Victor Gordon (Newfoundland)

Captain Victor Gordon, CMG (June 1884 – 6 October 1928) was a Newfoundlander military officer and public servant.

He served as High Commissioner of Newfoundland to the United Kingdom from 1924 until his death four years later.

Born in St. John's, the youngest son of a merchant, Gordon received business training with the Bank of Montreal, and legal education in London, where he was called to the English bar by the Middle Temple in 1912.

He was a temporary captain with the King's Own Scottish Borderers when he was severely wounded at Monchy-le-Preux in 1917.

[2] In 1919, he was appointed secretary to the Newfoundland High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.