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Thomas Gisborne (politician)

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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

Gisborne was the son of Thomas Gisborne, Prebendary of Durham. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge being awarded B.A. in 1810.[2]

At the 1830 UK general election Gisborne was elected Member of Parliament for Stafford and held the seat until 1832.[3] In the reformed parliament after the 1832 UK general election he was elected MP for North Derbyshire and held the seat until 1837.[4] On 27 Feb. 1839 he was elected MP for Carlow until 1841.[1][5] 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.[6]

Gisborne lived at Horwick House, Derbyshire and at Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire where he died at the age of 62.[2]

Gisborne married firstly Elizabeth Fysche Palmer, daughter of John Palmer, of Ickwell, Bedfordshire and secondly in 1826, Susan Astley, widow of Francis Duckenfield Astley. He was survived by his eldest son Thomas Guy Gisborne (1812–69).[1] His second son Henry Fyshe Gisborne (1813–41),[2] a colonial commissioner, predeceased him.

References

  1. ^ a b c "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 "Gisborne, Thomas (GSBN806T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
  4. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 1)
  5. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 2)
  6. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 3)
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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