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Lord Gordon Gordon
Lord Gordon-Gordon ( 1840 – August 1, 1874), also known as Lord Gordon Gordon, Lord Glencairn, and The Hon. Mr. Herbert Hamilton, was a British fraud and impostor, responsible for one of the greatest swindles in the 19th century United States. He swindled $1 million from Jay Gould, who was fighting for control of the Erie Railroad, and then fled to Canada. A failed kidnapping attempt by Gould and associates ended in their arrest and almost caused a military confrontation between the United States and Canada.
== Life in Britain ==
Little is known about the early life of Lord Gordon-Gordon. His real name is unknown, and it was rumoured that he was the illegitimate son of a North Country clergyman and his family maid.
The first major incident involving Gordon-Gordon was in 1868 when, under the name of "Lord Glencairn", he swindled London jewellers Marshall & Son for £25,000.〔 In March 1870, he left Britain and travelled to the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Lord" Gordon Gordon, aka Hon. Mr. Herbert Hamilton and numerous other aliases (c 1840–1874) )〕
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