John Gordon (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral John Gordon (1792 - 11 November 1869) was a Royal Navy officer and the son of George Gordon, Lord Haddo.[1]

He captained the HMS  America (1810) in 1844–1845. There was an incident in which he left his station despite being ordered to stay, in order to take Mexican merchants' gold to England, after which he was court-martialled for disobeying orders and retired from active service. In 1863, in retirement, he rose to the rank of admiral.[1][2]

Gordon Head in Saanich, Vancouver Island, Canada, is named after him.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gordon, John, naval officer". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Longstaff, F. V.; Lamb, W. K. (1945). "The Royal Navy on the Northwest Coast, 1813–1850. Part 1." (PDF). The British Columbia Historical Quarterly. 9 (1): 1–24. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Gordon Head". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 15 December 2016.


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