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	{{~~Short~~ description\|British ~~Army officer and~~ politician ~~(1857–1913)~~}}		{{short description\|British politician}}
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	[[Image:William Evans-Gordon, Vanity Fair, 1905-05-11.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''[[Vanity Fair (British magazine)\|Vanity Fair]]'' caricature by Spy ([[Leslie Ward]]), 11 May 1905. The caption reads "The Alien immigrant".]]		[[Image:William Evans-Gordon, Vanity Fair, 1905-05-11.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''[[Vanity Fair (British magazine)\|Vanity Fair]]'' caricature by Spy ([[Leslie Ward]]), 11 May 1905. The caption reads "The Alien immigrant".]]
	Major Sir '''William Eden Evans Gordon''' (8 August 1857 – 31 October 1913)<ref name="Times_Death13">''The Times'', 3 November 1913 p. 11''d''</ref><ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33372568 Find-a-Grave profile]</ref> was a British [[Member of Parliament (UK)\|MP]] who previously served as a military diplomat in India.		Major Sir '''William Eden Evans Gordon''' (8 August 1857 – 31 October 1913)<ref name="Times_Death13">''The Times'', 3 November 1913 p. 11''d''</ref><ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33372568 Find-a-Grave profile]</ref> was a [[United Kingdom\|British]] [[Member of Parliament (UK)\|MP]] who previously served as a military diplomat in India.

	As a [[Political officer (British Empire)\|political officer]] on secondment from the [[British Indian Army]] from 1876 to 1897 during the [[British Raj]], he was attached to the [[Indian Foreign Service#History\|Foreign Department of the Indian Government]]. His career in India was a mixture of military administrative business on the volatile [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)\|North-West Frontier]], and diplomacy and foreign politics advising Maharajas or accompanying the Viceroy in the [[Princely States]].		As a [[Political officer (British Empire)\|political officer]] on secondment from the [[British Indian Army]] from 1876 to 1897 during the [[British Raj]], he was attached to the [[Indian Foreign Service#History\|Foreign Department of the Indian Government]]. His career in India was a mixture of military administrative business on the volatile [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)\|North-West Frontier]], and diplomacy and foreign politics advising Maharajas or accompanying the Viceroy in the [[Princely States]].
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	Julia was the sister of [[James Stewart-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth]], who fought with the [[9th Lancers]] during the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] of 1878–1880 (later Colonel of the regiment), and was later military secretary to [[M. E. Grant Duff]]. He married the daughter of [[Edward Steinkopff]], owner of the [[St James's Gazette]] and dedicatee of Evans-Gordon's ''The Alien Immigrant''. Julia and James had one further sibling, [[Mary Jeune, Baroness St Helier]], society hostess and politician.<ref>{{cite ODNB \|title=Jeune [née Stewart-Mackenzie other married name Stanley], (Susan Elizabeth) Mary, Lady St Helier (1845–1931), hostess \|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-51948 \|year=2016 \|access-date=31 May 2021 \|language=en \|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/51948\|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 \|last1=Reynolds \|first1=K. D. }}</ref>		Julia was the sister of [[James Stewart-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth]], who fought with the [[9th Lancers]] during the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] of 1878–1880 (later Colonel of the regiment), and was later military secretary to [[M. E. Grant Duff]]. He married the daughter of [[Edward Steinkopff]], owner of the [[St James's Gazette]] and dedicatee of Evans-Gordon's ''The Alien Immigrant''. Julia and James had one further sibling, [[Mary Jeune, Baroness St Helier]], society hostess and politician.<ref>{{cite ODNB \|title=Jeune [née Stewart-Mackenzie other married name Stanley], (Susan Elizabeth) Mary, Lady St Helier (1845–1931), hostess \|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-51948 \|year=2016 \|access-date=31 May 2021 \|language=en \|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/51948\|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 \|last1=Reynolds \|first1=K. D. }}</ref>

	Evans-Gordon's siblings included:		Evans-Gordon's siblings included:

	* Henry (1842-1909) a stockbroker in London, married to Mary Sartoris, daughter of [[Edward John Sartoris\|Edward Sartoris MP]].		* Henry (1842-1909) a stockbroker in London, married to Mary Sartoris, daughter of [[Edward John Sartoris\|Edward Sartoris MP]].
	* Jessica (1852–87) who married [[Thomas Gibson Bowles]] MP.
			* Jessica (1852–87) who married [[Thomas Gibson Bowles]] MP.

	Evans-Gordon's paternal grandfather was Col. George Evans (d.1819), whose principal service in the Napoleonic wars was with the [[Royal African Corps]].<ref>PRO Kew, file WO 12.</ref>		Evans-Gordon's paternal grandfather was Col. George Evans (d.1819), whose principal service in the Napoleonic wars was with the [[Royal African Corps]].<ref>PRO Kew, file WO 12.</ref>
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	{{Short description\|British Army officer and politician (1857–1913)}}		{{Short description\|British Army officer and politician (1857–1913)}}
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	[[Image:William Evans-Gordon, Vanity Fair, 1905-05-11.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''[[Vanity Fair (British magazine)\|Vanity Fair]]'' caricature by Spy ([[Leslie Ward]]), 11 May 1905. The caption reads "The Alien immigrant".]]		[[Image:William Evans-Gordon, Vanity Fair, 1905-05-11.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''[[Vanity Fair (British magazine)\|Vanity Fair]]'' caricature by Spy ([[Leslie Ward]]), 11 May 1905. The caption reads "The Alien immigrant".]]
	Major Sir '''William Eden Evans Gordon''' (8 August 1857 – 31 October 1913)<ref name="Times_Death13">''The Times'', 3 November 1913 p. 11''d''</ref><ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33372568 Find-a-Grave profile]</ref> was a British [[Member of Parliament (UK)\|MP]] who previously served as a military diplomat in India.		Major Sir '''William Eden Evans Gordon''' (8 August 1857 – 31 October 1913)<ref name="Times_Death13">''The Times'', 3 November 1913 p. 11''d''</ref><ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33372568 Find-a-Grave profile]</ref> was a British [[Member of Parliament (UK)\|MP]] who previously served as a military diplomat in India.
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	\|access-date=4 April ~~2022~~}}</ref> daughter of Rev. Dr. Alexander Rose, [[Doctor of Divinity\|D.D.]], a [[Presbyterian]] minister of Inverness.{{sfn\|Scott\|1926\|pp=462–3}}{{sfn\|Rose\|1835\|p=3}} William was the youngest of seven children. ''See also'' [[#Family tree\|Family tree]] ''below''.		\|access-date=4 April 2015}}</ref> daughter of Rev. Dr. Alexander Rose, [[Doctor of Divinity\|D.D.]], a [[Presbyterian]] minister of Inverness.{{sfn\|Scott\|1926\|pp=462–3}}{{sfn\|Rose\|1835\|p=3}} William was the youngest of seven children. ''See also'' [[#Family tree\|Family tree]] ''below''.

	His mother died in 1858, soon after he was born.<ref>He may possibly have lived in Dublin, where his father was [https://books.google.com/books?id=CEEIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA21 Town Major] from 1864, and where his father re-married in 1866.</ref> He was educated at [[Cheltenham College]] (entering in October 1870 at the same time as his older brother Charles [Jr.]),<ref>[http://www.mocavo.co.uk/Cheltenham-College-Register-1841-1889/143142/319 Cheltenham College Register 1841–1889, p. 277, pdf p. 319]</ref> and at the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst\|Royal Military College]], where he was an unattached Sub-Lieutenant on 15 July 1876.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/newannualarmylis1877hart#page/110/mode/2up Hart, H. G (ed.) ''The New Annual Army List, Militia List, and Indian Civil Service List, 1877'', p. 112]. London: John Murray. NB His name here is hyphenated...		His mother died in 1858, soon after he was born.<ref>He may possibly have lived in Dublin, where his father was [https://books.google.com/books?id=CEEIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA21 Town Major] from 1864, and where his father re-married in 1866.</ref> He was educated at [[Cheltenham College]] (entering in October 1870 at the same time as his older brother Charles [Jr.]),<ref>[http://www.mocavo.co.uk/Cheltenham-College-Register-1841-1889/143142/319 Cheltenham College Register 1841–1889, p. 277, pdf p. 319]</ref> and at the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst\|Royal Military College]], where he was an unattached Sub-Lieutenant on 15 July 1876.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/newannualarmylis1877hart#page/110/mode/2up Hart, H. G (ed.) ''The New Annual Army List, Militia List, and Indian Civil Service List, 1877'', p. 112]. London: John Murray. NB His name here is hyphenated...
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	From 1884 to 1888 he was Assistant Secretary during the greater part of the [[Viceroy of India\|Viceroy]] [[Lord Dufferin]]'s tenure, accompanying the Viceroy on his tours, and translating at his interviews with Indian [[Princely States\|princely rulers]].{{sfn\|Skelton\|Bulloch\|1912\|p=395}} In 1885 Evans Gordon was back with the 8th Madras Regt. in [[Sagar district\|Saugor]] as Officiating 3rd Class Political Assistant,<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/newannualarmylis1885lond#page/n501/mode/2up ''The New Annual Army List, Militia List, and Indian Civil Service List, 1885'']. London: John Murray, p. 497 (pdf p. 501).</ref> and the following year he was attached to the [[Indian Foreign Service#History\|Foreign Department of the Indian Government]].<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/newannualarmylis1886lond#page/n503/mode/2up ''The New Annual Army List, Militia List, and Indian Civil Service List, 1886'']. London: John Murray, p. 497 (pdf p. 505)</ref>		From 1884 to 1888 he was Assistant Secretary during the greater part of the [[Viceroy of India\|Viceroy]] [[Lord Dufferin]]'s tenure, accompanying the Viceroy on his tours, and translating at his interviews with Indian [[Princely States\|princely rulers]].{{sfn\|Skelton\|Bulloch\|1912\|p=395}} In 1885 Evans Gordon was back with the 8th Madras Regt. in [[Sagar district\|Saugor]] as Officiating 3rd Class Political Assistant,<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/newannualarmylis1885lond#page/n501/mode/2up ''The New Annual Army List, Militia List, and Indian Civil Service List, 1885'']. London: John Murray, p. 497 (pdf p. 501).</ref> and the following year he was attached to the [[Indian Foreign Service#History\|Foreign Department of the Indian Government]].<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/newannualarmylis1886lond#page/n503/mode/2up ''The New Annual Army List, Militia List, and Indian Civil Service List, 1886'']. London: John Murray, p. 497 (pdf p. 505)</ref>
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	\|archive-date=5 December 2013		\|archive-date=5 December 2013
	\|access-date=23 April ~~2022~~}}</ref> As far back as 1889 a House of Commons Committee had concluded that there was an increase in pauperism in the [[East End (London)\|East End]] of London due to the crowding out of English labour by foreign immigrants.		\|access-date=23 April 2015}}</ref> As far back as 1889 a House of Commons Committee had concluded that there was an increase in pauperism in the [[East End (London)\|East End]] of London due to the crowding out of English labour by foreign immigrants.
	[[image:6th Earl of Hardwicke.png\|thumb\|200px\|right\|The [[Albert Yorke, 6th Earl of Hardwicke\|6th Earl of Hardwicke]], by 'Spy' ([[Leslie Ward]]), from ''[[Vanity Fair (British magazine)\|Vanity Fair]]''. Caption reads "Tommy Dodd".<ref group=n>NB may belong somewhere else... The term "Tommy Dodd" (used by Hardwicke's close friends) is variously defined as:		[[image:6th Earl of Hardwicke.png\|thumb\|200px\|right\|The [[Albert Yorke, 6th Earl of Hardwicke\|6th Earl of Hardwicke]], by 'Spy' ([[Leslie Ward]]), from ''[[Vanity Fair (British magazine)\|Vanity Fair]]''. Caption reads "Tommy Dodd".<ref group=n>NB may belong somewhere else... The term "Tommy Dodd" (used by Hardwicke's close friends) is variously defined as:
	* [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42108/42108-h/42108-h.htm Hotten's Slang Dictionary]; "Tommy Dodd," a game of or pitch and toss. For cheating the unwary at this game, a "Gray" is often used, a halfpenny, with either two "heads" or two "tails"—both sides alike. They are often "rung in" with a victim’s own money[182], so that the caller of "heads" or "tails" cannot lose. Thus if A has to call, he or a confederate manages to mix the selected Grays with B’s tossing halfpence. There are various and almost obvious uses for Grays.		* [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42108/42108-h/42108-h.htm Hotten's Slang Dictionary]; "Tommy Dodd," a game of or pitch and toss. For cheating the unwary at this game, a "Gray" is often used, a halfpenny, with either two "heads" or two "tails"—both sides alike. They are often "rung in" with a victim’s own money[182], so that the caller of "heads" or "tails" cannot lose. Thus if A has to call, he or a confederate manages to mix the selected Grays with B’s tossing halfpence. There are various and almost obvious uses for Grays.
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	[[Image:William Evans-Gordon, Vanity Fair, 1905-05-11.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''[[Vanity Fair (British magazine)\|Vanity Fair]]'' caricature by Spy ([[Leslie Ward]]), 11 May 1905. The caption reads "The Alien immigrant".]]		[[Image:William Evans-Gordon, Vanity Fair, 1905-05-11.jpg\|right\|thumb\|''[[Vanity Fair (British magazine)\|Vanity Fair]]'' caricature by Spy ([[Leslie Ward]]), 11 May 1905. The caption reads "The Alien immigrant".]]
	Major Sir '''William Eden Evans Gordon''' (8 August 1857 – 31 October 1913)<ref name="Times_Death13">''The Times'', 3 November 1913 p. 11''d''</ref><ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33372568 Find-a-Grave profile]</ref> was a ~~[[United Kingdom\|~~British]] [[Member of Parliament (UK)\|MP]] who previously served as a military diplomat in India.		Major Sir '''William Eden Evans Gordon''' (8 August 1857 – 31 October 1913)<ref name="Times_Death13">''The Times'', 3 November 1913 p. 11''d''</ref><ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33372568 Find-a-Grave profile]</ref> was a British [[Member of Parliament (UK)\|MP]] who previously served as a military diplomat in India.

	As a [[Political officer (British Empire)\|political officer]] on secondment from the [[British Indian Army]] from 1876 to 1897 during the [[British Raj]], he was attached to the [[Indian Foreign Service#History\|Foreign Department of the Indian Government]]. His career in India was a mixture of military administrative business on the volatile [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)\|North-West Frontier]], and diplomacy and foreign politics advising Maharajas or accompanying the Viceroy in the [[Princely States]].		As a [[Political officer (British Empire)\|political officer]] on secondment from the [[British Indian Army]] from 1876 to 1897 during the [[British Raj]], he was attached to the [[Indian Foreign Service#History\|Foreign Department of the Indian Government]]. His career in India was a mixture of military administrative business on the volatile [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)\|North-West Frontier]], and diplomacy and foreign politics advising Maharajas or accompanying the Viceroy in the [[Princely States]].
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	\|access-date=4 April ~~2015~~}}</ref> daughter of Rev. Dr. Alexander Rose, [[Doctor of Divinity\|D.D.]], a [[Presbyterian]] minister of Inverness.{{sfn\|Scott\|1926\|pp=462–3}}{{sfn\|Rose\|1835\|p=3}} William was the youngest of seven children. ''See also'' [[#Family tree\|Family tree]] ''below''.		\|access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref> daughter of Rev. Dr. Alexander Rose, [[Doctor of Divinity\|D.D.]], a [[Presbyterian]] minister of Inverness.{{sfn\|Scott\|1926\|pp=462–3}}{{sfn\|Rose\|1835\|p=3}} William was the youngest of seven children. ''See also'' [[#Family tree\|Family tree]] ''below''.

	His mother died in 1858, soon after he was born.<ref>He may possibly have lived in Dublin, where his father was [https://books.google.com/books?id=CEEIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA21 Town Major] from 1864, and where his father re-married in 1866.</ref> He was educated at [[Cheltenham College]] (entering in October 1870 at the same time as his older brother Charles [Jr.]),<ref>[http://www.mocavo.co.uk/Cheltenham-College-Register-1841-1889/143142/319 Cheltenham College Register 1841–1889, p. 277, pdf p. 319]</ref> and at the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst\|Royal Military College]], where he was an unattached Sub-Lieutenant on 15 July 1876.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/newannualarmylis1877hart#page/110/mode/2up Hart, H. G (ed.) ''The New Annual Army List, Militia List, and Indian Civil Service List, 1877'', p. 112]. London: John Murray. NB His name here is hyphenated...		His mother died in 1858, soon after he was born.<ref>He may possibly have lived in Dublin, where his father was [https://books.google.com/books?id=CEEIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA21 Town Major] from 1864, and where his father re-married in 1866.</ref> He was educated at [[Cheltenham College]] (entering in October 1870 at the same time as his older brother Charles [Jr.]),<ref>[http://www.mocavo.co.uk/Cheltenham-College-Register-1841-1889/143142/319 Cheltenham College Register 1841–1889, p. 277, pdf p. 319]</ref> and at the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst\|Royal Military College]], where he was an unattached Sub-Lieutenant on 15 July 1876.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/newannualarmylis1877hart#page/110/mode/2up Hart, H. G (ed.) ''The New Annual Army List, Militia List, and Indian Civil Service List, 1877'', p. 112]. London: John Murray. NB His name here is hyphenated...
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	From 1884 to 1888 he was Assistant Secretary during the greater part of the [[Viceroy of India\|Viceroy]] [[Lord Dufferin]]'s tenure, accompanying the Viceroy on his tours, and translating at his interviews with Indian [[Princely States\|princely rulers]].{{sfn\|Skelton\|Bulloch\|1912\|p=395}} In 1885 Evans Gordon was back with the 8th Madras Regt. in [[Sagar district\|Saugor]] as Officiating 3rd Class Political Assistant,<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/newannualarmylis1885lond#page/n501/mode/2up ''The New Annual Army List, Militia List, and Indian Civil Service List, 1885'']. London: John Murray, p. 497 (pdf p. 501).</ref> and the following year he was attached to the [[Indian Foreign Service#History\|Foreign Department of the Indian Government]].<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/newannualarmylis1886lond#page/n503/mode/2up ''The New Annual Army List, Militia List, and Indian Civil Service List, 1886'']. London: John Murray, p. 497 (pdf p. 505)</ref>		From 1884 to 1888 he was Assistant Secretary during the greater part of the [[Viceroy of India\|Viceroy]] [[Lord Dufferin]]'s tenure, accompanying the Viceroy on his tours, and translating at his interviews with Indian [[Princely States\|princely rulers]].{{sfn\|Skelton\|Bulloch\|1912\|p=395}} In 1885 Evans Gordon was back with the 8th Madras Regt. in [[Sagar district\|Saugor]] as Officiating 3rd Class Political Assistant,<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/newannualarmylis1885lond#page/n501/mode/2up ''The New Annual Army List, Militia List, and Indian Civil Service List, 1885'']. London: John Murray, p. 497 (pdf p. 501).</ref> and the following year he was attached to the [[Indian Foreign Service#History\|Foreign Department of the Indian Government]].<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/newannualarmylis1886lond#page/n503/mode/2up ''The New Annual Army List, Militia List, and Indian Civil Service List, 1886'']. London: John Murray, p. 497 (pdf p. 505)</ref>
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	\|archive-date=5 December 2013		\|archive-date=5 December 2013
	\|access-date=23 April ~~2015~~}}</ref> As far back as 1889 a House of Commons Committee had concluded that there was an increase in pauperism in the [[East End (London)\|East End]] of London due to the crowding out of English labour by foreign immigrants.		\|access-date=23 April 2022}}</ref> As far back as 1889 a House of Commons Committee had concluded that there was an increase in pauperism in the [[East End (London)\|East End]] of London due to the crowding out of English labour by foreign immigrants.
	[[image:6th Earl of Hardwicke.png\|thumb\|200px\|right\|The [[Albert Yorke, 6th Earl of Hardwicke\|6th Earl of Hardwicke]], by 'Spy' ([[Leslie Ward]]), from ''[[Vanity Fair (British magazine)\|Vanity Fair]]''. Caption reads "Tommy Dodd".<ref group=n>NB may belong somewhere else... The term "Tommy Dodd" (used by Hardwicke's close friends) is variously defined as:		[[image:6th Earl of Hardwicke.png\|thumb\|200px\|right\|The [[Albert Yorke, 6th Earl of Hardwicke\|6th Earl of Hardwicke]], by 'Spy' ([[Leslie Ward]]), from ''[[Vanity Fair (British magazine)\|Vanity Fair]]''. Caption reads "Tommy Dodd".<ref group=n>NB may belong somewhere else... The term "Tommy Dodd" (used by Hardwicke's close friends) is variously defined as:
	* [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42108/42108-h/42108-h.htm Hotten's Slang Dictionary]; "Tommy Dodd," a game of or pitch and toss. For cheating the unwary at this game, a "Gray" is often used, a halfpenny, with either two "heads" or two "tails"—both sides alike. They are often "rung in" with a victim’s own money[182], so that the caller of "heads" or "tails" cannot lose. Thus if A has to call, he or a confederate manages to mix the selected Grays with B’s tossing halfpence. There are various and almost obvious uses for Grays.		* [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42108/42108-h/42108-h.htm Hotten's Slang Dictionary]; "Tommy Dodd," a game of or pitch and toss. For cheating the unwary at this game, a "Gray" is often used, a halfpenny, with either two "heads" or two "tails"—both sides alike. They are often "rung in" with a victim’s own money[182], so that the caller of "heads" or "tails" cannot lose. Thus if A has to call, he or a confederate manages to mix the selected Grays with B’s tossing halfpence. There are various and almost obvious uses for Grays.
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	Julia was the sister of [[James Stewart-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth]], who fought with the [[9th Lancers]] during the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] of 1878–1880 (later Colonel of the regiment), and was later military secretary to [[M. E. Grant Duff]]. He married the daughter of [[Edward Steinkopff]], owner of the [[St James's Gazette]] and dedicatee of Evans-Gordon's ''The Alien Immigrant''. Julia and James had one further sibling, [[Mary Jeune, Baroness St Helier]], society hostess and politician.<ref>{{cite ODNB \|title=Jeune [née Stewart-Mackenzie other married name Stanley], (Susan Elizabeth) Mary, Lady St Helier (1845–1931), hostess \|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-51948 \|year=2016 \|access-date=31 May 2021 \|language=en \|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/51948\|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 \|last1=Reynolds \|first1=K. D. }}</ref>		Julia was the sister of [[James Stewart-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth]], who fought with the [[9th Lancers]] during the [[Second Anglo-Afghan War]] of 1878–1880 (later Colonel of the regiment), and was later military secretary to [[M. E. Grant Duff]]. He married the daughter of [[Edward Steinkopff]], owner of the [[St James's Gazette]] and dedicatee of Evans-Gordon's ''The Alien Immigrant''. Julia and James had one further sibling, [[Mary Jeune, Baroness St Helier]], society hostess and politician.<ref>{{cite ODNB \|title=Jeune [née Stewart-Mackenzie other married name Stanley], (Susan Elizabeth) Mary, Lady St Helier (1845–1931), hostess \|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-51948 \|year=2016 \|access-date=31 May 2021 \|language=en \|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/51948\|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 \|last1=Reynolds \|first1=K. D. }}</ref>

	Evans-Gordon's siblings included:		Evans-Gordon's siblings included:

	* Henry (1842-1909) a stockbroker in London, married to Mary Sartoris, daughter of [[Edward John Sartoris\|Edward Sartoris MP]].		* Henry (1842-1909) a stockbroker in London, married to Mary Sartoris, daughter of [[Edward John Sartoris\|Edward Sartoris MP]].
			* Jessica (1852–87) who married [[Thomas Gibson Bowles]] MP.
	* Jessica (~~1852-87~~) who married [[Thomas Gibson Bowles]] MP.

	Evans-Gordon's paternal grandfather was Col. George Evans (d.1819), whose principal service in the Napoleonic wars was with the [[Royal African Corps]].<ref>PRO Kew, file WO 12.</ref>		Evans-Gordon's paternal grandfather was Col. George Evans (d.1819), whose principal service in the Napoleonic wars was with the [[Royal African Corps]].<ref>PRO Kew, file WO 12.</ref>
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	\|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol10/pp42-57		\|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol10/pp42-57
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	\|last2=Bulloch		\|last2=Bulloch
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	\|title=Gordons under Arms: A Biographical Muster Roll of Officers named Gordon in the Navies and Armies of Britain, Europe, America and in the Jacobite Risings		\|title=Gordons under Arms: A Biographical Muster Roll of Officers named Gordon in the Navies and Armies of Britain, Europe, America and in the Jacobite Risings
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>AManWithNoPlan: proper parameter choice

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