Lord Douglas (of Pitcur) Gordon Halyburton

1777 - 1841  (64 years)

• Name	Douglas (of Pitcur) Gordon Halyburton
  Prefix	Lord
  Birth	1777
  Gender	Male
  Death	1841
  Person ID	I67929	First tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Charles (4th Earl of Aboyne) Gordon,   b. Abt 1726   d. 28 Dec 1794 (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Lady Mary Hallyburton Douglas   d. 25 Dec 1816
  Marriage	13 Apr 1774
  Family ID	F11056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Pitcur was inherited by Agatha Halyburton, wife of the 15th earl of Morton, whose second son, the Hon. Hamilton Douglas, became possessed of it, and according to the entail, assumed the name of Halyburton. On his death in 1783, it went to his aunt, Mary, countess of Aboyne, whose second son, Colonel the Hon. Douglas Gordon, afterwards Lord Douglas Gordon Halyburton, succeeded to it, and on his death in 1841, his nephew, Lord Frederick Gordon, became the proprietor, also taking the name of Halyburton, being the lineal male heir and representative of that ancient family. A shrewd soldier, landowner and bank director who counted Henry Brougham*, Lord Lansdowne and the duke of Sussex among his personal correspondents and friends, his military career included service in Austria, whence he returned with dispatches from Colonel Crawford in 1796, and seven years (1803-10) as an assistant to the quartermaster-general in Ireland, which equipped him well to develop his substantial interests in banking and transport in Dundee and Ireland