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Hugh Mackay Gordon (1760 – 12 March 1823) was a

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officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

Military career

Gordon joined the

in 1775 and served in the

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being taken as a

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during the Siege of Pensacola in 1781.British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: 16th Regiment of Foot
/ref> He served in the

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from 1793 and became Assistant Quartermaster-General in the

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in 1798. He was appointed Inspector of militia in

Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west F ...

in 1799 and joined the staff in

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in 1811. In 1816 he went on to be Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.''Life of Lieutenant General Hugh Mackay of Scoury'' by John Mackay, p. 188
/ref> He was also Colonel of the 16th (Bedfordshire) Regiment from 1816 to 1823. There is a

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to him in St James's Church, Piccadilly.St James's Church in Piccadilly
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References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, Hugh 1760 births 1823 deaths British Army lieutenant generals Governors of Jersey Burials at St James's Church, Piccadilly British Army personnel of the American Revolutionary War