1439 John Gordon

Constituency : South  Londonderry  1900-12 (Liberal  Unionist ) 1912-16 ( Conservative )

John  took  over  from  Thomas  Lea  for  the  Liberal  Unionists  at  South  Londonderry.

John  was  educated  at  Queen's  College, Galway. He  became  a  barrister. He  was  a  Presbyterian, opposed  to  a  separate  Catholic  university  in  Ireland.

John  was  appointed  Attorney-General  for  Ireland  when  the  coalition  government  was  formed  in  1915.

In  April  1916  John  was  appointed  a  judge  and  resigned  his  seat.

He  died  in  1922  after  being  taken  ill  on  a  tram  in  Dublin. He  was  72.