Service militaire
He entered the Royal Navy on 05/03/1818.
He passed for Lieutenant in 1825.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant RN on 06/05/1829.
He served in H.M.S. Revenge.
He served in H.M.S. Erebus.
He served in H.M.S. Bhadamanthus 1832.
He served in H.M.S. Phoenix as First Lieutenant in 1835.
He served in H.M.S. Comet (In command, 1837. Commander RN (With seniority dated 01/08/1840).
He served in H.M.S. Cormorant (In command) April 1843.
He was appointed as a Captain RN (With seniority dated 09/11/1846). In the Russian War he was flag captain to Sir Charles Napier in H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, in the Baltic Campaign of 1854.
He served in H.M.S. Asia (In command) as guard ship at Portsmouth.
He was appointed as a Rear Admiral RN 28 October 1864.
He retired 01/04/1870 without having had an opportunity to fly his flag.
He was appointed as a Vice-Admiral (Retired) RN and Admiral (Retired) RN in 1877.
Lieux nommés
Gordon River (BC), Gordon Point (BC), Gordon Group (BC)
Références
Walbran, Captain John T. (1909)
