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 from 1874 to 1876. 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 from 1867 to 1868 and for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities from 1869 to 1876.
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| 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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