from the general election. Gisborne then represented the Totara electorate from a , following the death of George Henry Tribe. He was re-elected at the and served until the end of that term of Parliament in 1881. Later life He returned to England in 1881 following the death of his elder brother Francis. In 1892 he inherited Allestree Hall from his brother-in-law, Sir William Evans, 1st Baronet, and died there in 1898. His wife died in 1908. In 1870, the city of Gisborne in New Zealand was named after him. The township of Gisborne in Victoria, Australia, was named after Henry Fyshe Gisborne, who was a cousin of William Gisborne. Notes References 1825 births 1898 deaths New Zealand public servants Members of the Cabinet of New Zealand Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates 19th-century New Zealand politicians Colonial Secretaries of New Zealand People from Allestree