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Unsuccessful counterclaimant for enslaved people on Christiana estate in Manchester. He had sold enslaved people previously belonging to Robert Shaw on the estate c. 1823, and by inference had taken back a mortgage for all or part of the sale price. Captain in the 78th Highland Regiment. Inherited the title on the death of his brother John in 1804. Heir of his cousin Robert Home Gordon (q.v.). The will of Sir Orford Gordon of Emdo [sic] House, Sutherlandshire was proved 30/07/1857.
T71/860 Manchester claim no. 315 (Christiana); T71/1190: replication of Hector Mitchell. Sir Orford Gordon had sold enslaved persons, previously belonging to Robert Shaw, to Isaac McCorkell and James Thompson, of Manchester.
Burke's Peerage (4th ed. London, 1837) Vol. 1 p. 523. PROB 11/2254/424.
http://aparcelofribbons.co.uk/tag/robert-home-gordon/ [accessed 26/02/2015].
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Spouse
Francis Gore Browne
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Children
William Home, Charlotte Mackenzie, Louisa Charlotte Melville, Frances Amelia
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Occupation
Soldier
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£1,529 1s 5d
Unsuccessful claimant
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First Cousins
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Heir-at-law → Deceased
Notes →
Sir Orford Gordon was characterised as the heir-at-law of Robert Shaw in the compensation records. To date LBS has not traced further the connection between the two...
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1 Brunswick Terrace, Hove, Sussex, South-west England, England
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Embo House, Dornoch, Sutherland, Highlands and Islands, Scotland
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The Priory, Bathwick, Somerset, South-west England, England
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Sir Orford Gordon 9th Bart.', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146639777 [accessed 23rd November 2024].
