Thomas Gregson

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Thomas Gregson
2nd Premier of Tasmania
In office 26 February 1857 – 25 April 1857
Governor	Sir Henry Young
Preceded by	William Champ
Succeeded by	William Weston
Personal details
Born	Thomas George Gregson (1796-02-07)7 February 1796 Buckton, Northumberland, England, UK
Died	4 January 1874(1874-01-04) (aged 77) Risdon, Tasmania, Australia
Children	John Compton Gregson

Thomas George Gregson (7 February 1796 – 4 January 1874) was the second Premier of Tasmania, serving from 26 February 1857 until 25 April 1857.

Early life

Gregson was born in Buckton, Northumberland, England, the son of John Gregson who was the nephew of Anthony Gregson, Snr. (d. 1806) the squire of Lowlynn. John Gregson possibly lived at Lowlynn with his family but was not the landowner of that estate. In 1806 Anthony Gregson Jnr inherited: Thomas George Gregson was to inherit from his bachelor cousin Anthony Gregson but after a family dispute Lowlynn passed to another family member a Henry Knight, son of the Rev. Thomas Knight of Ford. Thomas Gregson was educated in Edinburgh and migrated to Van Diemen's Land, (later renamed Tasmania) in 1821 with his wife as the result of the family differences.

References

• F. C. Green, 'Gregson, Thomas George (1796 - 1874)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, MUP, 1966, pp 475–476. Retrieved on 28 December 2008
• Serle, Percival (1949). "Gregson, Thomas George". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
• "Gregson, Thomas". Members of the Parliament of Tasmania. Retrieved 24 July 2022.