Alexander Gordon (1815 – 12 December 1903) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in London to solicitor Alexander Gordon. He became a London barrister in 1841, focusing on equity law. He married Annie Chambers. He was also a Queen's Counsel, and from 1862 was chancellor of the Sydney Diocese. In 1883 he was appointed to the

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, but he retired to England in late 1885 and his seat was vacated in August 1886. Gordon died at Pucklechurch in Gloucestershire in 1903. *A daughter Harriet Eliza Gordon (1853–1910) married Rev. Stephen Henry Childe (1844–1923) on 22 November 1886. Their son Vere Gordon Childe was an eminent archaeologist. *A son Alexander Gordon, later Sir Alexander, was a

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judge.

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1815 births 1903 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council Australian King's Counsel 19th-century Australian politicians Politicians from London People from Pucklechurch {{Australia-politician-stub