The sides of the elaborate canopy above the effigies, supported on four Solomonic columns, display sculpted framework polyhedra,[9] including two cuboctahedra and an icosahedron and the canopy is topped by a celestial globe surmounted by a dodecahedron. in his "Historical sketch of the Parish of Chagford", states that the Gorges family had "a great influence in the parish between 1439 and 1461 being descended in the female line from the Wibberi family". The Gorges family obtained the manors of Wraxall, Somerset and Bradpole in Dorset. [14] The ancient Gorges canting arms of "Argent, a gurges azure", being a blue whirlpool on a white (or silver) background, gurges signifying in Latin a Whirlpool,[15] had been retained some generations before by the senior Gorges line seated at Tamerton Foliot, Devon, the cadet line having married the de Morville heiress. James Michael John Fletcher & Thomas Gorges, This page was last edited on 1 October 2020, at 12:49. Raymond's step-son was the businessman and philanthropist Marcellus Hartley Dodge Sr. who married Ethel Geraldine Rockefeller, a daughter of William Avery Rockefeller Jr. (1841-1922), who having assisted his elder brother John D. Rockefeller to manage Standard Oil left a gross estate of $102 million (in 2020 $1.515 billion). [1] Via his great-grandmother Lady Anne Howard, a daughter of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, he was a second cousin of both Queens Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, the second and fifth wives of King Henry VIII. [21] Brown was the author of History and Antiquities of Nailsea Court (1876) and Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills. This was a large manor that had returned as 3 knights' fees in the Testa de Nevill. It appears he received financial support from his American brother. He was born in Wraxall, Somerset, the son of Sir Edward Gorges of Wraxall, by either his first or second wife, namely Mary Newton or Mary Poyntz (sister of Nicholas Poyntz (d.1557)), respectively.

In the 1901 Irish census the 24 year-old Raymond Gorges was described as "a clerk" and in the 1911 census (aged 34 and living with his widowed mother at 15, Royal Terrace East, Kingstown) as "a sub-manager in a brewery". Full text of "Sir Ferdinando Gorges and his province of Maine. In the 16th century Thomas Gorges (1536–1610), a son of Sir Edward Gorges of Wraxall, Somerset, by Mary Newton, a kinsman and courtier of Queen Elizabeth I, acquired the manor of Langford, now Longford, in Wiltshire in 1573 and built there Longford Castle. Rector of Hollymount, Co. Mayo by his wife Frances Richards, a daughter of Solomon Richards, of Solsboro, Co. Wexford. [22] Gorges however performed much further research and corrections, and visited England and France where he visited many country houses and archives, uncovering much valuable new material.

[23] His mother was Mary Kelly (1835-1911) (only daughter and heiress of William Daniel Kelly of Turmuck, and of Castle Park, Co. Roscommon) an author and poet who was descended from Arthur French of French Park, County Roscommon. [9] On the death of Theobald in 1380, the manor of Knighton, less a dower interest of 1/3, passed successively to his sons Sir Randolf (Ralph?) Judgement was given in her favour,[8] but, as she had no issue by Ralph, the manor reverted to Theobald by 1362.

The papers include genealogical information that Mr. Gorges used to produce his pedigree located at the end of the book. He was serving as Governor of Hurst Castle in Hampshire when during the Spanish Armada of 1588 one of the Spanish treasure ships laden with silver was driven aground nearby.

Sir Thomas Gorges (1536 – 30 March 1610) of Longford Castle in Wiltshire, was a courtier and Groom of the Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I. He was descended in the male line from Ralph, 1st Baron Gorges, had a son, Ralph, 2nd Baron Gorges, and 3 daughters, Elizabeth, Eleanor and Joan. 39; Wrottesley, Pedigrees from Plea Roll 346, 347 ( Quoted in VCH, Hants., vol. Frances Gorges (1580–1649), who in about 1610 married Thomas Tyringham of Little Langford, Wiltshire; Bridget Gorges (1584-c1634), who married Sir. 5,000 items, 1616-1940, and contain the material used by Raymond Gorges to write his book, The Story of a Family through Eleven Centuries, History of the Gorges Family, published in Boston, USA in 1944. [28][29] This arose through his marriage (shortly before 1912 when he moved to America aged about 35) to the wealthy Grace Vernon Dodge, widow of Norman White Dodge (1846-1907), the 5th son of William Earl Dodge (1805-1883), one of the "Merchant Princes" of Wall Street. This coat of arms was afterwards used by Sir Ferdinando Gorges.

The Barony became extinct on the death of the 2nd Baron in 1712, even though the latter seems to have had a son.

She was a daughter of Ulf Henrikson von Snakenborg of Ostergottland, Sweden.

He was knighted at Beddington in 1586. She was First Lady of the Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I, and had come to England from Sweden in 1565 in the train of Cecilia, Margravine of Baden. 2 Henry IV, no.17 (following death of Agnes), Cassell's Latin Dictionary, 260th Thousand, Marchant & Charles: Gurges-itis (m), (from root GAR to swallow) a whirlpool, eddy, abyss. Eleanor's 3rd son, Theobald Russell II, accordingly adopted the surname Gorges and founded a revived Gorges line, which flourished, based at Wraxall, Somerset. Born in Boyle, County Roscommon, he served in the Boer War but was dishonourably discharged in March 1900 for alleged sodomy and was later implicated in the theft of the Irish Crown Jewels and although never prosecuted for that offence was later found guilty of murdering a policeman in 1915 in London, about to serve him a warrant for "indulgence in illegal sexual practices". Drawn into the various intrigues much against her inclination, but with a desire to protect her family, she is forced to navigate her way through the various dangers, always with the knowledge of what faces her should she fail. There appear to be two possibilities: Tothill, Lincolnshire, between Louth and Mablethorpe, and Tothill Manor in the Isle of Wight. It cannot be stated with certainty where this was located.

"All the known examples of these polyhedral sculptures originate within a period of about 30 years, during which England and the rest of Europe saw a resurgence of interest in quasi-mystical geometric symbolism". There are also family histories, beginning in 1066 when the family was in France, and individual biographies. [14] The design possibly refers to the science of navigation, in which both commemorated men were proficient. Raymond's brother Richard William Howard Gorges (c1876-1944) was the black sheep of the family. Between 1841-3 Brown rebuilt Christ Church and Vicarage, Nailsea, to the design of Gilbert Scott. Edward, son of the above-mentioned Thomas Gorges of Langford, was granted the Barony of Dundalk in Ireland. The legal papers are an excellent source of English documents and provide added information on the family's interesting and noble history. The Gorges family obtained the manors of Wraxall, Somerset and Bradpole in Dorset. Helena's mother was a descendant of Agnes of Borgarsyssel, a natural daughter of Haakon V of Norway. Ralph, 2nd Baron Gorges, who died without issue in 1330/1, shortly after his father's death, formed the plan of bequeathing the Gorges estates to a younger son of his sister Eleanor on condition that he should adopt the name and arms of Gorges.