Hugh Gordon (British Army officer) explained

Hugh Mackay Gordon
Birth Date:1760
Death Date:12 March 1823
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Branch: British Army
Serviceyears:1775–1821
Commands:Garrison of Jersey
Battles:American War of Independence

Lieutenant General Hugh Mackay Gordon (1760  - 12 March 1823) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

Military career

Gordon joined the British Army in 1775[1] and served in the American War of Independence being taken as a Prisoner of war during the Siege of Pensacola in 1781.[2] He served in the West Indies from 1793 and became Assistant Quartermaster-General in the East Indies in 1798.[2] He was appointed Inspector of militia in Jersey in 1799 and joined the staff in Madeira in 1811.[2] In 1816 he went on to be Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.[3]

He was also Colonel of the 16th (Bedfordshire) Regiment from 1816 to 1823.[3]

There is a memorial to him in St James's Church, Piccadilly.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.danstopicals.com/pless%20map.htm William Pless Map
  2. http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Britain/Infantry/Regiments/c_16thFoot.html British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: 16th Regiment of Foot
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=3TMJAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA188 Life of Lieutenant General Hugh Mackay of Scoury by John Mackay, p. 188
  4. http://www.st-james-piccadilly.org/memorials.html St James's Church in Piccadilly