19th Oct 1833 - 24th Jun 1870
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.
Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Margaret Park
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Children
Annie Lindsay (1867-1867)
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School
Cheltenham College; Royal Military Academy at Woolwich (1848-51); Royal Worcester Grammar School (1852)
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Occupation
Poet and horseman
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Historical (1) |
BooksAuthor?
Bush Ballads and Galloping... 1870
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Imperial (1) |
Member of Assembly
Australia: Victoria
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Physical (2) |
Public memorial
Adam Lindsay Gordon
description → Memorial bust of Adam Lindsay Gordon in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey, unveiled in...
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Public memorial
Adam Lindsay Gordon
description → Statue of Gordon, East Melbourne, Victoria....
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Son → Mother
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Australia
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Esslemont House, , Ellon, Aberdeenshire, North-east Scotland, Scotland
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