The Right Honourable Sir
J. T. Hibbert
KCB JP DL
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
12 December 1884 – 9 June 1885
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterWilliam Ewart Gladstone
Preceded byLeonard Courtney
Succeeded bySir Henry Holland, Bt
In office
18 August 1892 – 21 June 1895
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterWilliam Ewart Gladstone
The Earl of Rosebery
Preceded byJohn Eldon Gorst
Succeeded byRobert William Hanbury
Personal details
Born5 January 1824 (1824-01-05)
Died7 November 1908 (1908-11-08) (aged 84)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge

Sir John Tomlinson Hibbert KCB PC JP DL (5 January 1824 – 7 November 1908), known as J. T. Hibbert, was a British barrister and Liberal politician.

Background and education

The eldest son of Elijah Hibbert and Betty Hilton, he was educated at Shrewsbury and St John's College, Cambridge.[1] He was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, in 1849.

Political career

Hibbert was Member of Parliament for Oldham from 1862 to 1874, 1877 to 1886 and 1892 to 1895, when he lost his seat.[2] He served under William Ewart Gladstone as Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board from 1872 to 1874 and again from 1880 to 1883, as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from 1883 to 1884, as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1884 to 1885 and as Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty from February to July 1886 and under Gladstone and later Lord Rosebery as once again Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1892 to 1895. In 1886, he was sworn of the Privy Council.[3]

Hibbert served as President of the second day of the second Co-operative Congress in 1870.[4]

In 1889, Hibbert was elected as the first Chairman of the newly created Lancashire County Council. He was later President of the County Councils Association. In 1893 he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.[5]

He received the honorary degree Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) from the Victoria University of Manchester in February 1902, in connection with the 50th jubilee celebrations of the establishment of the university.[6]

Personal life

Hibbert died in November 1908, aged 84. He is buried at St Paul’s, Lindale, Cumbria.

References

  1. ^ "Hibbert, John Tomlinson (HBRT843JT)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O" (part 1)
  3. ^ "No. 25560". The London Gazette. 19 February 1886. p. 796.
  4. ^ Congress Presidents 1869-2002 (PDF), February 2002, archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2008, retrieved 10 May 2008
  5. ^ "No. 26366". The London Gazette. 24 January 1893. p. 411.
  6. ^ "University intelligence". The Times. No. 36704. London. 1 March 1902. p. 12.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byJohn Morgan CobbettWilliam Johnson Fox Member of Parliament for Oldham 1862–1874 With: John Morgan Cobbett 1862–1865John Platt 1865–1872John Morgan Cobbett 1872–1874 Succeeded byJohn Morgan CobbettFrederick Lowten Spinks Preceded byJohn Morgan CobbettFrederick Lowten Spinks Member of Parliament for Oldham 1877–1886 With: Frederick Lowten Spinks 1877–1880Edward Stanley 1880–1885James Mackenzie Maclean 1885–1886 Succeeded byJames Mackenzie MacleanElliott Lees Preceded byJames Mackenzie MacleanElliott Lees Member of Parliament for Oldham 1892–1895 With: Joshua Milne Cheetham Succeeded byRobert AscroftJames Francis Oswald Political offices New office Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board 1872–1874 Succeeded byClare Sewell Read Preceded byThomas Salt Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board 1880–1883 Succeeded byGeorge W. E. Russell Preceded byThe Earl of Rosebery Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1883–1884 Succeeded byHenry Fowler Preceded byLeonard Courtney Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1884–1885 Succeeded bySir Henry Holland, Bt Preceded byCharles Ritchie Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty February–July 1886 Succeeded byArthur Forwood Preceded byJohn Eldon Gorst Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1892–1895 Succeeded byRobert William Hanbury


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