John Gordon of Glenbucket

John Gordon of Glenbucket
A contemporary drawing of Glenbucket during the 1745 rising; he was described as riding a "little grey Highland beast".[1]
Nickname(s)"Old Glenbucket"
Born1673 (1673)
Aberdeenshire
Died16 June 1750 (aged 76–77)
Boulogne
Allegiance Jacobite 1689, 1715–1716, 1745–1750
RankJacobite Major General
UnitGlenbucket's Regiment
Battles / wars1689 Jacobite Rising
Killiecrankie
1715 Jacobite Rising
Dunfermline
Sheriffmuir
1745 Jacobite Rising
Culloden

John Gordon of Glenbucket (c.1673 – 16 June 1750) was a Scottish Jacobite, or supporter of the claim of the House of Stuart to the British throne. Laird of a minor estate in Aberdeenshire, he fought in several successive Jacobite risings. Following the failure of the 1745 rising, in which he served with the rank of Major-General, he escaped to Norway before settling in France, where he died in 1750.

Despite a reputation in later popular history as “one of the most romantic of Jacobite heroes”,[2] Glenbucket was a controversial figure who acted as a government agent between 1715 and 1745, and was accused of forcibly conscripting men during the 1745 rising.

  1. ^ Reid, Stuart (2012) The Scottish Jacobite Army 1745–46, Bloomsbury, p.11
  2. ^ Tayler, Henrietta. “John Gordon of Glenbucket”, Scottish Historical Review, (1948) v27, 10, p.165