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Admiral Lord John Frederick Gordon Hallyburton, GCH (15 August 1799 – 29 September 1878) was a Scottish naval officer and Member of Parliament.


Life and career

He was born
the Honourable ''The Honourable'' (British English) or ''The Honorable'' ( American English; see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain ...
John Frederick Gordon, third son of George Gordon, 5th Earl of Aboyne by his wife Catherine Anne, daughter of
Sir Charles Cope, 2nd Baronet Sir Charles Cope, 2nd Baronet (c. 1743 – 14 June 1781) was a British aristocrat. He was the eldest son of Jonathan Cope, the eldest son of Sir Jonathan Cope, 1st Baronet. His father was baptised on 27 October 1717 at Sarsden, Oxfordshire, and d ...
. On 28 May 1836 his father succeeded as 9th
Marquess of Huntly Marquess of Huntly (traditionally spelled Marquis in Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: ''Coileach Strath Bhalgaidh'') is a title in the Peerage of Scotland that was created on 17 April 1599 for George Gordon, 6th Earl of Huntly. It is the oldest existin ...
. James Balfour Paul, ''The Scots Peerage'', 1907
vol. 4
p 559Patrick Cracroft-Brennan

, Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 23 October 2011 He reached the rank of Captain in the
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on 4 August 1836. On 24 August 1836 Gordon was married to Lady Augusta Kennedy-Erskine (17 June 1803 – 8 December 1865), widow since 6 April 1831 of the Hon. John Kennedy Erskine of Dun, second son of
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. She was born Augusta FitzClarence, the fourth daughter of
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by the actress
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,Patrick Cracroft-Brennan
Munster, Earl of (UK, 1831 - 2000)
, Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 23 October 2011 and had been raised to the rank of a Marquess's daughter on 24 May 1831. By this marriage he gained three step-children: * William Henry Kennedy Erskine (1 July 1828 – 5 September 1870), who inherited the
House of Dun The House of Dun is a National Trust for Scotland property in the parish of Dun, lying close to the edge of Montrose Basin and situated approximately half way between the towns of Montrose and Brechin, in Angus, Scotland. The Dun Estate was h ...
in Forfarshire and served as a captain in the
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. He married Catherine Jones on 18 November 1862 and had issue, including the writer
Violet Jacob Violet Jacob (1 September 1863 – 9 September 1946) was a Scottish writer known especially for her historical novel ''Flemington'' and for her poetry, mainly in Scots. She was described by a fellow Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid as "the most ...
.James Balfour Paul, ''The Scots Peerage'', 1904
vol. 2
p. 499-500 * Wilhelmina Kennedy Erskine (26 June 1830 – 9 October 1906), who married William George FitzClarence, 2nd Earl of Munster on 17 April 1855 and had issue. * Augusta Millicent Anne Mary Kennedy Erskine (11 May 1831 – 11 February 1895), who married James Hay Wemyss on 17 April 1855 and had issue. They had no children of their own. Gordon was made a Knight Grand Cross in the civil division of the Royal Guelphic Order on 22 August 1836 and a
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to the King on 26 October that year. In the general election of 1841 Gordon was elected to Parliament for Forfarshire, succeeding his uncle
Lord Douglas Gordon-Hallyburton Lord Douglas Gordon-Hallyburton (10 October 1777 – 25 December 1841) was a Scottish soldier and Member of Parliament. Biography He was born as the Honourable Douglas Gordon, only child of Charles Gordon, 4th Earl of Aboyne by his second wife ...
.Leigh Rayment, . Retrieved 23 October 2011 He also inherited his uncle's estates, and assumed the additional surname of Hallyburton in 1843. He was made a Deputy Lieutenant for Forfarshire on 5 June 1847 and re-elected for the county in the general election of that year. He remained in Parliament until the 1852 election,Joseph Foster,
Members of Parliament, Scotland
', 1882, p. 152 when he was replaced by
Lauderdale Maule Lauderdale Maule, DL (27 March 1807 – 1 August 1854) was a Scottish soldier, the second son of the Lord Panmure. Life Born at Brechin Castle, he entered the 39th Regiment of Foot as an ensign on 24 August 1825. In 1835, he was promoted ...
. Gordon-Hallyburton was promoted to
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on the Reserve Half Pay List on 12 May 1857, and promoted in the same list to Vice-Admiral on 4 November 1863 and full Admiral on 8 April 1868. He lived at Hallyburton House near
Coupar Angus Coupar Angus (; Gaelic: ''Cùbar Aonghais'') is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, south of Blairgowrie. The name Coupar Angus serves to differentiate the town from Cupar, Fife. The town was traditionally on the border between Angus and P ...
.Perth Post Office Directory 1865: List of Noblemen and Gentlemen's Country Seats


See also

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References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hallyburton, Frederick Gordon- 1799 births 1878 deaths UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 Royal Navy admirals Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Younger sons of marquesses Deputy Lieutenants of Forfarshire
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