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Hon Vicary Gibbs MP

Born 12 May 1853 in Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Son of Henry Hucks Gibbs and Louisa Anne (Adams) Gibbs

Brother of Alban George Henry Gibbs, Edith Caroline Gibbs, Walter Antony Gibbs, Herbert Cokayne Gibbs, Kenneth Francis Gibbs and Henry Lloyd Gibbs

Died 13 Jan 1932 at age 78 in Westminster, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Vicary Gibbs MP is Notable.

Vicary Gibbs MP was born in England.

Summary

Vicary Gibbs was born in 1853,^[1] and christened at St John, Hampstead on 24 June that year^[2].

He was an English barrister, merchant, genealogist and Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1892 to 1904.

He was nephew of the genealogist GE Cokayne and followed the family interest in geneology, editing the Complete Peerage, 2nd edition.

Education

He was educated at Eton College and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated in 1876 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classical Moderations. He was called to the bar at Lincolns Inn in 1880, and became a partner in the merchant and banking firm Antony Gibbs & Sons. ^[3]

Family

1871 Census. He was a scholar and clearly part of a well heeled family.^[4]

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
Henry Hucks Gibbs	Head	Male	51	St George The Martyr Worthy, Middlesex
Louisa Anne Gibbs	Wife	Female	52	St George The Martyr Worthy, Middlesex
Alban George Henry Gibbs	Son	Male	24	Naples, Italy
Edith Caroline Gibbs	Daughter	Female	22	Paddington, Middlesex
Vicary Gibbs	Son	Male	17	Hampstead, Middlesex
Henry Lloyd Gibbs	Son	Male	9	St Marylebone, Middlesex
Henry Foulkes Kingdon	Visitor	Male	8	St Marylebone, Middlesex
Juliana Hardwicke Ellaby	Servant	Female	40	Emberton, Buckinghamshire
William Reeks	Servant	Male	34	Lytchett Minster, Dorsetshire
Richard Fletcher	Servant	Male	17	Garsington, Oxfordshire
George Sargent	Servant	Male	42	Turvey, Bedfordshire
Sarah Sargent	Wife Of Servant	Female	45	Little Houghton, Northamptonshire
George D Sargent	Son of Servant	Male	17	St Margaret's, Westmorland
Francis W Sargent	Son of Servant	Male	11	St Marylebone, Middlesex
Edwin J Sargent	Son of Servant	Male	8	St Marylebone, Middlesex

1881 Census. He is single and Barrister At Law (In Practice) ^[5]

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
Henry H Gibbs	Head	Male	61	London Kensington, London, Middlesex, England
Louisa A Gibbs	Wife	Female	62	London Brompton, London, Middlesex, England
Edith C Gibbs	Daughter	Female	32	London Marylebone, London, Middlesex, England
Henry L Gibbs	Son	Male	19	Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Vicary Gibbs	Son	Male	27	Hampstead, Middlesex, England

He did not marry and had no children.

Political Career

At the 1892 general election he was returned to Parliament for St Albans division of Hertfordshire. He was returned unopposed in 1895 and 1900,but was disqualified in February 1904 due to a conflict in commercial interests with his firm Antony Gibbs & Son. Antony was his brother^[3].

He was a member of the Tariff Commission and of the Council of the Industrial Freedom League, an organisation which opposed the involvement of the state and municipalities in trading companies ^[3].

Gibbs was also a Justice of the Peace for Hertfordshire,[3] and the first co-author of the second edition of The Complete Peerage, published beginning in 1910. While he retired well before it completed publication, his extensive notes are represented throughout the volumes. ^[3].

He was a director of numerous companies, and the chairman of National Provident Institution. ^[3].

Leisure

At his seat Aldenham House near Elstree in Hertfordshire, he cultivated a garden which became notable for its flowering trees and shrubs. He won many prizes for the flowers and vegetables grown by his head gardener Edwin Beckett FRHS,including a first prize at the Franco-British Exhibition in 1908. ^[3].

Death

He died in 1932 at his home in Upper Belgrave Street, Westminster, London^[6]^[7]. His obituary appeared in The Evening Telegraph And Post Dundee on 14 January 1932. ^[8]

Sources

↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth,(https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed [19 Feb 2020]), database entry for Gibbs, Vicary, Mothers maiden name ADAMS 1932 1853 S Quarter in HAMPSTEAD Volume 01A Page 451
↑ London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: p81/jn1/068
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 Wikipedia contributors, "Vicary Gibbs (St Albans MP)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vicary_Gibbs_(St_Albans_MP)&oldid=928345440 (accessed February 19, 2020).
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRJS-1FS : 29 September 2019), Vicary Gibbs in entry for Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1871.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q273-K2S5 : 10 December 2017), Vicary Gibbs in household of Henry H Gibbs, St Marylebone, London,Middlesex, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 3, Piece/Folio 157/91, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,347.
↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth,(https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed [19 Feb 2020]), database entry for Gibbs, Vicary, 1932 M Quarter in ST. GEORGE HANOVER SQUARE Volume 01A Page 654
↑ Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England:
"GIBBS the honourable Vicary of 12 Upper Belgrave-street Westminister Middlesex and of Aldenham House Hertfordshire and of 22 Bishopsgate London died 18 January 1932 at 12 Upper Belgrave-street Probate London 15 June [1932] to the honourable Gerald Henry Beresford Gibbs and the honourable Walter Durant Gibbs merchants. Effects £146972 9s 11d."
Victoria (Australia) Public Record Office, Wills and Probates 254/135 gent England Reseal 20 Feb 1933 VPRS 28/P3 unit 2409 and VPRS 7591/P2 unit 891
State Records Authority of New South Wales, Indexes to deceased estate files; Archive Series: NRS 13341 Reel No.3220 Series A No.73971 Gibbs Hon Vicary, England, Reseal 10 May 1933
↑ "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q269-VYD8 : 26 October 2019), Honorable Vicary Gibbs, 14 Jan 1932; citing Obituary, Dundee, Angus-Shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, page , Records extracted by FindMyPast and images digitized by FamilySearch. The British Library, London; FHL microfilm 102,001,324.