About Joseph Gape
Lived 1720 – 1801 (aged 80–81). Joseph Gape was a barrister and mayor.
Joseph Gape (1720–1801) was an English barrister and three-times mayor of St Albans in Hertfordshire in 1746, 1761 and 1797. He also served on the city council for more than 50 years.
In 2014, a painting of Gape, for which the artist was unknown, was attributed to Thomas Gainsborough by Hugh Belsey on the BBC television series Fake or Fortune?
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Who was Joseph Gape?
English barrister and mayor of St Albans in Hertfordshire
When was Joseph Gape born?
Joseph Gape was born in 1720.
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Joseph Gape died in 1801.
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Joseph Gape was a barrister and mayor.
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