Sir Thomas Gabriel, 1st Baronet (5 November 1811 – 23 February 1891), was a British timber merchant. Grab Baronet Gabriel

Gabriel was the grandson of Christopher Gabriel, a distinguished

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maker. He was a partner of Thomas Gabriel and Sons and Burtons, timber importers and merchants, of Gabriels Wharf. He served as

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and Middlesex for 1859–60 and

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for 1866–67. Soon after his term as Lord Mayor he was created a baronet (of Edgecombe Hall in the County of Surrey), the customary honour given to holders of that office. Gabriel was buried at

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after he died in February 1891, aged 79. The baronetcy died with him. Gabriel is the great-great-great-uncle of singer-songwriter

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(Sir Thomas Gabriel's brother, Christopher Trowell Gabriel, was Peter Gabriel's great-great-grandfather).

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