George Gordon

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George Gordon may refer to:

• George Henry Gordon (1823–1886), U.S. Army general
• George Gordon (botanist) (1801-1893), British botanist, geologist and naturalist
• George N. Gordon (1822–1861), Protestant missionary to the South Pacific
• George Newcombe Gordon (1879–1949), Canadian Member of Parliament and cabinet minister
• George Stuart Gordon (1881–1942), British academic and Professor of Poetry
• George Gordon (Canadian politician) (1865–1942), senator from Ontario
• George Gordon (Civil War General), Civil War General, Ku Klux Klan leader and U.S. Representative from Tennessee
• George William Gordon (1820-1865), Jamaican politician
• General Charles George Gordon (1833-1885)
• George Gordon (animator) (1906–1986) American animator and director of cartoons for TV
• George Gordon (landowner), Colonial American landholder in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
• George Gordon Byron (1788–1824), 6th Baron Byron and poet

[edit] Members of the Scottish Clan Gordon

• George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen (1637–1720)
• George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen (1722–1801)
• George Gordon, Lord Haddo (1764–1791), eldest son of George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen and father of the 4th Earl.
• Lord George Gordon (1751–1793), Lord George Gordon, eccentric politician
• George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• George Hamilton Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen (1816–1864)
• George Hamilton Gordon, 6th Earl of Aberdeen (1841–1870)
• George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1879–1965), 8th Earl of Aberdeen
• George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly (1562–1636)
• George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly (died 1649)
• George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly (1514–1562)
• George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly (died 1576)
• George Gordon (bishop) (d. 1588), bishop of Galloway
• George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly (1761–1853), styled Lord Strathavon until 1795 and the Earl of Aboyne from 1795 to 1836, Scottish peer
• George Gordon of Gight (1741–1779), maternal grandfather of poet George Gordon Byron
• George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon (1643–1716), styled the Marquess of Huntly from 1661 to 1684, Scottish peer.
• George Gordon, 5th Duke of Gordon (1770–1836), styled Marquess of Huntly until 1827, Scottish nobleman, soldier and politician.
• George Hamilton-Gordon, 2nd Baron Stanmore(1871–1957), British Liberal politician
• George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly(before 1455 – 1501), Chancellor of Scotland from 1498-1501