Robert Gordon of Straloch Archbishop Spottiswoode's "History of the Church of Scotland", and translated into Latin the controversy between John Knox and Wolfram, sub-prior of St. Andrews. A critical letter of his on Scottish historians, which he addressed to the antiquarian David Buchanan, is inserted in Leyland's "Collectanea"; some of his poems have been printed in Bishop Forbes' "Funerales" (Aberdeen, 1635). Robert Gordon married in 1608, Catherine, daughter of Alexander Irvine of Lenturk, by whom he had nine sons and six daughters. He died in 1661, and was interred in the family burial place at New Machar on 6 September. A portrait of him,
Robert Gordon Robertson Robert Gordon Robertson (Robert) Gordon Robertson, (May 19, 1917 – January 15, 2013) was Commissioner of the Northwest Territories from November 15, 1953 to July 12, 1963 who, having been sworn in at the age of 36, remains the youngest person to ever hold the office. He went on to become Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, the top position in the Canadian public service. Born in Davidson, Saskatchewan, Robertson was educated at University of Saskatchewan, Exeter College, Oxford (where he was a Rhodes Scholar) and University of Toronto. He joined the Department of External Affairs