Name

Charles Gordon

Biography

Headed a mob at Peel when a Royal Navy tender's longboat landed in October 1758 and seized a boat. The garrison soldier sent to restore order, James Clarke, 'seeing so great a mob with the said Gordon, thought it not safe to dispute there, and so retired home.'

Active Period

fl. 1758

Place

Peel

Period

Atholl Lordship

Role / Office

Mob Leader

Book Chapter

Chapter 6