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Gordon, Charles George, (1833-1885), Major General

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Alternative name(s):
  • Chinese Gordon (Also known as)
Surname: Gordon
Forenames: Charles George
Gender: Male
Date: 1833-1885
Places:
  • China
Biography: ODNB link for Gordon, Charles George (1833-1885) Major General
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P161379 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P11588 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Charles George Gordon
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
corresp and papers
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 33222, 34474-83, 43411, 47609, 51291-312, 52386-408
2
corresp, papers and journal
Royal Engineers Museum
HMC
NRA 36645
3
papers rel to China
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
MS Parkes
NRA 25705
4
1874-1909: estate papers
Southampton Archives Office
51/1-17
NRA 13639 Paris
5
papers
Durham University Library and Collections
NRA 11057 Durham Univ
6
1871-1987: address book
Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
STED
NRA 32593
7
1882-1883: religious writings incl papers rel to site of Garden of Eden (copies)
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
RCMS 16
NRA 25314 Royal Commonwealth
8
corresp (copies)
Unknown location
NRA 9496 Gordon
9
1879-84: corresp with Charles Allen
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 47609
10
1884-85: corresp with Sir Edward Baring
The National Archives
FO633
11
1877-84: misc corresp with JF Brocklehurst and others
Durham University Library and Collections
NRA 34334 Brocklehurst
12
1878-79: letters to Church Missionary Society
University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections
CA/6/0/11
NRA 12768 CMS Africa
13
1884: letters to Lord Cromer
Baring Archive
NRA 11212 Baring
14
1872-73: letters (15) to Sir Henry Elliot
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS 21206
NRA 10476 Minto
15
1872-80: letters (11) to Sir WH Goodenough
Durham University Library and Collections
NRA 34320 Goodenough
16
1878-81: letters (27) to Romolo Gossi
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 54495
17
1880-84: letters (40) to Sir William Mackinnon
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
MS.20311
18
1880-81: letters (6) to Florence Nightingale
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 45806, ff18,20,21,136,144,155
19
1880: letters to Sir John Pope-Hennessey
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Brit Emp s 409
NRA 17879 Hennessy
20
1874-82: letters to RS Standen
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 40665
21
1874-84: letters (28) to CM Watson
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 41340
22
1880-84: letters to Edward White
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 52428
23
corresp (10 items)
Boston Public Library
NRA 11046 Boston Library
24
1874-84: letters
Oxford University: St Antony's College: Middle East Centre Archive
NRA 20811 St Antony's College
25
1846-84: misc letters and papers
Gordon's School
See Matthews & Wainwright, MSS rel to Middle East p346
26
1884: signed message smuggled out of Khartoum during 1884 siege.
Durham University Library and Collections
SAD
See Annual Return 2008
27
1859-1883: letters to Colonel Charles Elwyn Harvey
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add. 87369-70
28
1857: hand drawn map of territory ceded by Russia around Danube delta, Crimean War, with related note
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
2010-03-11
29
1855: letter to mother from camp before Siege of Sevastopol, with fragment of another
National Army Museum Templer Study Centre
2010-05-10
30
c1877-1885: corresp and rel papers sent to William Henry Wylde
Durham University Library and Collections
WYL
31
1883-1885: letters to Colonel John Fretcheville Dykes Donnelly
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 89022
32
19th cent: Arabic notes and map of Sudan
Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
GORD
See Annual Return 2018
33
1884-1906: family papers, mostly rel to his death in Sudan, and incl letters to his sister, Mary Augusta Gordon (fl1833-1890)
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 89471
See Annual Return 2022
Related record creators
  Record creator Description of relationship Dates Category of relationship
1
Gordon, Louis Augustus, (fl1867-1922), Colonel, 2nd Bombay Lancers
Louis Augustus Gordon brother of Charles George Gordon (and son of Sir Henry William Gordon)
Family