George Gordon of Gight

(1741-1779)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Gordon, George, 1741-1779 LBT ID: GeGordo1779 VIAF ID: 61415318 LOC ID: nr93011645	B/BAP: 1741-11-14 DIED: 1779-01-09
SOURCES: Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
Byron's maternal grandfather, son of Alexander Gordon and Margaret Duff. He died at Bath at the age of 37.
REFERENCES TO George Gordon of Gight: Lord Byron to John Murray, 20 September 1821 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1: ¶ 2 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1821 [Thomas Love Peacock], “Moore’s Letters and Journals of Byron” in Westminster Review 12 (January 1825) 269-304 Found 1: ¶ 23 [Hugh Swinton Legaré], “Lord Byron’s Character and Writings” in The Southern Review 5 (May 1830) 463-522 Found 1: ¶ 46