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Gordon, Adam (1601 - 1642)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1601
Death Date: 1642

Parents

Siblings

Male

  • Gordon, George (1590 - 1649)
  • Gordon, Francis ( - 1620)
  • Gordon, Laurence ( - 1623)
  • Gordon, John ( - 1630)

Female

  • Gordon, Ann ( - )
  • Gordon, Elizabeth ( - 1616)
  • Gordon, Mary (1610 - 1674)
  • Gordon, Jeane ( - )

Primary Title

  • Lord of Aboyne

Titles

  • Lord of Aboyne
    Assumed: 1604/5-03-19
    Vacated: 1620-06-22

Details of Offices

Lands

  • Aberdeen: Aboyne Lordship
    Acquired: 1604/5-03-19
    Divested: 1620-06-22
    Renounced lordship in favour of his father

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Dismissal - Norwich (Unknown), Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Lord Aboyne's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Aboyne's Players Gordon, Adam (1601 - 1642) Players 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • The Dictionary of National Biography. 1882–1901 (66 vols); 1908–9 (28 vols). 2 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1975
  • Paul, James Balfour, Sir. The Scots Peerage: Founded on Wood's ed. of Sir Robert Douglas's Peerage of Scotland; Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom. . 9 vols.. Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1904-1914