Sir Home Gordon, 12th Baronet
Sir Home Seton Charles Montagu Gordon, 12th Baronet Gordon of
Life and career
After completing his schooling at Eton College in 1887, he became a journalist and writer and subsequently a publisher, at one time being the sole proprietor of Williams & Norgate Ltd. In addition to his own books, he contributed to annuals for county cricket clubs and also wrote for the Encyclopædia Britannica.[1]
He was known on cricket grounds all over the country, recognisable by the red carnation that he always wore. His memories of cricket went back as far as 1878, when as a small boy he was taken to the Gentlemen of England v. the
He was friends with such great figures of the game as
When young he played for MCC amateur sides, but never played
Outside cricket, he held a post at the Air Ministry in 1918 and was a member of the Committee of National Alliance of Employers and Employed from 1918 to 1919.[4]
Gordon succeeded to the Baronetcy when his father died in 1906.[5]
Family
Gordon married, firstly, in 1897, Edith Susan Leeson-Marshall (died 1945), daughter of Richard John Leeson-Marshall, of Callinafercy House,
As Gordon had no children from either of his two marriages, the title, created by King Charles I in 1631, became extinct with his death.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Haigh, p. 66.
- ^ a b c "Sir Home Gordon", The Cricketer, Annual 1956-57, pp. 532–33.
- ^ a b Haigh, p. 67.
- ^ "Prominent British Gordons of Today"
- ^ "Gordon, Sir Home Seton Charles Montagu". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
Sources
- Haigh, G. (ed.) (2006) Peter the Lord's Cat, Aurum Books: London. ISBN 1 84513 163 0.
Bibliography
- Initiation Into Literature, Émile Faguet & Sir Home Gordon (translator), Williams And Norgate (London), 1912.
- The Memorial Biography of Dr. W. G. Grace, Lord Hawke, Lord Harris, Sir Home Gordon - eds., Constable, 1919.
- That Test Match, Duckworth & Co, 1921 (a novel).
- Cricket Form at a Glance in This Century, Duckworth, 1924.
- Eton v. Harrow at Lord's, Sir Home Gordon (ed.), Bernard Darwin, Stanley Baldwin (intro.), Williams and Norgate, 1926.
- Cricket Form at a Glance for Sixty Years: 1878-1937, Arthur Barker Ltd. (London), 1938.
- Background of Cricket, Arthur Baker Ltd. (London), 1939.
- Sussex County Cricket, Convoy Publications, 1950.