Talk:Edward Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn

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This is one of those rarish 19th-century titles with the format "Baron X of Y, in the County of Z" (see the example given in territorial designation). It was obviously needed for uniqueness (there was already a Dukedom of Gordon held by the Dukes of Richmond and a Viscountcy of Gordon held by the Earls of Aberdeen, not to mention the "Gordon of Somewhere" Lordships held by the Marquesses of Huntly). Proteus (Talk) 21:52, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

While still under twenty-five, Gordon, whose mother had died in Trinidad in 1817 during the yellow fever epidemic, received slave compensation money for slaves held in St Vincent. The Commons returns do not indicate the estate on St Vincent, and there is nothing else to throw light on the link except the registers of Edward Strathearn Gordons school, Inverness Royal Academy, in the burgh in which he was born in 1814. (delahays) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Delahays (talk • contribs) 20:06, 13 January 2012 (UTC)