James Gordon (bishop of Jarrow)
James Geoffrey Gordon (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
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ↑ "Gordon, James Geoffrey (GRDN900JG)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ A History of St. Mary's Church Nottingham, D.J. Peters, 1974.
- ↑ Three New Bishops Suffragan Selby, Whitby, And Jarrow (News) The Times Saturday, Dec 24, 1938; pg. 10; Issue 48186; col E
- ↑ Jarrow March Pickard, T: 1982, London, Allison and Busby ISBN 978-0-85031-398-7.
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| Preceded by George Frederick Terry |
Rector of St John the Evangelist, Edinburgh 1919–1926 |
Succeeded by Charles Henry Ritchie |
| Preceded by Thomas Field |
Vicar of St.Mary's Church, Nottingham 1926–1933 |
Succeeded by Neville Stuart Talbot |
| Preceded by Samuel Kirshbaum Knight |
Bishop of Jarrow 1932–1938 |
Succeeded by Leslie Owen |
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