Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham
Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham MA BA FGS FSA (31 August 1819 – 13 September 1907) was a British banker, businessman and Conservative Party politician.
Life Edit
Aldenham was the son of George Henry Gibbs,[1] whose father Antony Gibbs was a brother of Sir Vicary Gibbs, a Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.[2] He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford in 1837, graduating B.A. in 1841, M.A. in 1844.[3]
Gibbs was a senior partner in the family firm of Antony Gibbs & Sons, and was a director of the Bank of England from 1853 to 1901, its deputy governor,[4] and finally its Governor from 1875 to 1877.
He was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of London at an unopposed[5] by-election in April 1891,[6] and held the seat until the general election in July 1892,[7] when his oldest son Alban was elected in his place.[5] He also held the office of High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1884.[8] In 1896 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Aldenham, of Aldenham in the County of Hertford.[9] A member of the Philological Society, he was a major benefactor to the Oxford English Dictionary.
Family Edit
Lord Aldenham married Louisa Anne, daughter of William Adams and Mary Anne Cokayne, in 1845. Their fourth son, Herbert Cokayne Gibbs, was created Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon in 1923 while their fifth son Kenneth Francis Gibbs was Archdeacon of St Albans. Lady Aldenham died in 1897. Lord Aldenham survived her by ten years and died in September 1907, aged 88. He was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son Alban.[10]
Children of Lord and Lady Aldenham:
- Alban Gibbs, 2nd Baron Aldenham 1846–1936
- Edith Caroline Gibbs 1848–1942
- Walter Antony Gibbs 1850–1858
- Vicary Gibbs 1853–1932
- Herbert Gibbs, 1st Baron Hunsdon 1854–1935
- Kenneth Francis Gibbs 1856–1935
- Henry Lloyd Gibbs 1861–1907
References Edit
- ^ "Obituary. Lord Aldenham". The Times. London. 14 September 1907. p. 6, col C. Retrieved 6 February 2011. (subscription required)
- ^ "Mr. Vicary Gibbs "The Complete Peerage"". The Times. London. 14 January 1932. p. 14, col D. Retrieved 6 February 2011. (subscription required)
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Deputy Governors of the Bank of England" (PDF). Bank of England. Retrieved 3 January 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 11. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ "No. 26154". The London Gazette. 21 April 1891. p. 2176.
- ^ Rayment, Leigh. . Archived from the original on 24 November 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "No. 25326". The London Gazette. 7 March 1884. p. 1122.
- ^ "No. 26706". The London Gazette. 4 February 1896. p. 645.
- ^ Welch 1912.
Sources Edit
- Welch, Charles (1912). . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Henry Hucks Gibbs at ThePeerage.com
External links Edit
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Hucks Gibbs
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