John Gordon (priest, born 1726)

John Gordon (1726–1793) was an Anglican priest. He was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge and ordained in 1752. He was Rector of Henstead, Suffolk from 1758 to 1793; Prebend of Aylesbury 1766 to 1769; Chaplain to the Bishop of Lincoln from 1765 to 1775; Archdeacon of Buckingham from 1766 to 1769;"Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 8 - Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough dioceses" Horn,J.M: London Institute of Historical Research, 1996 and Archdeacon of Lincoln from 1769 to 1793;British History on-line and Precentor of Lincoln Cathedral from 1775 to 1793. He died on 5 January 1793.

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