Thomas Gisborne (1789 – 20 July 1852) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1830 and 1852.[1]
Thomas Gisborne | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Nottingham | |
| In office 1843-1847 | |
| Member of Parliament for Carlow | |
| In office 1839-1841 | |
| Member of Parliament for North Derbyshire | |
| In office 1832-1837 | |
| Member of Parliament for Stafford | |
| In office 1830-1832 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1789 |
| Died | 20 July 1852 (aged 62–63) |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) |
Elizabeth Palmer
(m. 1811; died 1823)Susan Astley (m. 1826) |
| Children | 2, including Henry |
| Parent |
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| Education | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Life edit
Gisborne was the son of Thomas Gisborne, Prebendary of Durham. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge being awarded B.A. in 1810.[2] He found success as a coal, lime, and sand merchant in Manchester, though he lived most of his life at his two estates: Horwick House, Derbyshire and Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire.[2]
He married Elizabeth Fysche Palmer, daughter of John Palmer of Ickwell in Bedfordshire, in 1811, and they had two sons before she died in 1823.[1] Via his wife's sister, Susan, he was brother-in-law of Francis Dukinfield Astley, and there was a considerable scandal when Astley died suddenly at Horwick House in 1825 and Gisborne was accused of having poisoned him; however, he managed to clear his name after a coroner's inquest.[3] Gisborne married the widowed Susan Astley in 1826.[1]
At the 1830 UK general election Gisborne was elected Member of Parliament for Stafford and held the seat until 1832.[4] In the reformed parliament after the 1832 UK general election he was elected MP for North Derbyshire and held the seat until 1837.[5] On 27 Feb. 1839 he was elected MP for Carlow until 1841.[1][6] He failed to win a seat in Ipswich in a by-election in 1842. He was elected MP for Nottingham in 1843 and held the seat until his defeat in 1847.[7]
Gisborne died in 1852, at the age of 62.[2] He was survived by his eldest son Thomas Guy Gisborne (1812–69).[1] His second son—Henry Fyshe Gisborne (1813–41), a colonial commissioner—predeceased him.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e "GISBORNE, Thomas (1789-1852), of Yoxall Lodge, Staffs.; 41 Grosvenor Place, Mdx. and Horwich House, Derbys". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Gisborne, Thomas (GSBN806T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Inquiry into the Death of the Late F. D. Astley, Esq". The Manchester Guardian. 13 August 1825. p. 3.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
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