Enoch Robert Gibbon Salisbury (7 November 1819 – 1890) was a Welsh barrister, author and politician.

Life

The eldest son of Joseph Salisbury of

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, Flintshire, he became a student of the

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, 7 January 1850, and was

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on 17 November 1852. He went on the North Wales circuit, where he had a good practice, but his main success was at the parliamentary bar. He was elected in the

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interest Member of Parliament for

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in 1857, but was unsuccessful in contesting the seat in 1859. Salisbury collected books relating to Wales and the border counties, and his library went to the

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by purchase, in 1886.''Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society'' - Vol. 5, No. 1 August 1937 ''A letter from a book collector: E.R.G. Salisbury'', by J. Hubert Morgan.
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, on 27 October 1890, and was buried at Eccleston, Cheshire.

Works

Salisbury published: * ''A Letter on National Education, suggested by "A Letter on State Education in Wales"'', 1849. * ''A Catalogue of Cambrian Books at Glen-aber, Chester, 1500–1799, not mentioned in Rowlands's Cambrian Bibliography'', Carnarvon, 1874. * ''Border Counties Literature, a Catalogue of Border County Books in the Glen-aber Library, Chester, A.D. 1500–1882'', pt. i. Chester, no date. * ''Border Counties' Worthies'' (reprinted from the ''Oswestry Advertiser''), 1st and 2nd ser. London, 1880.

Family

Salisbury married, on 28 June 1842, Sarah, youngest daughter of the Rev. Arthur Jones, D.D. She died on 2 March 1879, leaving a son and five daughters.

References

;Attribution

External links

Enoch Salisbury's archive
an
personal library
is held in Special Collections and Archives, Cardiff University. {{DEFAULTSORT:Salisbury, Enoch 1819 births 1890 deaths Welsh barristers 19th-century Welsh writers Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1857–1859 Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Inner Temple Welsh book and manuscript collectors