Gordon, John (England) 1
From AngloScottish
| Dates | 1604-1619 | ||
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| Location | Salisbury | ||
| Vocation | Priest; writer | ||
| Place of Birth | Scotland | ||
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| Place of birth | Source | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
Illegitimate member of the Gordons of Huntly. Moved to France (1565), where he studied and worked as a churchman and royal servant until the seventeenth century. Nominal bishop of Galloway (1568). Called to England by James VI; appointed dean of Salisbury (1604), vicar of Burford (1608), rector of Upton Lovel, Wiltshire (1808), and rector of Stoke Charity, Hampshire (1608). Wrote various religious works, including theological justification for Anglo-Scottish union.
