{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} {{Use British English|date=May 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Charles Grant Gordon | image = Charles Grant Gordon.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 21 August 1927 | birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland | death_date = 21 December 2013 | death_place = New York City, US | education = Glasgow Academy<br> Rugby School | alma_mater = Glasgow University | occupation = Scottish whisky distiller | title = Chairman and president, William Grant & Sons | term = | predecessor = | successor = | known_for = | boards = | spouse = Louise Eccles (1954-2008 her death)<br> Francesca Morales | parents = | children = 3 | relatives = William Grant (great-grandfather) }}
'''Charles Grant Gordon''' (21 August 1927{{snd}}21 December 2013) was a Scottish whisky distiller, chairman and president of his family firm, William Grant & Sons.<ref name="scotsman1">{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-charles-grant-gordon-whisky-executive-1-3249935 |title=Obituary: Charles Grant Gordon, whisky executive |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=2013-12-30 |accessdate=2016-10-21}}</ref><ref name="telegraph1">{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/finance-obituaries/10545126/Charles-Gordon-obituary.html |title=Charles Gordon - obituary |publisher=Telegraph |date=2013-12-31 |accessdate=2016-10-21}}</ref><ref name="heraldscotland1">{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13139218.Charles_Grant_Gordon/ |title=Charles Grant Gordon |newspaper=Herald Scotland |accessdate=2016-10-21}}</ref>
==Early life== Charles Grant Gordon was born in Glasgow on 21 August 1927, the eldest son of William Grant, and the great-grandson of the original William Grant. He was educated at Glasgow Academy and Rugby School,<ref name="telegraph1"/> followed by a bachelor's degree in accounting at Glasgow University.<ref name="scotsman1"/><ref name="telegraph1"/>
==Career== In 1951, Gordon qualified as a chartered accountant, and then joined the family business.<ref name="scotsman1"/> Following his father's death in 1953, Gordon became a director, later joined by his younger brother Sandy and by Eric Lloyd Roberts, the husband of his aunt Janet Sheed Roberts (née Gordon).<ref name="scotsman1"/>
==Personal life== In 1954, Gordon married Louise Eccles, and they had three sons, Grant Edward Gordon, Grant Glenn Gordon and Lloyd Grant Gordon.<ref name="telegraph1"/><ref name="heraldscotland1"/> After Louise's death, he married Francesca Morales.<ref name="telegraph1"/>
Gordon died in hospital of pneumonia in New York City on 21 December 2013.<ref name="scotsman1"/>
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==External links== *{{cite web|url=http://www.glenfiddich.com/za/explore/recent-news/2013/the-extraordinary-life-of-charles-grant-gordon/|website=glenfiddich.com|title=The Extraordinary life of Charles Grant Gordon|accessdate=2017-08-02}}
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