William Gordon (c. 1735 - 29 March 1776) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1771.
Gordon was High Sheriff of Kent in 1763.
In 1768 Gordon was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochester and held the seat until 1771 when he resigned by taking Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. He then (in 1772) accepted the post of Commissioner of the Victualling Office.
Gordon lived at a place called Bully Hill at Rochester and died in possession of it in 1776, leaving an only daughter.
References
- ^ The city and liberty of Rochester: The city parishes, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 4 (1798), pp. 153-182. Date accessed: 14 November 2010
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
- J. Brooke, Lewis Namier The House of Commons 1754-1790, Volume 3
- "GORDON, William (?1735-76), of Bully Hill, Rochester, Kent". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
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Member of Parliament for Rochester 1768–1771 With: John Calcraft |
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