Enoch Robert Gibbon Salisbury (7 November 1819 – 1890) was a Welsh barrister, author and politician.

Life [ edit ]

The eldest son of Joseph Salisbury of Bagillt , Flintshire , he became a student of the Inner Temple , 7 January 1850, and was called to the bar on 17 November 1852. He went on the North Wales circuit, where he had a good practice, but his main success was at the parliamentary bar . He was elected in the Liberal interest Member of Parliament for Chester in 1857, but was unsuccessful in contesting the seat in 1859. ^[1]

Salisbury collected books relating to Wales and the border counties, and his library went to the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire by purchase, in 1886. ^[2] He died at his house, Glen-aber, Saltney , near Chester , on 27 October 1890, and was buried at Eccleston, Cheshire . ^[1]

Works [ edit ]

Salisbury published: ^[1]

• A Letter on National Education, suggested by "A Letter on State Education in Wales" , 1849.
• A Catalogue of Cambrian Books at Glen-aber, Chester, 1500?1799, not mentioned in Rowlands's Cambrian Bibliography , Carnarvon, 1874.
• Border Counties Literature, a Catalogue of Border County Books in the Glen-aber Library, Chester, A.D. 1500?1882 , pt. i. Chester, no date.
• Border Counties' Worthies (reprinted from the Oswestry Advertiser ), 1st and 2nd ser. London, 1880.

Family [ edit ]

Salisbury married, on 28 June 1842, Sarah, youngest daughter of the Rev. Arthur Jones, D.D. She died on 2 March 1879, leaving a son and five daughters. ^[1]

References [ edit ]

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Lee, Sidney , ed. (1897). " Salisbury, Enoch Robert Gibbon ". Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

External links [ edit ]

• Enoch Salisbury's archive and personal library is held in Special Collections and Archives, Cardiff University.