John Thomson Gordon

John Thomson Gordon FRSE (1813-1865) was a Scottish advocate who served as Rector of Marischal College 1849-50 and Sheriff of Aberdeen 1847-48 and Edinburgh 1848–1852.

He was born on 19 March 1813 at 14 Buccleuch Place in Edinburgh[1] the son of Dr John Gordon.

The family moved to 19 Castle Street in the New Town when he was five.

In 1849 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Her sister, Jane Emily Wilson, was married to William Edmondstoune Aytoun.

Gordon was born at 14 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh: the ground floor and basement property to the left hand side of the picture