Sir James Gibson, 1st Baronet

Sir James Puckering Gibson, 1st Baronet (14 August 1849 – 11 January 1912), was a Scottish Liberal Party politician. He was Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1906-9 and Liberal MP for Edinburgh East from 1909 to 1912.

Sir James Gibson

33 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh

Sir James Gibson's grave, Dean Cemetery

Private life

He was a son of Thomas Gibson, JP. He was educated at the Edinburgh Institution and Edinburgh University. He married, in 1874, Miss Potter of Barton Park, Derby. They had no children. He was created a Baronet in 1909.^[1][2] From 1880 until his death he lived at 33 Regent Terrace.^[3]

He was married to Marian Potter (d.1945).^[4]

Professional career

He was a Member of the Edinburgh Merchant Company and the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce.

Political career

Lord Provost, Edinburgh, 1906–09. He was the successful Liberal candidate for the Edinburgh East Division at the 1909 Edinburgh East by-election.

He sat until his death in 1912 aged 62.^[5]

He is buried on the north side of the main east-west path in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh under a large pale grey granite obelisk.

Election results

1909 Edinburgh East by-election^[6] Electorate 11,710

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Puckering Gibson	4,527	52.7	-20.4
	Liberal Unionist	Patrick Johnstone Ford	4,069	47.3	+20.4
Majority				5.4	-40.8
Turnout				73.4	-4.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-20.4

General election January 1910: Edinburgh East^[7] Electorate 12,544

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir James Puckering Gibson	6,760	61.3
	Liberal Unionist	Patrick Johnstone Ford	4,273	38.7
Majority			2,487	22.6	+17.2
Turnout				88.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

General election December 1910: Edinburgh East^[8] Electorate 12,620

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir James Puckering Gibson	6,436	63.0
	Conservative	R.M. Cameron	3,782	37.0
Majority			2,654	26.0
Turnout				81.0	-7.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

References

1. "No. 28312". The London Gazette. 26 November 1909. p. 8934.
2. 'GIBSON, Sir James Puckering', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 retrieved 27 Jan 2014
3. Mitchell , Anne (1993), "The People of Calton Hill", Mercat Press, James Thin, Edinburgh, ISBN 1-873644-18-3.
4. Gibson grave, Dean Cemetery
5. British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F.W.S.
6. British parliamentary election results 1885-1918
7. British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F.W.S.
8. British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F.W.S.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir James Gibson

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir George McCrae	Member of Parliament for Edinburgh East 1909 – 1912	Succeeded by James Myles Hogge
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of Regent Terrace) 1909–1912	Extinct