About John Gordon
Lived 1850 – 1915 (aged 65). John Gordon was a British politician.
John Edward Gordon (5 February 1850 – 19 February 1915) was a British Conservative Party politician.
The eldest son of Edward Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn, a senior Scottish judge and Conservative politician, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy and the University of Edinburgh. the daughter of John Snowdon Henry, a former member of parliament for South East Lancashire. He was re-elected in 1900, but did not defend the seat again. He came fourth, albeit in a close contest, and did not stand again until the Brighton by-election in June 1911. He was returned unopposed to fill the vacancy caused when the sitting MP Walter Rice was elevated to the peerage on inheriting the title of Baron Dynevor. However, he resigned the seat three years later due to ill health, on 23 June 1914, by accepting the post of Steward of the Manor of Northstead.
He died in a nursing home in Bromley, Kent, in February 1915 aged 65. In 1907, his wife moved to Japan and is buried on Mount Koya.
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Who was John Gordon?
British politician (1850–1915)
When was John Gordon born?
John Gordon was born on 5 February 1850.
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John Gordon died on 19 February 1915 in Bromley.
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John Gordon was a politician.
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John Gordon was British.
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