| Administrative History | Lord Adam Gordon was a son of Alexander Gordon, second Duke of Gordon. He was M.P. for Aberdeenshire 1754 - 1768 and for Kincardineshire 1774 - 1788 and was commander of H.M. forces in Scotland 1782 - 1798. In September 1767 he married Jane (or Jean), daughter of John Drummond of Megginch, widow of James Murray, second Duke of Atholl. She died in 1795. His sister, Lady Katherine Gordon, married Francis, de jure 7th Earl of Wemyss, in 1745. Henry Dundas (1742 - 1811), to whom most of the letters are addressed held office during the period of this correspondence as Lord Advocate, Treasurer of the Navy, Home Secretary, President of the Board of Control and Secretary of War. |
| Source | The manuscripts were bought from B. Halliday, bookseller, Leicester, by J.M. Bulloch, London, in 1926, and were presented by him to the University Library in 1928.
The papers were presented by J. M. Bulloch in 1928. John Malcolm Bulloch (1867-1938) was born in Aberdeen in 1867, the son of John Bulloch who edited 'Scottish Notes and Queries'. He contributed to 'Scottish Notes and Queries' from an early age, and graduated MA from Aberdeen in 1888. Active in student affairs, he was one of the originators of the Students’ Song Book in 1891 and worked on student magazines, thus paving the way for a career in journalism. Though he edited several illustrated papers, he eventually found his niche as a literary and theatrical critic in London, donating most of the books he reviewed to Aberdeen University Library. He also maintained his interest in the history of the North-East and produced scholarly works on the family of Gordon and the Territorial Army. He died in 1938, and his funeral took place in King’s College Chapel, Aberdeen. |
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