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Gordon baronets of Cluny, Aberdeen (1625)

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Catalogue notice

“Gordon baronets of Cluny, Aberdeen (1625)” is catalogued in Crown Archives’ open-reference index. The complete reference text is available from the original source linked below.

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The public source identifies “Gordon baronets of Cluny, Aberdeen (1625)” as open encyclopedia entry. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Gordon, baronets and Cluny.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1625—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Gordon, baronets and Cluny providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The first chronological checks are 1625.

Critical limits

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This catalogue route points to “Gordon baronets of Cluny, Aberdeen (1625)” on English Wikipedia. The source page should be consulted before relying on this record. When present, Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.