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Gordon, Sir Charles
The following data is extracted from Gordon Family Records.
SIR CHARLES: (1756-1835) , governor of St. Lucia; s. Charles G- of Abergeldie, Perthshire; fought in the American war, 1776 ; from letters, now in the British Museum, addressed by him to the Marquis of Carmarthen, he appears to have accompanied the Duke of Brunswick with the Prussian army, 1787, in an invasion into Holland; in recognition of his services he was knighted in the Prussian Order of Military Merit, 1790 ; received rank of brigadier-general.
Source: Gordon Family Records
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