James Gordon (bishop of Jarrow)

James Geoffrey Gordon (11 December 1881 – 28 August 1938) was a priest and bishop in the Church of England.^[1]

Life

James Gordon was the son of J. E. H. Gordon and Alice Mary Brandreth. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College Cambridge.^[2]

He was Private Secretary to Lord President of the Council 1904 - 1906. He married Martha Sabrina Brinton in 1912. Called to the Bar 1906, Rector of Church of St John the Evangelist, Edinburgh 1919 - 1926, Vicar of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham 1926 - 1933^[3] and Suffragan Bishop of Jarrow 1932 - 1938.^[4]

As Bishop of Jarrow he was in attendance at the start of the Jarrow March in 1936 and gave it his blessing.^[5]

↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ "Gordon, James Geoffrey (GRDN900JG)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ A History of St. Mary's Church Nottingham, D.J. Peters, 1974.
↑ Three New Bishops Suffragan Selby, Whitby, And Jarrow (News) The Times Saturday, Dec 24, 1938; pg. 10; Issue 48186; col E
↑ Jarrow March Pickard, T: 1982, London, Allison and Busby ISBN 978-0-85031-398-7.

Religious titles
Preceded by George Frederick Terry	Rector of St John the Evangelist, Edinburgh 1919–1926	Succeeded by Charles Henry Ritchie
Preceded by Thomas Field	Vicar of St.Mary's Church, Nottingham 1926–1933	Succeeded by Neville Stuart Talbot
Preceded by Samuel Kirshbaum Knight	Bishop of Jarrow 1932–1938	Succeeded by Leslie Owen

Bishops of Jarrow

George Nickson John Quirk Samuel Knight James Gordon Leslie Owen David Dunlop John Ramsbotham Mervyn Armstrong Alexander Hamilton Michael Ball Alan Smithson John Pritchard Mark Bryant

Diocese of Durham

Durham Cathedral Auckland Castle Prince-Bishops Durham Castle

Office holders	Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham Mark Bryant, Bishop suffragan of Jarrow AEO: Glyn Webster, Bishop suffragan of Beverley Andrew Tremlett, Dean of Durham Ian Jagger, Archdeacon of Durham Stuart Bain, Archdeacon of Sunderland Nick Barker, Archdeacon of Auckland

Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Berwick (16th century) Archdeacon of Northumberland (until 1882; now in Newcastle) Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (1842–1882; now in Newcastle)

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