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Gordon baronets of Embo, Sutherland (1631)

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Escutcheon of the Gordon baronets of Embo

The Gordon baronetcy of Embo, Sutherland, was created on 18 June 1631 for John Gordon, son of John Gordon a prominent landowner.

Gordon baronets of Embo, Sutherland (1631)

The 12th Baronet was recorded in 1943 as having no heir. The baronetcy was extinct or dormant on 9 September 1956 with his death. No heir was known by 1971, and the Official Roll counts it as extinct.

Notes

  1. Burke, Bernard (1884). The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. London: Harrison & Sons. p. 411.
  2. ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1902). Complete Baronetage. Vol. II. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 392–393.
  3. "Gordon, Sir Home Seton". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. "Gordon, Sir Home Seton Charles Montagu". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. Kelly's (1943). Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. Kelly's Directories. p. 779.
  6. Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. 1971. p. 1582.
  7. "Official Roll". The Standing Council of the Baronetage. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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