Alexander Gordon (Northern Ireland politician)

Member and Senator in the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Family background

Sir Alexander was born in County Down on 28 July 1882, the son of Ada Austen Eyre and Alexander Hamilton Miller Haven Gordon,

David Gordon went on to marry a cousin of his mother's – Mary Crawford, of Crawfordsburn – in 1789.

Florida Manor was sold in 1910. Sir Alexander inherited Delamont from his father. During his residence there his main legacy to the house was to demolish the redundant servants' wing.[2]

Career

Sir Alexander was educated at

, but continued as a soldier until 1942.

From 1929 to 1949, he was the Unionist member for

He resigned this seat in 1964.

He was invested as a

in the order of precedence.

Legacy

Gordon and his wife had no children. On his death, in 1967,[3] the estate of Delamont was held on trust by Gordon's great-nephew Archibald Arundel Pugh (changed to Gordon-Pugh by deed poll in 1968). He sold the estate in 1985 to Belfast Education and Library Board. Archibald Gordon-Pugh died in 1995; his son, Archie Gordon-Pugh, died at Saintfield in December 2010.

References

Parliament of Northern Ireland
New constituency	Member of Parliament for East Down 1929–1949	Succeeded by Brian Faulkner
Political offices
Preceded by Milne Barbour	Parliamentary and Financial Secretary, Ministry of Finance 1937–1940	Vacant Title next held by Maynard Sinclair
Preceded by Roland Nugent	Speaker of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1961–1964	Succeeded by 2nd Baron Glentoran