Hugh Gordon
British army general
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| Intro | British army general | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
| was | Military leader | |
| Work field | Military | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1760 | |
| Death | 12 March 1823 (aged 63 years) |
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Biography
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 taken as a Prisoner of war during the Siege of Pensacola in 1781. He served in the West Indies from 1793 and became Assistant Quartermaster-General in the East Indies in 1798. He was appointed Inspector of militia in Jersey in 1799 and joined the staff in Madeira in 1811. In 1816 he went on to be Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.
He was also Colonel of the The 16th, Bedfordshire Regiment from 1816 to 1823.
There is a memorial to him in St James's Church, Piccadilly.