| Authorised form of name | Gorst; Sir; John Eldon (1835 - 1916) |
| Dates | 1835 - 1916 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Preston, Lancashire, England |
| Date of birth | 24 May 1835 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 04/04/1916 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Castle Combe, Wiltshire |
| Activity | Honours:
Kt 1885
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 17/12/1896 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 31 July 1889, 30 November 1893 (group) |
| Code | NA4860 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1896/29 | Gorst, Sir John Eldon: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/17/610 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | [25 November 1898] |
| NLB/17/181 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Everard W Wylde, Foreign Office | 9 August 1898 |
| NLB/17/295 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir John Eldon Gorst, Fellow of the Royal Society | 5 October 1898 |
| NLB/17/421 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to The Marquis of Salisbury [Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil], Arthur James Balfour, Joseph Chamberlain, George Joachim Goschen, Sir John Eldon Gorst, the Duke of Devonshire [Spencer Compton Cavendish], the Earl of Halsbury [Hardinge Stanley Giffard], and Viscount Richard Assheton Cross | 27 October 1898 |
| NLB/23/1/556 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir John Eldon Gorst, Fellow of the Royal Society, Queen Anne's Mansions, St James's' Park, S.W. | 2 December 1901 |
| NLB/35/40 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [Sir John Gorst, Fellow of the Royal Society] | 9 April 1907 |
| NLB/53/79 | Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison]; to unknown correspondent | 5 April 1916 |
| NLB/53/185 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Joseph Larmor, FRS | 22 May 1916 |
| NLB/17/151 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to the Marquis of Salisbury, Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | 27 July 1898 |