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Sir William Gordon-Cumming, 2nd Baronet

Sir William Gordon Gordon-Cumming, 2nd Baronet of Altyre and Gordonstoun FRSE (20 July 1787 – 25 November 1854),[1] was a Scottish Member of Parliament.

Gordon-Cumming was member of parliament (MP) for Elgin Burghs from 1831 to 1832.

Life

He was born on 20 July 1787, the son of Alexander Penrose Cumming, 1st baronet of Altyre, and his wife, Helen Grant.

In 1828 Gordon-Cumming was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being Sir John Hay. Gordon-Cumming resigned in 1832.[2]

Family

He married twice, first in 1815 to Eliza Maria Campbell (died 1842), the oldest daughter of Colonel John Campbell of Shawfield and Islay, with whom he had seven sons and six daughters.

He remarried in 1846 to Jane Eliza Mackintosh (died 1897), daughter of William Mackintosh of Geddes, Nairn, with whom he had one son and two daughters.[3]

References

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  2. ^ "Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002", Biographical Index, Part One. The Royal Society of Edinburgh, July 2006.
  3. ^ Fisher, David R. (2009). D. R. Fisher (ed.). "GORDON CUMMING, Sir William Gordon, 2nd bt. (1787–1854), of Altyre, Forres and Gordonstown, Elgin". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820–1832. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 5 May 2015.

External links

  • Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir William Gordon-Cumming
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs
1831–1832
Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baronet
(of Altyre)
1806–1854
Succeeded by
Alexander Penrose Gordon-Cumming


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