James Gordon

Major General James Henry Gordon, (born 4 December 1957) is a former British Army officer who served as Commander British Forces Cyprus from 2008 to 2010.

Military career Educated at Glenalmond College, Gordon was commissioned into the Royal Green Jackets in 1975. He became commanding officer of 2nd Battalion Royal Green Jackets in 1995, Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff (Operational Support) at the Permanent Joint Headquarters in 1998, and Commander British Forces in the Falkland Islands in 2002. and as Senior British Loan Services Officer in Oman in January 2011 before retiring in August 2014.

He was Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod from 2018 to June 2023, when he became Registrar and Secretary of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.