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Arthur Gorges
Sir Arthur Gorges (c. 1569 – 10 October 1625) was an English sea captain, poet, translator and courtier from Somerset.
He was the son of Sir William Gorges (d.1584) of Charlton, in the parish of Wraxall in Somerset, lord of the manor of Wraxall, by his wife Winifred Budockshed, heiress of the manor of Budockshed in the parish of St Budeaux, near Plymouth in Devon. Sir William Gorges was knighted in Ireland in 1579, was Vice Admiral of the Fleet in 1580, and Constable of the Tower of London. He died in December 1584, in the Tower of London.[unreliable source] Arthur Gorges' brother Tristram Gorges (c. 1562 – 8 May 1608) was entrusted by Sir Francis Drake with the custody of Don Pedro de Valdez who was captured in the fight with the Spanish Armada in 1588. He took Don Pedro to the Tower of London.[unreliable source]
The Gorges family in the Elizabethan era included Sir Ferdinando Gorges, founder of the Province of Maine, and Arthur Gorges' uncle, Sir Thomas Gorges of Longford Castle, who married Helena, Marchioness of Northampton. Arthur Gorges was Elizabeth I's 3rd cousin as they both shared the same great-great-grandfather, John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk.
A cousin of both Walter Raleigh and Charles Arundell, Arthur Gorges was a member of the Howard circle (the Oxford-Howard circle of Catholic courtiers in the late 1570s[unreliable source])—Arundell claimed Oxford had tried to have Gorges murdered on the Richmond Green.
He was elected Member of Parliament in 1584 for Yarmouth, IoW, in 1589 for Camelford, in 1593 for Dorset and in 1601 for Rye.
He fought in the campaign against the Spanish Armada. In 1597 he commanded the War-Spite, in which Walter Raleigh sailed as Vice Admiral under the Earl of Essex, Robert Devereux, on the Islands Voyage.
He was one of nine who were knighted on 29 October 1597.
He lived at Gorges House (later named Milman House). His family possessed considerable property in Chelsea in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, where he built "Brickills", later named Stanley House. In November 1599 when Queen Elizabeth passed the "fair new house in Chelsea", Gorges presented her with a fair jewel. In 1620, he sold the large house known as Chelsea Park (former home of Thomas More and the future Beaufort House) to Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex.
Arthur Gorges
Sir Arthur Gorges (c. 1569 – 10 October 1625) was an English sea captain, poet, translator and courtier from Somerset.
He was the son of Sir William Gorges (d.1584) of Charlton, in the parish of Wraxall in Somerset, lord of the manor of Wraxall, by his wife Winifred Budockshed, heiress of the manor of Budockshed in the parish of St Budeaux, near Plymouth in Devon. Sir William Gorges was knighted in Ireland in 1579, was Vice Admiral of the Fleet in 1580, and Constable of the Tower of London. He died in December 1584, in the Tower of London.[unreliable source] Arthur Gorges' brother Tristram Gorges (c. 1562 – 8 May 1608) was entrusted by Sir Francis Drake with the custody of Don Pedro de Valdez who was captured in the fight with the Spanish Armada in 1588. He took Don Pedro to the Tower of London.[unreliable source]
The Gorges family in the Elizabethan era included Sir Ferdinando Gorges, founder of the Province of Maine, and Arthur Gorges' uncle, Sir Thomas Gorges of Longford Castle, who married Helena, Marchioness of Northampton. Arthur Gorges was Elizabeth I's 3rd cousin as they both shared the same great-great-grandfather, John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk.
A cousin of both Walter Raleigh and Charles Arundell, Arthur Gorges was a member of the Howard circle (the Oxford-Howard circle of Catholic courtiers in the late 1570s[unreliable source])—Arundell claimed Oxford had tried to have Gorges murdered on the Richmond Green.
He was elected Member of Parliament in 1584 for Yarmouth, IoW, in 1589 for Camelford, in 1593 for Dorset and in 1601 for Rye.
He fought in the campaign against the Spanish Armada. In 1597 he commanded the War-Spite, in which Walter Raleigh sailed as Vice Admiral under the Earl of Essex, Robert Devereux, on the Islands Voyage.
He was one of nine who were knighted on 29 October 1597.
He lived at Gorges House (later named Milman House). His family possessed considerable property in Chelsea in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, where he built "Brickills", later named Stanley House. In November 1599 when Queen Elizabeth passed the "fair new house in Chelsea", Gorges presented her with a fair jewel. In 1620, he sold the large house known as Chelsea Park (former home of Thomas More and the future Beaufort House) to Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex.
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