Gordon
Gordon is a town in the old region of Berwickshire, Scotland and is currently part of the Scottish Borders Council. The town sits on the crossroads of the A6106 Earlston to Duns road and also the A6089 Edinburgh to Kelso road, it is 6 miles east of Earlston and also 4 miles west of Greenlaw. The very first Gordon on document is Richard of Gordon, previously of Swinton, said to have actually been the grandson of a popular knight that slew some monstrous animal in the Merse while of King Malcolm III of Scotland. This Richard was Lord of the Barony of Gordon in the Merse. The name is said to stem from Brittonic, implying great fort. The de Gordons held the lairdship of Gordon for over two centuries and were thought to have actually developed a castle at the previous community of Huntly simply to the north; they still held lands up to the 18th century. The Gordon family are the ancestors of the Dukes of Richmond as well as Gordon as well as of the Marquis of Huntly.
