Bamber Gascoyne of Childwall Hall,

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(1725–1791), was an 18th-century English politician who sat in the

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between 1761 and 1786. Gascoyne was the son of Sir Crisp Gascoyne and Margaret Bamber. After his education at

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, he matriculated at

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, in 1743. Gascoyne served as member of Parliament for several constituencies including

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(1761–1763),

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(1765–1768), and

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(1774–1784). From 1779 to 1782 he was a

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in the administration of

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. 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 Isaac Gascoyne (21 August 1763 – 26 August 1841) was a British Army officer and Tory politician. He was born at Barking, Essex on 21 August 1763, the third son of Bamber Gascoyne (senior) and Mary Green and was educated at Felsted School. ...

, and an ancestor of TV quizmaster

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. He was a great-grandfather of Frederick Gascoyne.

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1725 births 1791 deaths Alumni of the Queen's College, Oxford British MPs 1761–1768 British MPs 1768–1774 British MPs 1774–1780 British MPs 1780–1784 British MPs 1784–1790 Lords of the Admiralty Members of Parliament for Maldon Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for constituencies in Cornwall People educated at Felsted School Politicians from Childwall Politicians from Liverpool Bamber {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub