Gordon

Gor·don  (gôrdn), Charles George Known as "Chinese Gordon." 1833-1885.

British army officer who took part in the capture of Peking (Beijing) in 1860 and commanded the Chinese force that quashed the Taiping Rebellion (1863-1864).

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Gordon [ˈgɔːd^ən]

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1. (Biographies / Gordon, Adam Lindsay (1833-1870) M, Australiannational of birth: Portuguese, WRITING: poet, MISC: horseman) Adam Lindsay. 1833-70, Australian poet and horseman, born in the Azores, who developed the bush ballad as a literary form, esp in Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes (1870)

2. (Biographies / Gordon, Charles George (1833-1885) M, British, MILITARY: general, POLITICS: administrator) Charles George, known as Chinese Gordon. 1833-85, British general and administrator. He helped to crush the Taiping rebellion (1863-64), and was governor of the Sudan (1877-80), returning in 1884 to aid Egyptian forces against the Mahdi. He was killed in the siege of Khartoum

3. (Biographies / Gordon, Dexter (Keith) (1923-1990) M, US, MUSIC: jazz tenor saxophonist) Dexter (Keith). 1923-90, US jazz tenor saxophonist

4. (Biographies / Gordon, George (1751-1793) M, English, RELIGION: religious agitator) Lord George. 1751-93, English religious agitator. He led the Protestant opposition to legislation relieving Roman Catholics of certain disabilities, which culminated in the Gordon riots (1780)

5. (Biographies) George Hamilton. See (4th Earl of) Aberdeen