George Gordon

George Gordon may refer to:

By career

Military

• George Henry Gordon (1823–1886), U.S. Army general
• George Gordon (Civil War general) (1836–1911), Civil War General, Ku Klux Klan leader and U.S. Representative from Tennessee
• George Grant Gordon (1836–1912), British Army officer and courtier

Political figures

• George Gordon of Tulloch, commissioner for Aberdeen (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
• Sir George Gordon (died 1690), commissioner for Banffshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
• George Gordon (died 1691), burgh commissioner for Dornoch (Parliament of Scotland constituency)
• Lord George Gordon (1751–1793), British politician
• George Newcombe Gordon (1879–1949), Canadian Member of Parliament and cabinet minister
• George Gordon (Ontario politician) (1888–1971), Member of Provincial Parliament
• George Gordon (Canadian politician) (1865–1942), senator from Ontario
• George William Gordon (1820–1865), Jamaican politician
• George A. Gordon (1885–1959), American attorney and diplomat
• George Anderson Gordon (1830–1872), American politician from Georgia
• George John Robert Gordon (1812−1902), British diplomat

Religious figures

• George N. Gordon (1822–1861), Protestant missionary to the South Pacific
• George Gordon (priest) (1760–1845), Dean of Exeter and of Lincoln

Sciences

• George Gordon (botanist) (1806–1879), gardener and horticultural writer
• George Gordon (horticulturalist) (1841–1914), British horticulturalist and writer, awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour
• George Gordon (engineer) (1829–1907), Scottish Australian civil engineer
• George Phineas Gordon (1821–1878), American inventor, printer and businessman

Sports

• George Croughly Gordon (1850–1899), Scottish amateur international footballer
• George Gordon (Australian footballer) (1902–1990), Australian rules footballer with Fitzroy
• George Gordon (New South Wales cricketer) (1846–1923), Australian cricketer
• George Gordon (Victoria cricketer) (1860–1946), Australian cricketer

Writers and academics

• George Byron Gordon (1870–1927), American archaeologist
• George Stuart Gordon (1881–1942), British academic and professor of poetry
• George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), British Romantic poet more commonly known as Lord Byron

Others

• George Gordon (animator) (1906–1986), American animator and director of cartoons for TV
• George Gordon (scenic artist) (c. 1839–1899), in England and Australia
• George Gordon (merchant), colonial American landholder
• George Stanley Gordon (1926–2013), American advertising executive

By family

Members of the Scottish Clan Gordon

• George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly (before 1455–1501), Chancellor of Scotland, 1498–1501
• George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly (1514–1562), Scottish nobleman
• George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly (died 1576), Lord Chancellor of Scotland
• George Gordon (bishop) (died 1588), bishop of Galloway
• George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly (1562–1636), Scottish nobleman
• George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly (1592–1649)
• George Gordon, 15th Earl of Sutherland (1633–1703), Scottish nobleman
• George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen (1637–1720), Lord Chancellor of Scotland
• George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon (1643–1716), Scottish peer
• George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen (1722–1801), Scottish peer
• George Gordon of Gight (1741–1779), maternal grandfather of poet George Gordon Byron
• Lord George Gordon (1751–1793), politician, leader of Gordon riots
• George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly (1761–1853), Scottish peer
• George Gordon, Lord Haddo (1764–1791)
• George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon (1770–1836), Scottish nobleman, soldier and politician
• George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen (1816–1864), British peer and Liberal Party politician
• George Hamilton-Gordon, 6th Earl of Aberdeen (1841–1870), Scottish peer and sailor
• George Hamilton-Gordon, 2nd Baron Stanmore (1871–1957), British Liberal politician
• George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1879–1965), 8th Earl of Aberdeen
• George Ian Alastair Gordon, 8th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (born 1983)

See also

• George Hamilton-Gordon (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with George Gordon
• All pages with titles containing George Gordon

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