Sir Thomas Gage, 7th Baronet, of

Hengrave Hengrave is a small village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is to the North the town of Bury St Edmunds along the A1101 road. It is surrounded by the parishes of Flempton, Culford, Fornham S ...

(1781 – 27 December 1820, in

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) was an English botanist from

Rokewode-Gage baronets The Gage, later Rokewode-Gage Baronetcy, of Hengrave in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 15 July 1662 for Edward Gage. The eighth Baronet assumed in 1843 by Royal licence the additional surname o ...

. The woodland flower ''

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'' is named in his honour. He married Mary-Anne Browne, the daughter of Valentine Browne, 1st Earl of Kenmare. In his herbarium he had various plant specimens including '' Iris subbiflora''.

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English botanists 1781 births 1820 deaths

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