Isaac Gascoyne
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Isaac Gascoyne was a British Army
officer and Tory
politician
.http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Lcommons3.htm He was the son of Bamber Gascoyne (senior)
and Mary Green and was educated at Felsted School
.
On 8 February 1779, Gascoyne was commissioned as a British Army
Officer
, joining the 20th Regiment of Foot with the rank of Ensign
. In July of the following year, still as an Ensign, he transferred to the Coldstream Guards
. Gradually rising in rank, he became a Lieutenant
on 18 August 1784 and Captain
on 5 December 1792, and fought at the Battle of Lincelles
in 1793, where he was wounded, but continued to hold various posts into the 1810s, becoming Lieutenant Colonel of the 16th Regiment of Foot on 7 June 1799, Major-General
on 29 April 1802, Colonel of the 7th West India Regiment
on 10 October 1805, Lieutenant-General on 25 April 1808, and was Colonel of the 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot
from 1 June 1816.
In 1796, Gascoyne was elected as a member of parliament
for Liverpool
, succeeding his elder brother, Bamber Gascoyne
. While there, he used his position to strongly oppose the abolition of the Slave Trade and the Reform Act 1832
. He also opposed both the abolition of bull-baiting
and Catholic Emancipation
.
In 1811, Gascoyne received a number of petitions from Liverpool
resident John Bellingham
, calling for him to take up his claim for compensation from the British government for a period of imprisonment he had suffered in Russia
. In May 1812, Bellingham entered the chamber of the House of Commons
and shot Prime Minister
Spencer Perceval
dead. Gascoyne was able to recognise Bellingham, providing leads in the immediate aftermath.
In 1831, Gascoyne moved a motion opposing a reduction of the seats allocated to England. The Government opposed this, holding that it was necessary to address the over-representation of England. When Gascoyne's motion was carried, the Government called the 1831 general election
, in an attempt to gain a clear majority for reform.http://www.dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/adw03/peel/refact/refacttl.htm
Gascoyne lost his seat on 4 May after the 1831 election, and died on 26 August 1841 at 71 Audley Street, London
, from an inflammatory attack.
He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Isaac Gascoyne was the father of General Ernest Frederick Gascoyne, of Raby Hall (1796 – 1867) who is the great-great-great-grandfather of Bamber Gascoigne
.
His daughter Charlotte Gascoyne married on 13 October 1821 Rear Admiral
Hon. George Pryse Campbell (1793 - 12 January 1858), son of John Campbell of Cawdor, 1st Baron Cawdor of Castlemartin
and Lady Isabella Caroline Howard.
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
officer and Tory
Tory
Toryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
politician
Politician
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.http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Lcommons3.htm He was the son of Bamber Gascoyne (senior)
Bamber Gascoyne (senior)
Bamber Gascoyne of Childwell Hall, Lancashire , was an 18th century English politician, a member of the House of Commons of Great Britain....
and Mary Green and was educated at Felsted School
Felsted School
Felsted School, an English co-educational day and boarding independent school, situated in Felsted, Essex. It is in the British Public School tradition, and was founded in 1564 by Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich who, as Lord Chancellor and Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations, acquired...
.
On 8 February 1779, Gascoyne was commissioned as a British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
Officer
Officer (armed forces)
An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority. Commissioned officers derive authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position...
, joining the 20th Regiment of Foot with the rank of Ensign
Ensign (rank)
Ensign is a junior rank of a commissioned officer in the armed forces of some countries, normally in the infantry or navy. As the junior officer in an infantry regiment was traditionally the carrier of the ensign flag, the rank itself acquired the name....
. In July of the following year, still as an Ensign, he transferred to the Coldstream Guards
Coldstream Guards
Her Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, also known officially as the Coldstream Guards , is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division or Household Division....
. Gradually rising in rank, he became a Lieutenant
Lieutenant
A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer in many nations' armed forces. Typically, the rank of lieutenant in naval usage, while still a junior officer rank, is senior to the army rank...
on 18 August 1784 and Captain
Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)
Captain is a junior officer rank of the British Army and Royal Marines. It ranks above Lieutenant and below Major and has a NATO ranking code of OF-2. The rank is equivalent to a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and to a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force...
on 5 December 1792, and fought at the Battle of Lincelles
Battle of Lincelles
The Battle of Lincelles was an action that took place as part of a larger manoeuvre on 17th August 1793 in the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition...
in 1793, where he was wounded, but continued to hold various posts into the 1810s, becoming Lieutenant Colonel of the 16th Regiment of Foot on 7 June 1799, Major-General
Major-General (United Kingdom)
Major general is a senior rank in the British Army. Since 1996 the highest position within the Royal Marines is the Commandant General Royal Marines who holds the rank of major general...
on 29 April 1802, Colonel of the 7th West India Regiment
West India Regiment
The West India Regiment was an infantry unit of the British Army recruited from and normally stationed in the British colonies of the Caribbean between 1795 and 1927. The regiment differed from similar forces raised in other parts of the British Empire in that it formed an integral part of the...
on 10 October 1805, Lieutenant-General on 25 April 1808, and was Colonel of the 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot
54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot
The 54th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army.Originally formed in 1755 as the 56th Regiment of Foot it was renumbered as the54th when the 50th Regiment and 51st Regiment were disbanded....
from 1 June 1816.
In 1796, Gascoyne was elected as a member of parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Liverpool
Liverpool (UK Parliament constituency)
Liverpool was a Borough constituency in the county of Lancashire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of England to 1706 then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It was represented by two Members of Parliament...
, succeeding his elder brother, Bamber Gascoyne
Bamber Gascoyne (Junior)
Bamber Gascoyne of Childwell Hall, Lancashire was an eighteenth-century British politician. He was an ancestor of two British Prime Ministers, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury and Arthur Balfour....
. While there, he used his position to strongly oppose the abolition of the Slave Trade and the Reform Act 1832
Reform Act 1832
The Representation of the People Act 1832 was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of England and Wales...
. He also opposed both the abolition of bull-baiting
Bull-baiting
Bull-baiting is a blood sport involving the baiting of bulls.-History:In the time of Queen Anne of Great Britain, bull-baiting was practiced in London at Hockley-in-the-Hole, twice a week – and was reasonably common in the provincial towns...
and Catholic Emancipation
Catholic Emancipation
Catholic emancipation or Catholic relief was a process in Great Britain and Ireland in the late 18th century and early 19th century which involved reducing and removing many of the restrictions on Roman Catholics which had been introduced by the Act of Uniformity, the Test Acts and the penal laws...
.
In 1811, Gascoyne received a number of petitions from Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
resident John Bellingham
John Bellingham
John Bellingham was the assassin of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval. This murder was the only successful attempt on the life of a British Prime Minister...
, calling for him to take up his claim for compensation from the British government for a period of imprisonment he had suffered in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. In May 1812, Bellingham entered the chamber of the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
and shot Prime Minister
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...
Spencer Perceval
Spencer Perceval
Spencer Perceval, KC was a British statesman and First Lord of the Treasury, making him de facto Prime Minister. He is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated...
dead. Gascoyne was able to recognise Bellingham, providing leads in the immediate aftermath.
In 1831, Gascoyne moved a motion opposing a reduction of the seats allocated to England. The Government opposed this, holding that it was necessary to address the over-representation of England. When Gascoyne's motion was carried, the Government called the 1831 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1831
The 1831 general election in the United Kingdom saw a landslide win by supporters of electoral reform, which was the major election issue. As a result it was the last unreformed election, as the Parliament which resulted ensured the passage of the Reform Act 1832. Polling was held from 28 April to...
, in an attempt to gain a clear majority for reform.http://www.dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/adw03/peel/refact/refacttl.htm
Gascoyne lost his seat on 4 May after the 1831 election, and died on 26 August 1841 at 71 Audley Street, London
London
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, from an inflammatory attack.
He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Isaac Gascoyne was the father of General Ernest Frederick Gascoyne, of Raby Hall (1796 – 1867) who is the great-great-great-grandfather of Bamber Gascoigne
Bamber Gascoigne
Bamber Gascoigne, FRSL is a British television presenter and author, most known for being the original quizmaster on University Challenge.-Biography:...
.
His daughter Charlotte Gascoyne married on 13 October 1821 Rear Admiral
Rear Admiral (Royal Navy)
Rear Admiral is a flag officer rank of the British Royal Navy. It is immediately superior to Commodore and is subordinate to Vice Admiral. It is a two-star rank and has a NATO ranking code of OF-7....
Hon. George Pryse Campbell (1793 - 12 January 1858), son of John Campbell of Cawdor, 1st Baron Cawdor of Castlemartin
John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor
John Campbell of Cawdor, 1st Baron Cawdor of Castlemartin was the son of Pryse Campbell and Sarah Bacon.He married Lady Isabella Caroline Howard, daughter of Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle and Lady Margaret Caroline Leveson-Gower, on 28 July 1789...
and Lady Isabella Caroline Howard.