Thomas Gascoigne was born on 7 January 1786. He was the owner of the mines

Coal mining

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 in the Aberford

Aberford

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 and Garforth

Garforth

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 area. He was the owner of Lotherton Hall

Lotherton Hall

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 Estate in Aberford.

Gascoigne had two daughters, Isabella and Elizabeth. He died either 13 and 20 October 1809. He suffered from a fatal accident whilst hunting

Hunting

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 and died. He was buried on 28 October 1809 at Barwick-in-Elmet

Barwick-in-Elmet

Barwick-in-Elmet is a village east of the centre of but still part of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is one of only three places in the area to be explicitly associated with the ancient Celtic kingdom of Elmet, the others being Scholes-in-Elmet and Sherburn-in-Elmet. It is part of...

 and over 2,000 people and over 400 of his father's tenants attended his funeral.

See also

• Gascoigne family
• Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 8th Baronet
  Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 8th Baronet
  Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 8th Baronet was the son of Sir Edward Gascoigne, 7th Baronet and a member of the Gascoigne family....
  
  (1745–1810)