Gorst, John Eldon, Q.C., M.A. (fellow), St. John's Coll., Camb., 1860, B.A. (third wrangler) 1857, M.P. Chatham since 1875, Cambridge 1866-8, civil commissioner of Waikato, New Zealand, 1861-3, hon. sec. National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations 1870-7, a royal commissioner on merchant shipping Nov., 1884, a member of the Northern circuit, a student of the Inner Temple 18 April, 1857 (then aged 21), called to the bar 1 May, 1865, Q.C. 25 June, 1875 [2nd son of late Edward Chaddock Lowndes, Esq. (formerly Gorst), of Preston, co. Lancaster]; born 24 May, 1835; married at Geelong, 18 Aug., 1860, Mary Elizabeth, only dau. of Rev. Lorenzo Moore, of Christchurch, New Zealand, sometime incumbent of St. Peter's, Hull (formerly capt. 5th Madras light cavalry).
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