Sir Thomas Gabriel, 1st Baronet

Sir Thomas Gabriel, 1st Baronet (5 November 1811 – 23 February 1891), was a British timber merchant.

Gabriel was the grandson of Christopher Gabriel, a distinguished plane maker.[1]

Admission ticket to Lord Mayor Thomas Gabriel's reception of H.I.M. The Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz Khan at The Guildhall, 18 July 1867 issued to the Chairman of P. & O. Navigation Company.

He was a partner of Thomas Gabriel and Sons and Burtons, timber importers and merchants, of Gabriels Wharf.[2] He served as Sheriff of London and Middlesex for 1859–60 and Lord Mayor of London for 1866–67. Soon after his term as Lord Mayor he was created a baronet (of Edgecombe Hall in the County of Surrey),[3] the customary honour given to holders of that office.

Gabriel was buried at West Norwood Cemetery after he died in February 1891, aged 79. The baronetcy died with him.

Sir Thomas Gabriel's grave at West Norwood Cemetery, London

Gabriel is the great-great-great-uncle of singer Peter Gabriel (Sir Thomas Gabriel's brother, Christopher Trowell Gabriel, was Peter Gabriel's great-great-grandfather).[4]

References

  1. ↑ "CHRISTOPHER GABRIEL". www.pasttools.org. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  2. ↑ "AIM25 collection description". www.aim25.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  3. ↑ "No. 23288". The London Gazette. 6 August 1867. p. 4362.
  4. ↑ Barratt, Nick. "Family detective: Peter Gabriel". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Benjamin Phillips		 Lord Mayor of London
1866–1867		 Succeeded by
William Ferneley Allen
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Edgecombe Hall)
1867–1891		 Extinct
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