Henry Percy Gordon

Sir Henry Percy Gordon, 2nd Baronet FRS (21 October 1806 – 29 July 1876) was the only son of Sir James Willoughby Gordon, 1st Baronet, succeeding to his father's title in 1851.

He entered Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1823 and was senior wrangler and 2nd Smith's prizeman in 1827. He received an M.A. in 1830.

He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1830.

He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1828 and called to the bar in 1831. He was a Justice of the peace and deputy lieutenant for the Isle of Wight.

In 1839 he married Lady Mary Agnes Blanche Ashburnham, daughter of George Ashburnham, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham.

He had at least one daughter, Mary Charlotte Julia Gordon. At his death, the baronetcy became extinct.

Memorial to Sir Henry Percy Gordon, 2nd Baronet, in St Peter's Church, Shorwell, Isle of Wight

External links

• Neale, Charles Montague (1907). The senior wranglers of the University of Cambridge, from 1748 to 1907. With biographical, & c., notes. Bury St. Edmunds: Groom and Son. p. 31. Retrieved 2011-03-04.
• "Gordon, Henry Percy (GRDN823HP)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
• Sir Henry Percy Gordon, 2nd Bt. (thePeerage.com)