Family and Education
b. 1726, 1st s. of William Gordon, merchant and planter of St. Mary’s, Kingston, Jamaica, by Susanna Gordon. educ. Glasgow Univ. 1739-45; Leyden 1745-6; Grand Tour 1746-?7. m. 2 July 1776, Mary, da. of Thomas Allsopp of Ashbourne, Derbys., wid. of Samuel Phillipps of Garendon. cr. K.B. 3 Feb. 1775.
Offices Held
Minister to the Diet at Ratisbon Apr. 1764–5; envoy to Denmark 28 June 1765, minister at Brussels Nov. 1765–77; clerk comptroller, Board of Green Cloth, Sept. 1780-Mar. 1782.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Garendon Park, Leics.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
GORDON, Sir William (1726-98)
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