Lockhart Gordon (1732 – 24 March 1788) was an aristocrat, army officer and colonial administrator in India who served as Judge-Advocate-General of Bengal.
[1] Gordon was born the third son of John Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aboyne and his wife Grace Lockhart, daughter of George Lockhart of Lee and Lady Euphemia Montgomerie.
[1] Initially he studied for the bar however he eventually entered the army and became a lieutenant-colonel.
Whilst in the army he served in India at which point he was appointed Judge-Advocate-General of Bengal in 1787.
[1][2] Gordon married first Isabella, the daughter of Elias Levi on 25 April 1753, however she died on 17 March 1754 without issue.