George John Robert Gordon (4 March 1812 – 2 October 1902) was a British diplomat in South America and Europe who attracted attention in the 1870s for his marital situation.
He also played a role in introducing the mediaeval song collection Piae Cantiones to a wider audience.
On a visit to England in 1853, after his time in Sweden, Gordon presented a copy of Piae Cantiones, a collection of mediaeval songs published in Finland in 1582, to the Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Mason Neale.
The songs were translated and published by Neale, in collaboration with Thomas Helmore, and include now well-known Christmas carols such as In dulci jubilo and Good King Wenceslas.
[3] After he declared himself a bachelor and converted to Catholicism, they married in 1871,[4][5] and were the parents of:[6] After inheriting his father's estate at Ellon Castle in 1873, Gordon lived in Scotland before moving to the continent, residing first in Bruges in Belgium before settling permanently in Würzburg in Germany.