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

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

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:

References

  1. ^ "Obituary. Lord Aldenham". The Times. London. 14 September 1907. p. 6, col C. Retrieved 6 February 2011. (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Mr. Vicary Gibbs "The Complete Peerage"". The Times. London. 14 January 1932. p. 14, col D. Retrieved 6 February 2011. (subscription required)
  3. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Gibbs, Henry Hucks" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ "Deputy Governors of the Bank of England" (PDF). Bank of England. Retrieved 3 January 2014.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "No. 26154". The London Gazette. 21 April 1891. p. 2176.
  7. ^ Rayment, Leigh. "Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 3)". Archived from the original on 24 November 2018.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ "No. 25326". The London Gazette. 7 March 1884. p. 1122.
  9. ^ "No. 26706". The London Gazette. 4 February 1896. p. 645.
  10. ^ Welch 1912.

Sources

External links

Rayment, Leigh. "Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page – Peerages beginning with "A" (part 2)". Archived from the original on 2 November 2019.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) [self-published source] [better source needed]

Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byThomas Charles BaringSir Robert Fowler, Bt Member of Parliament for City of London 1891–1892 With: Sir Robert Fowler, Bt until May 1891Sir Reginald Hanson, Bt from June 1891 Succeeded bySir Reginald Hanson, BtAdrian Gibbs Government offices Preceded byBenjamin Buck Greene Governor of the Bank of England 1875–1877 Succeeded byEdward Howley Palmer Honorary titles Preceded bySalisbury Baxendale High Sheriff of Hertfordshire 1884 Succeeded bySir Astley Paston-Cooper Peerage of the United Kingdom New creation Baron Aldenham 1896–1907 Succeeded byAlban Gibbs
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