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| Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Steve van Dulken |
| | Surname | Gordon | | | First names | Lockart | | | Rank/ occupation | Judge Advocate | | | Unit | Bengal | | | Death date | 24 Mar 1788 | | | Source | Gentleman's Magazine | | | Date | Sep 1789 | | | Page number | 861 | | | Detail | ""The Hon. Lockart Gordon, the E.I. Company's judge advocate at Bengal, paid the debt of Nature. He was a man beloved and esteemed by all who knew him. When he found his death approaching, he behaved with becoming fortitude and resignation. The following very affecting note was written by him to Mr. William Berrie, on his pillow, with a pencil, a short time before he died: 'Dear B, I am here a-dying -- have no recollection -- past or present -- Yours, L. Gordon."" Mr. G. married a sister of the Earl of Plymouth, by whom he had two sons and two daughters. He received his education in the University of Glasgow, and was originally designed for the bar; but preferred a military life, from which he retired with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and resumed the study of the law. He was formerly captain in the same regiment with Lord Cornwallis. We could quote many instances of his tenderness, humanity, and extreme sensibility, but which are so well known by his friends in this country that we shall forbear to repeat them."" Calcutta Chronicle, Thursday, March 27, 1788. |
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