Richard Philip Oliver


Richard Philip Oliver, later known as Richard Oliver Gascoigne, was an Irish landowner at Castle Oliver in County Limerick and Parlington Hall in Yorkshire.

Biography

He was the eldest surviving son of Silver Oliver, and like his father sat in the Irish House of Commons for County Limerick. He married Mary, daughter of Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet, of Kirkleatham, and step-daughter of Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 8th Baronet, of Parlington. Their children included two daughters who inherited the Gascoigne estates: Mary Isabella, who was married in 1850 to Colonel Frederick Charles Trench and was the mother of Colonel F. R. T. Trench-Gascoigne; and Elizabeth, who was married in 1852 to Frederick Mason Trench, 2nd Baron Ashtown.