John Edward Gordon (5 February 1850 – 19 February 1915) was a British

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politician. The eldest son of

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, a senior Scottish judge and Conservative politician, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy and the

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. In 1879, he married Elizabeth Anna Gordon (1851–1925), the daughter of John Snowdon Henry, a former member of parliament for South East Lancashire. The couple had five children. He was elected at the 1895 general election as the

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(MP) for Elginshire and Nairnshire, defeating the

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MP John Keay. He was re-elected in

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, but did not defend the seat again. At the

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, he stood in the two-seat

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constituency having moved to

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on the south coast of England which then formed part of the same seat.Craig ''British parliamentary election results 1885–1918'', p. 82–83 He came fourth, albeit in a close contest, and did not stand again until the Brighton by-election in June 1911. He was returned unopposed to fill the vacancy caused when the sitting MP Walter Rice was elevated to the peerage on inheriting the title of

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. However, he

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the seat three years later due to ill health, on 23 June 1914, by accepting the post of Steward of the Manor of Northstead. He died in a nursing home in

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, in February 1915 aged 65. In 1907, his wife moved to Japan and is buried on Mount Koya.

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