Thomas Gisborne | |
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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 |
|
Education | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Thomas Gisborne (1789 – 20 July 1852) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1830 and 1852. [1]
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]
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 |
|
Education | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Thomas Gisborne (1789 – 20 July 1852) was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1830 and 1852. [1]
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]