William Gurdon

William Gurdon
Birth Year: 1804
Burial Year: 1884
Burial Place: Brantham, Suffolk, England
Death Age: 80
Cemetery: St Michael the Archangel
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Extract taken from Cambridge Alumni

Admitted Pensioner at DOWNING, July 1, 1822, 4th son of Theophilus Thornhagh Dillingham [*Magdalen College, Oxford; Lt.-Col., of Letton, Norfolk].
Born Oct. 12, 1804.
School, Eton. Matriculation Michs. 1822; Bachelor of Art 1826; Master of Art 1829. Fellow, 1838.
Called to the Bar,** Inner Temple, July 3, 1829. Of Brantham, Suffolk.
Judge of the County Courts, Essex, 1847-71.
Recorder of Bury St Edmunds, c. 1840-60. Author, Bankruptcy for the Million, etc.
Died Oct. 12, 1884, at Brantham Court.
His father resumed his patronymic of Gurdon, 1824. Brother of Brampton (1815), etc. (Eton School Lists; ***Burke, 'Landed Gentry', 1862; Boase, I. 1260; Law Lists.)
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Source:'A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great

The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, commonly known as Inner Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London. To be called to the Bar and practise as a barrister in England and Wales, an individual must belong to one of these Inns. It is located in the wider Temple area of the capital, near the Royal Courts of Justice, and within the City of London.



The Inn is a professional body that provides legal training, selection, and regulation for members. It is ruled by a governing council called "Parliament", made up of the Masters of the Bench (or "Benchers"), and led by the Treasurer, who is elected to serve a one-year term.
The Temple takes its name from the Knights Templar, who originally leased the land to the Temple's inhabitants (Templars) until their abolition in 1312.

**Burke's Landed Gentry (originally titled Burke's Commoners) is a reference work listing British families once holding or who continue to own large estates. Historically, persons from such families were often in positions of influence and power in regional administration such as High Sheriff, JP, DL or MP for their county.

The work has been in existence from the first half of the 19th century, and was founded by John Burke. He and successors from the Burke family, and others since, have written in it on genealogy and heraldry, relating to landowner and the gentry.