| Administrative History | This collection relates to three Gordon Family lands, two from the north-east of Scotland, Letterfourie and Durnee, and a third, Crogo, which lies in Kircudbrightshire.
Letterfourie Estate lies in the Parish of Rathven. The Gordons of Letterfourie descend from Jean, the third of the six daughters of James I, by her second husband, George, the second Earl of Huntly. James, the youngest of the four sons from this marriage, purchased the estate of Letterfourie and founded this line. The last baronet was Sir Robert G. Gordon (d. 1908). James Gordon married Mary Lucy Elizabeth Glendonwyn (d 1845), eldest daughter and co-heir of William Glendonwyn of Parton, Kirkcudbright. |
| Custodial History | Accession 51 was found in the attic of a furniture business in Aberdeen and were temporarily deposited with Museums and Special Collections in June 2003 for survey purposes. They were transferred permanently in March 2004.
Accession 381 was purchased from R. G. Watkins, Books and Prints, Somerset, October 2009.
Accession 422 was deposited by George Gordon of Letterfourie in April 2010. |
| Description | Papers of the Gordons of Letterfourie, including papers related to James and Alexander Gordon 6th and 7th lairds of Letterfourie, Sir James Gordon of Gordonstown and Letterfourie (1779 – 1843), 8th laird, Sir William Gordon (c.1803 – 1861), 9th laird, and Sir Robert Gordon (1825 – 1908), 10th laird. Papers cover the Madeira wine trade (18th cent), Colonel Patrick ‘Tiger’ Duff of the Honourable East India Company, the estate of Durn in Banffshire, the estate of Parton in Kirkcudbrightshire, and the family of Francis Gordon, apothecary, in Fochabers. |