Name of Gordon

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Rev. Richard Bentley Gordon, Prebendary of
Ferns and Leighton from 1816 to 182S. He
died, as vicar of Duneoronack, Wexford, at
Bath, November 4, 1836. He married Alicia
Geraldine, daughter of Rev. George Howse,
rector of Inch, Wexford, by Alicia, daughter
of Stephen Oassan of Sheffield, Queen's
Oounty, and sister of Mrs Browne, wife of
the Dean of Ferns. They had an only
daaighter. The " Fasti Ecclesiae Hiberni-
cae " ii., 365, says he claimed descent from
a younger branch of the Duke of Gordon.
Daughter: married Thomas Jones', her father's
'biographer.
GATTEBOIS BECOMES GORDON. — Mile.
Agnes Gatte'bois, a French milliner, started busi-
ness in Glasgow in 1903 as a court dressmaker,
and adopted the -name of Gordon. She trans-
ferred herbusiness to 61 New 'Bond Street in 1905.
JORDAN BECOMES GORDON AND THEN
JORDAN. — 1 have come across only one case
where a man having changed his name to Gordon
has changed it back to his original name. The
"Times" of October 24, 1879, announces : —
Take notice that I, Louie John Gordon of
No. 35 Harley Street, Cavendish Square, in the
county of Middlesex, heretofore called aaid
known by the name of Louie John Jordan, have
by Deed* Poll, dated the 4th day of October
1879, under my hand and seal, and duly enrolled
in the Chancery Division of the High Court of
Justice, Taken, Assumed, and Adopted the sur-
name of Gordon, in lieu of Jordan, and I, the
said Louis Jo'lin Gordon, will at all times here-
after, in all deeds, documents, and rights, and
in all dealings and transactions a>nd for all pur-
poll's and on all occasions whatsoever use the
surname of Gordon as and for my surname.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1879/
Louis John Gordon.
He was satisfied with the name of Gordon for less
than four years, for the "Times" of July 25, 1883,
contains this announcement: —
Take notice that I, Louis John Jordan, of the
Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn Street, in the oounty
of Middlesex, heretofore called and known by
the name of Louis John Gordon, have by deed
poll, dated the 26th day of June 1883, under my
h r n d and seal assumed and adopted the surname
of Jordan in lieu of Gordon.