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  1. John Gordon

    John Gordon may refer to TOCright Members of the aristocracy John Gordon, 11th Earl of Sutherland 1525 1567 John Gordon, 13th Earl of Sutherland 1576 1615 John Gordon, 1st Viscount of Melgum d. 1630 John ... John Gordon, 14th Earl of Sutherland 1609 1679 , Scottish peer Sir John Gordon, 1st Baronet 1610 1644 Sir John Gordon, 2nd Baronet c. 1632 1665 John Gordon, 2nd Viscount of Kenmure d. 1639 John Gordon, 3rd Viscount of Kenmure d. 1643 John Gordon, 16th Earl of Sutherland 1661 1733 , Scottish nobleman and politician John Gordon, 10th Viscount of Kenmure 1750 1840 John Hamilton Gordon, 1st Marquess ... John Gordon d. 1619 , 1544 1619 , Scottish bishop and Dean of Salisbury John Clement Gordon 1644 1726 , Scottish bishop, Jacobite and Catholic convert Politicians John Gordon Aberdeen MP c. 1655 1730 , Scottish MP 1708 1710 John Brown Gordon 1832 1904 , Confederate general in the American Civil War, Georgia Governor, U.S. Senator John Gordon Londonderry MP 1849 1922 , Irish MP 1900 1916 John Hannah Gordon 1850 1923 , Australian politician John Bowie Gordon 1921 1991 , New Zealand politician John Fawcett Gordon , MP in the Northern Ireland parliament for Antrim and Carrick John Gordon died 1858 , MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis John Gordon Conservative politician , MP for Elginshire and Nairnshire, 1895 1906, and Brighton, 1911 1914 Others John Gordon admiral 1792 1869 John Gordon author , English writer of teenage supernatural fiction John Gordon baseball , American radio announcer for the Minnesota Twins Major League baseball team John Gordon badminton born 1978 , New Zealandean badminton player John Gordon footballer , Scottish soccer player John Gordon journalist 1890 1974 , Scottish newspaper editor and columnist John Gordon murderer died 1845 , convicted murderer and last person executed by Rhode Island John Gordon musician , Danish musician and co composer of the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest winning title Satellite John Gordon Songwriter , Australian Singer Songwriter ...   more details



  1. John A. Gordon

    Infobox military person name John A. Gordon born birth date and age 1946 8 22 died image Image John A Gordon.jpg 250px caption General John A. Gordon nickname placeofbirth Jefferson City, Missouri placeofdeath placeofburial allegiance United States United States of America branch United States Air Force serviceyears 1968 2000 rank General officer General unit commands 90th Strategic Missile Wing battles El Alamein awards Legion of Merit relations laterwork Homeland Security Advisor br Board member, EDO Corporation br Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration br Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism br Board of Trustees, Analytic Services, Inc. General John Alexander Gordon born August 22, 1946ref http www.sourcewatch.org index.php?title John A. Gordon SourceWatch entry ref was Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency deputy director of central intelligence , Central Intelligence Agency , Washington, D.C. He served as the President s Homeland Security advisor from 2003 to 2004. ref name NPS http www.nps.navy.mil PAO GuestSpeaker General 20Gordon 20Bio.pdf Naval Postgraduate School bio ref Gordon entered the Air Force through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program in 1968. His early assignments were in research, development and acquisition ... NewHallofFame.html Hall of Fame Recipients ref In October, 2005 John A. Gordon, US Air Force ... docs VA Gordon.pdf VirtualAgility, Inc. Board of Advisors. Gordon joined the board of EDO Corporation in early 2007, ref http www.edocorp.com pr2007 07r0220.pdf Gen. Ret. John A. Gordon Joins ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gordon, John A. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... DEFAULTSORT Gordon, John A. Category 1946 births Category Living people Category People from Jefferson ... Force retirement, Gordon was chosen as the first administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration ... Succession box before George John Tenet title CIA Deputy Director years 1997 &ndash 2000 after John ...   more details



  1. Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar

    Sir John Gordon of Lochinvar born circa 1500 who married Margaret Crichton, and had Janet Gordon who married William Cunningham, 6th Earl of Glencairn John Gordon, 1st Viscount of Kenmure 1599 1634 , was a Scottish nobleman, renowned Presbyterian, and founder of the town of New Galloway disambiguation ...   more details



  1. John Rutherford Gordon

    for the Scottish newspaper editor John Gordon journalist This article is a part of Wikipedia WikiProject Aircraft and Wikipedia WikiProject Biography Military . John Rutherford Gordon Military Cross MC 18 June 1895 11 December 1978 was an Australian fighter pilot and ace of World War I . As a sergeant No 1 section, A Coy, 10 Battalion he took part in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ANZAC landings at Gallipoli , Turkey , 25 April 1915. He received his commission while serving at Gallipoli . In August, he was invalided to Australia and spent a year recuperating and serving as an Intelligence Officer. He transferred to the Australian Flying Corps and undertook flying training at Point Cook, Victoria . gallery Image John Rutherford Gordon Point Cook.jpg John Gordon at the controls of a Graham White Boxkite, Point Cook, Victoria, 1916. Image John Rutherford Gordon France.jpg John Gordon and Bill Staton standing with their Bristol Fighter, No 62 Squadron RFC, 1918, Cachy, France. Image John Rutherford Gordon SE5.jpg John Gordon at the controls of his SE5a, France, 1918. gallery Returning to England in 1917, he was medically restricted from completing his flying training so on his own initiative transferred to the Royal Flying Corps to serve as a gunner on Bristol F.2 Fighter Bristol Fighters at No 62 Squadron. Teamed with William Ernest Staton Bill Staton , he downed 15 enemy aircraft with the aircraft s single rear gun. He was awarded the Military Cross for effective ground attack actions during the German March April 1918 offensives. In mid 1918, he returned to England ... commander . Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gordon, John Rutherford ALTERNATIVE ... Gordon, John Rutherford Category 1895 births Category 1978 deaths Category Royal Flying Corps officers ... Recipients of the Military Cross Category Australian military personnel of World War II pl John Rutherford Gordon sl John Rutherford Gordon ...   more details



  1. John Gordon Eliott

    For the New Zealand National Party MP 1975 1981 John Gordon Elliott John Gordon Eliott 1872 1948 was a New Zealand Reform Party Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was elected to the Oroua NZ electorate Oroua electorate in the New Zealand general election, 1925 1925 general election , but was defeated in New Zealand general election, 1928 1928 References New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840 1984 by J. O. Wilson 1985, 4th edition, Government Printer, Wellington Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Eliott, John Gordon ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1872 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1948 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Eliott, John Gordon Category 1872 births Category 1948 deaths Category New Zealand Reform Party MPs NZ politician stub ...   more details



  1. John Gordon (referee)

    John Robertson Proudfoot Gordon 2 February 1930 &ndash 2000 was a Football in Scotland Scottish football football referee referee . He was born in Inverness. Gordon was selected to officiate at the 1978 FIFA World Cup but was suspended later that year by the Scottish Football Association Scottish FA for improper behaviour. He, along with assistants Rollo Kyle and David McCartney, admitted to receiving gifts from A.C. Milan prior to handling their UEFA Cup 1978 79 1978 UEFA Cup clash with PFC Levski Sofia Levski Sofia . The Italians won the match Gordon refereed, the home leg of a second round tie, 3&ndash 0. John Gordon died in 2000 in Dundee. He was pre deceased by Rollo Kyle, who died after refereeing a game some 20 years previously. ref name Corrupt cite news url http www.sportsjournalists.co.uk blog ?p 17 first Keir last Radnedge publisher Sports Journalists Association title A potted guide to corruption in football date 2006 06 20 ref References Reflist External links http www.weltfussball.de schiedsrichter profil john gordon 1 1 John Gordon s profile at weltfussball.de Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gordon, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gordon, John Category 1930 births Category 2000 deaths Category Scottish football referees Category Association football controversies Category 1978 FIFA World Cup referees Scotland footybio stub fr John Gordon arbitre hu John Gordon ...   more details



  1. John Gordon (died 1858)

    John Gordon c. 1776 16 July 1858 , was a British politician. Gordon was the son of Charles Gordon of Braid and Cluny, Aberdeenshire, and his wife Johanna Trotter. Gordon became 2nd lieutenant in the Royal Aberdeenshire Light Infantry on 2 December 1800. He was then lieutenant in the 7th Company of the 55th Aberdeenshire Militia on 25 April 1804. In 1804 Gordon made a grand tour of Egypt, carving his name on many ancient monuments. He returned home via Gibraltar where he boarded HMS Victory , which also brought home the mortal remains of Lord Nelson Admiral Horatio Nelson . He arrived back in England in December 1805. Gordon became major on 11 August 1808 and lieutenant colonel on 6 June 1820. ref http www.egypt sudan graffiti.be An early.htm Roger O. De Keersmaecker AN EARLY SCOTTISH TRAVELLER IN EGYPT In search of John Gordon 1804 ref Gordon was the Member of Parliament MP for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis UK Parliament constituency Weymouth and Melcombe Regis from 27 Jun 1826 to 20 February 1828. ref http www.leighrayment.com commons Wcommons3.htm Leigh Rayment House of Commons constituencies beginning with W Part 3 ref He became an Honorary Colonel in 1836. References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gordon, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1858 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gordon, John Category 1770s births Category 1858 deaths Category UK MPs 1826 1830 Category Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies UK MP stub ...   more details



  1. John Gordon Elliott

    For the New Zealand Reform Party MP 1925 1928 John Gordon Eliott John Gordon Elliott born 1938 was a New Zealand politician of the New Zealand National Party National Party . He won the Whangarei New Zealand electorate Whangarei electorate from Murray Robert Smith in New Zealand general election, 1975 1975 and was re elected in New Zealand general election, 1978 1978 , but was deselected for the seat by John Banks New Zealand John Banks in 1981, so stood unsuccessfully for the New Lynn New Zealand electorate New Lynn electorate in New Zealand general election, 1981 1981 . References New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840 1984 by J. O. Wilson 1985, 4th edition, Government Printer, Wellington Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Elliott, John Gordon ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Elliott, John Gordon Category 1938 births Category Living people Category New Zealand National Party MPs NZNational politician stub ...   more details



  1. John Hannah Gordon

    Image John Hannah Gordon.jpg right thumb 200px Sir John Hannah Gordon Sir John Hannah Gordon 26 July 1850 23 December 1923 was a Scotland Scottish Australia n judge and politician. Gordon was born at Kilmacolm , Renfrewshire , Scotland, the eldest son of the Rev. James Gordon, preacher of the Free Church, and his wife Margaret, n e Leonard. The family migrated to South Australia in 1859 where Rev. Gordon took charge of the Presbyterian church at Mount Barker, South Australia Mount Barker , and was afterwards stationed at Gawler, South Australia Gawler . Gordon was educated at Mount Barker under James Clezy, M.A., and at Gawler under the Rev. J. Leonard and W. L. S. Burton. On leaving school he studied theology and classics for two years, and was then for some years in the offices of W. Duffield and Company of Gawler, and Dunn and Company, Port Adelaide, South Australia Port Adelaide . He took up the study of law and was admitted to the South Australian bar in 1876, but practised for 11 years at Strathalbyn, South Australia Strathalbyn as a solicitor . Gordon did not become a Queens Counsel ... 1901 to December 1903 in the John Jenkins Australian politician Jenkins ministry. Gordon was then raised ... him with a daughter. He was knighted in 1908. References Dictionary of Australian Biography First John Hannah Last Gordon Link http gutenberg.net.au dictbiog 0 dict biogG.html gordon2 accessdate 2008 12 24 Graham Loughlin, http www.adb.online.anu.edu.au biogs A090053b.htm Gordon, Sir John Hannah 1850 ... 54. Retrieved on 24 December 2008. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gordon, John ... Gordon, John Hannah Category Judges of the Supreme Court of South Australia category Members ... Council for the Southern District and held the seat for 15 years. He was minister of education in the John ... on the constitutional committee. In February 1913 Gordon declined an invitation from Billy Hughes to move to the High Court of Australia High Court . Gordon was a lecturer on literary subjects, such as the Elizabethan ...   more details



  1. John Gordon (murderer)

    Other persons John Gordon Infobox criminal subject name John Gordon birth date birth place Ireland death date Death date 1845 02 14 death place Providence, Rhode Island conviction Murder conviction penalty Death by hanging conviction status Deceased occupation spouse parents children John Gordon died February 14, 1845 was the last person Capital punishment in Rhode Island executed by Rhode Island . His execution has been ascribed by some researchers to anti Roman Catholic and anti Ireland Irish immigrant bias. ref name mckay McKay, Scott. http www.projo.com news content death penalty case 05 25 08 TCA892N v56.2f760d1.html Judge s old notes shed light on last execution in R.I. Providence Journal . May 25, 2008. ref In 1844, Gordon was tried and convicted for the December 31, 1843 beating murder of Amasa Sprague, a Cranston, Rhode Island Cranston textile factory owner. The murder occurred within the village of Knightsville, Rhode Island . ref name mckay Sprague was a member of a prominent Rhode Island family. His brother William Sprague III William was a United States Senate United States ... John s execution, the jury was Hung jury hung . John Gordon was executed by hanging in the state ... reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gordon, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ..., Rhode Island DEFAULTSORT Gordon, John Category 1845 deaths Category 1843 crimes Category 19th ... Cranston resident Nicholas Gordon s liquor license removed by the city council. ref name mckay Sprague s employees were habitually getting drunk at Gordon s premises. Nicholas Gordon and his brother John were Roman Catholic immigrants from Ireland . Nicholas, John and William Gordon another brother were all tried for murder, but only John was convicted, a conviction based on contradictory circumstantial ... witnesses than Irish witnesses. ref name mckay Seven years after Gordon s execution, Rhode Island abolished ... Island General Assembly considered reinstating the death penalty, Gordon s case has been used by those ...   more details



  1. John Gordon House

    Infobox nrhp name John Gordon House nrhp type image caption nearest city Williamsport, Tennessee lat degrees 35 lat minutes 43 lat seconds 11 lat direction N long degrees 87 long minutes 15 long seconds 38 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin Tennessee built 1818 architect architecture Georgian added April 18, 1974 area convert 10 acre governing body State refnum 74000333 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref The John Gordon House was built in 1818. It is located near Williamsport, Tennessee . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. ref name nris References reflist DEFAULTSORT Gordon, John, House National Register of Historic Places Category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Category Maury County, Tennessee Tennessee NRHP stub ...   more details



  1. John Gordon (journalist)

    John Rutherford Gordon 8 December 1890&ndash 9 December 1974 was a Scotland Scottish newspaper editor and columnist . Born in Dundee , Gordon began work on the Dundee Advertiser in 1904. He was rapidly promoted, and by the end of the decade was overseeing the Perthshire and Dundee editions of the People s Journal . In 1911, he moved to the London office of the Dundee Advertiser , then the London office of the Glasgow Herald . During World War I , he served with the King s Royal Rifle Corps . ref name odnb http www.oxforddnb.com view article 31160?docPos 85 Gordon, John Rutherford , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ref At the end of the war, Gordon took work with the Evening News London Evening News , then in 1922 he moved to become Chief Sub editor of the Daily Express . Editor Beverley Baxter promised to increase his wages, but forgot, and Gordon resigned. However, owner Lord Beaverbrook was keen to retain Gordon, and appointed him editor of the Sunday Express in 1928. Between 1928 and 1952, Gordon raised circulation of the Sunday Express from 450,000 to 3.2 million. In 1930, he commissioned R. H. Naylor to write a horoscope for the birth of Princess Margaret . This proved popular, and Gordon retained it as a regular feature the first regular newspaper horoscope. ref name odnb In 1952, Gordon was made editor in chief of the paper, and all real editorial power was removed from him. He instead focussed on writing a newspaper column covering current events . ref name odnb References references start box s media succession box before James Douglas journalist James Douglas title Editor of the Sunday Express br small with James Douglas journalist James Douglas 1928&ndash 1931 small years 1928&ndash 1952 after Harold Keeble end box Express newspapers Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gordon, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1890 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1974 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gordon, John Category 1890 births Category ...   more details



  1. John Gordon (union leader)

    John Gordon is the president of Public Service Alliance of Canada , a public service union in Canada. John Gordon first joined Public Service Alliance of Canada PSAC in 1974 as a tradesperson with Public Works Canada . In the 1980s he was a board member and Secretary Treasurer for the Labour Council of Metropolitan Toronto Toronto . He also was on the Anti Racism committee and other committees in the Ontario Federation of Labour . From 1982 to 1999 he was the National President for the now defunct Union of Public Works Employees , which is now part of the Government Services Union . Since 2000 until 2006, he was the National Vice President for Public Service Alliance of Canada PSAC . On May 6, 2006 he was elected President of Public Service Alliance of Canada PSAC at the union s fourteenth triennial national convention in Toronto. External links http www.psac.com about elected john gordon e.shtml Biography at PSAC website DEFAULTSORT Gordon, John Category Canadian trade unionists Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people ...   more details



  1. John Gordon (badminton)

    MedalTableTop MedalCountry NZL MedalSport Men s badminton MedalCompetition Commonwealth Games MedalBronze 2002 Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester Mixed Team MedalBottom John Gordon born November 25, 1978 in Wellington, New Zealand is a male badminton player from New Zealand . At the 2002 Commonwealth Games he won a bronze medal in the mixed team event. ref http www.commonwealthgames.org.nz Athletes AthleteProfile.aspx?Print &ContactID 2046&id 1 Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website ref References reflist br Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gordon, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1978 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gordon, John Category 1978 births Category Living people Category New Zealand badminton players Category Commonwealth Games badminton players Category Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand Category Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Category Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games NZ sport bio stub badminton bio stub de John Gordon Badminton ...   more details



  1. John Gordon (baseball)

    John Gordo Gordon born July 7, 1940 is a Major League Baseball radio broadcaster who is best known as the play by play announcer for the Minnesota Twins on the Twins Radio Network and their Metro Affiliate KSTP AM KSTP 1500 AM . He is well known among Twins fans for his intense emotional style of play calling, and for his trademark call of each Twins home run Touch em all, including the name of the player who hit the home run . Career Gordon was born John Gordon Gutowsky in Detroit , Michigan and began his career in broadcasting with the class A Spartanburg Phillies in 1965 after earning a degree from Indiana University . In 1970 he left Spartanburg to join the Baltimore Orioles broadcast team, a job which he left in 1973 to accept a job as the head broadcaster at the University of Virginia where he called basketball and American football football games. In 1977 he joined the broadcast team for the New York Yankees AAA affiliate, the Columbus Clippers , and in 1982 he moved up to the Yankees major league broadcast crew, where he remained through 1986. Gordon joined the Twins broadcast crew on WCCO AM WCCO 830 AM as Herb Carneal Herb Carneal s partner in 1987, which ended up being a season ... team broadcasters.jsp?c id min gordon John Gordon broadcaster biography http minnesota.twins.mlb.com ... of Fame References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gordon, John ALTERNATIVE ... DEFAULTSORT Gordon, John Category 1940 births Category Living people Category Baltimore Orioles broadcasters ... Yyc aUoD3aPc 27EQU title Twins announcer Gordon to retire after season last Christensen first Joe work Star Tribune date 2011 02 03 ref Personal life John has a wife, Nancy, and two grown children ... Athletes . Trivia Gordon was inducted into the South Atlantic League Hall of Fame for his work with the Spartanburg ... Cook baseball Murray Cook , and Tommy Lasorda . Gordon played fictional Twins broadcaster Wally Holland in the 1994 movie Little Big League . Gordon was inducted into the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting ...   more details



  1. John Brown Gordon

    Other persons John Gordon Infobox military person name John Brown Gordon born February 6, 1832 died Dda ... Courthouse awards laterwork U.S. Senator from Georgia, Governor of Georgia John Brown Gordon ... in the eyes during the assault on Battle of Malvern Hill Malvern Hill . File John Brown Gordon Brady .... John B. Gordon Reminiscences of the Civil War Many historians discount this story because of Gordon ... for Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant . Postbellum career File John Brown Gordon postbellum.jpg thumb upright ... without violence. source Ralph Lowell Eckert, John Brown Gordon Soldier, Southerner, American ... in the memorial ceremonies. In memoriam File Gordonstatue.JPG thumb John Brown Gordon s statue is located ... thumb 250px Grave of John Brown Gordon, Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia The U.S. Army Fort Gordon ... 04758 X. Eckert, Ralph Lowell. John Brown Gordon Soldier, Southerner, American . Baton Rouge Louisiana ... War High Commands . Stanford, CA Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0 8047 3641 3. Gordon, John ... Friendly Enemies 001.htm Story of Barlow and Gordon http ngeorgia.com people gordon.html John Brown ... collapsed Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gordon, John B. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ... 9, 1904 PLACE OF DEATH Miami, Florida DEFAULTSORT Gordon, John B. Category 1832 births Category ... Georgia U.S. state Democrats de John Brown Gordon ja B fi John Brown Gordon sv John Brown ... Fanny Haralson image File jbgordon.jpg 200px caption Gen. J.B. Gordon nickname allegiance United ... Gordon was descended from an ancient Scotland Scottish lineage, the fourth child of twelve, born on his father s plantation in Upson County, Georgia . Many Gordon family members fought in the American ... the bar examination . Gordon and his father invested in a series of coal mines in Tennessee ... years after the Civil War. Gordon married Fanny Haralson, daughter of Hugh A. Haralson Hugh Anderson ... education or experience, Gordon was elected Captain land captain of a company of mountaineers and quickly ...   more details



  1. John Gordon Mein

    image John Gordon Mein.jpg right frame Ambassador Mein Ambassador John Gordon Mein September 10, 1913 August 28, 1968 was the first United States ambassador to be assassination assassinated while serving in office. He served as the Ambassador of the United States to Guatemala 1965 68 . Ambassador Mein was shot by Guatemalan rebels belonging to the Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes FAR one block from the US consulate on Avenida Reforma on August 28, 1968. He is buried at Rock Creek Cemetery, in Washington, DC. External links http www.unc.edu depts diplomat archives roll 2003 01 03 ruge guatemala ruge guat2.html Foreign Service Life http politicalgraveyard.com bio meekins mellen.html The Political Graveyard s start s dip succession box title United States Ambassador to Guatemala years September 22, 1965 August 28, 1968 before John O. Bell after Nathaniel Davis end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mein, John Gordon ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Mein, John Gordon Category 1913 births Category 1968 deaths Category United States ambassadors to Guatemala Category Assassinated diplomats Category Terrorism deaths in Guatemala Category Assassinated American people Category American terrorism victims Category American people murdered abroad Category People murdered in Guatemala US diplomat stub de John Gordon Mein ...   more details



  1. John Clement Gordon

    John Clement Gordon 1644 1726 , originally just John Gordon , bishop of Galloway , was born in Scotland on 1644, and was a member of the Gordon family of Coldwells, near Ellon, Aberdeenshire Ellon in Buchan , Aberdeenshire . He became a chaplain in the Royal Navy and then royal chaplain at New York in America , by which time he was a Doctor of Theology ref Keith, Catalogue , p. 283. ref when, on a vacancy in the see of Galloway , a cong d lire in his favour was issued 3 December 1687. He was accordingly elected bishop on 4 February 1688, and consecrated at Glasgow by John Paterson archbishop John Paterson , Archbishop of Glasgow . After the so called Glorious Revolution , he followed James ... considered unlikely. ref Corp rev. , Gordon, John , ODNB . ref He was the last Bishop of Galloway in the church ..., Thompson, Gordon, John, D.D. 1644 1726 , bishop of Galloway , in Dictionary of National Biography ... DNB wstitle Gordon, John 1644 1726 Citations and notes Reflist Start box S rel Succession box before ... of Galloway DEFAULTSORT Gordon, John Clement Category 1644 births Category 1726 deaths Category ... Jacobites fr John Clement Gordon ... baptism he took the additional name of the reigning pontiff, and ever afterwards signed himself John Clement Gordon. The pope, wishing to confer some benefice pension on the new convert, caused the sacred congregation of the inquisition to institute an inquiry into the validity of Gordon s Protestant .... The decree of the inquisition to this effect was issued on 17 April 1704. After this Gordon received ... of the San Clemente Abbey abbey of St. Clement , by reason of which Gordon commonly went ... in the Roman Catholic Church. He died at Rome in 1726. Gordon was resident in the Papal States when .... p. cxv Lee s Validity of the Holy Orders of the Church of England. ref Cooper, Thompson, Gordon, John 1644 1726 , rev. , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004 http ...   more details



  1. John Watson Gordon

    Image Watson Gordon, Thomas de Quincey.jpg thumb Portrait of Thomas de Quincey , c. 1845 Sir John Watson Gordon 1788 1 June 1864 was a Scotland Scottish Portrait painting portrait painter and a president of the Royal Scottish Academy . Life and work He was born John Watson in Edinburgh , the eldest son of Captain Watson, R.N., a cadet of the family of Watson of Overmains, in the county of County of Berwick ... handled, yet highly finished, is his head of Sir John Shaw Lefevre . Gordon was one of the earlier ... academician. References 1911 Further reading DNB no icon 1 prescript wstitle Gordon, John Watson External links commonscat John Watson Gordon http www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk portraits artists gordon.html Sir John Watson Gordon The Walter Scott Digital Archive http www.nationalgalleries.org collection ... in the National Galleries of Scotland http www.artcyclopedia.com artists gordon sir john watson.html John Watson Gordononline Artcyclopedia Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gordon, John Watson ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1788 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1 June 1864 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gordon, John Watson Category 1788 births Category 1864 deaths Category ... John exhibited a picture The Lay of the Last Minstrel at the Lyceum in Nicolson Street, Edinburgh ... in 1823, he succeeded to much of his practice. He assumed in 1826 the name of Gordon. Image Watson Gordon, Marquess of Dalhousie.jpg thumb James Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie 1847 One of the earliest ... John Gibson Lockhart JG Lockhart in 1821 Professor Wilson, 1822 and 1850, two portraits Archibald Alison .... These, unlike his later works, are generally rich in colour. The full length of Dr Brunton 1844 , and John ... it executed by Watson Gordon, although he neither knew the painter personally nor had ever before ..., Lord Macaulay, Sir M. Packington, John Murray, Lord Murray Lord Murray , Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn Lord Cockburn , Lord Rutherford and Sir John Shaw Lefevre . These latter pictures are mostly clear ...   more details



  1. John Gordon (footballer)

    Infobox football biography 2 playername John Jack Gordon image caption fullname John Gordon dateofbirth birth date 1899 4 11 df y cityofbirth Kirkcudbright countryofbirth Scotland dateofdeath death date and age 1964 4 11 1899 4 11 df y cityofdeath Glasgow countryofdeath Scotland height position Forward association football Inside right youthyears1 youthclubs1 Sighthill Church youthyears2 youthclubs2 Petershill Juniors years1 clubs1 Queen s Park F.C. Queen s Park caps1 goals1 years2 1922 1923 clubs2 Port Vale F.C. Port Vale caps2 22 goals2 3 years3 clubs3 Greenock Morton F.C. Greenock Morton caps3 goals3 years4 clubs4 Luton Town F.C. Luton Town caps4 goals4 years5 clubs5 Dunfermline Athletic F.C. Dunfermline Athletic caps5 goals5 totalcaps 22 totalgoals 3 John Jack Gordon was a Scottish people Scottish Association football footballer . Playing career Gordon played for Queen s Park F.C. Queen s Park before joining Port Vale F.C. Port Vale in August 1922. He was a first team regular until falling out of favour in December 1922. He was released at the end of 1922 23 Port Vale F.C. season the season and later played for Greenock Morton F.C. Greenock Morton , Luton Town F.C. Luton Town and Dunfermline Athletic F.C. Dunfermline Athletic . ref cite book last Kent first Jeff title Port Vale Personalities publisher Witan Books page 113 year 1996 isbn 0952915200 url http www.amazon.ca Port Vale Personalities Jeff Kent dp 0952915200 ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gordon, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jack Gordon SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH Kirkcudbright , Scotland DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Glasgow DEFAULTSORT Gordon, John Category Scottish footballers Category Association football forwards Category Queen s Park F.C. players Category The Football League players Category Port Vale F.C. players Category Greenock Morton F.C. players Category Luton Town F.C. players Category Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Category People from ...   more details



  1. John Gordon Sinclair

    Infobox actor name John Gordon Sinclair image Replace this image male.svg NOTE TO EDITORS Do not replace the header image unless it is with a photo under a public domain or free license NOT the same as fair use . Any fair use photos i.e. promotional photos, album covers are copyright violations and will be deleted. Also see http en.wikipedia.org wiki Wikipedia Fair use criteria imagesize caption birthname Gordon John birthdate 1962 birthplace Glasgow, Scotland deathdate deathplace occupation Singer br Actor John Gordon Sinclair born 1962, Glasgow is a Scotland Scottish actor most famous for playing Gregory in Gregory s Girl . He was born as Gordon John but took the stage name John Gordon Sinclair because Equity trade union Equity already had a Gordon John registered. He joined Glasgow s Youth Theatre after he visited one night and met fellow fan of Canada Canadian progressive rock group Rush band Rush , Robert Buchanan. As a result he starred in a number of films by director Bill Forsyth , perhaps the most famous of which was 1981 s Gregory s Girl , shot when he was 19 years old. He reprised the role nearly two decades later in Gregory s Two Girls , and also appeared in Forsyth s Local Hero . He has continued to act on stage and screen. Other roles include parts in Goodbye Mr Steadman ... by BA Robertson. It featured John Gordon Sinclair speaking his recollection of a dream about Scottish ... BBC Scotland documentary series That Was The Team That Was . John Gordon Sinclair played Frank McClusky, a leading character, in the 1990 John Byrne TV serial Your Cheatin Heart . He also appeared in Local ... name id 0329947 name John Gordon Sinclair OlivierAward MusicalBestActor Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sinclair, John Gordon ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1962 PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow, Scotland DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Sinclair, John Gordon Category ... People from Glasgow Scotland actor stub UK voice actor stub cs John Gordon Sinclair ...   more details



  1. John Clemence Gordon Brown

    For others with the same or similar names John Brown disambiguation John Clemence Gordon Brown is a former Canadian diplomat . He was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Democratic Republic of Congo , followed by Zaire then as High Commissoner to Zambia and as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Rwanda then as High Commissioner to Cyprus . External links http www.international.gc.ca department history histoire hplPeople en.asp?lan 1 Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Complete List of Posts start box s dip succession box title High Commissioner to Cyprus before Thomas Blake Burrill Wainman Wood after Charles Eustace McGaughey years 1968 1970 succession box title Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Rwanda before Established after Daniel Georges Marc Baudouin years 1967 1968 succession box title High Commissioner to Zambia before Established after John Arnold Irwin years 1966 1968 succession box title Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Zaire before Arthur John Hicks after Daniel Georges Marc Baudouin years 1965 1968 succession box title Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Democratic Republic of Congo before Fulgence Charpentier after Georges Henri Blouin years 1965 1968 end box DEFAULTSORT Brown, John Clemence Gordon Category Canadian diplomats Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Canada diplomat stub ...   more details



  1. John E. Gordon

    Image Admiral Ted Gordon.jpg thumb right 200px Rear Admiral Ted Gordon John Edward Ted Gordon is a retired United States Rear Admiral United States Rear Admiral who served as Judge Advocate General of the Navy from 1990 until 1992, when he was forced to resign in the aftermath of the Tailhook scandal . Biography John E. Gordon was educated at the United States Naval Academy and joined the United States Navy upon his graduation in 1964. During the 1960s, he was posted on two different combatant ships , including during the Vietnam War . He later served as a contracting officer at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard . Gordon then attended the Temple University School of Law , receiving his Juris Doctor J.D. in 1973. He then joined the Judge Advocate General s Corps, U.S. Navy , in which capacity ... Admiral John E. Ted Gordon, JAGC, USN Ret. , Senior Fellow and Member, Board of Regents url http www.potomacinstitute.org ... of the Navy John Lehman as Special Assistant for Legal and Legislative Affairs. In 1986, United States Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger named Gordon Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs , with Gordon being promoted to flag rank . In 1987, he became Commander of the Naval ... of Naval Intelligence ONI . While Commander of NSIC, Gordon was concurrently Director of NIS and Assistant Director of ONI for Counterintelligence. During his time as Commander of NSIC, Gordon was responsible ... of the United States in Moscow . In 1989, Gordon became Deputy Judge Advocate General ... Association, launching an investigation led by Rear Admiral Gordon and Rear Admiral Duvall M. Williams ... than with discovering the role of high ranking officers in the scandal. ref name Healy Gordon tendered ... thorough. ref name Healy After leaving the Navy, Gordon took a job at Litton Industries as Vice ... 61 fellows &Itemid 110 Profile from the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies DEFAULTSORT Gordon, John E. Category Living people Category Judge Advocates General of the United States Navy Category ...   more details



  1. John Gordon (d. 1619)

    John Gordon D.D. 1 September 1544 3 September 1619 was a Scottish people Scottish prelate. John Gordon was the natural son of Alexander Gordon d. 1575 Alexander Gordon c. 1516 1575 , Bishop of Galloway ... been printed. Resources Dictionary of National Biography , Gordon, John . This article incorporates ... 1605 letter from John Chamberlain to Dudley Carleton , 12 July 1609 bears Gordon s signature , 2 Nov ... Gordon bishop George Gordon end box Bishops of Galloway DEFAULTSORT Gordon, John Category 1544 births ... , Gordon transferred his services to Mary herself, and seems to have remained with her till January ... contract between Suzanne Hotman and her first husband John Menteith, calling himself Gentleman of the Bedchamber ... throne 1603 , Gordon published in French and English a strongly Protestant panegyric of congratulation ... the pulpit occurrents of 28 April 1605 it is mentioned that Deane Gordon, preaching before the kinge ... on him by royal charter. During the ten years 1603 13 Gordon produced a number of quarto s notable .... C. A. Gordon, who gives a somewhat questionable pedigree of the descendants of Armand Claude, says ... catholic baptism rather late in life. Gordon s second wife died at Gordonstoun, Morayshire, on 6 ..., who married Sir Robert Gordon 1580 1656 , and died in September 1680, aged 83 her daughter Catherine ... his French property to Sir Robert Gordon, whom he made his literary executor. He left books to the cathedral ...... par Jean de Gordon Escossois, sieur de Long orme, Gentil homme ordinaire de la chambre du Roy Tres ... of Divinitie gathered out of the Word of God, &c., 1613, 4to, 2 vols. According to John Strype .... 99, 107, 282 Gordon s Concise Hist. of the House of Gordon, 1754 Gordon s Geneal. Hist. of the Earldom ... Hill, Dorking see letter of Lucie Gordon, printed in Theological Review, October 1874, p. 539 ... supra. start box s rel succession box before Alexander Gordon d. 1575 Alexander Gordon title Bishop of Galloway years 1575&ndash 1586 after George Gordon bishop George Gordon succession box before Alexander ...   more details



  1. John Gordon (author)

    Infobox writer For more information see Template Infobox Writer doc . name John Gordon image John gordon 150.jpg imagesize alt caption by kind permission of Alan Howard Photography pseudonym birth name birth date Birth date and age 1925 11 19 birth place Jarrow , Tyne & Wear death date death place resting place occupation Writer genre Teenage Supernatural fiction language nationality English education Wisbech Grammar School alma mater notableworks The Giant Under The Snow, The House On The Brink, The Ghost On The Hill, The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts partner children relatives influences M. R. James , The Brothers Grimm influenced awards John Gordon born 19 November 1925 is an English writer ... of John Gordon s novels are in the supernatural fantasy and horror genres and feature teenagers in the central roles. The adventures are often set in The Fens , an environment John found mysterious and inspirational ... with John Gordon , Ghosts & Scholars 21 1996 ref His short stories have appeared in more than ... . ref http www.bbc.co.uk norfolk kids review the giant under snow.shtml Review of John Gordon ... Baby and Other Ghosts 1992 Left in the Dark The Supernatural Tales of John Gordon 2006 Anthologies ... 1992 Further Reading File John Gordon interview, Carousel No.33 June 2006.jpg John Gordon, Word Hunter ... of John Gordon s books at http www.fantasticfiction.co.uk g john gordon Fantastic Fiction John Gordon at http www.amazon.com John Gordon e B001JS797O Amazon A review of Fen Runners at http www.thebookbag.co.uk reviews index.php?title Fen Runners by John Gordon The Bookbag A review of Left ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Gordon, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Gordon, John Category English horror writers ... cathedral may have been the inspiration for parts of this book, it was the Fens of John s youth ... by the landscape John has said I ve often thought that the flat fenland is like an open book and it has ...   more details




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