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Thomas Gisborne (politician)

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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
Born1789 (1789)
Died20 July 1852 (aged 62–63)
Political partyWhig
Spouse(s)
Elizabeth Palmer
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(m. 1811; died 1823)​

Susan Astley
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(m. 1826)​
Children2, including Henry
Parent
EducationTrinity 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]

Life

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d "Gisborne, Thomas (GSBN806T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ "Inquiry into the Death of the Late F. D. Astley, Esq". The Manchester Guardian. 13 August 1825. p. 3.
  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
  5. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
  6. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
  7. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Stafford
1830–1832
With: John Campbell 		Succeeded by
New constituency Member of Parliament for North Derbyshire
1832–1837
With: Lord Cavendish 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Carlow
1839–1841 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Nottingham
1843–1847
With: Sir Cam John Hobhouse, Bt 		Succeeded by


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