James Gordon (bishop of Jarrow)

James Geoffrey Gordon M.A. (11 December 1881 – 28 August 1938) was a priest and bishop in the Church of England.^[1]

Life

James Gordon was the son of J. E. H. Gordon and Alice Mary Brandreth. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College Cambridge.^[2]

He was Private Secretary to Lord President of the Council 1904 - 1906. He married Martha Sabrina Brinton in 1912. Called to the Bar 1906, Rector of Church of St John the Evangelist, Edinburgh 1919 - 1926, Vicar of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham 1926 - 1933^[3] and Suffragan Bishop of Jarrow 1932 - 1938.^[4]

As Bishop of Jarrow he was in attendance at the start of the Jarrow March in 1936 and gave it his blessing.^[5]

References

1. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
2. ^ Gordon, James Geoffrey in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
3. ^ A History of St. Mary's Church Nottingham, D.J. Peters, 1974.
4. ^ Three New Bishops Suffragan Selby, Whitby, And Jarrow (News) The Times Saturday, Dec 24, 1938; pg. 10; Issue 48186; col E
5. ^ "The Jarrow march" Pickard,T: 1982, London, Allison and Busby ISBN 085031988