Royal Naval Biography/Gordon, Robert James
ROBERT JAMES GORDON, Esq.
[Commander.]
Third son of Captain Gordon, of Everton, near Bawtry, co. York.
This officer passed his examination in Nov. 1807; obtained a lieutenant’s commission on the 11th of the following month; and subsequently distinguished himself, on various occasions, while serving in the Mercury frigate, successively commanded by Captains James Alexander Gordon and the Hon. Henry Duncan, off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean. He was made a commander on the 6th June, 1814; and died Sept. 27th, 1822, at Wilet-Medinet, a day’s journey from Sennaar, in Africa, whence he was proceeding in an attempt to reach the source of the Bahr Colittiad.