Royal Naval Biography/Gordon, William
HON. WILLIAM GORDON.
[Post-Captain of 1810.]
Grandson of the late Earl of Aberdeen, and brother to the present peer.
This officer served for a considerable time on the East India station, which he unfortunately quitted just at the commencement of a series of very brilliant operations. He received his first commission July 2, 1804; was made a Commander, April 24, 1807; and promoted to post rank (shortly after his return to England), March 12, 1810. On the 17th Jan. 1813, we find him commanding the Magicienne frigate, and capturing the American schooner privateer Thrasher, of 14 guns and 80 men. He subsequently assisted at the reduction of St. Sebastian[1].