Gabriel Hanger, 1st Baron Coleraine (9 January 1697 – 24 January 1773) was an English politician who sat in the

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between 1753 and 1768. He was honoured with an Irish peerage. Hanger was the son of Sir George Hanger of

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and his wife Ann Beale daughter of Sir John Beale of

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in Kent. His father, grandson of Sir Lewis Roberts, was knighted by William III "for his steady attachment to religion and the law." Hanger inherited his father's estate at Driffield and also inherited via his brother his mother's estate at Farningham. In 1750 he was responsible for converting the church at Driffield into the Italianate style. It was later converted back. Hanger sat as a

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(MP) for

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between 1753 and 1761. On 26 February 1762 he was raised to the

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as Baron Coleraine. Hanger's uncle,

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, was

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1719-1721 and his daughter, Anne, had married Henry (

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) 3rd and last Lord Coleraine. When Henry Hare died in 1749 without a legitimate heir the peerage had become extinct. It was revived in 1762 for Gabriel Hanger, who was made 1st Baron Coleraine of the second creation. As the peerage was Irish he was able to continue to sit in the House of Commons and was afterwards MP for

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between 1763 and 1768. He was described by his son as "one of those respectable, independent old English characters in the House of Commons called County Gentlemen". Lord Coleraine died at

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at the age of 73 and was buried at Driffield. Hanger married Elizabeth Bond, daughter and heir of Richard Bond, of Hereford at Driffield in 1753. There were seven children which included three surviving sons John, William and George. George wrote a piece of doggerel :Three pretty boys did Gabriel get, :The youngest George by name, Sir :A funny dog, not favoured much :By fortune or by fame, Sir.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Coleraine, Gabriel Hanger, 1st Baron 1697 births 1773 deaths Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Peers of Ireland created by George III Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1747–1754 British MPs 1754–1761 British MPs 1761–1768 People from Cotswold District Barons Coleraine