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Gisborne (surname)
Gisborne
or
Gisbourne
is a
surname
originating in the East Midlands/North of England,
possibly
connected to
the town
of
Gisburn
in
Lancashire
.
Notable
people with the surname include:
Frederic Newton Gisborne,
Canadian
inventor and electrician
Henry Fyshe Gisborne, English-born Australian bureaucrat and socialite, son of
Thomas Gisborne the Younger
Thomas Gisbourne the
Elder
, English
Anglican divine
, priest and
poet
Thomas Gisborne the
Younger
, English
Whig
MP
William
Gisborne, New Zealand
Colonial Secretary
Fictional
characters:
Guy of Gisbourne,
villain
in the
Robin Hood
legends