Gisborne, Thomas (1781-1826)

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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, June 28, 1776. S. and h. of John, Esq., of Yoxall, Staffs. B. there Oct. 31, 1758. School, Harrow. ' Matric. Michs. 1778; Browne Medallist, 1777; 1st Chancellor's Medallist, 1780; B.A. (6th Wrangler) 1780; M.A. 1783. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) Dec. 23, 1781; priest, 1783; P.C. of Barton-under-Needwood, Staffs., 1783-1820. R. of Cossington, Leics., 1784-7. Preb. of Durham, 1823. V. of Croxall, Derbs., 1838-46 (Harrow Sch. Reg. and Foster, Index Eccles., both give this, but see his son James (1811; CCE11197)). D.N.B. and G. Mag. state that at the same period that he was made P.C. of Barton-under-Needwood, he inherited Yoxall Lodge, three miles from his church, and passed the rest of his life there. St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 271, gives definitely that he was V. of Croxall, 1838-46, ‘which he held with his Prebend, and apparently also Bartonunder-Needwood, until his death.’ Married, Mar. 1, 1783, Mary, dau. of Thomas Babington, Esq., of Rothley Temple, Leics. An intimate friend of Wilberforce and well acquainted with Bishop Barrington, Bishop Ryder and Hannah More. A popular preacher, poet and hymn-writer. Uncle of C. C. Babington, and himself a botanist. Author, Principles of Moral Philosophy; Walks in a Forest in Germany, etc. Died Mar. 24, 1846. Brother of John (1788); father of James (1811), Matthew (1813), Thomas (next), and Francis (1814). (Harrow Sch. Reg.; Northants. Clergy; Foster, Index Eccles.; St John's Coll. Adm. IV. 270; Glover, Derbs., II. 207; G. Mag., 1846, I. 643; D.N.B.; Julian, Dict. of Hymnology; Index of Botanists; Col. Gentry, II. 449.)

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