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Gordon (Sir Robert, Bart.), 1580-1656 
This historical writer was bom at Dunrobin Castle, 
Sutherlandshire, May 14, 1580, and was the fourth son of 
Alexander, Earl of Sutherland. He took a leading part in 
the affairs of Scotland during the Stuart and Civil War 
periods, and was the founder of the Morayshire family of 
Gordonstoun. He died in 1656, and his Genealogical History 
existed in MS. only until published by Henry Weber in 1813, 
under the auspices of the Marchioness of Stafford, afterwards 
Duchess of Sutherland. 
1813. A | Genealogical History | of | the Earldom of Sutherland, [ from 
its origin to the year 1630 : | written by | Sir Robert Gordon of 
Gordonstoun, Baronet, | with | A continuation | to the year 
1651 : [by Gilbert Gordon] : | Published from the original 
manuscript [by H. Weber] | Edinburgh : | Printed by George 
Ramsay and Co. | [etc. 2 lines] 1813. 
Collation — 1 vol. folio pp. xv + pp. 575 + pp. xi index, with 
port, plate and facsimile. 
Contains very brief notices of the birds of Sutherland at pp. 3, 
5, and 8. 
Gordon (Seton Paul), viv. 
Mr. Gordon, of Auchintoul, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, is a 
member of the B.O.U. (since 1906) and a Fellow of the 
Zoological Society. He tells us in the preface to the Birds of 
the Loch and Mountain , which is essentially a book of Highland 
ornithology, that he has always “ had a great love for the 
solitude and calm of the lone Scottish mountains ” and that 
“ it has been my endeavour to give an account of the lives 
and habits of the best known of the mountain nesting birds.” 
1906. Scottish Ptarmigan. (Field, April 7, p. 560.) 
1907. Birds of the Loch and Mountain. London (Cassell) : 1907. 
Collation — 1 vol. roy. 8vo, pp. xvi + pp. 181, with 91 photo ill. 
1912. The Charm of the Hills. London (Cassell) : 1912. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. xiv + pp. 248, with front, and 84 ill. 
Includes chapters on the haunts, etc., of the ptarmigan, golden 
eagle, osprey, red grouse, dotterel, peregrine, etc. 
