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Thomas Gage (botanist)

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Name
  
Sir Gage,

Died
  
December 27, 1820

Role
  
Botanist

Sir Thomas Gage, 7th Baronet (1781 – 27 December 1820, Rome) was an English botanist, from a junior branch of the Gage family of Firle, Sussex. The woodland flower Gagea is named in his honour.

He married, Mary-Anne Browne, the daughter of Valentine Browne, 1st Earl of Kenmare

In his herbarium, he had various plant specimens including Iris subbiflora.

References

Thomas Gage (botanist) Wikipedia