10 Facts About James Gaskill

James Gaskill was an English cotton spinner, Bible Christian minister, and activist.

James Gaskill was born in 1800 in Newton, near Hyde, Cheshire, to Peter Gaskill and Elizabeth Fletcher.

James Gaskill's father was a founding member of the Bible Christian Church and initially worked as a farmer before moving to Manchester in 1821 to become a cotton spinner.

James Gaskill was actively involved in local governance, serving on the Chorlton-on-Medlock Board of Guardians and as a director of the Manchester Mechanics Institute.

James Gaskill was a passionate advocate for vegetarianism and attended the historic 1847 conference in Ramsgate, where the foundation of the Vegetarian Society was proposed.

James Gaskill served as a local secretary of the Society.

James Gaskill was deeply involved in the temperance movement, promoting total abstinence through organisations such as the United Kingdom Alliance and the Manchester and Salford Temperance Union.

James Gaskill was a close friend of Joseph Brotherton and a contemporary of Henry Hunt.

James Gaskill died at the age of 70 at his home in Hulme, on 17 August 1870.

James Gaskill bequeathed donations in his will to the Peace Society, the United Kingdom Alliance, the Manchester and Salford Temperance Union, the Hulme Free Library, the Vegetarian Society, and the Bible Christian Church.