The Charles Dickens Letters Project
Period:
1841-1850
Theme(s):
social engagements
To GEORGE JERDAN,1 [26-28 JUNE 1841]
Mention in To William Jerdan, 28 June 1841. Date: after the Edinburgh dinner, 25 June.
- 1. George Jerdan, fourth son of John Jerdan of Kelso; writer and attorney; factor to local landowners, 1818; m. Sarah Smith, also of Kelso, 1819; by 1826 was proprietor of the Kelso Mail and agent for the Sun Insurance Company. William’s younger brother and the only one to remain in Kelso; two elder brothers had both died: John Stuart joined the army and died at the Cape of Good Hope in 1822, and Gilbert moved to Glasgow and died in London, 1827.