Royal Naval Biography/Gordon, John
HON. JOHN GORDON.
[Post-Captain of 1818.]
A grandson of the late Earl of Aberdeen, and brother to the present peer. He was made lieutenant. Mar 21, 1812; advanced to the rank of commander, June 15, 1814; and posted, from the Carnation of 18 guns, into the Tamar 26, at Newfoundland, Dec. 31, 1818.