Alban Gibbs, 2nd Baron Aldenham
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Alban George Henry Gibbs, MA
, FSA
, MP
, 2nd Baron Aldenham (23 April 1846 – 9 May 1936) was a British Conservative Party
politician and peer, the son of Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham.
He was elected at the 1892 general election
as a Member of Parliament
(MP) for the City of London
, and held the seat until his resignation from the House of Commons
on 14 February 1906 by the procedural device of accepting appointment as Steward of the Manor of Northstead.
He succeeded to the title Baron Aldenham
on 13 September 1907.
He married Bridget Beresford-Hope, on 18 February 1873. They had three children.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
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, FSA
Society of Antiquaries of London
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, MP
Member of Parliament
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, 2nd Baron Aldenham (23 April 1846 – 9 May 1936) was a British Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
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politician and peer, the son of Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham.
He was elected at the 1892 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1892
The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election...
as a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for the City of London
City of London (UK Parliament constituency)
The City of London was a United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950.-Boundaries and boundary...
, and held the seat until his resignation from the House of Commons
Resignation from the British House of Commons
Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. To circumvent this prohibition, a legal fiction is used...
on 14 February 1906 by the procedural device of accepting appointment as Steward of the Manor of Northstead.
He succeeded to the title Baron Aldenham
Baron Aldenham
Baron Aldenham, of Aldenham in the County of Hertford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that was created on 31 January 1896 for the businessman Hucks Gibbs. He was head of the family firm of Antony Gibbs & Sons and a director and Governor of the Bank of England...
on 13 September 1907.
He married Bridget Beresford-Hope, on 18 February 1873. They had three children.
- Hon. Catherine Louisa Gibbs (1875-1967)
- Hon. Mildred Dorothea Gibbs (1876-1961)
- Gerald Henry Beresford Gibbs, 3rd Baron Aldenham (1879-1939)