P_10433_2970 – Thomas Gordon
Co-owner with 12 others (including three women) of a slaving voyage from London by the Duchess of Portland to Cape Coast Castle and Lucea/St Lucea 1792, alongside Thomas [sic] Newton and William Johnston. Almost certainly Thomas Gordon of Newton, Gordon and Johnston, Madeira wine merchants, which evolved into Cossart Gordon & Company (still trading), although the partners in that firm were given as Francis Newton (until 1805), Thomas Gordon (until 1802) and William Johnston (until 1790).
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First name: Thomas
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Last name: Gordon
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Sources: PROB 11/1418/244 (it is indexed as Thomas Gordon of Perty [sic] Street). https://economics.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Workshops-Seminars/Economic-History/hancock-050323.pdf; Hancock Citizens of the World p. 142 for Thomas Gordon and Francis Newton at Madeira. LMA, Cossart Gordon & Company, CLC/B/063; https://www.cossartgordon.com/
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Crossings (1)
81071 - Duchess of Portland (1792 - 1793)
Role: Owner
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Death
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Burial
Date: 12/12/1804
Location: London (Middlesex)
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Occupation: Vintner (Retail)
Partner in Newton & Gordon of Madeira.
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
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Value of Known Legacies (where material to total estate): £26,450
Occupation: Wine merchant
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Courts: PCC
The apparently undated will of Thomas Gordon of Percy Street is faded and not entirely legible. He left £5000 each to his younger sons James Murray Gordon, James David Webster Gordon and Francis Dempster [?] Gordon; an annuity of £65 p.a. to his sister Mrs Ann Dempster; some legacy to his sister Euphemia; and £1500 for his daughter Harriet. His trustees were his eldest son Thomas William Gordon; his nephew William Gordon of Madeira; Thomas Murdoch of Madeira; his son James David Webster Gordon; his nephew Peter Johnston; and his nephew Alexander Gordon of Copthall Court. He left £2800 in monetary legacies to family and friends. In a codicil of 05/11/1803 [?] he left an additional £7000 to his son James David Webster Gordon who was not 'in any line to acquire an independence.'
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