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Adm. pens. (age 16) at ST JOHN'S, June 22, 1780. [2nd] s. of John (1744-5), D.D., Archdeacon and Precentor of Lincoln. B. [1763], in Cambridge. Bapt. Dec. 7, 1763. School, Rugby. ' Matric. Michs. 1780; 2nd Chancellor's Medal, 1784; Members' Prize, 1785 and 1786; B.A. (14th Wrangler) 1784; M.A. 1787; B.D. 1794; D.D. 1810. Fellow, 1787. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Nov. 17, 1784. Ord. deacon (Ely) Feb. 17, 1788; priest (Lincoln) Apr. 25, 1788; R. of Gumley, Leics., 1788-1807. Preb. and Precentor of Exeter, 1789-1809. Chaplain to the Marquis of Bath, 1792. R. of Sedgbrook with E. Allington, Lincs., 1792-1845. R. of W. Deeping, 1807-17. V. of Horbling, 1807-45. Preb. of Lincoln, 1808. Dean of Exeter, 1809-10. R. of Whittington, 1812-45. V. of Orston, Notts., 1818-21. V. of Hambledon, Rutland, 1819-22. Declined Bishopric of Peterborough, 1819. Dean of Lincoln, 1827-45. Married, Aug. 11, 1791, Miss Tomlinson, of Lincoln. Author, Sermons. Died Aug. 2, 1845, at Lincoln. Buried in the Cathedral. Brother of Charles (1778); father of John (1811). (Rugby Sch. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 273; Foster, Index Eccles.; Northants. Clergy; Clergy List; G. Mag., 1845, II. 517-18.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1788 | Ordi(ordination) | Gordon, George | / | priest | View |
| 1788 | Disp-Ord | Gordon, George | / | View | |
| 1788 | Disp-Ord | Gordon, George | / | View | |
| 1788 | Ordi(ordination) | Gordon, George | / | deacon | View |
| 1788 | Appt(Institution) | Gordon, George | Gumley / | Rector | View |
| 1789 | Appt(Installation) | Gordon, George | Exeter cathedral / | Prebendary | View |
| 1789 | Appt(Installation) | Gordon, George | Exeter cathedral / | Precentor | View |
| 1789 | Appt(election) | Gordon, George | Exeter cathedral / | canon residentiary | View |
| 1792 | Disp-App | Gordon, George | Thomas, Marquis of Bath / | Chaplain | View |
| 1792 | Disp-App | Gordon, George | Gumley als. Gumby / | Rector | View |
| 1792 | Appt(in post) | Gordon, George | Marquess of Bath / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1792 | Appt(Institution) | Gordon, George | Sedgbrook with East Allington / | Rector | View |
| 1792 | Disp(Dispensation) | Gordon, George | Sedgbrook with the chapel of East Allington / | Rector | View |
| 1807 | Disp(Dispensation) | Gordon, George | West Deeping / | Rector | View |
| 1807 | Vac(cession) | Gordon, George | Gumley / | Rector | View |
| 1807 | Disp-App | Gordon, George | Sedgbrooke / | Rector | View |
| 1807 | Disp-App | Gordon, George | Chapel of East Allington / | Rector | View |
| 1807 | Appt(Institution) | Gordon, George | Sedgebrooke with East Allington annexed / | Rector | View |
| 1807 | Appt(Institution) | Gordon, George | West Deeping / | Rector | View |
| 1807 | Appt(Collation) | Gordon, George | Horbling / | Vicar | View |
| 1807 | Vac(cession) | Unknown, | Sedgebrooke with East Allington annexed / | Rector | View |
| 1808 | Appt(Collation) | Gordon, George | Lincoln Cathedral / Prebend of Decem Librarum | Prebendary | View |
| 1809 | Vac(resignation) | Gordon, George | Exeter cathedral / | Precentor | View |
| 1809 | Appt(election) | Gordon, George | Exeter cathedral / | Dean | View |
| 1810 | Appt(Resignation) | Gordon, George | West Deeping / | Rector | View |
| 1810 | Vac(resignation) | Gordon, George | Exeter cathedral / | canon residentiary | View |
| 1810 | Vac(resignation) | Gordon, George | Exeter cathedral / | Dean | View |
| 1810 | Vac(resignation) | Gordon, George | Exeter cathedral / | Prebendary | View |
| 1810 | Vac(resignation) | Unknown, | West Deeping / | Rector | View |
| 1810 | Appt(Institution) | Gordon, George | Lincoln Cathedral / Dean | Dean | View |
| 1812 | Appt(Institution) | Gordon, George | Whittington / | Rector | View |
| 1812 | Disp(Dispensation) | Gordon, George | Whittington / | Rector | View |
| 1812 | Disp-App | Gordon, George | Sedgebrooke with chapel of East Allington / | Rector | View |
| 1817 | Appt(Resignation) | Gordon, George | Whittington / | Rector | View |
| 1818 | Appt(Institution) | Gordon, George | Orston / | Vicar | View |
| 1819 | Appt(Institution) | Gordon, George | Hambledon / | Vicar | View |
| 1821 | Vac(cession) | Gordon, George | Orston / | Vicar | View |
| 1822 | Vac(cession) | Gordon, George | Hambledon als Hameldon with Braunston Chapel annex / | Vicar | View |