Thomas Gisborne (1789 – 20 July 1852) was an English
Whig politician who sat in the
House of Commons variously between 1830 and 1852.
Life
Gisborne was the son of
Thomas Gisborne, Prebendary of Durham. He was educated at
Trinity College, Cambridge being awarded B.A. in 1810.
At the
1830 UK general election
The 1830 United Kingdom general election was triggered by the death of King George IV and produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, William IV. Fought in the aftermath of the Swing Riots, it saw electoral reform become a majo ...
Gisborne was elected
Member of Parliament for
Stafford
Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies about north of Wolverhampton, south of Stoke-on-Trent and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 70,145 in t ...
and held the seat until 1832. In the reformed parliament after the
1832 UK general election
The 1832 United Kingdom general election, the first after the Reform Act 1832, Reform Act, saw the Whigs (British political party), Whigs win a large majority, with the Tories winning less than 30% of the vote.
Political situation
The Charles ...
he was elected MP for
North Derbyshire
High Peak is a local government district with borough status in Derbyshire, England. The borough compromises high moorland plateau in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park. The district stretches from Holme Moss in the north to ...
and held the seat until 1837. On 27 Feb. 1839 he was elected MP for
Carlow
Carlow ( ; ) is the county town of County Carlow, in the south-east of Ireland, from Dublin. At the 2016 census, it had a combined urban and rural population of 24,272.
The River Barrow flows through the town and forms the historic bounda ...
until 1841.
He failed to win a seat in Ipswich in a
by-election in 1842. He was elected MP for
Nottingham in 1843 and held the seat until his defeat in 1847.
Gisborne lived at Horwick House, Derbyshire and at Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire where he died at the age of 62.
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Gisborne married firstly Elizabeth Fysche Palmer, daughter of John Palmer, of Ickwell, Bedfordshire and secondly in 1826, Susan Astley, widow of Francis Duckenfield Astley. He was survived by his eldest son Thomas Guy Gisborne (1812–69).][ a colonial commissioner, predeceased him.
]
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1789 births
1852 deaths
Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies
Whig (British political party) MPs for Irish constituencies
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Stafford
UK MPs 1830–1831
UK MPs 1831–1832
UK MPs 1832–1835
UK MPs 1835–1837
UK MPs 1837–1841
UK MPs 1841–1847
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Carlow constituencies (1801–1922)
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Derbyshire
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
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