Sir John Gibbons, 2nd Baronet (c.1717 – 9 July 1776) was a British Member of Parliament.
Gibbons was born in Barbados, the son of Sir William Gibbons, 1st Baronet, speaker of the assembly and lieutenant-general of Barbados.
He represented Stockbridge (1754–1761) and Wallingford (1761–1768) in the House of Commons, whilst at the same time being a member of the Barbados assembly. On his father's death in May 1760, he succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet.[1] He acquired and lived in Stanwell Place, Middlesex, which then passed down in the Gibbons family to 1933.
In 1761 he was invested as a Knight Companion (KB) of the Order of the Bath .[1]
He married Martha, the daughter of Rev. Scawen Kenrick, vicar of St. Margaret's, Westminster, and had 5 sons and a daughter. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Sir William Gibbons, 3rd Baronet. The daughter, Emily Gibbons, married Gerald FitzGerald on 9 November 1820.[2] That marriage produced his grandson, Gerard George Fitzgerald.
References edit
- ^ a b "GIBBONS, John (c.1717-76), of Stanwell Place, Mdx". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ "Emily Gibbons". The Peerage. Retrieved 1 March 2015.