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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
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
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:
Lord Brougham to Samuel Rogers, 22 November 1850 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)
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