| Administrative History | Patrick Forbes (1776 - 1847) Born in 1776, Patrick Forbes was the son of the minister of Grange, Aberdeenshire. He graduated MA from Marischal College in 1793, and took up the post of schoolmaster at Grange. Licensed to preach in 1797, he was ordained to Boharm parish, Banffshire, in 1800 and moved to the second charge of Old Machar, Aberdeen, in 1816. He was appointed to the chairs of Humanity and Chemistry at King's College, Aberdeen, in the following year, and acquired the nickname 'Prosody'. He was awarded a DD by the University of St. Andrews in 1821, and was elected moderator of the General Assembly in 1829. one of his sons was Professor of Hebrew in Aberdeen University. Married Mary Glennie, the second daughter of the Revd Dr George Glennie, 17 December 1821; Son 'Alexander' born 13 July 1823; Son 'George' born 2 January 1825; Daugher 'Margaret' born 24 August 1826; Daughter 'Mary' born 19 February 1830; Son 'Patrick' born 5 October 1832; Also had son 'James' and daughter 'Helen'; He published on chemistry and theology, and died in 1847. He is buried in the kirkyard of St. Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen. See Aberdeen Doctors, 246 - 250.
George Gordon was born in Edinburgh in 1770, the eldest son of the 4th Duke. As the Marquis of Huntly, he had an active military career, which led to the raising of the 100th Gordon Highlanders in 1794. The regiment was later renumbered as the 92nd., then formed the second battalion of the Gordon Highlanders following the Cardwell reforms of 1881. The regiment was amalgamated with the Queen's Own Highlanders in 1994 to form the Highlanders Regiment. The Marquis rose to the rank of Lieutenant General in 1808 and General in 1819, by which time he had also embarked on a conservative political career. He became Duke of Gordon on his father's death in 1827, and continued to serve in a number of public and military offices, as well as giving substantially to charities. He married Elizabeth Brodie in 1813 but they had no children, and on his death in 1836 the dukedom became extinct. |