to the family or plant a tree [237], An identical statue by Thornycroftbut with the pedestal intactis located in a small park called Gordon Reserve, near Parliament House in Melbourne, Australia. Acton, NH George E. Gordon, 69 of Acton, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 26, 2022, after a long period of declining health at Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington,. Yes, these are people struggling to be free and rightly struggling to be free". Born Geoffrey George Gordon FitzClarence, he was the son of William FitzClarence, 2nd Earl of Munster (19 May 1824 - 30 April 1901) and Wilhelmina Kennedy-Erskine (27 June 1830 - 9 October 1906). 05/01/2023. These aims eluded him.[93][114]. [44] Aboard the Hyson were 350 men from the elite 4th Regiment of the Ever Victorious Army. To plant a tree in memory of George GORDON, please visit. [51], On 1 January 1864, Gordon was informed that a messenger from the Tongzhi Emperor was coming to see him and that he should put on his finest uniform. George was predeceased by his father, and is survived by his mother. Last modified on Thu 21 Apr 2022 12.52 EDT. [96] Gordon was not impressed with the forces of the Egyptian state. [5] After her death, her place as Gordon's favourite sibling was taken by his very religious older sister Augusta, who nudged her brother towards religion. When the news of the defeats reached Ansar besieging Khartoum, terrible cries of lamentation rose from the besieging force, which led Gordon to guess that the Ansar had been defeated in battle and that Wolseley must be close. (for "Grand Old Man"), to "M.O.G." The countenance bore a pleasant frank appearance, eyes light blue with a fearless look in them, hair crisp and inclined to curl, conversation short and decided". Im so deeply sorry for the loss of your father. [41], In March 1863, Gordon took command of the force at Songjiang, which had received the name of "Ever Victorious Army". [37] Without waiting to reorganise his troops, Gordon led them at once to the relief of Changsu, a town 40 miles northwest of Shanghai. [102], Gordon, despite his position as an official in the Ottoman Empire, found the Ottoman-Egyptian system of rule inherently oppressive and cruel, coming into increasing conflict with the very system he was supposed to uphold, later stating about his time in the Sudan, "I taught the natives they had a right to exist". Gordon then returned to Khartoum, and went again into Darfur to suppress the slave traders. At Cairo, he received further instructions from Sir Evelyn Baring, and was appointed Governor-General with executive powers by the Khedive Tewfik Pasha, who also gave Gordon an edict ordering him to establish a government in the Sudan. He loved their wives, Chelsea, Janine, and Samantha as if they were his own, a trait learned from the great and limitless love he received from his parents-in-law, Tom and Edna Lewis. SAT & SUN [209] The Ansar took no prisoners and all of the approximately 7,000 defenders were killed. [172] Gordon was well-received by a crowd of about 9,000 during his return to Khartoum where the crowd continually chanted, "Father!" He was so erratic, capricious, utterly unreliable, his mood changed so often, his temper was abominable, he was frequently drunk, and yet with all that, he had a tremendous sense of honour and great abilities". [18] The casualties on the Allied side were quite high that day. Special thanks to the caring staff of Good Samaritan Prairie Ridge and the Raymond Health Centre. Send Flowers. He was born in Fortuna, CA 75 years ago to Winton and Evelyn Chase Gordon. Baker met with great difficulties and managed little beyond establishing a few posts along the Nile. The American historian John Semple Galbraith described Gordon as suffering from "utter boredom" during his time in Mauritius. [87] With over half of Egypt's income going to pay the 7% interest on the debt worth 81 million Egyptian pounds that Isma'il had run up, the khedive was supportive of Gordon's plans for reform, but unable to do very much as he lacked the money to pay his civil servants and soldiers in Egypt, much less in the Sudan. E-mail: GeorgeGordonsSchoolofcommonlaw@usa.net To follow George's story, enter your email. It was a highly dangerous job that frequently put him under enemy fire, and led to him being wounded for the first time when a Russian sniper put a bullet into him. [108] Gordon often personally intercepted slave convoys to arrest the slavers and break the chains of the slaves, but he found that the corrupt Egyptian bureaucrats usually sold the freed Africans back into slavery, and the expense of caring for thousands of freed slaves who were a long away from home burdensome. Planting will take place in Spring or Summer of the same year. [59], During a visit to Bulgaria, Gordon and Gessi become involved in an incident when a Bulgarian couple told them that their 17-year-old daughter had been abducted into the harem of an Ottoman pasha, and asked them to free their daughter. Thence he returned to Cairo and resigned his Sudan appointment. [184] The Cabinet itself was divided and confused about just what to do about the Sudan crisis, leading to a highly dysfunctional style of decision-making. Wayland - Lorraine A. Dill, 94 years of age, passed away Saturday afternoon February 25, 2023 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. [95] The younger Russell was described by his own father as an alcoholic and spendthrift who "was beyond help" as it was always the "same story-idleness, self-indulgence, gambling, and constant promises" broken time after time, leading his father to get him a job in the Sudan, where his laziness infuriated Gordon to no end. [165], Stead's interview caused a media sensation and led to a popular clamour for Gordon to be sent to the Sudan. G. Gordon Liddy, undercover operative convicted in Watergate scandal As a toddler he moved to Basking Ridge, NJ. [201] A note written by Gordon and dated 14 December was sent out by a messenger from Khartoum, who reached Wolseley's army on 30 December 1884. Gordon L. Arnold Obituary (1982 - 2023) | Batesville, Indiana Burial will follow in the Evergreen Lawn Cemetery at George, IA. We cannot bring ourselves to believe that we are to be abandoned". [256], Another attempt to debunk Gordon was Anthony Nutting's Gordon, Martyr & Misfit (1966). We can only speculate that his increasing religious devotion may have been an outward manifestation of an internal struggle against sexual temptation.[61]. GORDON, George In the 1980s this quiet civil servant . The B.C. [87] Gordon's reforming zeal made him popular with the ordinary people of the Sudan. The soldiers of the Egyptian Army were falln (peasant) conscripts who were both ill-paid and ill-trained. In the article, Stallard pointed to the egalitarianistic attitudes displayed by Gordon towards the Chinese, and argued that if Chinese historians paid closer attention to the activities of Gordon in China, it would improve Anglo-Chinese relations. [56] The British Army promoted Gordon to lieutenant-colonel on 16 February 1864,[57] and he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 9 December 1864. Suddenly at home on Wednesday 25 January 2017; aged 86 years. [4], In 1843, Gordon was devastated when his favourite sibling, his sister Emily, died of tuberculosis, writing years later, "humanly speaking it changed my life, it was never the same since". [166] The man behind the campaign was the Adjutant General, Sir Garnet Wolseleya skilled media manipulator who often leaked information to the press to effect changes in policyand who was strongly opposed to Gladstone's policy of pulling out of the Sudan. woodhams, walter woodhouse, victor frederick. "[231] The memorial is a Grade II listed building. George William Gordon Obituary - Tribute Archive Gordon loved his family, and enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren, letting them comb his beautiful white hair and catching them in the "bear trap." Our deepest sympathies go out to cousin Nancy, and her family. An interment will take place in Raymond at the Temple Hill Cemetery following the service. [101] Gordon also clashed with Chaill-Long, whom he accused of working as an informant for Aiyub Pasha and called him to his face a "regular failure". [10] The sappers were an elite corps who performed reconnaissance work, led storming parties, demolished obstacles in assaults, and undertook rear-guard actions in retreats and other hazardous tasks. It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Gordon Richard George, loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather. [51] Following a dispute with Li over the execution of rebel leaders, Gordon withdrew his force from Suzhou and remained inactive at Kunshan until February 1864. How I look forward to their disbandment". He loved family gatherings, playing games and eating home-cooked meals, and he was never too full to enjoy a bowl of ice cream, his favourite treat. Obituary for George Gordon, Jr. | Friend Funeral Homes [219], In 1885, Gordon achieved the martyrdom he had been seeking at Khartoum as the British press portrayed him as a saintly Christian hero and martyr who had died nobly resisting the Islamic onslaught of the Mahdi. Asher concludes: "He did not save the country from invasion or disaster, but among the British heroes of all ages, there is perhaps no other who stands out so prominently as an individualist, a man ready to die for his principles. Always thoughtful Gord was a fun-loving Uncle to five nephews and one . ObituaryRev. [100] Gordon soon learned that his superior, the Governor-General of the Sudan, Ismail Aiyub Pasha, was deeply involved in the slave trade and was doing everything within his power to sabotage Gordon's anti-slavery work by denying him supplies and leaking information to the slavers. George Folk Obituary (1938 - 2023) - Findlay, OH - The Courier All the Europeans, with some rare exceptions, whom he has honoured with his confidence have cheated him. The Europeans whom the Egyptians had hired to work as civil servants in the Sudan were no better and proved to be just as corrupt as the Egyptians. OBITUARY George Forbes Gordon March 28, 1938 - May 15, 2022 It is with heavy hearts we bid a final farewell to Mr. George Forbes Gordon, 84, of Fountain Valley, California, who departed our world on May 15, 2022. [204] On arriving at Khartoum on 28 January, the reconnaissance gunboats found that the city had been captured and Gordon had been killed just two days before, coincidentally, two days before his 52nd birthday. Second only to his faith, was the great joy George found in his family. In his biography of Gordon, Anthony Nutting wrote that Gordon was obsessed with "the ever-present, constantly repeated desire for martyrdom and for that glorious immortality in union with God and away from the wretchedness of life on this earth". [119] Gordon also promised that those rebels who laid down their arms would not be punished and would all be given jobs in the administration. Published on December 13, 2020 Plant a Living Memorial The most popular account of Gordon's death was that he put on his ceremonial gold-braided blue uniform of the Governor-General together with the Pasha's red fez and that he went out unarmed, except with his rattan cane, to be cut down by the Ansar.