A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours (1836)
utee desang. Motto—Virtutis amore. Estates—In the counties of Cornwall andDevon. Seat—Tregenna Castle, St. Ives. RR 610 GORDON, OF CULVENNAN. GORDON, JAMES, esq. of Culvennan, in the county of Wigton, lieutenant-colonelcommandant of the Kirkcudbrightshire yeomanry cavalry, and a deputy-lieutenant;… … This is a branch of the noble house of Ken-mure and Lochinvar, which traces its des-cent from Richard de Gordoun, in 1120, andfrom the valiant Sir Adam de Gordoun, oneof the Scots wham Bruce hath aften led. The Culvennan tree can be surpassed byfew in the country; it exhibits descent inmany ways…
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