NAM.1981-10-92-1

Sir William Gordon, Baronet of Earlston, Lieut Colonel, 17th Lancers, 1862 (c). Photogravure by Annan and Sons after Sir Francis Grant, 1890 (c). Shows full length portrait in regimental uniform, standing beside horse. Gordon was promoted Lieutenant Colonel on 10 June 1862 and retired by sale of his commission in July that year. He died in 1906.