Robert Gordon University and can also be seen over the main entrance to the university's Administration Building at Schoolhill and various academic buildings at the main campus at Garthdee. The shield also formed the previous logo which still features on some older signage. On the left side of the arms, the three boars on a blue background edged in gold are taken from the arms of the Gordon family, while on the right the castle on a red background is taken from the arms of the City of Aberdeen. This symbol of the city is shared with the arms of the University of
Thomas Burnett Gordon Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Some of Their Descendant"s, Genealogical Publishing Company,Inc. Baltimore, MD, 1992 Thomas Burnett Gordon Thomas Burnett Gordon (17 April 1652April 28, 1722) was a Scottish emigrant to the Thirteen Colonies who became Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court and New Jersey Attorney General for the Province of New Jersey. Thomas Burnett Gordon was born in Pitlurg, Scotland, the son of Robert Gordon, 6th Laird of Pitlurg and Catherine Burnett, daughter of Sir Thomas Burnett, 1st Baronet of Leys. Thomas Gordon's grandfather, Robert, 1st Laird of Straloch, was a Scottish geographer, mathematician,