Francis Gordon

Lieutenant colonel Francis Arthur Gordon (20 January 1808 – 26 June 1857) was a British Army officer and amateur cricketer. He was a member of the Huntly family, part of the Scottish aristocracy. Gordon was the youngest son of George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly and his wife Catherine (of the Cope baronets of Bruern). He was born at Orton Hall, the family seat at Orton Longueville in Huntingdonshire in 1808 and was educated at Thistledon School in Rutland before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1828. He won a cricket Blue in 1829.

Francis Gordon

Lieutenant colonel Francis Arthur Gordon (20 January 1808 – 26 June 1857) was a British Army officer and amateur cricketer. He was a member of the Huntly family, part of the Scottish aristocracy. Gordon was the youngest son of George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly and his wife Catherine (of the Cope baronets of Bruern). He was born at Orton Hall, the family seat at Orton Longueville in Huntingdonshire in 1808 and was educated at Thistledon School in Rutland before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1828. He won a cricket Blue in 1829.