord Hopetoun
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS2171
NRA 12630 Hope-Johnstone
4
1772-1780: letters to Gordon of Cairnfield
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS2940
NRA 10153 Gordon
5
1797: corresp with Dundas rel to Highland Fencibles
West Highland Museum
F
NRA 13685 W Highland Mus
6
1793-1803: vouchers for expenses, bank accounts and misc papers
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD 241
NRA 10441 Thomson

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [42e]
7
1827: detailed account of his death and funeral
Aberdeen University, Special Collections Centre
MS 907
NRA 14143 Aberdeen Univ misc
8
1779-1821: letters to Professor Patrick Copland
West Sussex Record Office
Acc 15484
See Annual Return 2009
9
1764-1773: letters (c20) to Sir Robert Gordon
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Dep.175
NRA 10996

See NRA(S)0230
10
1783-1826: corresp with Lord Melville
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS 5
11
1783-1806: letters to Sir William Forbes
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
Acc.4796
12
1787-1822: letters to Forbes family
Falkirk Archives
A37
NRA 15476 Forbes
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Gordon, Jane, (1748-1812), political hostess
spouse
Family