Lientenant-Colonel John de la Hay Gordon, CSI CIE OBE MC (30 March 1887 – 22 December 1959) was a British army officer, administrator, and diplomat who served as Resident to the Mysore Kingdom from 1937 to 1942 and Chief Commissioner of Coorg Province from 1937 to 1940.
He was educated at Rossall School at Fleetwood in Lancashire, United Kingdom and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.
Gordon was transferred to the Indian Army in 1908 and was appointed political officer of the Government of India in 1911.
While resident, Gordon also held office as the Chief Commissioner of the neighbouring Coorg Province.
On 1 July 1940, Coorg was separated from Mysore and a new Chief Commissioner was appointed to administer the province.