10 Facts About Isaac Gascoyne

Isaac Gascoyne was a British Army officer and Tory politician.

In 1796, Isaac Gascoyne was elected as a Member of Parliament for Liverpool, succeeding his elder brother, Bamber Isaac Gascoyne.

Isaac Gascoyne opposed both the abolition of bull-baiting and Catholic Emancipation.

In 1811, Isaac 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.

Isaac Gascoyne was able to recognise Bellingham, providing leads in the immediate aftermath.

In 1831, Isaac Gascoyne moved a motion opposing a reduction of the seats allocated to England.

When Isaac Gascoyne's motion was carried, the Government called the 1831 general election, in an attempt to gain a clear majority for reform.

Isaac Gascoyne lost his seat on 4 May after the 1831 election, and died on 26 August 1841 at 71 South Audley Street, London, from an inflammation in his bowels.

Isaac Gascoyne has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Isaac Gascoyne was the father of General Ernest Frederick Gascoyne, of Raby Hall, Liverpool, who was the great-great-great-grandfather of television presenter Bamber Gascoigne.