Baron Aldenham
Baron Aldenham , of Aldenham in the County of Hertford , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom , named after the village of Aldenham .
Award
The title was awarded on January 31, 1896 to the businessman and banker Henry Hucks Gibbs . He was a senior partner of the banking house Antony Gibbs & Sons (founded by his grandfather Antony Gibbs) and for almost 50 years director, at times also governor, of the Bank of England . He also sat for the Conservative Party of 1891/92 in the House of Commons for the City of London .
Another title
The fourth son of the first Baron, Herbert Cokayne Gibbs , was promoted to Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon in 1923 .
After the death of the third Baron Aldenham in 1939, the Barony of Aldenham passed to his cousin, the second Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon. Since then the two baronies have remained united.
List of Barons Aldenham (1896)
- Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham (1819-1907)
- Alban George Henry Gibbs, 2nd Baron Aldenham (1846–1936)
- Gerald Henry Beresford Gibbs, 3rd Baron Aldenham (1879–1939)
- Walter Durant Gibbs, 4th Baron Aldenham (1888–1969)
- Anthony Durant Gibbs, 5th Baron Aldenham (1922-1986)
- Vicary Tyser Gibbs, 6th Baron Aldenham (born 1948)
The heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the son of the current baron, Hon. William Humphrey fur Gibbs (* 1989).