William Gordon (Rochester MP) explained

William Gordon (c. 1735 - 29 March 1776) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1771. Gordon was High Sheriff of Kent in 1763.^[1]

In 1768 Gordon was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochester and held the seat until 1771 when he resigned by taking Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds.^[2] He then (in 1772) accepted the post of Commissioner of the Victualling Office.^[3]

Gordon lived at a place called Bully Hill at Rochester and died in possession of it in 1776, leaving an only daughter.^[1]

Notes and References

1. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53801 The city and liberty of Rochester: The city parishes, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 4 (1798), pp. 153-182. Date accessed: 14 November 2010
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=Taw7DVGrbRcC&pg=PA345 J. Brooke, Lewis Namier The House of Commons 1754-1790, Volume 3
3. Web site: GORDON, William (?1735-76), of Bully Hill, Rochester, Kent.. History of Parliament Online. 18 June 2013.