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Gordon baronets of Embo, Sutherland (1631)

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Escutcheon of the Gordon baronets of Embo[1]

The Gordon baronetcy of Embo, Sutherland, was created on 18 June 1631 for John Gordon, son of John Gordon a prominent landowner.[2]

Gordon baronets of Embo, Sutherland (1631)

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The 12th Baronet was recorded in 1943 as having no heir.[5] 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.[6][7]

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  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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l 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.