Lord
Robert
Thornhagh
"1st Baron Cranworth"
Gurdon
Born in Cranworth, Norfolk, England
Ancestors 
Brother of
William Brampton Gurdon
Husband of
Harriott Ellin (Miles) Gurdon
— married
4 Sep 1862 (to 7 Apr 1864) [location unknown]
Husband of
Emily Frances (Heathcote) Gurdon
— married
27 Jul 1874 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Bertram Francis Gurdon 2nd Baron
Died
at age 73
in Cranworth, Norfolk, England
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Jul 2019
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Biography
Wikidata: Item Q7345003, en:Wikipedia 
Robert was born in 1829. He was the son of Brampton Gurdon of Letton Hall in Norfolk and Henrietta Ridley-Colborne.
He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1856.
He married (1) Harriet Elin Miles in 1862,[1] and they had a daughter.[2] Harriet passed away two weeks after bearing her only child.[3]
- Amy Harriet Gurdon 1864–1944 • m. (1) Lionel Charles Drummond; (2) Alfred Bayley Ridley; (3) Charles Stirling.
He married (2) Emily Frances Heathcote in 1874[4] and they had three children.
- Bertram Robert Gurdon 1875–1875 • passed away in infancy
- Muriel Charlotte Gurdon 1876-1919 • died unmarried
- Bertram Francis Gurdon 2nd Baron Cranworth 1877–1964 •
After failing to get elected in 1871 and 1874, he was eventually elected as Member of Parliament for South Norfolk in 1880, and for Mid Norfolk in 1885, sitting as a Liberal. He was chairman of Norfolk County Council from its inception until 1902.
In 1891 he and his wife were living at Letton Hall in Cranworth with son Bertram. Muriel was elsewhere.[5]
In 1899 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Cranworth, of Letton and Cranworth in the County of Norfolk. The 1901 census affords him his new styling. Muriel is again elsewhere.[6]
Robert passed away at Letton Hall in 1902 and is buried at Cranworth. His son Bertram succeeded to his estate and title.[7]
Find A Grave: Memorial #187765670
Sources
- ↑ "England, Bristol Parish Registers, 1538-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT7X-JS1 : 8 November 2017), Robert Thornhagh Gurdon and Harriott Ellen Miles, 1862.
- ↑ "England, Bristol Parish Registers, 1538-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT7X-XTG : 25 February 2022), Robert Thornhagh Gurdon in entry for Amy Harriott Gurdon, 1864.
- ↑ "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCN-F36F : 17 April 2019), Robert Thornhagh Gurdon, Esq in entry for Harriott Ellen Gurdon, Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, 16 Apr 1864, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm .
- ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DGD-MBL : 13 December 2014), Robert Thornhagh Gurdon, 1874; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1874, quarter 3, vol. 1A, p. 604, St. George Hanover Square, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4WLJ-K6Z : 22 February 2021), Robert T Gurdon, Cranworth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Norfolk county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X986-2K4 : 20 May 2019), Bertram Gurdon in household of Lord Cranworth, St Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Rectory subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPLH-74V3 : 17 September 2018), Robert Thornhagh Cranworth, Dec 1903; citing Probate, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm 251,384.
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