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| Born | November 17, 1829 Dumfries, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | May 16, 1918 (aged 88) Chewton Glen, Christchurch, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Frances Eleanor Burton
(m. 1855; died 1905) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent(s) | William Gordon Sarah Walker Gordon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Gordon (November 17, 1829 – May 16, 1918) was a Scottish-American merchant, banker, and art collector who served as the president of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York and was a co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1870.[1]
- ^ Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York (1911). Roster of Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York with Biographical Data. D. Taylor. Retrieved 26 July 2019.