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William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure (c. 1672–1716), Scottish Jacobite. William Gordon, Lord Strathnaver (1683–1720), MP for Tain Burghs, judged ineligible to sit because he was the eldest son of a Scottish peer.
General William Gordon (1736 – 25 May 1816), of Fyvie, was a British general and courtier. He was several times returned to Parliament by the interest of the Duke of Marlborough, and precipitated a family quarrel with his nephew, the Duke of Gordon, by commandeering a regiment that the latter was raising.
William Douglas Gordon (January 4, 1918 – August 12, 1991) was an American actor, writer, director, story editor, and producer. Although he is best known for his writing credits, he acted occasionally on numerous TV series.
Major-General Sir John William Gordon KCB (4 November 1814 – 8 February 1870) was a British Army officer and Inspector-General of Engineers. Gordon obtained a commission in the Royal Engineers in 1823 and served in the United Kingdom, North America and Bermuda before the outbreak of the Crimean War.
A historian and clergyman who wrote a four-volume history of the American Revolution. He emigrated from England to Massachusetts in 1770 and became chaplain of the Provincial Congress, but was dismissed in 1776.
William Gordon, 6th Viscount Kenmure (born before 1672?—died February 24, 1716, London, England) was a Scottish Jacobite who was miscast as a leader in the rebellion of 1715 on behalf of James Edward, the Old Pretender, against King George I.
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William Gordon. (1728—1807) Quick Reference. (1728–1807), born in England, came to Massachusetts (1770) out of sympathy for the American cause. To collect materials for a contemporary history he hobnobbed with leading figures, but his book ... From: Gordon, William in The Oxford Companion to American Literature » Subjects: Literature.
