Francis Gregor (1 June 1760 – 12 July 1815) was an
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landowner in
Cornwall
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,
Member of Parliament
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for the
Cornwall county constituency from 1790 to 1806.
Life
Gregor was born on 1 June 1760 in
Trewarthenick
Trewarthenick ( kw, Trewedhenek) is a hamlet in the civil parish of Tregoney in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.Ordnance Survey ''One-inch Map of Great Britain; Truro and Falmouth, sheet 190''. 1961
Trewarthenick lies within the Cornwall Area ...
,
Cornwall
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, the son of Cpt Francis Gregor (born 1728), owner of the
Trewarthenick Estate
The Trewarthenick Estate is a Grade II listed manor house and estate located in the hamlet of Trewarthenick near Tregony in Cornwall, England. The house was originally built in around 1686 and has seen considerable alterations over the years.
Hist ...
and Mary Copley. His younger brother was the Rev.
William Gregor
William Gregor (25 December 1761 – 11 June 1817) was an English clergyman and mineralogist who discovered the elemental metal titanium.
Early years
He was born at the Trewarthenick Estate in Cornwall, the son of Francis Gregor and Mary Co ...
, the mineralogist.
[ He was educated at ]Truro Grammar School
Truro Cathedral School was a Church of England school for boys in Truro, Cornwall. An ancient school refounded in 1549 as the Truro Grammar School, after the establishment of Truro Cathedral in the last quarter of the 19th century it was responsi ...
, Bristol Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corpo ...
, where he graduated B.A. as third wrangler in 1782, before being admitted to study law at Lincoln's Inn
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in 1783. He was High Sheriff of Cornwall
Sheriffs and high sheriffs of Cornwall: a chronological list:
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in 1788–1789, and on 10 July 1790 was elected as one of the knights of the shire for Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
, " after a severe and protracted contest".[Burke's ''Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry 1847''. on Googlebooks, (Accessed 20 March 2008)]
/ref> Elected unopposed in 1796 and 1802, he retired from the House of Commons in 1806.
In 1802 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
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his proposers being Dugald Stewart, Alexander Fraser Tytler
Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee FRSE (15 October 17475 January 1813) was a Scottish advocate, judge, writer and historian who was a Professor of Universal History, and Greek and Roman Antiquities at the University of Edinburgh.
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and Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet
Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet of Edinburgh FRSE (24 December 1766 – 18 September 1829) was a Scottish landowner and politician. He served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Lord Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh.
Life
William was the s ...
.
Gregor was married twice: first to Catherine, daughter of William Masterman, of Restormel Castle
Restormel Castle ( kw, Kastel Rostorrmel) lies by the River Fowey near Lostwithiel in Cornwall, England, UK. It is one of the four chief Norman castles of Cornwall, the others being Launceston, Tintagel and Trematon. The castle is notable for ...
; second, in 1795, to Jane, daughter of William Urquhart, of Craigston
Craigston is a heritage-listed apartment block at 217 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Atkinson & Conrad and built in 1927. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 Octob ...
, Aberdeenshire.[
He died 12 July 1815 at the age of 55. At his death, his brother, William, inherited the ]Trewarthenick Estate
The Trewarthenick Estate is a Grade II listed manor house and estate located in the hamlet of Trewarthenick near Tregony in Cornwall, England. The house was originally built in around 1686 and has seen considerable alterations over the years.
Hist ...
.
His ''Works'' were published by Thomas Flindell of Exeter, by subscription, in 1816. The book was reviewed in ''The Augustan Review'' in 1816. The review includes substantial extracts from the book and an obituary notice (stating that he studied at Cambridge and the Inns of Court).The Augustan Review Vol 3, Jul to December 1816, pp 487-493.
(Accessed 20 March 2008). Three volumes of the ''Augustan Review'' were published from May 1815 to December 1816.
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1760 births
1815 deaths
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