"Journal"] PROVOST JOHN GORDON, 1706-7. PROVOST ROBERT STEWART, 1715-16, 1724-25. [Photos. Aberdeen Provosts of 200 Years Ago.-An Interesting Purchase. We reproduce photographs by our artist of the oil paintings of two Aberdeen Provosts of about 200 years ago, purchased in London recently for the Corporation. John Gordon was Provost in 1706-7, and had the honour of being chosen by the district of burghs comprising Aberdeen, Montrose, Arbroath, Brechin, and Bervie, as their representative to the first British Parliament. Robert Stewart-a son-in-law of Provost Gordonwas Provost during the troublous times of 1715, when, being a staunch Hanoverian, he was deposed, and Patrick Bannerman elected in his place. In the following year Stewart was re-elected, and he was again Provost in 1724-25. (See pp. 22-23.) |