Bamber Gascoyne of Childwall Hall, Lancashire (1725–1791), was an 18th-century English politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain between 1761 and 1786.
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Gascoyne was the son of Sir Crisp Gascoyne and Margaret Bamber. After his education at Felsted School, he matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford, in 1743.[2]
Gascoyne served as member of Parliament for several constituencies including Maldon (1761–1763), Midhurst (1765–1768), and Truro (1774–1784).[3] From 1779 to 1782 he was a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty in the administration of Lord North.[4]
He married Mary Green, daughter of Isaac Green, a Lancashire lawyer, and his wife Mary Aspinwall. He was the father of Bamber Gascoyne (junior) and Isaac Gascoyne, ancestor of TV quizmaster Bamber Gascoigne.[citation needed] He was a great-grandfather of Frederick Gascoyne.[5]
References
edit- ^ Bamber Gascoyne portraits at NPG.org.uk.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ Namier, Lewis (1964). "Gascoyne, Bamber (1725-91)". In Namier, Lewis; Brooke, John (eds.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790. London: Haynes. ISBN 9780436304200.
- ^ John Nichols, ed., The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 135 (1824), p. 184
- ^ Drysdale, Helena (2006). Strangerland: a family at war. London: Picador. ISBN 978-0-330-41169-1. OCLC 63185977.
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