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| name =Sir James Willoughby Gordon | image =Sir James Willoughby Gordon.jpg | caption =Sir James Willoughby Gordon | birth_date =21 October 1772 | death_date ={{death-date and age|4 January 1851|21 October 1772}} | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{UK}} | branch = British Army | serviceyears = | rank =General | unit = | commands ={{nowrap|Quartermaster-General to the Forces}} | battles =Peninsular War | awards =Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order | relations = | laterwork = }} General Sir James Willoughby Gordon, 1st Baronet {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCB|GCH}} (21 October 1772 – 4 January 1851) was a general officer in the British Army. He notably served as most long-standing Quartermaster-General to the Forces, holding the position for some 40 years. Early lifeHe was the eldest son of Captain Francis Gordon (formerly Grant), RN and Mary, daughter of Sir Willoughby Aston, 5th Baronet of Risley, Derbyshire.[1] Military careerGordon was commissioned into the 66th Regiment of Foot in 1783.[2] He was appointed Assistant Adjutant General in Ireland in 1795 and in 1801 under Colonel William Henry Clinton commanded the 85th Regiment of Foot in Madeira following its capture. Later the same year he became Deputy Adjutant-General in the West Indies.[2] After serving as Aide de Camp and Military Secretary to the Duke of Kent, he returned to England in 1803 to become Assistant Quartermaster-General.[2] He was made Military Secretary to Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in 1804, during which period he gave what Thomas Creevey regarded as "pompous, impudent evidence" to the House of Commons enquiry into the Mary Anne Clarke Affair.[1] He was subsequently Commissary-in-Chief to the Forces from 1809.[2] He was made Lieutenant General in 1825.[1] He was Quartermaster-General to the Forces from 1811 to 1851.[2] During this time, he was one of the many present for the Robert Adams' narration of his adventures as a Barbary slave in North Africa. Despite the veracity of this narration being questioned by many during this time, Gordon publicly proclaimed his faith in the truth of Adams' story, announcing that "if he proved an imposter, he will be the second only to Psalmanazar." Gordon's support of Adams was very significant, due to the controversial nature of The Narrative of Robert Adams.[3] He was given the colonelcy of the 85th (Bucks Volunteers) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) from 1815 to 1823 [4] and of the 23rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) from 1823.[5] He was promoted full general on 23 November 1841. Gordon died at his residence in the Royal Hospital Chelsea in 1851 from a severe attack of bronchitis.[6] His body was subsequently taken by railway and buried in the family vault at Knighton on the Isle of Wight.[7] HonoursHe was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1801. He was made Baronet Gordon of Northcourt in the Isle of Wight in 1818 and awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order (GCH) in 1825 and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (KGB) in 1831.[8] He was also Member of Parliament for Launceston from 1830 to 1831.[9] FamilyOn 15{{nbsp}}October 1805, he married Julia Lavinia, daughter of Richard Henry Alexander Bennet of Northcourt Manor, Shorwell, Isle of Wight.[1] Their only son Henry Percy Gordon was senior wrangler at the University of Cambridge in 1827.[10] A daughter, Julia-Emily was born on 13{{nbsp}}October 1810.[11] Works
References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=GORDON, Sir James Willoughby, 1st bt. (1772-1851), of Niton, I.o.W|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/gordon-sir-james-1772-1851|publisher=UK Parliament|accessdate=15 August 2016}} {{cite DNB|wstitle=Gordon, James Willoughby}}2. ^1 2 3 4 British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815 3. ^{{cite book|last=Adams|first=Charles Hansford|title=The Narrative of Robert Adams: A Barbary Captive|year=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0-521-60373-7|pages=xxi}} 4. ^ {{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/085-793.htm |title=85th, or The King's Regiment of Light Infantry (Bucks Volunteers) |publisher=regiments.org |accessdate=6 August 2016 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060715164854/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/085-793.htm |archivedate=15 July 2006 |df= }} 5. ^ {{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/023RWF.htm |title=The Royal Welch Fusiliers |publisher=regiments.org |accessdate=6 August 2016 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060712174708/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/023RWF.htm |archivedate=12 July 2006 |df= }} 6. ^ {{cite news |title=Obituary |work=Hampshire Advertiser |date=11 January 1851|accessdate=15 August 2016 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000494/18510111/004/0002| via = British Newspaper Archive|subscription=yes}} 7. ^{{cite news |title=The Army |work=Edinburgh Evening Courant |date=13 January 1851|accessdate=15 August 2016 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001060/18510113/049/0004| via = British Newspaper Archive|subscription=yes}} 8. ^{{cite web | url =http://royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=27&dsqSearch=%28%28text%29%3D%27gordon%27%29|title = Library Archive|publisher= Royal Society|accessdate = 2012-11-27}} 9. ^Leigh Rayment 10. ^{{cite book |last=Neale |first=Charles Montague |year=1907 |title= The senior wranglers of the University of Cambridge, from 1748 to 1907. With biographical, & c., notes |page=31 |url=https://archive.org/stream/senoirwranglerso00nealrich#page/30/mode/2up|accessdate=4 March 2011 |publisher=Groom and Son |location=Bury St. Edmunds}} 11. ^{{cite book|title=Debrett's Baronetage of England|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7sM7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA705#v=onepage&q&f=false|year=1828|publisher=C. and J. Rivington|page=705}} External links
|-{{s-bef|before=Sir Robert Brownrigg}}{{s-ttl|title=Quartermaster-General to the Forces|years=1811–1851}}{{s-aft|after=Sir James Freeth}} |-{{S-par|uk}}{{Succession box | title = Member of Parliament for Launceston | with = James Brogden | years = 1830–1831 | before = Pownoll Pellew | after = John Malcolm }}{{S-end}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2012}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gordon, James}} 9 : 1772 births|1851 deaths|British Army generals|Baronets in the Baronetage of England|UK MPs 1830–31|Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies|Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath|Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order|Fellows of the Royal Society |
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