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James Geoffrey Gordon (11 December 1881 – 28 August 1938) was a priest and bishop in the
James Geoffrey Gordon (11 December 1881 – 28 August 1938) was a priest and bishop in the Church of England
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Life
James Gordon was the son of J. E. H. Gordon, an early electrical engineer andAlice Mary Gordon
Alice Mary Gordon (22 October 1854 – 18 June 1929) was a British author and writer on the aesthetics of domestic electricity. During her life she was known by her husbands' names, making her ''Alice Gordon'' or ''Mrs J E H Gordon'' as well as ' ...
(née Brandreth) later Lady Danesfort
Danesfort () is a small rural area in County Kilkenny, Ireland, located approximately 6 km from Kilkenny City on the N10 (Waterford to Kilkenny). It is also the name of a civil parish in County Kilkenny. The local area consists of one pr ...
, an author and domestic electrical pioneer. He was educated at Eton College
Eton College () is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI of England, Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. i ...
and Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge or Oxford. ...
. He was President of the Cambridge Union in 1902. p cit Who Was Who
He was Private Secretary to Lord President of the Council
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1904 - 1906. He was called to the Bar in 1906 but soon embarked on a change of direction. He was ordained in 1909, and served as a curate in London. During the Great War, he was a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces (TCF), and was posted to France then Italy, ending the War as Deputy Assistant Chaplain-General. He wrote ‘Papers in Picardy’ with Reverend T W Pym DSO and contributed an essay to ‘The Church in the Furnace’ a critical view by TCFs of the Church's deficiencies in time of war. From 1919 to 1926, he was Rector of St John's in Edinburgh and from 1926 to 1932 was Vicar of St Mary, Nottingham. He was appointed suffragan bishop of Jarrow in 1932 but died in August, 1938. His special responsibility throughout Durham but particularly in Jarrow was providing support during a severe period of unemployment causing considerable hardship. Although he did not believe that hunger marches were effective, he held a service for the Jarrow March and gave it his blessing. After his death, the Bishop of Durham praised Gordon for ‘the cheery comradeship in effort, for the words of sympathy and wisdom, for the comfort of his presence, and for the spur of his example’.University of Durham Barker Research Library. The Bishoprick, November, 1938.
Gordon married Martha Sabrina Brinton In 1912.
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