Sir William Gordon-Cumming, 2nd Baronet

Sir William Gordon Gordon-Cumming, 2nd Baronet of Altyre and Gordonstoun FRSE (20 July 1787 – 25 November 1854) [1] was a Scottish Member of Parliament.

Gordon-Cumming was Member of Parliament (MP) for Elgin Burghs from 1831 to 1832.

Life

He was born on 20 July 1787 the son of Alexander Penrose Cumming, 1st baronet of Altyre, and his wife, Helen Grant.

In 1828 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being Sir John Hay. He resigned in 1832.[2]

Family

He married twice, firstly in 1815 to Eliza Maria Campbell (died 1842), the oldest daughter of Colonel John Campbell of Shawfield and Islay, with whom he had 7 sons and 6 daughters.

He remarried in 1846 to Jane Eliza Mackintosh (d.1897), daughter of William Mackintosh of Geddes, Nairn, with whom he had one son and two daughters.[3]

References

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Alexander Duff
Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs
1831–1832
Succeeded by
Sir Andrew Leith Hay
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Alexander Penrose Cumming-Gordon
Baronet
(of Altyre)
1806–1854
Succeeded by
Alexander Penrose Gordon-Cumming


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