John Gordon (Conservative politician)

For the Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Navy, see John E. Gordon.

The Hon. John Edward Gordon (5 February 1850 – 19 February 1915)[1][2] was a British Conservative Party politician.[3]

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.[3] In 1879 he married the daughter of John Snowdon Henry, former member of parliament for South East Lancashire.[3] They had five children.[4]

He was elected at the 1895 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Elginshire and Nairnshire, unseating the Liberal MP John Keay.[5] He was re-elected in 1900, but did not defend the seat at the 1906 general election,[5] By this time he had moved to the resort town of Hove on the south coast of England, and he stood instead in the local two-seat Brighton constituency.[4][6] In 1907 his wife moved to Japan and she is buried on Mount Koya.

He came fourth, albeit in a close contest, and did not stand again until a by-election in June 1911. He was returned unopposed to fill the vacancy caused when sitting MP Walter Rice was elevated to the peerage on inheriting the title of Baron Dynevor.[4][6][7][8] 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.[9][10]

He died in a nursing home in Bromley, Kent, in February 1915 aged 65.[11]

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "E" (part 2)
  2. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 5)
  3. 1 2 3 "Gordon, Hon. John Edward". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. December 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 "Election Intelligence. Brighton". The Times. 27 June 1911. p. 13.
  5. 1 2 Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 538. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  6. 1 2 Craig, op. cit, pages 82–83
  7. "Brighton, The Unionist Candidate". The Times. 13 June 1911. p. 12.
  8. "The Brighton Vacancy. No Liberal Candidate". The Times. 16 June 1911. p. 10.
  9. "By-Election At Brighton. Retirement Of The Hon. J. E. Gordon". The Times. 23 June 1914. p. 8.
  10. Department of Information Services (9 June 2009). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
  11. "Obituary: The Hon J. E. Gordon". The Times. 20 February 1915. p. 6.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Seymour Keay
Member of Parliament for Elginshire & Nairnshire
18951906
Succeeded by
Sir Archibald Williamson
Preceded by
Walter Rice
George Tryon
Member of Parliament for Brighton
19111914
With: George Tryon
Succeeded by
George Tryon
Charles Thomas-Stanford
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