- Francis Gregor (MP)
Francis Gregor (
1 June 1760 -12 July 1815 ) was an MP for the County of Cornwall, elected10 July 1790 , "after a severe and protracted contest" [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YdIKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA504&lpg=PA504&dq=%22Francis+Gregor%22+mp&source=web&ots=qCtpi_fb9I&sig=uKpZEUI0JLuRZsKACBD5mWN2zok&hl=en Burke's "Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry 1847". on Googlebooks, (Accessed 20 March 2008)] ] and subsequently, unopposed in 1796 and 1802 [Rayment-hc] . He wasHigh Sheriff of Cornwall in 1788.He was born on
1 June 1760 inTrewarthenick ,Cornwall , the son of Francis Gregor (Born 1728) ["Parochial history of Cornwall" by Davies Gilbert, page 244 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iIUvAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA244&lpg=RA1-PA244&dq=%22francis+gregor%22+cornwall&source=web&ots=g8mHOlYRAh&sig=9ErBy2QeXsA4ind0b2NYv6-pW8g&hl=en Google Books (Accessed 20 March 2008).] .] and Mary Copley. His brother was Rev.William Gregor , the noted mineralogistHe died
12 July 1815 at the age of 55. At his death, his brother, William, inheritedTrewarthenick .His "Works" were published by Thomas Flindell of Exeter, by subscription, in 1816 [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WYkBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA221&lpg=PA221&dq=%22Francis+Gregor%22+cornwall&source=web&ots=uvZYxde0MF&sig=DsLq_omWPS2EKXw4jL90DAV1IU0&hl=en#PPR1,M1 "Works" in Google Books] Title "The Works of Francis Gregor of Trewarthennick (sic)". The publication process is described in [http://bookhistory.blogspot.com/2007/01/luminary-introduction.html Exeter working papers on Book History] (Accessed 20 March 2008).] . The book was reviewed in "The Augustan Review" in 1816. The review includes substantial extracts from the book and an obituary notice (stating that he studied at Cambridge and the Inns of Court) [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XvkEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA487&lpg=PA487&dq=Francis+Gregor+Trewarthennick&source=web&ots=f19arV4ueW&sig=_ezO5vrJ65NDIuy3SF7YD5_cB0o&hl=en#PPA487,M1 The Augustan Review Vol 3, Jul to December 1816, pp 487-493.] (Accessed 20 March 2008). Three volumes of the "Augustan Review" were published from May 1815 to December 1816.] .
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