Hugh Gordon (British Army officer)

Lieutenant-General Hugh Mackay Gordon (1760 – 12 March 1823) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

Military career Gordon joined the British Army in 1775William Pless Map and served in the American War of Independence being taken as a Prisoner of war during the Siege of Pensacola in 1781.British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815: 16th Regiment of Foot He served in the West Indies from 1793 and became Assistant Quartermaster-General in the East Indies in 1798. He was appointed Inspector of militia in Jersey in 1799 and joined the staff in Madeira in 1811. In 1816 he went on to be Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.Life of Lieutenant General Hugh Mackay of Scoury by John Mackay, p. 188

He was also Colonel of the 16th (Bedfordshire) Regiment from 1816 to 1823.

There is a memorial to him in St James's Church, Piccadilly.St James's Church in Piccadilly

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