GYE, Frederick. Entrepreneur, Wine Merchant, and Entertainment Manager, (1781-1869). A collection of printed and manuscript material in support of his election as Member of Parliament in 1826. No items are recorded in WorldCat relating to Frederick Gye and this election. 1. Election Dialogue between Shuttle and Broadcloth, two Chippenham voters M. Meyler, Printer, Bath. Supporting Mr [Frederick] Gye, undated, presumably circa 1826 Folded, creased and some tears. 2. Success to Trade. To my brother voters and the inhabitants of Chippenham. A friend to Peace and Trade Chippenham, 9 o'clock Thursday Morning, 1st June, 1826 Supporting Frederick Gye Folded, creased and spotted, some small tears. 3. To the Independent Electors of the Borough of Chippenham Frederick Gye R. Alexander, Printer, Chippenham; 1826 A single sheet folded to form 4 pages, one page only printed on. Creased and folded to form a letter, with a manuscript address panel - Mr Gye, 141 Fleet Street, London. Address panel soiled. 4. The Glorious First of June! Gye, the friend of the poor and the patron of industry! 1826? Paper watermarked C Wilmot, 1825. Paper creased and folded. Lightly browned. 5. Success to Trade. A Song. Alexander, Pr, Chippenham Supporting Gye. Paper folded and creased, tears to the edges. 6. Manuscript verses - T'was Gye A single sheet of paper folded to form 4 pages, 3 of which have been used. Paper is creased and has been folded in the past. Long tears to the old folds. Soiled and lightly browned. 7. Manuscript verses - Gye and Trade or a budget of facts A single sheet of paper folded to form 4 pages, 2 pages of verses, 1 page a brief letter to Gye from WF Moncrieff - Dr Sir, An accident rendered it impossible for me to see you, as agreed on, at 10 this morning. I enclose the verses and will be in Fleet Street at 3 with the song. Yr very devoted & obliged Sr - W.F. Moncrieff. The 4 page has an address panel - (Private) - F. Gye Esqre, London Wine Company, Fleet Street. Soiled and fly spotted, browned and torn into the text. 8. Manuscript draft[?] of an acknowledgement of £3000 to be employed in manufacturing cloth in Chippenham. Between Frederick Gye and W. Barnes[?]. Undated but the paper is watermarked WD Wells 1825. A single sheet of paper, folded to form 4 pages, one of which has been written on. The paper is soiled and browned, creased where previously folded. Frederick Gye, the elder (1781–1869), entertainment manager. He began his career as a printer in partnership with G. Balne at 7 Union Court, Broad Street, in the city of London. The firm having some business connection with Thomas Bish, the lottery agent, obtained a contract for printing the state lottery tickets. On one occasion a number of tickets which had not been placed fell into Gye's hands, either in part payment of his account or from some other cause, and the fortunate printer drew a prize of thirty thousand pounds. With the money he established in 1817 the London Wine Company, at 44 Southampton Row, Holborn, London. With another portion of the money in 1818 he founded the London Genuine Tea Company, which had stores at 23 Ludgate Hill, 148 Oxford Street, and 8 Charing Cross. The handsome saloon in the house at Charing Cross was decorated with Chinese views and figure subjects painted by Clarkson Stanfield and David Roberts. The wine company and the tea company being successful, he next entered into partnership with William Hughes, and in 1821 purchased Vauxhall Gardens for 28,000l. from the Tyers family. Here, during nineteen years, Gye amused the public with a variety of novel entertainments, such as ballets, concerts, fireworks, acrobats, &c. On 12 June 1826 'Frederick Gye, Esq., of Wood Green, in the county of Middlesex,' was elected member of parliament for Chippenham in Wiltshire. The trade of that town had suffered much distress owing to the stoppage of the cloth manufactories, and Gye had obtained great popularity by his liberal promises respecting the future trade, and by sending in shortly before the election two wagon-loads of wool to set the principal manufactory immediately at work. He continued to represent Chippenham till 24 July 1830