General Gordon may refer to:

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United Kingdom

Lord Adam Gordon (British Army officer) Lord Adam Gordon (c. 1726 – 13 August 1801) was a Scottish career army officer, achieving the rank of general, and a younger son of Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon, and Lady Henrietta Mordaunt. Early life and education He entered the ar ...

(1726–1801), British Army general *

Alexander Gordon (general) Alexander Gordon of Auchintoul (–July 1752) was a Scottish general who fought in the Russian army under Peter the Great in 1696–1711, and for the Jacobites in the Jacobite rising of 1715. He is mentioned as "Sandy Don" in the song Cam Y ...

(1670–1752), Scottish general who fought under Peter the Great in 1696–1711, and for the Jacobites in the Jacobite rising of 1715 * Alexander Hamilton-Gordon (British Army officer, born 1817) (1817–1890), British Army general * Alexander Hamilton-Gordon (British Army officer, born 1859) (1859–1939), British Army lieutenant-general *

Andrew Gordon (British Army officer) Lieutenant General Andrew Gordon (died 17 April 1806) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. Early life He was a son of James Gordon of Ellon, Aberdeenshire and Elizabeth Glen, the latter being a sister of Jame ...

(died 1806), British Army lieutenant-general * Charles George Gordon (1833–1885), British Army major-general and administrator also known as Chinese Gordon and Gordon of Khartoum *

Cosmo Gordon Cosmo Gordon of Cluny FRSE (1736–1800) was a Scottish politician, agricultural improver and co-founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1777 and was a Baron of the Scottish Court of Exchequer fro ...

(1736–1800), British Army general *

Desmond Gordon Major-General Desmond Spencer Gordon CB CBE DSO JP DL (25 December 1911 – 4 November 1997) was a British Army officer who commanded 4th Division. Military career Educated at Haileybury and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Gordon wa ...

(1911–1997), British Army major general *

Frederick Gordon (British Army officer) Major-General The Honourable Sir Frederick Gordon, (9 October 1861 – 18 October 1927) was a senior British Army officer, who additionally served as a major general in the early Royal Air Force. Early life and education Gordon was born on 9 Oc ...

(1861–1927), British Army brigadier and temporary major-general in the early Royal Air Force *

George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly (151428 October 1562) was a Scottish nobleman. Life He was the son of John Gordon, Lord Gordon, and Margaret Stewart, daughter of James IV and Margaret Drummond. George Gordon inherited his earldom and esta ...

(1514–1562), Scottish nobleman and commander of the King's Army at the Battle of Haddon Rig *

George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon General George Duncan Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon, (2 February 1770 – 28 May 1836), styled Marquess of Huntly until 1827, was a British nobleman, soldier and politician and the last of his line. Early life George was born at Edinburgh on 2 F ...

(1770–1836), Scottish British Army general *

George Gordon-Lennox Lieutenant-General Sir George Charles Gordon-Lennox (29 May 1908 – 11 May 1988) was a senior British Army officer who served during the Second World War. Military career Gordon-Lennox was the eldest child of Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox and a ...

(1908–1988), British Army lieutenant-general *

Hugh Gordon (British Army officer) Lieutenant General Hugh Mackay Gordon (1760 – 12 March 1823) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. Military career Gordon joined the British Army in 1775 and served in the American War of Independence being ...

(1760–1823), British Army lieutenant general *

James Gordon (British Army officer, born 1957) Major General James Henry Gordon, (born 4 December 1957) is a former British Army officer who served as Commander British Forces Cyprus from 2008 to 2010. Military career Educated at Glenalmond College, Gordon was commissioned into the Royal Gr ...

, British Army major-general * James Willoughby Gordon (1772–1851), British Army general * John James Hood Gordon (1832–1908), British Army general *

John William Gordon General officer, Major-General Sir John William Gordon Order of the Bath, KCB (4 November 1814 – 8 February 1870) was a British Army officer and Chief Royal Engineer, Inspector-General of Engineers. Gordon obtained a commission in the Royal E ...

(1814–1870), British Army major-general *

Patrick Gordon Patrick Leopold Gordon of Auchleuchries (31 March 1635 – 29 November 1699) was a general and rear admiral in Russia, of Scottish origin. He was descended from a family of Aberdeenshire, holders of the estate of Auchleuchries, near Ellon. The ...

(1635–1699), Scottish general and rear admiral in Russia *

Robert Gordon (British Army officer) Robert Gordon may refer to: Entertainment * Robert Gordon (actor) (1895–1971), silent-film actor * Robert Gordon (director) (1913–1990), American director * Robert Gordon (singer) (1947–2022), American rockabilly singer * Robert Gordon (sc ...

(born 1950), British Army major general * Robert Gordon-Finlayson (1881–1956), British Army general * Robert Gordon-Finlayson (British Army officer, born 1916) (1916–2001), British Army major general *

Thomas Edward Gordon Sir Thomas Edward Gordon (12 January 1832 – 23 March 1914) was a Scottish soldier, diplomat, and traveller. A British Army officer, he fought in India, served as a diplomat in Tehran, and travelled across the Pamirs. He is primarily remembere ...

(1832–1914), British Army general * William Gordon (British Army officer) (1736–1818), British Army general

United States

* B. Frank Gordon (1826–1866), acting Confederate States Army general in the American Civil War * George Gordon (Civil War general) (1836–1911), Confederate States Army general in the American Civil War *

George Henry Gordon George Henry Gordon (July 19, 1823 – August 30, 1886) was an American lawyer and a Union general in the American Civil War. Early life Gordon was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He moved to Framingham, Massachusetts, at the age of fiv ...

(1823–1886), Union Army general in the American Civil War *

James B. Gordon James Byron Gordon (November 2, 1822 – May 18, 1864) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action at the Battle of Meadow Bridge. Early life Gordon was born in Wilkes County, N ...

(1822–1864), Confederate States Army general in the American Civil War *

John A. Gordon John Alexander Gordon (August 22, 1946 – April 19, 2020) was an American air force general who served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He also served as the President's Homeland Security advisor from 2003 to 2004. Militar ...

(born 1946), U.S. Air Force general *

John Brown Gordon John Brown Gordon () was an attorney, a slaveholding plantation owner, general in the Confederate States Army, and politician in the postwar years. By the end of the Civil War, he had become "one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted generals." A ...

(1832-1904), Confederate States Army general in the American Civil War *

Walter Henry Gordon Major General Walter Henry Gordon (June 24, 1863 – April 26, 1924) was a decorated officer in the United States Army. A veteran of the Philippine–American War, he is most noted for his service as commanding general (CG) of the 6th Division, ...

(1863–1924), U.S. Army major general *

William F. Gordon William Fitzhugh Gordon (January 13, 1787 – July 21, 1858) was a nineteenth-century, lawyer, military officer, politician and planter from the piedmont region of Virginia. Early life and education William Fitzhugh Gordon was born at "Ger ...

(1787–1858), Virginia Militia major general *

William Washington Gordon II General officer, General William Washington Gordon II (1834–1912) was a Confederate States of America, Confederate captain in the American Civil War, later serving as a brigadier general in the United States Army during the Spanish–American ...

(1834–1912), U.S. Army brigadier general

Others

* Humberto Gordon (1927–2000), Chilean Army general *

Ian Gordon (general) Major general (Australia), Major General Ian Campbell Gordon, (born 20 March 1952) is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army. He had a long and distinguished career culminating as Deputy Chief of Army (Australia), Deputy Chief of Army ...

(born 1952), Australian Army major general *

Joseph Maria Gordon Major General Joseph Maria Gordon CB (19 March 1856 – 6 September 1929) was a senior officer in the British Army, later holding the position of Commandant of the South Australian Military Forces and serving in the Second Boer War in South Afri ...

(1856–1929), Australian Army major-general

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* General Gordon Elementary School, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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