Bamber Gascoyne of

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(1758 – 17 January 1824), was a British politician. He was an ancestor of two British Prime Ministers,

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, and

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. He was the son of Bamber Gascoyne (senior) and Mary Green. He was

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for

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from 1780 to 1796. He was succeeded as MP for Liverpool by his brother

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. He spoke in Parliament against the abolition of the slave trade, and led the opposition to the

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settlement bill, which successfully incorporated the

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in 1791. He was married to Sarah Bridget Frances Price, born in 1767, daughter of Chase Price and Susan Glanvile. Their daughter Frances Mary Gascoyne (c. 1806 – 15 October 1839) married, on 2 February 1821,

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. They became the parents of Prime Minister

, and the grandparents of Prime Minister

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