John Gordon (politician)

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John Gordon, Mr Justice Gordon (November 23, 1849 – September 26, 1922) was an Irish lawyer and politician, who served as Attorney-General for Ireland and a Judge of the High Court.

John Gordon was born on 23 November 1849, the son of Samuel Gordon of Shankhill, County Down. He was educated at Queen's College Galway, a constituent college of the Queen's University of Ireland, graduating with a B.A. degree in 1873, and LL.B. in 1876. He served as auditor of the college's Literary and Debating Society for the 1873-1874 session. He was awarded an L.L.D. (honoris causa) on the dissolution of the Queen's University in 1882. He was called to the Irish Bar by the King's Inns in 1877.

Gordon was elected a Member of Parliament for the South Londonderry constituency in 1900, as a representative of the Liberal Unionist interest, and served in the House of Commons until 1916. In June 1915, he was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland, an office he held until April 1916, when he was appointed a judge of the King's Bench division of the High Court of Ireland. He also became a member of the Irish Privy Council in 1915.

He died in Dublin on 26 September 1922, having been taken ill in a tram on his journey home from the Four Courts.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Thomas Lea		 Member of Parliament for South Londonderry
1900–1916		 Succeeded by
Denis Henry