Edward Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn
Gordon as caricatured by Ape (Carlo Pellegrini) in Vanity Fair, October 1874
Edward Strathearn Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn (10 April 1814 – 21 August 1879) was a Scottish judge and politician.
Life
Educated at Inverness Royal Academy, Royal High School, Edinburgh, the University of Glasgow and Edinburgh University, he was called to the Scottish bar in 1835. He was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland from 1866 to 1867, and Lord Advocate from 1867 to 1868 and again from 1874 to 1876. He was Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 1868 to 1874. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1868, and was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1874. He was a made a Law Life Peer in 1876 as Baron Gordon of Drumearn, in the County of Stirling, and sat as a Lord of Appeal from 1876 to 1879.
He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Thetford from 1867 to 1868 and for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities from 1869 to 1876.
He lived at 2 Randolph Crescent on the edge of the Moray Estate in western Edinburgh.[1]
He died in Brussels while travelling to Homburg for his health and is buried with his family against the original north boundary wall of Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh.
References
- ↑ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1874-75
Sources
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Edward Gordon
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Alexander Baring Robert Harvey |
Member of Parliament for Thetford 1867–1868 With: Robert Harvey |
Constituency abolished |
| Preceded by James Moncreiff |
Member of Parliament for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities 1869–1876 |
Succeeded by William Watson |
| Legal offices | ||
| Preceded by George Young |
Solicitor General for Scotland 1866–1867 |
Succeeded by John Millar |
| Preceded by George Patton |
Lord Advocate 1867–1868 |
Succeeded by James Moncreiff |
| Preceded by George Young |
Lord Advocate 1874 |
Succeeded by William Watson |