(Lt Col Rt Hon.) Alexander Robert Gisborne) Born 28 July 1882 Died 23 Apr 1967 Aged 85 |
Lt Col, the Rt Hon Alexander Robert Gisbourne GORDON, P.C. (N.I. 1951),C.B.E. (1949). D.S.O. (1917), of Delamont, Killyleagh, Co Down, D.L., J.P.,
Royal Irish Regiment 1901-22,
Served in WWI, 1914-18 (despatches five times)
Served in WWII 1939-42,
MP for East Down 1929-49,
Financial Secretary., Min of Finance 1937-40,
Min N.Ireland and Leader of Senate from 1951,
Pres Royal Ulster Agric. Soc. 1952,
French Croix de Guerre avec Palmes.
Educated Rugby and R.M.C. Sandhurst, son of Alexander Hamilton Miller Haven, he married on 5 May 1914, his cousin Alice Mary Dorothea GORDON daughter of his father's brother Robert ).
They had no issue