CUMMING-GORDON

Roualeyn George Gordon ( 2 son of the succeeding ). b. Altyre, co. Elgin 15 March 1820; ed. at Eton; cornet Madras cavalry 1838–40; ensign royal Newfoundland companies 3 Nov. 1843; ensign Cape Mounted rifles 23 Feb. 1844 to 22 July 1845 when he sold out; hunted in interior of South Africa 1845–50; exhibited his trophies at Great Exhibition 1851; lectured in London and the provinces 1855–58; kept a museum of his trophies at Fort August us on the Caledonian canal 1858 to death; author of Five years of a hunter’s life in the far interior of South Africa 2 vols. 1850 which had an immense succe ; The lion hunter of South Africa 1856. d. Fort August us 24 March 1866. I.L.N. xx , 512 (1852), portrait .