John Gordon (Royal Navy officer)

{{Short description|Royal Navy officer}}

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Admiral John Gordon (c. 1792 - 11 November 1869) was a Royal Navy officer and the son of George Gordon, Lord Haddo.{{cite web|title=Gordon, John, naval officer|url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/gordon_john_1792_1869_9E.html|website=Dictionary of Canadian Biography|accessdate=15 December 2016}}

File:Court-Martial on the Honourable Captain Gordon - The Pictorial Times 1846.jpg. The Pictorial Times 1846]]

He captained {{HMS|America|1810|6}} in 1844–1845. There was an incident in which he left his station despite being ordered to stay, in order to take Mexican merchants' gold to England, after which he was court-martialled for disobeying orders and retired from active service.{{cite journal | last1=Longstaff|first1= F. V. |first2=W. K. |last2=Lamb| url=http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/pdfs/bchf/bchq_1945_1.pdf |title=The Royal Navy on the Northwest Coast, 1813–1850. Part 1.| journal=The British Columbia Historical Quarterly |volume=9 | issue=1 | date=1945|pages=1–24| accessdate=15 December 2016}} While on the retired list, he was promoted to rear-admiral in 1851,{{London Gazette|issue=21240|page=2206|date=29 August 1851}} vice-admiral in 1858{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=22140|page=2454|date=18 May 1858}} and admiral in 1863.{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=22722|page=1824|date=31 March 1863}}

Gordon Head in Saanich, Vancouver Island, Canada, is named after him.{{cite web|title=Gordon Head|url=http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/10936.html|website=BC Geographical Names|accessdate=15 December 2016}}