Edward Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn

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Edward Strathearn Gordon, Baron Gordon of Drumearn (1814 – 21 August 1879) was a Scottish judge and politician.

Educated at 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 briefly during 1874. 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 Member of Parliament for Thetford (UK Parliament constituency) from 1867 to 1868 and for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities from 1869 to 1876.

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

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