upon his return to England, volunteered to Gordon an acknowledgement of his acquaintance with Clerk of Eldin's essay on naval tactics, and his indebtedness to it. In 1834 Gordon published Holland and Belgium, with notes on the Belgian Revolution and its causes. References 1762 births 1845 deaths 18th-century Scottish writers 19th-century Scottish writers People from Inverness People from Banff, Aberdeenshire Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Scottish memoirists