William Gosset (politician)
Major-General Sir William Gosset KCH (18 January 1782 – 27 March 1848) was a British Army officer and public servant.
Biography[]
Commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1798, Gosset was secretary to William à Court's mission to the Barbary States in 1813, Member of Parliament for Truro from 1820 to 1826, secretary to Lord Anglesey as Master-General of the Ordnance from 1827 to 1828, private secretary to Anglesey as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1828 to 1829, Under-Secretary for Ireland from 1831 to 1835 and Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons from 1835 until his death.[1]
References[]
- ^ David R. Fisher, GOSSET, William (1782-1848), of Round Ward, nr. Truro, Cornw. and 64 Harley Street, Mdx. in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (2009).
  | This biographical article related to the British Army is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
   | This article about a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (since 1801), for an English constituency is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- 1782 births
- 1848 deaths
- UK MPs 1820–1826
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Truro
- Royal Engineers officers
- British Army generals
- Knights Bachelor
- Under-Secretaries for Ireland
- Serjeants-at-Arms of the British House of Commons
- British Army personnel stubs
- UK MP for England stubs