(George) (1833-1885) British general sent to Khartoum in the Sudan 1884 to rescue English garrisons that were under attack by the Mahdi, Mohammed Ahmed; he was himself besieged for ten months by the Mahdi's army. A relief expedition arrived 28 Jan 1885 to find that Khartoum had been captured and Gordon killed two days before.
Gordon served in the Crimean War and in China 1864, where he earned his nickname “Chinese” Gordon in ending the Taiping Rebellion. In 1874 he was employed by the Khedive of Egypt to open the country and 1877–80 was British governor of the Sudan.

Pen name of Gordon Ostlere (1921-) British author. He produced a series of light-hearted novels on the career of a young doctor, beginning with Doctor in the House 1952, many of which were filmed.

(1751-1793) British organizer of the so-called Gordon Riots of 1778, a protest against removal of penalties imposed on Roman Catholics in the Catholic Relief Act of 1778; he was acquitted on a treason charge. Gordon and the “No Popery” riots figure in Charles Dickens’s novel Barnaby Rudge.

(1833-1870) Australian poet known particularly for vigorous narrative verse, such as “The Sick Stockrider” (1870), which extols horses, riders, and life in outback Australia. He is the only Australian to have a memorial in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey, London.

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