Background
Archibald Alexander Gordon was born in Bridge of Allan, Scotland in 1867, the second son of Doctor William Eagleston Gordon and Emily Maryann Dick.
Archibald Alexander Gordon was born in Bridge of Allan, Scotland in 1867, the second son of Doctor William Eagleston Gordon and Emily Maryann Dick.
He was educated at Stanley House School, Bridge of Allan. Edinburgh Collegiate School and the University of Edinburgh.
He is the younger brother of William Eagleson Gordon, who was awarded the Victoria Cross. The couple had three children. William Hyde Eagleson Gordon (23 August 1893 – 30 September 1915), served as lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders.
Educated at Haileybury and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
Died of wounds received at the Battle of Loos aged 22. He is buried in the Étaples Military Cemetery, in the Pas de Calais, in grave I.B.17 along with 11,000 comrades.
Edmund Robert Adam Gordon (25 March since 1896), served as lieutenant with 1st battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. He was promoted to captain on 6 August 1900.
From 1906 until his retirement in 1920 he served as private secretary to Arthur Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington.
He was honorary secretary of several British and international societies for which he held various awards. During World War I he served as a major on special service and was with the staff of the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division at the Siege of Antwerp (1914). From 1914 – 1919 he served as Belgian King"s Messenger to King Albert I of Belgium.
He was cited in Belgian and French Orders of the Day.
In 1941 he published his memoirs, Culled from a Diary (1867 – 1939), published by Oliver and Boyd, with a foreward by Lord Mottistone.
In 1896 he was appointed a member of the Royal Company of Archers, King"s Bodyguard for Scotland.