LC control no. | no2014120638 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Gibbs, Vicary, 1853-1932 |
Birth date | 18530512 |
Death date | 19320113 |
Place of death | London (England) |
Affiliation | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons |
Profession or occupation | Lawyers |
Found in | The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, 1910: title page (edited by the Hon. Vicary Gibbs) Wikipedia, September 10, 2014 (Vicary Gibbs (MP); The Hon. Vicary Gibbs (12 May 1853 -13 January 1932) was a British barrister, merchant and Conservative Party politician; he sat in the House of Commons from 1892 to 1904; Alban Gibbs, 2nd Baron Aldenham, and Herbert Gibbs, 1st Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon, were his brothers, while George Cokayne was his great-uncle; his great-grandfather was Antony Gibbs, brother of Sir Vicary Gibbs who became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas; 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 Anthony Gibbs and Sons; Gibbs was also a Justice of the Peace for Hertfordshire, 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; he was a director of numerous companies, and the chairman of National Provident Institution; he died at his London home in Upper Belgrave Street) |
Associated language | eng |