John Gordon of Glenbucket | |
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![]() A contemporary drawing of Glenbucket during the 1745 rising; he was described as riding a "little grey Highland beast".[1] | |
Nickname(s) | "Old Glenbucket" |
Born | 1673 Aberdeenshire |
Died | 16 June 1750 (aged 76–77) Boulogne |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Rank | Jacobite Major General |
Unit | Glenbucket's Regiment |
Battles/wars | 1689 Jacobite Rising Killiecrankie 1715 Jacobite Rising Dunfermline Sheriffmuir 1745 Jacobite Rising Culloden |
John Gordon of Glenbucket (c.1673 – 16 June 1750) was a Scottish Jacobite, or supporter of the claim of the House of Stuart to the British throne. Laird of a minor estate in Aberdeenshire, he fought in several successive Jacobite risings. Following the failure of the 1745 rising, in which he served with the rank of Major-General, he escaped to Norway before settling in France, where he died in 1750.
Despite a reputation in later popular history as “one of the most romantic of Jacobite heroes”,[2] Glenbucket was a controversial figure who acted as a government agent between 1715 and 1745, and was accused of forcibly conscripting men during the 1745 rising.