John Thomson Gordon
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John Thomson Gordon FRSE (1813-1865) was a Scottish advocate who served as Rector of Marischal College 1849-50 and Sheriff of Aberdeen 1847-48 and Edinburgh 1848–1852.
Life
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He was born on 19 March 1813 at 14 Buccleuch Place in EdinburghEdinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1813-14 the son of Dr John Gordon. His mother was the sister of Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd. The family moved to 19 Castle Street in the New Town when he was five.Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1818-19
He was educated at Edinburgh Academy then studied law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an advocate in 1835. He was Sheriff of Aberdeen in 1847-48.
In 1849 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposer was John Gordon of Cairnbulg.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|access-date=15 July 2016|archive-date=24 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|url-status=dead}}
From 1848 he became Sheriff of Edinburgh based at Midlothian Chambers in Edinburgh.{{cite web|url=http://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/provenance/owners/455/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820013259/http://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/provenance/owners/455/https://web.archive.org/web/20160820013259/http://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/provenance/owners/455/|archive-date=2016-08-20|url-status=dead|title=Owner: Gordon, John Thomson|publisher=University of Aberdeen}}{{cite web|url=http://www.electricscotland.com/history/records/russellsmorayshi1852elgi.pdf|title=Moray Register|accessdate= 10 April 2018}}
He died in Caen in northern France on 21 September 1865.{{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/John-Gordon/6000000019415330367|title=John Thomson Gordon|website=geni.com}}
Family
In 1837 he married Mary Wilson (d.1873), daughter of John Wilson. Her sister, Jane Emily Wilson, was married to William Edmondstoune Aytoun.
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Category:Lawyers from Edinburgh
Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh