A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hallyburton, John Frederick Gordon
HALLYBURTON, formerly Gordon, G.C.H., M.P. (Captain, 1836.)
The Right Honourable Lord John Frederick Gordon Hallyburton, born 15 Aug. 1799, is third son of the Marquess of Huntley, by Catharine, daughter of Sir Chas. Cope, Bart.; brother of Lords Cecil and Fras. Arthur Gordon, of the Army; and nephew of the late Dukes of Richmond, Manchester, and Bedford, as also of the second Marquess Cornwallis. He assumed the name of Hallyburton in 1843.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Indus 74, Capt. Wm. Hall Gage, under whom, on proceeding to the Mediterranean, he witnessed, as Midshipman, Sir Edw. Pellew’s partial action with the Toulon fleet, 13 Feb. 1814. During the seven following years we find him successively employed, on the Home, South American and again on the Mediterranean station, in the Eurotas 38, Capts. Robt. Bloye and Jas. Lillicrap, Curaçoa 36, Capt. John Tower, Euphrates 36, Capt. Robt. Preston, Amphion 32, Commodore Wm. Bowles, and Larne sloop, Capts. Henry Forbes and Robt. Tait. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 13 Dec. 1821, in the Rochfort 74, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Graham Moore; rose to the rank of Commander 6 Aug. 1828; paid off the Pandora sloop, on his return from the East Indies, in Feb. 1830; and acquired the rank he now holds 4 Aug. 1836. He has not since been afloat.
His Lordship, who is M.P. for Forfar, was nominated a G.C.H. 22 Aug. 1836. He married, 24 Aug. 1836, Lady Augusta Kennedy Erskine, relict of the Hon. John Kennedy Erskine, and sister of Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, Captain R.N. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.