GORDON, Robert 1
User ID: B588. General Notes: "Robert (by second marriage). Mrs. Wilson (Denham House, Goldhawk Road, London), who possesses a number of his letters, says he was apprenticed to a relative in Aberdeen of the name of Gordon, probably a 'Mr. James Gordon,' to whom he refers as his old master. This relative is said to have treated him so badly that he ran away and went out to India and started as a jeweller there. He was joined there by his younger brother Hugh. He returned to England before 1806, for on August 3, writing from Margate he acknowledges a letter from his nephew Robert, which a Mr. Mair had left at the India House. He informs his niece, Helen Gordon, to whom he is writing, that he holds £60 forwarded by his brother, which she can draw upon him for, at 'Mr. Gordon's, Leigh Street, Read Lion Squar'. He writes to his niece, Helen, from Aberdeen, November 9, 1809. He was in Brighton for holiday, September-October, 1812. He died in London, May 3, 1813. The Gentleman's Magazine apparently refers to him in recording the death of Robert Gordon 'of Francis Street, Bedford Square,' at this date." |