Edward Strathearn Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn, (10 April 1814 – 21 August 1879) was a
Scottish judge and politician.
Early life and education
Gordon was born on 10 April 1814. He was educated at
Inverness Royal Academy,
Royal High School, Edinburgh
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, the
University of Glasgow
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and the
University of Edinburgh
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.
Career
He was called to the
Scottish bar in 1835. He was appointed
Sheriff of Perth for 1858 to 1866,
Solicitor General for Scotland from 1866 to 1867, and
Lord Advocate
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from 1867 to 1868 and again from 1874 to 1876. He was Dean of the
Faculty of Advocates
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from 1868 to 1874. He became a
Queen's Counsel
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in 1868, and was appointed a
Privy Counsellor
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in 1874. He was a made a
Law Life Peer in 1876 as Baron Gordon of Drumearn, in the County of
Stirling
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, and sat as a
Lord of Appeal from 1876 to 1879.
He was the Conservative
Member of Parliament
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for
Thetford
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from 1867 to 1868 and for
Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities from 1869 to 1876.
Personal life
In 1845, Gordon married Agnes MacInnes. Together they had seven children, including
Frederick Gordon.
Their daughter Ella married in 1871
John James Hood Gordon
Sir John James Hood Gordon (12 January 1832 – 2 November 1908) was a general in the British Army.
Early life
Gordon was born on 12 January 1832 in Aberdeen and was a twin son of Captain William Gordon (1788–1834) of the 2nd Queen's Royal ...
.
As of 1874–75, he lived at 2 Randolph Crescent on the edge of the Moray Estate in western Edinburgh.
[Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1874-75]
He died in Brussels while travelling to Homburg for his health and is buried with his family against the original north boundary wall of
Dean Cemetery in
Edinburgh
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.
References
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