THE GORDON HERITAGE:

Whilst reading this book our Director of Music, Adam Stanworth, discovered that Lord Tennyson and his son Hallam, were instrumental in fund-raising for the establishment of the Gordon Boys’ Home in the 1880s and Lady Emily Tennyson wrote a morning and evening hymn for the boys which they sang at daily prayers. After finding the tune for the Evening Hymn ‘Great God’, Adam then took it to the Semper Fidelis Choir here at school and has incorporated into our Evensongs. Following a call out on social media we couldn’t find anyone who had memories of this, but from further research it may be that the hymns were still in use in 1984.

CHRISTENINGS: C

ongratulations to Gordonian James Ayres 9822 (2002) and Donna Ayres on the Christening of their son, Edward, on Sunday 23 rd April 2023 in the School Chapel.

Finn Bjerraard, who featured in the last edition of The Gordonian, flew from Denmark to see the Whitehall Parade and meet Gordonians afterwards. Whilst Finn didn’t attend Gordon’s, he has a strong interest in General Gordon and made the trip to London for this special event, expressing his thanks to everyone who welcomed him during the afternoon. Thank you to all those who attended, it was wonderful to see so many of you.

The annual Gordon Memorial Service took place in Guildford Cathedral on Sunday 22 nd January, attended by staff, students, parents and Governors of the School. The service featured readings from the Head Boy and Head Girl with The Reverend Michael Parker, Chaplain-General to His Majesty’s Land Forces delivering The Gordon Sermon. Pipe Major L Massie played the Lament Flowers of the Forest.