GORDON, William (1785-1858), of Minories, Aberdeenshire
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‘A specimen of the staunch old Tory school’, Gordon represented Aberdeenshire for three and a half decades. He parted company with his Peelite brother Lord Aberdeen over the repeal of the corn laws in 1846, resigning as a lord of the admiralty in Peel’s government. He sat until appointed commander-in-chief at Nore in 1854.
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