William Gordon (Chelsea MP)

Biography:

Gordon was a British solicitor and Conservative Party politician. The youngest son of Alexander Gordon a solicitor of Old Broad Street and Wandsworth Common and his wife Harriet née Elwyn he was admitted as a solicitor in 1840. At the 1874 general election Gordon was elected as one of two members of parliament for Chelsea. He served a single term and did not contest the next election in 1880.