GORDON, Samuel Enderby (2 son of Henry Wm. Gordon, col. commandant R.A. who d. 19 Sep. 1865 aged 79). b. 14 Nov. 1824; 2 lieut. R.A. 19 June 1844; col. 23 Dec. 1875; director of artillery studies at Woolwich 1 May 1871 to 31 Oct. 1877; L.G. 23 May 1882; placed on retired list with hon. rank of general 1 Nov. 1882; C.B. 13 March 1867. d. Brook lodge, The Park, Cheltenham 5 Feb. 1883.
GORDON, William (2 son of George Gordon, Lord Haddo 1764–91). b. 1785; midshipman R.N. 2 July 1797; captain 12 March 1810; V.A. 11 Feb. 1854: commander-in-chief at the Nore 1 July 1854 to 1 July 1857; M.P. for Aberdeenshire 1820–54; a lord of the Admiralty 8 Sep. 1841 to 17 Feb. 1846. d. Exmouth 3 Feb. 1858.
GORDON, William. b. 26 June 1821; ensign 17 foot 20 July 1838; lieut. col. 15 Jany. 1861 to 1 April 1873; lieut. col. brigade depot 1 April 1873 to 14 April 1875 when placed on h.p.; A.A.G. 1 April 1870 to 31 March 1873; L.G. 29 April 1880; placed on retired list with hon. rank of general 1 July 1881; C.B. 20 May 1871. d. while grouse shooting on the hill of Correen, Aberdeenshire 14 Aug. 1883.
GORDON, William Alexander. Ensign 112 foot 2 Oct. 1794; captain 50 foot 23 Oct. 1806 to 26 Nov. 1818 when placed on h.p.; colonel 54 foot 15 Aug. 1850 to death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851; C.B. 26 Sep. 1831. d. Nairn, Scotland 10 Aug. 1856 aged 87.
GORE, Augustus Frederick (only son of Edward Gore 1797–1879, captain R.N.) b. 1 Feb. 1826; colonial sec. Barbadoes 1867–74; lieut. governor of Tobago 29 Sep. 1877, of St. Vincent 5 Aug. 1880 to 1886; F.G.S. d. 21 Sep. 1887.
GORE, Catherine Grace Frances (dau. of C. Moody of East Retford, Nottinghamshire, wine merchant). b. East Retford 1799. (m. 15 Feb. 1823 Charles Arthur Gore, lieut. and capt. 1 life guards, d. 1846). Resided in France 1832–35; her dramas The School for Coquettes produced at Haymarket theatre 1831 and Quid pro Quo or the Days of Dupes, a prize drama, at Haymarket 1844; author of Theresa Marchmont, or the Maid of Honour 1824; Manners of the day, or Women as they are 3 vols. 1830, greatly praised by Geo. IV.; Mothers and daughters 3 vols. 1831 anon.; Cecil, or the Adventures of a Coxcomb 3 vols. 1841 anon.; The Royal Favourite 3 vols. 1845 and 65 other works. d. Linwood, Lyndhurst, Hampshire 29 Jany. 1861. bur. Kensal Green cemetery 7 Feb. New Monthly mag. xlix, pt. i, 434–35 (1837), portrait; I.L.N. 16 Feb. 1861 p. 147, portrait; R. H. Horne’s New spirit of the age, i, 232–39 (1844).
Note.—She was a ward of Sir John Dean Paul, her novel The Banker’s Wife 1843 was dedicated to him, which is very curious as in it is described a swindling banker just like he turned out to be in 1855 when she lost £20,000.
GORE, Sir Charles Stephen (4 son of 2 Earl of Arran 1734–1809). b. 26 Dec. 1793; cornet 16 light dragoons 21 Oct. 1808; served in Peninsula and at Waterloo 1811–15; col. of 91 foot 8 Aug. 1855, of 6 foot 9 March 1861 to death; general Feb. 1863; lieut. governor of Chelsea hospital Dec. 1868 to death; C.B. 1838, K.C.B. 18 May 1860, G.C.B. 13 March 1867; K.H. 1836. d. Chelsea hospital 4 Sep. 1869. Register and Mag. of Biog. Oct. 1869 p. 198.
GORE, John. Entered navy Sep. 1797; captain 27 July 1825; retired admiral 15 Dec. 1863. d. 9 York place, Clifton 7 Dec. 1869 aged 85.
GORE, Montague (eld. son of Rev. Charles Gore of Barrow court, Somerset, who d. 21 April 1841). Matric. from Ch. Ch. Ox. 8 May 1818 aged 18; student of L.I. 1821; M.P. for Devizes 1832–34, for Barnstaple 1841–47; author of 20 pamphlets on political and social subjects; translated Valentini’s Description of the seat of war in European Turkey 1854. d. Chapel place, Vere st. London 5 Oct. 1864.