Person: Gordon, George (1788 - 1822)

• Comments

  VENN
  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.)

Education Events

• BA

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Gordon, George	05/06/1818	BA		View

• MA : Cambridge / St John's

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Gordon, George	17/02/1788	MA	Cambridge	View
  Ord	Gordon, George	25/04/1788	MA	Cambridge	View
  Appt	Gordon, George	04/07/1788	MA		View
  Appt	Gordon, George	29/08/1789	MA		View
  Appt	Gordon, George	12/09/1789	MA		View
  Appt	Gordon, George	12/09/1789	MA		View
  Disp	Gordon, George	01/06/1792	MA	Cambridge	View
  Appt	Gordon, George	13/06/1792	MA		View
  Appt	Gordon, George	01/05/1819	MA		View

• BD : Cambridge / St John's College

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Gordon, George	14/01/1807	BD		View
  Appt	Gordon, George	14/01/1807	BD		View
  Disp	Gordon, George	13/02/1807	BD	Cambridge	View
  Appt	Gordon, George	09/06/1808	BD		View
  Appt	Gordon, George	15/04/1809	BD		View

• DD : Cambridge / St. John's College

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Disp	Gordon, George	11/03/1812	DD	Cambridge	View
  Appt	Gordon, George	02/04/1812	DD		View
  Appt	Gordon, George	02/06/1817	DD		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 17/02/1788 (Yorke, James/Ely 1781-1808)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Gordon, George	17/02/1788	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 25/04/1788 (Pretyman (-Tomline), George/Lincoln 1787-1820)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Gordon, George	25/04/1788	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Rector : Gumley (04/07/1788 - 31/01/1807 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Gordon, George	04/07/1788	Rector	Institution	Gumley/	View
  Vac	Gordon, George	31/01/1807	Rector	cession	Gumley/	View

• Precentor : Exeter cathedral, precentor (29/08/1789 - 08/04/1809 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Gordon, George	29/08/1789	Precentor	Installation	Exeter cathedral/	View
  Vac	Gordon, George	08/04/1809	Precentor	resignation	Exeter cathedral/	View

• Prebendary : Exeter cathedral, prebendary (12/09/1789 - 24/02/1810 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Gordon, George	12/09/1789	Prebendary	Installation	Exeter cathedral/	View
  Vac	Gordon, George	24/02/1810	Prebendary	resignation	Exeter cathedral/	View

• canon residentiary : Exeter cathedral, canon residentiary (12/09/1789 - 24/02/1810 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Gordon, George	12/09/1789	canon residentiary	election	Exeter cathedral/	View
  Vac	Gordon, George	24/02/1810	canon residentiary	resignation	Exeter cathedral/	View

• domestic chaplain : Thynne, Thomas, 1st marquess of Bath /3rd viscount Weymouth (1734-1796) (16/01/1792 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Gordon, George	16/01/1792	domestic chaplain	in post	Marquess of Bath/	View

• Rector : Sedgebrook with East Allington (13/06/1792 - 23/02/1807 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Gordon, George	13/06/1792	Rector	Institution	Sedgbrook with East Allington/	View
  Appt	Gordon, George	23/02/1807	Rector	Institution	Sedgebrooke with East Allington annexed/	View
  Vac	Unknown,	23/02/1807	Rector	cession	Sedgebrooke with East Allington annexed/	View

• Rector : West Deeping (14/01/1807 - 20/02/1810 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Gordon, George	14/01/1807	Rector	Institution	West Deeping/	View
  Appt	Gordon, George	20/02/1810	Rector	Resignation	West Deeping/	View
  Vac	Unknown,	02/08/1810	Rector	resignation	West Deeping/	View

• Vicar : Horbling (14/01/1807 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Gordon, George	14/01/1807	Vicar	Collation	Horbling/	View

• Prebendary : Lincoln cathedral, Prebend of Decem Librarum (09/06/1808 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Gordon, George	09/06/1808	Prebendary	Collation	Lincoln Cathedral/Prebend of Decem Librarum	View

• Dean : Exeter cathedral, dean (15/04/1809 - 24/02/1810 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Gordon, George	15/04/1809	Dean	election	Exeter cathedral/	View
  Vac	Gordon, George	24/02/1810	Dean	resignation	Exeter cathedral/	View

• Dean : Lincoln cathedral, Dean (00/00/1810 - 00/00/1810 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Gordon, George	00/00/1810	Dean	Institution	Lincoln Cathedral/Dean	View
  Appt	Gordon, George	00/00/1810	Dean	Institution	Lincoln Cathedral/Dean	View

• Rector : Whittington (02/04/1812 - 02/06/1817 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Gordon, George	02/04/1812	Rector	Institution	Whittington/	View
  Appt	Gordon, George	02/06/1817	Rector	Resignation	Whittington/	View

• Vicar : Orston with Thoroton (05/06/1818 - 30/11/1821 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Gordon, George	05/06/1818	Vicar	Institution	Orston/	View
  Vac	Gordon, George	30/11/1821	Vicar	cession	Orston/	View

• Vicar : Hambleton (01/05/1819 - 13/03/1822 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Gordon, George	01/05/1819	Vicar	Institution	Hambledon/	View
  Vac	Gordon, George	13/03/1822	Vicar	cession	Hambledon als Hameldon with Braunston Chapel annex/	View