Roger Gale ( 1672 - 1744 )

Birth: Impington, Cambridgeshire, England (1672) Death: Scruton, Yorkshire (25 June 1744) Burial: Scruton, Yorkshire Research Field: Antiquities Education: St Paul's School; Trinity College, Cambridge; BA (1694/5), MA (1698); Incorporated at Oxford (1699) Career: Fellow of Trinity (1697); MP for Northallerton, Yorkshire (1705-1713); Commissioner of Stamp Duties (1714-1715); Commissioner of Excise (1715-1735); left manuscripts to Trinity College and his collection of coins to Cambridge University Library Memberships: FSA; Spalding Society; Brasenose Society Membership: Fellow Election Date: 28/03/1717 Council: Treas 1728-1736; VP 1728-; Council 1718, 1720, 1722, 1724, 1726-1730.