publishing her report but (unusually) with Morant's apologies and annotations. Gorst objected to Joseph Chamberlain's proposals for tariff reform, and at the general election of 1906 he stood as an independent Free Trader, but came third, behind the two official Unionist candidates, and lost his seat. He then withdrew from the vice-chancellorship of the Primrose League, of which he had been one of the founders, on the ground that it no longer represented the policy of Benjamin Disraeli. In 1910 he contested Preston as a Liberal, but failed to secure election. Family Gorst married Mary Elizabeth Moore in Geelong in 1860; they had met on the Red Jacket travelling from England to Melbourne. Their elder son, Sir Eldon Gorst, became Consul-General in Egypt. Gorst died in London in April 1916, aged 80, and lies buried in St Andrew's churchyard, Castle Combe, Wilts. An account of his connection with Lord Randolph Churchill will be found in the Fourth Party (1906), by his younger son, Harold Edward Gorst. Publications References External links 1835 births 1916 deaths Politicians from Preston, Lancashire Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the University of Cambridge Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Presidents of the Cambridge Union Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Society Rectors of the University of Glasgow Knights Bachelor People of the New Zealand Wars New Zealand jurists UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 UK MPs 1900–1906 Solicitors General for England and Wales People educated at Preston Grammar School Lawyers from Preston, Lancashire