George Gaskin (1751–1829)[1] was a lecturer (assistant curate) at St Mary's, Islington for forty-six years, resigning in 1822, to become a prebendary at Ely Cathedral.
The son of John Gaskin, a leather-seller (1710–1766), and of Mabel his wife (1707–1791), he was born at Newington Green, London.
He was then appointed to fill the vacant office of lecturer in the parish of Islington, a post which he occupied for forty-six years.
This, however, in 1791 he exchanged for the living of St Benet Gracechurch, in order to be on hand for fulfilling his duties as secretary to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
He was employed on behalf by the society to visit and report on the mission schools and churches of the Scilly Islands.
On attaining his seventy-second year he was presented (25 May 1822) to a vacant stall in Ely Cathedral, was able to resign his secretaryship, and ultimately his post as lecturer of Islington.