Sir Henry Percy Gordon, 2nd Baronet, FRS (21 October 1806 – 29 July 1876) was a barrister and artist.
He was the only son of Sir James Willoughby Gordon, 1st Baronet and his wife Isabella Julia Levina Bennet, daughter of Richard Henry Alexander Bennet.[1]
Gordon entered Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1823 and was senior wrangler in 1827, placed ahead of Thomas Turner (1804–1883),[2] Anthony Cleasby, Augustus De Morgan and William Hopkins. He was made 2nd Smith's prizeman, behind Turner, also becoming a Fellow of his college that year.[3][4] He received an M.A. in 1830. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1828 and called to the bar in 1831. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1830. He was a Justice of the peace and deputy lieutenant for the Isle of Wight.[3]
In 1851, Gordon succeeded to his father's title. He became also 13th laird of Knockespock.[3] The lairdship was under an entail, and he inherited it on the 1854 death of James Adam Gordon.[3][5]
Gordon died suddenly, at Blackhall, Kincardineshire, in 1876.[5] At his death, the baronetcy of Gordon of Northcourt became extinct.[6]
In 1839 Gordon married Lady Mary Agnes Blanche Ashburnham, daughter of George Ashburnham, 3rd Earl of Ashburnham and Charlotte Ashburnham.[3] They had a daughter, Mary Charlotte Julia Gordon (died 1926): she married General Robert William Disney Leith (1819–1892). She was a writer and translator, publishing as Mrs. Disney Leith.[5][7][8]
Gordon was an engraver. He produced joint work with his sister, Julia Emily Gordon.[9]