William Gisborne

William Gisborne (13 August 1825 – 7 January 1898) was Colonial Secretary of New Zealand 1869–1872 and Minister of Public Works 1870–1871. The city of Gisborne is named after him.

He was the third son of Thomas John Gisborne of Holme Hall, near Bakewell, Derbyshire. He emigrated to Australia in 1842 and to New Zealand in 1847 where he became firstly a civil servant and then a politician.

• appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council on 2 July 1869
• resigned on 11 January 1871.
• elected to the New Zealand Parliament in the 1871 general election for the Egmont electorate.
• resigned on 10 September 1872.
• represented the Totara electorate from a 1877 by-election following the death of George Henry Tribe.
• re-elected at the 1879 election and served until the end of that term of Parliament in 1881.

He returned to England in 1881 following the death of his elder brother Francis. In 1892 he inherited Allestree Hall from his brother-in-law and died there in 1898

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William Gisborne was 67 when he inherited Allestree Park in 1892. He was the third son of Thomas John Gisborne. He had immigrated to New Zealand at the age of 22 and became Commissioner of Lands. He rose to a prominent position in the Civil Service and then in 1869 he resigned and became a Politician in the New Zealand Legislative Council. He held this position for the next twelve years.

In 1861 William married Caroline Gertrude Bridgen in Auckland. The couple had three daughters and one son.

In 1881 the family returned to England to manage the Gisborne estates which William had inherited from his elder brother. In 1892 he inherited Allestree Hall. He lived here for the next six years and died at the Hall in 1898 at the age of 73.

After his death his only son Lionel Guy Gisborne inherited the property. Lionel lived there for a few years but in 1902 decided to rent it to Sir Herbert Raphael.

References and Sources

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allestree_Hall
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gisborne
• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees by SmartCopy: Mar 28 2015, 9:26:16 UTC