GORDON, JOHN, son of John Gordon, St. Martin’s, Ludgate, London, citizen and watchmaker, and Lucretia --- (IGI); b. 26 Mar 1702; adm.; KS 1716; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1720, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1720, scholar 21 Apr 1721, matr. 1720; resided to 1 Jun 1722; adm. Gray’s Inn 9 Nov 1718, called to bar 10 Feb 1725; Professor of Music, Gresham College, London, from 16 Jan 1723/4; d. 12 Dec 1739. DNB.

Gordon, Richard Edward Clifton, son of the Rev. Edward George Gordon, of Kensington, by Helen Mary Annie, daughter of Richard Hornsby, of Grantham, Lincs; b. March 18, 1889; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (A); left July 1908; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1908; B.A. 1911; LL.B. 1912; Second Winchester Reading Prize 1913; served in Great War I; wounded; 2nd Lieut. 10th (Service) Batt. Gordon Highlanders Nov. 4, 1914; Lieut. July 1, 1917; m. June 29, 1917, Joyce Etheline, youngest daughter of Percy Nevile, of Selbrooke Park, Yorks; d. Jan. 11, 1920.

GORDON, WILLIAM, son of Rev. William Gordon, Hastings, Sussex, and Ann Lubman; bapt. 28 Oct 1788; adm. 1 Jul 1800 (Clapham); KS (aged 14) 1803; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1808, adm. pens. 28 May 1808, scholar 1809, matr. Mich. 1808; BA 1812; MA 1815; ordained; Minor Canon, Lichfield; Vicar of Christ Church, West Bromwich, Staffs., 18 Apr 1829-49; m. 24 Jun 1816 Louisa, sister of Sir John Jervis (qv); d. 30 Oct 1857.

GORDON-LENNOX, CHARLES HENRY, 6th DUKE OF RICHMOND AND LENNOX, and 1st DUKE OF GORDON, eldest son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox (qv); b. 27 Feb 1818 (boarded with Mr Hodgson); styled Earl of March 1819-60; adm. 6 May 1830; Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 20 Oct 1836; BA 1839; DCL 1870; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards 24 May 1839; Lieut., 27 Sep 1842; Capt. on half-pay 27 Sep 1844; MP (Cons) West Sussex 1841 – 21 Oct 1860; President, Poor Law Board Mar – Jun 1859; Privy Councillor 3 Mar 1859; succ. father as 6th Duke of Richmond and Lennox 21 Oct 1860; KG 6 Feb 1867; President, Board of Trade 8 Mar 1867 – Dec 1868; Leader of Conservative Peers in House of Lords 1870-6; Lord President of the Council 21 Feb 1874 – Apr 1880; created Duke of Gordon 13 Jan 1876; President, Board of Trade 24 Jun – Aug 1885; Secretary of State for Scotland 17 Aug 1885 – Feb 1886; a recoognised authority on agricultural affairs, serving as Chairman, Royal Commission on Agriculture 1879; DL Banffshire 1846, Lord Lieut. from 25 Aug 1879; DL Aberdeenshire 1864; LLD Cambridge 1894; LLD Aberdeen 1895; Busby Trustee from 21 May 1867; m. 28 Nov 1843 Frances Harriet, eldest dau. of Algernon Frederick Greville, Bath King of Arms and private secretary to Duke of Wellington; d. 27 Sep 1903. DNB.

GORDON-LENNOX, LORD FITZROY GEORGE CHARLES, second son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox (qv); b. 11 Jun 1820; adm. 14 Feb 1834 (boarded with Mr Hodgson); Ensign, 43rd Foot 15 Sep 1837; Lieut., 11 Sep 1840; 10th Light Dragoons (Hussars) 16 Feb 1841; 13th Light Dragoons 16 Feb 1841; lost in SS President on his passage home from from New York, USA 13 Mar 1841.

GORDON-LENNOX, LORD HENRY CHARLES GEORGE, third son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox (qv); b. 2 Nov 1821; adm. 1 Jun 1836 (boarded with Mr Hodgson); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1840; BA 1843; MA 1847; precis writer, Foreign Office Feb 1845 – Feb 1846; MP (Cons) Chichester Feb 1846 – 85; a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury Mar – Dec 1852, Mar 1858 – Mar 1859; Secretary to the Admiralty Jul 1866 – Dec 1868; First Commissioner of Works Feb 1874 – Jul 1876, when he was compelled to resign owing to involvement in a financial scandal; Privy Councillor 7 Jul 1874; m. 25 Jan 1883 Amelia Susannah, widow of Richard Archibald Brooman, Neville House, Twickenham, Middlesex, and subsequently of John White, Arddarroch, Dumbartonshire, chemical manufacturer, and dau. of --- Smith; d. 28 Aug 1886. DNB.

GORDON-SHORT, CHARLES HENRY, eldest son of Mayow Short (adm. 1809, qv), and his second wife; b. 16 Apr 1848; adm. 30 May 1861; QS 1863; left Whitsun 1865; Ensign, 104th Foot 1 Aug 1868; Lieut., 28 Oct 1871; Capt., 27 Jul 1879; Maj., Munster Fusiliers 29 Aug 1883; South Staffs. Regt. 4 Oct 1884; assumed additional surname of Gordon 18 Jun 1878; m. 16 Apr 1873 Sophia Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Edward Kent Parson MD, Southsea, Hampshire; d. 26 Jan 1885.

GORE, CHARLES, brother of Francis Gore (qv); bapt. All Hallows, Bread Street, London 5 (or 15) Nov 1711 (IGI); adm. (aged 7) Jun 1719; Min. Can. 1724; KS 1725; left 1728; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Mar 1728; BA 1731; MA 1734.

GORE, CHARLES, third son of Charles Gore, Horkstow, Lincs., director English Factory at Hamburg, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir James Dolliff, Kt; b. 5 Dec 1729; adm. Feb 1742/3 (Deane's); entered counting house of his uncle John Gore, banker, but left it on his marriage; devoted himself to shipbuilding and mechanical construction; High Sheriff, Lincolnshire 1757; living in Italy 1773-9, 1782-3; settled at Weimar, Germany, in 1791, and became a close friend of Goethe; member, Society of Dilettanti 1781; m. 1753 Mary Cocknal (or Cockerell ?), Scarborough, Yorks.; d. at Weimar 22 Jan 1807.

GORE, FRANCIS, elder surviving son of Francis Gore, All Hallows Bread Street, London, distiller, and Margaret Seabrooke (IGI); bapt. All Hallows, Bread Street, London 3 or 30 Mar 1710 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Jun 1719; Min. Can. 1722; KS (Capt. ) 1723; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1727, matr. 8 Jun 1727, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1727 – void 1740; BA 1732; MA 1734/5; adm. Middle Temple 14 Oct 1727, called to bar 14 Jun 1734. [will Francis Gore, BA Oxford, proved PCC 14 May 1740]