A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gordon, James (c)
GORDON. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
James Gordon (a) entered the Navy, 6 May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ariel sloop, Capt. Joseph Oliver; of which vessel, stationed in the North Sea, he became Midshipman 13 Dec. 1807. After a servitude of about 12 months in the river Thames on board the Thisbe 28, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope, and Royal Sovereign yacht, Capt. Sir Harry Burrard Neale, he joined, in July, 1809, the Aetna bomb, Capts. Wm. Godfrey, Peter Lawless, and John Bowker, part of the force employed in the ensuing expedition to the Walcheren. Until Jan. 1816 he appears to have next served in succession on the Home, North American, and Mediterranean stations, in the Thisbe and Belvidera, bearing the respective flags of Hon. Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope and Sir Herbert Sawyer, Melampus 36, Capt. Edw. Hawker, Guerrière 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, Earl of Moira tender, Lieut.Commander John Pitman, Salvador del Mundo, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Domett, and Asia 74, Capt. Alex. Skene. He then went on half-pay, having been awarded a commission dated 3 March, 1815; and has not since been afloat. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.