• In 1559, after the death of the bishop of Galloway, Alexander was translated that bishopric. Alexander became a Protestant, and died on 11 November 1575.
  • Alexander "Archbishop of Athens, Bishop of the Isles, Bishop of Galloway" Gordon. Born about 1515 in Scotland map.
  • Gordon, Alexander (2). a Scotch prelate, was made bishop of the Isles November 21, 1553; from this see he was translated to that of Galloway in 1558.
  • The Patriarch of Galloway, as the south of Scotland combined to call old Alexander Gordon of Earlston, lived to the ripe age of over a hundred years...
  • GORDON, ALEXANDER (1516?–1575), bishop-elect of Galloway, and titular archbishop of Athens, was the younger son of John, master of Huntly (d. 5 Dec.
  • Alexander Gordon, Bishop of Galloway was born in 1516, in birth place, to John (Master of /Huntly/ John Master of Huntly) Gordon and Margaret Jane Gordon...
  • Cite Item Description. Charter by Alexander [Gordon], bishop of Galloway granting to John, Lord Maxwell, the office of bailie-principal, and to Sir John Gordon...
  • Alexander Gordon (c.1516-75), bishop of Galloway, was a committed member of the reformed Scottish kirk (i.e. church) and active in secular politics.
  • George Gordon (died 1588) was a 16th-century Scottish prelate. Life. He was the son of Alexander Gordon, Bishop of Galloway, and the brother of John...