Gibbes Walker Jordan ( 1757 - 1823 )

Birth: Barbados, North and Central America (1757) Death: Portland Place, London, England, United Kingdom (16 February 1823) Profession: Lawyer; colonial administrator; plantation and slave owner Research field: Optics 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 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 29/05/1800.