Sir William Gordon, 1st Baronet

Sir William Gordon, 1st Baronet (died 1742) was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1708 and 1742.

He married firstly a daughter of Sir William Henderson, 2nd,Baronet of Fordel, Dalgety, Fife, but appears to have had no children by her.

However, by 1713, his servants had beaten and robbed a merchant who had called at his house to collect a debt and he was faced with a legal action.

At the 1713 general election, the Sutherland family who controlled the seat put forward an alternative candidate and Gordon had to stand aside.

[2] Gordon was returned unopposed at Sutherland in 1715 and was appointed a Commissioner for stating army debts also in 1715, a post he held until 1720.