William Francis Gordon

William Francis Gordon (1820–1901) was an English coal-master and railway director active in the West Midlands.

Otho Steele, brought in as vicar at the Knutton chapelry and involved in the fundraising, moved on to Wolstanton.

[13][14] Gordon was living in Oak Hill, Stoke-on-Trent, when he bought St Chad's House, Lichfield, after the death in 1876 of the physician Charles Holland FRS.

[12] William Francis Gordon died at home at Stowe House on 11 September 1901, at age 81.

[17] Gordon married in 1844 Anna Matilda May, daughter of Charles Hughes May of Whittington, Derbyshire and aunt of Phil May.

[18][19] Living at Spon House, West Bromwich, they lost their two infants, William Alexander and Matilda Louisa, in August 1847.