Frederick R. T. Trench-Gascoigne

Colonel Frederick Richard Thomas Trench-Gascoigne DSO JP (4 July 1851 – 2 June 1937) was a British soldier and landowner.

Frederick R. T. Trench-Gascoigne
High Sheriff of Yorkshire
In office
1923–1924
Preceded bySir Algernon Freeman Firth, 2nd Baronet
Succeeded byHenry Whitworth
Personal details
Born
Frederick Richard Thomas Trench-Gascoigne

(1851-07-04)4 July 1851
Died2 June 1937(1937-06-02) (aged 85)
Spouse
(after 1892)
RelationsRichard Oliver Gascoigne (grandfather)
Richard Hill, 7th Baron Sandys (grandson)
Children2, including Alvary Gascoigne
Parent(s)Frederick Charles Trench Gascoigne
Mary Isabella Oliver Gascoigne
Residence(s)Lotherton Hall
Craignish Castle
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/serviceYorkshire Hussars
RankColonel
Battles/warsAnglo-Egyptian War
Second Boer War

Early life

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He was born on 4 July 1851, the only son of Frederick Charles Trench Gascoigne JP, and his wife, the former Mary Isabella Oliver Gascoigne.[1]

His mother was the elder daughter and co-heir of Richard Oliver Gascoigne of Parlington Hall, Yorkshire and Castle Oliver, County Limerick. His aunt Elizabeth Oliver Gascoigne was the wife of Frederick Mason Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown.[2]

Career

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Gascoigne was a captain in the Royal Horse Guards and served in the Egyptian War of 1884 to 1885. He was second-in-command and later commanding officer of the 3rd Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in the Second Boer War in South Africa from 1900 to 1901, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1900.[3] He was lieutenant-colonel and honorary colonel commanding the Yorkshire Hussars in 1903 and an honorary colonel in the British Army in 1904.[4]

Colonel Gascoigne was a Justice of the Peace for the West Riding of Yorkshire, an officer of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, and a member of the Army and Navy Club, the Carlton Club and the Junior Carlton, the Yorkshire Club in York and the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes.[5][3] He was selected High Sheriff of Yorkshire from 1923 to 1924.[4]

Personal life

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In 1892, he married Laura Gwendolen (1859–1949), daughter of Sir Douglas Galton and the former Marianne Nicholson. Through her mother Laura was the goddaughter and second cousin to Florence Nightingale.[6] Together, they had two children, a son and a daughter:[7]

The Gascoignes lived at Lotherton Hall, Aberford, Leeds (which he inherited from his aunt, Lady Ashtown, upon her death in February 1893), and Craignish Castle, Ardfern, Argyllshire. Trench Gascoigne died on 2 June 1937.[5] His widow died on 2 July 1949.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Burke, Bernard (1869). A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire. London : Harrison. p. 47. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Richard Oliver Gascoigne". parlington.co.uk. Parlington Hall. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1910). Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour. T.C. & E.C. Jack. p. 1618. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Col Frederick R. T. Trench-Gascoigne". parlington.co.uk. Parlington Hall. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  5. ^ a b Who Was Who 1929–1940, p. 498.
  6. ^ "Our Cousin Florence - Florence Nightingale and her family". www.visitleeds.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  7. ^ Society, Thoresby (1908). The Publications of the Thoresby Society. The Thoresby Society. p. 174. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Galton". The Life and Times of Florence Nightingale. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Lotherton Hall". www.yorkshireguides.com. Retrieved 21 February 2020.