Thomas Gisborne was an English Whig and Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1830 and 1852.

Gisborne was the son of Thomas Gisbourne

Thomas Gisbourne

Thomas Gisborne was an Anglican divine, priest and poet. He was a member of the Clapham Sect, who fought for the abolition of the slave trade in England.-Life:...

, Prebendary of Durham. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge

Trinity College, Cambridge

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 being awarded B.A. in 1810.

At the 1830 UK general election

United Kingdom general election, 1830

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 major election issue...

 Gisborne was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Stafford

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 and held the seat until 1832. In the reformed parliament after the 1832 UK general election

United Kingdom general election, 1832

-Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....

 he was elected MP for North Derbyshire

North Derbyshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and held the seat until 1837. In 1839 he was elected MP for Carlow Borough

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 until 1841. He was elected MP for Nottingham

Nottingham (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1843 and held the seat until his death in 1852.

Gisborne lived at Horwick House, Derbyshire and at Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire where he died at the age of 62.

Gisborne married firstly Elizabeth Fysche Palmer, daughter of John Palmer, of Ickwell, Bedfordshire and secondly in 1826, Susan Astley, widow of Francis Duckenfield Astley. His son Henry Fyshe Gisborne

Henry Fyshe Gisborne

Henry Fyshe Gisborne was the first Commissioner for Crown Lands of the Port Phillip District, founder of Flemington Racecourse and petitioner for Victoria's separation from New South Wales.-Early career:...

 was a colonial commissioner.

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