Who was Gordon Bennett?
There are several possibilities. Some are actual people, while one, in particular, is used in ***an expression (probably the one in question). I don’t know which one you need so I’ve given you all of the ones I can find. *James Gordon Bennett, Sr., (1795–1872), the founder, and an editor and publisher of the New York Herald *James Gordon Bennett, Jr., (1841–1918), publisher of the New York Herald, and son of the founder; also the source of the exclamation *Gordon Bennett (Australian soldier), (1887–1962) *Gordon Lockhart Bennett (1912–2000), a Canadian politician *Gordon Bennett (artist) (born 1955), Australian *Gordon Bennett (bishop) (born 1946), Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville, Jamaica *Gordon Bennett (football), English Head of Youth Development ***Gordon Bennett (expression), an exclamation of surprise or shock, probably a shortened form of the religious exclamation “God and St Benedict!”, which became much abbreviated over time. Benedict became the surname Bennett, the “St” became
