Bamber Gascoyne (the elder)

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.

Bamber Gascoyne (1725–1791) was a Lord of the Admiralty and is represented in this cartoon as the two-faced man on the right.[1]

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.

Gascoyne served as member of Parliament for several constituencies including Maldon (1761–1763), Midhurst (1765–1768), and Truro (1774–1784).[2] From 1779 to 1782 he was a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty in the administration of Lord North.[3]

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.

References

1. Bamber Gascoyne portraits at NPG.org.uk.
2. 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.
3. John Nichols, ed., The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 135 (1824), p. 184

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Preceded by John Bullock Robert Colebrooke	Member of Parliament for Maldon 1761–1763 With: John Bullock	Succeeded by John Bullock John Huske
Preceded by William Hamilton John Burgoyne	Member of Parliament for Midhurst 1765–1768 With: John Burgoyne	Succeeded by Lord Stavordale Hon. Charles James Fox
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Preceded by Edward Hugh Boscawen Hon. George Boscawen	Member of Parliament for Truro 1774–1784 With: George Boscawen 1774–1780 Henry Rosewarne 1780–1783 John Pollexfen Bastard 1783–1784 Sir John St Aubyn, Bt Feb–Apr 1784	Succeeded by William Macarmick William Augustus Spencer Boscawen
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