Armistead C. Gordon


Armistead Churchill Gordon was a Virginia lawyer and a prolific writer of prose and poetry.

Background

Gordon was the son of George Loyall and Mary Long Gordon, as well as the grandson and biographer of William F. Gordon. Through his mother, he was a descendant of William Randolph and John Stith.
Gordon attended the University of Virginia for two years, beginning in 1873, then taught school and studied law, joining the bar in 1879. He practiced law in Staunton, Virginia, where he was mayor for two years, and served as Commonwealth's Attorney. He was a member of the Boards of Visitors of the College of William & Mary and the University of Virginia, where he also served as rector, and he was the first chairman of the Virginia State Library Board. His tenure on the University of Virginia board included the aftermath of the burning of The Rotunda. He received an honorary of Doctor of Laws degree from the College of William & Mary in 1906 and an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Washington and Lee University in 1923. He was a president of The Virginia Bar Association, for 1920-21.

Literary works

Works by or about A.C. Gordon include:

Poetry

Armistead Churchill Gordon & Thomas Nelson Page,
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Armistead C. Gordon, Vitali Lampada. A Song for a Centenary Year
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Armistead C. Gordon, The Western Front
Armistead C. Gordon, The Fount of Castaly

Law Poetry Anthologies

Armistead Churchill Gordon, "Law at our Boarding-House," in Ina Russelle Warren, The Lawyer's Alcove: Poems by the Lawyer, for the Lawyer and about the Lawyer 175-176

Writings

Armistead C. Gordon, Congressional Currency.
Armistead C. Gordon, The Gay Gordons: Ballads of an Ancient Scottish Clan
Armistead C. Gordon, Gift of the Morning Star: A Story of Sherando
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Armistead C. Gordon & Edwin Alderman,
Armistead C. Gordon, Maje: A Love Story
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Armistead C. Gordon, Gordons in Virginia: With Notes on Gordons of Scotland and Ireland
Armistead C. Gordon, Some Lawyers in Colonial Virginia
Armistead C. Gordon, Virginian Writers of Fugitive Verse
Armistead C. Gordon, Men and Events: Chapters of Virginia History
Armistead C. Gordon, Memories and Memorials of William Gordon McCabe
Armistead C. Gordon, Allegra, The Story of Byron and Miss Clairmont Minton
Armistead C. Gordon, In the Picturesque Shenandoah Valley