Lord George Gordon

(1751-1793)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Gordon, George, Lord, 1751-1793 NRA: Gordon Lord George (1751-1793) Agitator DNB: Gordon, Lord George (1751-1793), political and religious agitator LBT ID: GeGordon1793 VIAF ID: 29528367 LOC ID: n80056888	B/BAP: 1751-12-26 DIED: 1793-11-01
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The son of Cosmo George Gordon, third duke of Gordon; he was MP for Ludgershall (1774-81) and instigator of the anti-Catholic riots of 1780; he was acquitted of treason in 1781, converted to Judaism, and died in Newgate prison.
REFERENCES TO Lord George Gordon: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. XI. 1779-1786 Found 1: ¶ 15 Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, 22 November 1850 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 2 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter VIII. 1850