William Gordon

William Gordon

William Gordon may refer to:

British people

*William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen (1679-1745)
*William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure (c. 1672–1716), a Scottish Jacobite.
*William Gordon, Lord Strathnaver (1683-1720), MP for Tain Burghs, judged ineligible to sit because he was the eldest son of a Scottish peer
*William Gordon (bishop) (d. 1577), the last of the pre-Reformation bishops of Aberdeen owing allegiance to the Roman Catholic Church.
*Dr. William Gordon (1800-1849), physician and Fellow of the Linnean Society of London
*Sir William Gordon (d. 1742), MP for Sutherland, Cromartyshire and Nairnshire
*Sir William Gordon (1726-1798), MP for Portsmouth
*William Gordon (c. 1735-1776), MP for Rochester
*Hon. William Gordon (1736-1816), MP for Woodstock and Heytesbury
*Lord William Gordon (1744-1823), MP for Inverness-shire, Elginshire and Horsham
*William Gordon (1772-1823), MP for Worcester
*Vice-Admiral William Gordon (1785-1858), Scottish naval commander and politician
*William Gordon, MP for Chelsea
*William Gordon (Bishop of Leeds)

American people

*William Gordon (1763-1802), a United States Representative from New Hampshire
*William E. Gordon (b. 1918), a physicist and astronomer. He is referred to as the "father of the Arecibo Observatory".
*William Fitzhugh Gordon (1787-1858), a U.S. Representative from Virginia
*William Washington Gordon, (1796-1842), American politician and railroad executive
*William Gordon (1862-1942), a U.S. Representative from Ohio

Others

*William Gordon (Australian politician), former Western Australian politician
*George William Gordon (1820-1865), Jamaican politician


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  • William Gordon — ist der Name folgender Personen: William Gordon (New Hampshire) (1763–1802), US amerikanischer Politiker William Gordon (Ohio) (1862–1942), US amerikanischer Politiker William Gordon (Aberdeen) († 1577), Bischof von Aberdeen William Gordon… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • William Gordon (New Hampshire) — William Gordon (* 12. April 1763 in Boston, Massachusetts; † 8. Mai 1802 ebenda) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1797 und 1800 vertrat er den Bundesstaat New Hampshire im US Repräsentantenhaus. Werdegang William Gordon besuchte …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • William Gordon Weld — (1775 ndash;1825) was a shipmaster and ship owner. He is notable as an ancestor of several famous Welds.Ancestry and early lifeWeld was a descendant of Joseph Weld, who came to Massachusetts Bay Colony in the early 17th century and was involved… …   Wikipedia

  • William Gordon Brantley — (* 18. September 1860 in Blackshear, Pierce County, Georgia; † 11. September 1934 in Washington D.C.) war ein US amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1897 und 1913 vertrat er den …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure — and Lord Lochinvar, (c. 1672 ndash;February 24, 1716), was a Scottish Jacobite.William Gordon was the only son of Alexander Gordon, 5th Viscount of Kenmure and succeeded his father on his death in 1698, but was not able to inherit his family s… …   Wikipedia

  • William Gordon-Cumming — may refer to:*Sir William Gordon Cumming, 2nd Baronet (1787–1854), Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs 1831–1832 *Sir William Gordon Cumming, 4th Baronet (1848–1930), central figure in the Royal Baccarat Scandal *Sir William Gordon Cumming, 6th …   Wikipedia

  • William Gordon (1862-1942) — William Gordon (December 15, 1862 ndash; January 16, 1942) was a lawyer, politician, businessman, and three term U.S. Representative from Ohio.Gordon was born on a farm near Oak Harbor in Ottawa County, Ohio. He attended the public schools and… …   Wikipedia

  • William Gordon (1800-1849) — was a physician and Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, associated with Christian temperance and social causes in the English city of Hull in the early nineteenth century.Gordon was born at Fountains Hall near Ripon, in Yorkshire, England on …   Wikipedia

  • William Gordon Legge — (1913 – January 13, 1999) was an Anglican priest and bishop in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He was the first Bishop of the Diocese of Western Newfoundland, serving from 1976 to 1978.He was ordained as a priest in 1938.References*… …   Wikipedia

  • William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen — (1679 ndash; 30 March 1746), known between c. 1691 and 1720 as Lord Haddo, was a Scottish peer, Tory politician and Jacobite.Gordon was the second son of the 1st Earl of Aberdeen and following the Acts of Union 1707, was elected to the House of… …   Wikipedia

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