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James Gordon (Canadian Musician) Songs
James or Jim Gordon may refer to: Arts and entertainment * James Gordon (actor) (1871–1941), American actor * Jim Gordon (sportscaster) (1927–2003), American sportscaster * James Alexander Gordon (1936–2014), British radio presenter * Jim Gordon (musician) (1945–2023), American rock drummer * James Gordon (Canadian musician) (born 1955), Canadian singer-songwriter * James Gordon (journalist), British broadcast journalist and radio presenter * Jim Gordon (bassist), bassist on Sordid Humor * Jim Gordon (jazz musician), on ''Home Plate'' Military * James Gordon, 2nd Viscount Aboyne (1620–1649), Scottish royalist commander in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms * James Willoughby Gordon (1772–1851), British Army general and long-serving Quartermaster-General to the Forces * James Gordon (Royal Navy officer) (1782–1869), British admiral * James Gordon (British Army officer, died 1783), British Army officer who fought in the American War of Independence * James B. Gordon (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gordon (actor)
James Gordon (April 23, 1871 – May 12, 1941) was an American silent film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1911 and 1935. He also directed 4 films between 1913 and 1915, including the 1915 film '' The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford''. Gordon was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 23, 1871. He died on May 12, 1941, in Hollywood, California, aged 70, from post-surgical complications. He is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Selected filmography * '' The Battle of Trafalgar'' (1911) * ''The Lighthouse by the Sea'' (1911) * '' For the Cause of the South'' (1912) * ''The Charge of the Light Brigade'' (1912) * ''The Old Monk's Tale'' (1913) * '' Tess of the d'Urbervilles'' (1913) * ''Caprice'' (1913) * '' The Lure of the Circus'' (1918) * '' The Final Close-Up'' (1919) * ''When Doctors Disagree'' (1919) * '' Behind the Door'' (1919) * '' The Blue Moon'' (1920) * ''Homespun Folks'' (1920) * '' Excuse My Dust'' (1920) * '' The Bait'' (1921) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gordon (Upper Canada Politician)
James Gordon (August 26, 1786 – April 10, 1865) was a merchant and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West. He was born in Inverness, Scotland in 1786 and studied at the Inverness Royal Academy. He came to Amherstburg in Upper Canada. He served in the local militia, becoming lieutenant in 1809 and lieutenant colonel in 1822. He represented Kent in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1820 to 1828. In 1822, he was named justice of the peace in the Western District. He was appointed to the Legislative Council of Upper Canada in 1829 and to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada in 1845. He died in Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ... in 1865. References *''Becoming Prominent: Leadership in Upper Canada, 1791-1841'', J.K. Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gordon (vicar Apostolic)
James Gordon (1665–1746) was a Roman Catholic bishop who served as the Vicar Apostolic for the whole of Scotland from 1718 to 1727, then the Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District from 1727 to 1746. Born in Glastirum, Enzie, Banffshire on 31 January 1665, he was ordained a priest in 1692. He was appointed the Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Scotland and Titular Bishop of '' Nicopolis ad Iaterum'' by the Holy See on 21 August 1705. He was consecrated to the Episcopate in Montefiascone, northwest of Rome, on 11 April 1706. The principal consecrator was Bishop Peter Augustine Baines, and the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Andrew Scott and Bishop James Kyle. Following the death of Bishop Thomas Joseph Nicolson on 12 October 1718, he automatically succeeded as the Vicar Apostolic of Scotland. On 23 July 1727, Scotland was divided into the Lowland and Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gordon (Jesuit)
James Gordon (1541 – 16 April 1620) was a Scottish Jesuit. He is sometimes known as James Gordon Huntly, to distinguish him from James Gordon (1553–1641), another Jesuit. Life He was the fifth son of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, by Elizabeth Keith, Countess of Huntly, eldest daughter of Robert, Lord Keith, and sister of William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal. He entered the Society of Jesus at Rome on 20 September 1563, and taught philosophy, theology, sacred scripture, and Hebrew in the colleges of the order at Pont-à-Mousson, Paris, and Bordeaux. In 1584 William Crichton and Gordon were sent on a mission to Scotland. Their vessel was seized on the high seas by the Dutch. The ship was released; but the merchant who had hired her for the voyage, having discovered that his two passengers were priests, accused them as enemies, and the Dutch detained them. The merchant was concerned about the attitude of the Earl of Huntly, Gordon's nephew, and Gordon was set free after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gordon (New Brunswick Politician)
James Kenneth Gordon (born March 10, 1949) is a Canadian former politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known ... from 1982 to 1987 as member of the Progressive Conservative Party from the constituency of Miramichi Bay. References 1949 births Living people Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs People from Miramichi, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-MLA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Gordon (politician)
James K. Gordon (born March 6, 1937) is a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Sudbury, Ontario from 1976 to 1981 and from 1991 to 2003, and as a Member of Provincial Parliament for the provincial electoral district of Sudbury from 1981 to 1987.Our Neighbours: People who have made a difference . '''', February 26, 2011. p. 13. He briefly served in the , holding the position of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |