The fifth son of George Gordon, Lord Haddo; educated at Harrow School and Christ Church, Oxford, he was secretary of embassy in Vienna (1815–26) and ambassador at Constantinople (1829-31).

REFERENCES TO Sir Robert Gordon:

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 21 January 1821 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)