Emma Katherine Gordon later Bright (née Wolley)

???? - 1891

Spouse of claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Wife of James Adam Gordon (q.v.), who left her his property for life with an approved list of legatees among whom she was permitted to leave the property at her death, including Sir George Grey and his family. She remarried, to Richard Bright MP, and died 16/12/1891 leaving £121,704 12s 6d; she left the Stocks estate in Hertfordshire to Sir Edward Grey, later foreign secretary.


Sources

National Probate Calendar 1892.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Maiden Name
Wolley
Spouse
(1) James Adam Gordon (2) Richard Bright

Relationships (1)

Wife → Husband
Marriage Details →
24th Sep 1832 [St Albans, Herts.]

Addresses (1)

Stocks House, Aldbury, Hertfordshire, South-east England, England