GASKELL, Daniel. b. 11 Sep. 1782; M.P. for Wakefield 1832–37. d. Lupset hall, Wakefield 20 Dec. 1875.
GASKELL, Elizabeth Cleghorn (dau. of Wm. Stevenson, keeper of records to Treasury in London, who d. 22 April 1829). b. Lindsay row, Chelsea 29 Sep. 1810; ed. at Stratford-on-Avon; author of Mary Barton, a tale of Manchester life 2 vols. 1848 anon., translated into many languages; Ruth, a novel 3 vols. 1853; North and South 2 vols. 1855; Life of Charlotte Bronte 2 vols. 1857; Sylvia’s Lovers 3 vols. 1863 and 14 other books. (m. 30 Aug. 1832 Rev. Wm. Gaskell 1805–84). d. Holybourne near Alton, Hants. 12 Nov. 1865. bur. Knutsford, Cheshire. Dict. of Nat. Biog. xxi, 49–54 (1890).
GASKELL, James Milnes (only child of Benjamin Gaskell 1781–1856). b. 19 Oct. 1810; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox.; M.P. for Wenlock 1832–1868; a lord of the Treasury 1841 to 11 March 1846. d. 28 Norfolk st. Park lane, London 5 Feb. 1873.
GASKELL, Samuel. Educ. at Manchester and Edinburgh; medical superintendent of Lancashire lunatic asylum 1840 where he carried out the non-restraint system; one of the medical comrs. in lunacy, Jany. 1849 to 1866. d. Walton, Surrey 30 March 1886 aged 79.
GASKELL, Rev. William (eld. son of Wm. Gaskell of Latchford near Warrington, sail-canvas maker, who d. 15 March 1819). b. Latchford 24 July 1805; ed. at Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. 1824; studied at Manchester college, York 1825–28; pastor of Cross st. chapel, Manchester 3 Aug. 1828 to death; sec. of York college, Manchester 1840–46; professor of English history, literature and composition in it 1846–53 when it was moved to London; professor of literature in Unitarian home missionary board 1854–84, principal 1876–84; one of editors of Unitarian Herald 1861–75; author of Temperance Rhymes 1839; Two lectures on the Lancashire dialect 1844 and other books. (m. 30 Aug. 1832 Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson 1810–65). d. Plymouth Grove, Manchester 11 June 1884. bur. Unitarian Chapel yard, Knutsford 14 June. Sir T. Baker’s Memorials of a dissenting chapel (1884) pp. 54, 153; John Evans’s Lancashire authors (1876) 96–101.
GASKIN, Rev. Thomas. Educ. at St. John’s coll. Cam.; B.A. 1831, M.A. 1834; fellow of Jesus coll. about 1831–78; F.R.S. 21 March 1839; F.R.A.S.; author of The Solutions of geometrical problems 1847; The Solutions of trigonometrical problems 1847; Geometrical construction of a conic section 1852. d. 7 Pittville lawn, Cheltenham 17 Feb. 1887 aged 76.
GASKOIN, George. M.R.C.S. 1838; L.S.A. 1841; house surgeon St. George’s hospital 1839; practised in London 1838 to death; K.C.Christ of Portugal; K.C.Isabella la Catholica of Spain; translated The Medical works of Francisco de Villalobos 1870; author of On Psoriasis or Lepra 1875; Essay on the range of hereditary tendencies in health and in disease 1882. d. The priory, Caerleon, Monmouth 5 Feb. 1887 aged 70.
GASKOIN, John Samuel. b. Bagshot Sep. 1790; educ. St. George’s hospital; a specialist in skin diseases; surgeon to George iv. and William iv.; F.L.S. 1853. d. 32 Clarges st. May Fair, London 5 Oct. 1858. Proc. of Med. and Chir. Soc. iii, 48 (1861).
GASPEY, Thomas (son of Wm. Gaspey, lieut. R.N.) b. Hoxton, London 31 March 1788; parliamentary reporter for Morning Post about 1808–24; sub-editor of Courier about 1824–28; edited Sunday Times 1828; edited evening edition of Morning Chronicle (in which ‘Sketches by Boz’ first appeared 1835); published The mystery or forty years ago, a novel 1820 anon.; The witch finder, or the wisdom of our ancestors 3 vols. 1824; The life and times of the good Lord Cobham 2 vols. 1843 and many other books. d. Shooters’ Hill, Kent 8 Dec. 1871. Newspaper Press vi, 40 (1872).
GASPEY, Thomas William (son of the preceding). Ph. Doc. of Heidelberg; author of Heidelberg and its castle 1860; The Rhine and the Rhine Lands 1855. d. 4 Ordnance ter. Shooter’s hill road, Kent 22 Dec. 1871 aged 53.