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The Gordon baronetcy of Earlston, Kirkcudbrightshire, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia for William Gordon of Afton, son of William Gordon of Earlston, a Covenanter. He was an army officer, a soldier of fortune under Frederick I of Prussia who took part in Monmouth's Rebellion and the Williamite Wars. He was succeeded by his elder brother Alexander Gordon of Earlston.[1]
- ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1904). Complete Baronetage. Vol. IV. W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. pp. 439–441.