Adam Lindsay Gordon

Son of Harriet Elizabeth Gordon (q.v.) and Adam Durnford Gordon. Born at Fayal, Azores, Portugal. Emigrated to Australia in 1853. Inherited £7,000 from his mother who died in 1858. He was a poet and horseman who served as Member of Assembly for Victoria in the House of Assembly in South Australia, 1865-1866. He remained in Australia until his death from suicide, despite some claim to inherit the Gordon family estate in Esslemont, Scotland. There is a statue of Gordon by Paul Montford erected by pubic subscription near Parliament House, Melbourne in 1932; a bust of him was unveiled in Westminster Abbey in 1934.

Leonie Kramer, 'Gordon, Adam Lindsay (1833–1870)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gordon-adam-lindsay-3635 [accessed 15/10/2012]; https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/adam-lindsay-gordon [accessed 29/04/2019].

We are grateful to Professor Margaret Allen for helping to compile this entry.