Charles Gordon

Charles Gordon of England, awarded the compensation for the enslaved people on three estates in Jamaica, two (including Braco) in Trelawny and one in St Anns. Son of Charles Gordon of Braco (q.v.)

1. Charles Gordon sen. of Braco b. Braco 1747, d. 1829 aged 82, stone in church of Great Berkhampstead; Charles Gordon (jun.) b. Braco 1784, of Newtimber Place Sussex, d. 1839. In his will, Charles Gordon (d. 1839) refers to the house of his late father in Gower Street: 'Chas. Gordon' was shown at 40 Gower Street in 1835. Charles Gordon according to Victoria County History bought Newtimber Place in 1832, but his father's will shows that the father had lent him money 'on account of New Timber' in 1825.

2. Will of Charles Gordon of Braco in the parish of Trelawny proved 11/07/1829; will of Charles Gordon of Newtimber Place, Sussex proved 15/05/1839. The latter left the right of patronage at Newtimber in trust together with £8000 to his younger son Arthur Pitman Gordon, with the rest of his estate to his elder son Charles Henry William Gordon. The Rev. Arthur Pitman Gordon of the Rectory Newtimber left £55,218 19s in 1904; his brother had left £14,071 8s in 1887.

1. IGI, and Notes & Queries 1906 s 10-V pp. 214-5; IGI and JamaicanFamilySearch [referring to a stone at Newtimber]; Boyle's Directory of London, 1835, p. 411; http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol7/pp204-208 [accessed 19/08/2016].

2. PROB 11/1758/174; PROB 11/1910/356; National Probate Calendar 1887 and 1904.