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