Gordon, Adam

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Dates 1742-68
Location London
Vocation Army and Politician
Place of Birth Cuttieshillock, Aberdeen
Marriage Jane Drummond
Issue
Place of birth Source History of Parliament Online

Educated at Eaton. Various military positions before entering politics. MP for Aberdeenshire 1754-68. Spent majority of 1760s with his regiment in the West Indies and North America. Returned to Britain in 1766 and was quite vocal in the American debates having been there and acquiring land. Failed to obtain a seat in Parliament in 1768. He was later elected an MP for Kincardineshire 1774-88.