WILBERFORCE, William (1759-1833), of Gore House, Kensington, Mdx. and Markington, nr. Harrogate, Yorks.

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Family and Education

b. 24 Aug. 1759, o.s. of Robert Wilberforce, Baltic merchant, of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks. and Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Bird of Barton, Oxon. educ. Hull g.s. 1766; Chalmers’s sch. Putney 1768-71; Pocklington g.s. 1771-6; St. John’s, Camb. 1776. m. 30 May 1797, Barbara Ann, da. of Isaac Spooner, merchant banker, of Elmdon Hall, Warws., 4s. 2da. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1768. d. 29 July 1833.

Offices Held

Dir. Sierra Leone Co. 1791; member, bd. of agriculture 1801.

Parlimentarian

WILBERFORCE, William (1759-1833), of Gore House, Kensington, Mdx. and Markington, nr. Harrogate, Yorks.

Main residences: Gore House, Kensington, Mdx; Markington, nr. Harrogate, Yorks.

Notes

Based principally on R.I. and S. Wilberforce, Life of William Wilberforce (1838) and the two deposits of Wilberforce mss in Bodl. The many current biographies include R. Furneaux, William Wilberforce (1974); J. Pollock, William Wilberforce (1977); P. Cormack, Wilberforce (1983); K.C. Belmonte, Hero for Humanity (2002); M. Pura, Vital Christianity (2002), and D.J. Vaughan, Statesman and Saint (2002). See also the bibliography by L.W. Cowie (1992).

Author

D.R.F.

Volume

Commons 1820-1832

Web Title

WILBERFORCE, William (1759-1833)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion