age ~52
from Walnut, IL
1776
Member of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies • British MP
He then ( in 1772 ) accepted the post of Commissioner of the Victualling Office..
Possession
Aberdeenshire )
Died:1577 • Aberdeen
Chancellor
University of Aberdeen • University of Angers (pre-1793) • University of Paris
Gordon was not an enthusiastic supporter of the latter and after the return of Mary, Queen of Scots - a Roman Catholic - to Scotland and her takeover of the kingdom, he assumed a low profile and the Queen issued a decree of protection to the University of Aberdeen, of which Gordon was chancellor; Gordon's nephew, moreover, was the staunchly Catholic George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly....
… Hamilton had been a principal in 10 shot-less duels[clarification needed] prior to his fatal encounter with Burr, including duels with William Gordon (1779), Aedanus Burke (1790), John Francis Mercer (17921793), James Nicholson (1795), James Monroe (1797), and Ebenezer Purdy/George Clinton ...
…Whig historians challenged the "Tory interpretation" of Adams. William Gordon and Mercy Otis Warren, two historians who knew Adams, wrote of him as man selflessly dedicated to the American Revolution.[220] But in the early 19th century, Adams was often viewed as an old-fashioned Puritan, and...
William Gordon (died 1577) was a 16th century Scottish noble and prelate, the last of the pre-Reformation bishops of Aberdeen owing allegiance to the Roman Catholic Church.
British people. William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen (16791745) William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure (c. 16721716), Scottish Jacobite; William Gordon, Lord Strathnaver ...