Gordon baronets of Earlston, Kirkcudbright (1706)

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.

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