| Authorised form of name | Jordan; Gibbes Walker (1757 - 1823); lawyer |
| Dates | 1757 - 1823 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Barbados, North and Central America |
| Date of birth | 1757 |
| Place of death | Portland Place, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Date of death | 16 February 1823 |
| Occupation | Lawyer; colonial administrator; plantation and slave owner |
| Research field | Optics |
| Activity | Education:
Peterhouse then Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, BA (1780), MA (1799); admitted to Inner Temple (1773); called to the Bar (1782)
Career:
Bencher of the Inner Temple (1821); Colonial Agent for Barbados (c 1802-1823); owner of Walkers, Burnt House and Farley Hill plantations in Babados, which used enslaved people for labour; wrote treatise on optics and slavery legislation (see published works)
Memberships:
London Society of West India Planters and Merchants
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 29/05/1800 |
| Age at election | 42 |
| Relationships | Son of Dr Joseph Jordan (Surgeon) 1729–1792 and Alis Christian Walker 1731-1792, married (1786) Amy North Pinder; father-in-law of Stephen Peter Rigaud (FRS 1805); father of Joseph William Jordan, Gibbes Walker Jordan, William Walker Jordan, Christian Walker Jordan, Ann isabella Jordan, John Jordan, Mary Jane Jordan and Francis Jordan |
| PublishedWorks | 'The observations of Newton concerning the inflections of light : accompanied by other observations differing from his, and appearing to lead to a change of his theory of light and colours', 1799; 'An account of the irides or coronae which appear around, and contiguous to the bodies of the sun, moon, and other luminous objects', 1799; 'New observations concerning the colours of thin transparent bodies : shewing those phaenomena to be inflections of light' (London), 1800; 'The claims of the British West India colonists to the right of obtaining necessary supplies from America, and of employing the necessary means of effectually obtaining those supplies under a limited and duly regulated intercourse, stated and vindicated in answer to Lord Sheffield's strictures', 1804; 'An examination of the principles of the Slave Registry Bill : and of the means of emancipation proposed by the authors of the Bill', 1816 |
| OtherInfo | Colonial agents were authorized individuals in London representing the interests of British colonies, for example by interceding if unfavourable policies were being considered in Westmnster. They conducted business for their respective colonial governments and passed important documents and public information back and forth including legislation decided in London. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; UCL LBS
References:
'Gibbes Walker Jordan', Legacies of British Slave-ownership database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146631895 [accessed 9th July 2020] |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/40862098 |
| Code | NA3029 |