Background
He was born on 19 October 1810 and was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.
He was born on 19 October 1810 and was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.
James Milnes-Gaskell was the only child of Benjamin Gaskell (1781–1856) of Thornes House, Wakefield, West Yorkshire and Clifton Hall, Lancashire. for Wakefield in 1832, at same General Election as James. He was Member of Parliament for Wenlock in Shropshire from 1832 until retiring in 1868. He served as a Lord of the Treasury from 1841 to 11 March 1846 under Robert Peel"s administration.
He died at 28 Norfolk Street, Park Lane, London on 5 February 1873, aged sixty-two, and was buried in the parish churchyard at Much Wenlock.
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One son, Charles George Milnes Gaskell, also became a Member of Parliament, albeit Liberal.