Lord George Gordon had beards and wore head coverings. He would often, in keeping with Jewish "chesed" (laws of mercy and charity), go into other parts of the prison to comfort prisoners by speaking with them and playing the violin. In keeping with "tzedaka" (charity) laws, he gave what little money he could to those in need. Charles Dickens, in his novel "Barnaby Rudge", which centres around the Gordon Riots, describes Gordon as a true "tzadik" (pious man) among the prisoners: On 28 January 1793, Lord George Gordon's sentence expired and he had to appear to give claim to his future good behaviour.
Charles Gordon (journalist) the short-lived sitcom "Not My Department". He also wrote the afterword for the New Canadian Library edition of Paul Hiebert's influential humor novel "Sarah Binks". He was a three-time nominee for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, garnering nods in 1986 for "The Governor General's Bunny Hop", in 1994 for "How Not to Be Too Bad" and in 2002 for "The Grim Pig". He was granted an honorary doctorate from the University of Brandon in 1994. Charles Gordon (journalist) Charles Gordon (born 1940) is a Canadian writer and retired journalist, best known as a longtime columnist for the "Ottawa