GORDON, JOHN GEORGE; b.; adm. 15 Jan 1793 (Clapham); in school list 1795; left Midsummer 1796.
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, JOHN; b. 8 Mar 1810; adm. 2 Jul 1822. [Evidently brother or close kin of WILLIAM JAMES GORDON, adm. same day]. [Perhaps son of James Gordon, and Elizabeth ---, bapt. St. Olave’s, Southwark 18 Mar 1810 (IGI)]
GORDON, JOSEPH; b.; adm. 12 Jun 1781; left 1782.
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, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1734/5; left 1738. [Perhaps Thomas Gordon, son of Thomas Gordon, Hornsey, Middlesex, adm. Middle Temple 24 Apr 1740, called to bar 24 Oct 1746]
GORDON, WILLIAM JAMES; b. 16 Nov 1808; adm. 2 Jul 1822; left Christmas 1824; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Jan 1828, then of 10 Fludyer Street, Westminster; d. at Penzance, Cornwall. [Evidently brother or close kin of JOHN GORDON, adm. same day].
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, WILLIAM, brother of Charles Gordon (in school list 1801, qv); b. 30 Sep 1792; adm. 20 Oct 1806; left 1810; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Dec 1813; BA 1817; d. 8 Jan 1879.
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.