Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne

Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne

Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne , PC , QC , JP (* 4. September 1837 in Dublin ; † 22. May 1913 in London ) was a British lawyer and politician of the Conservative Party , the 1875-1885 member of the House ( House of Commons ) and in 1885 as the first Baron Ashbourne collected and thus a member of the upper house ( House of Lords ) was. He served as Attorney General of Ireland from 1877 to 1880 and as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1885 to 1886, 1886 to 1892 and again between 1895 and 1905 .

Life

Lawyer, Member of the House of Commons and Lord Chancellor of Ireland

Gibson, son of the magistrate (Justice of the Peace) William Gibson and Louisa Grant, graduated after school first an undergraduate degree at Trinity College Dublin , which he in 1858 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed. Because of his outstanding achievements, he was awarded the University Gold Medal. This was followed by postgraduate studies , which he completed in 1861 with a Master of Arts (MA). In 1861 he was admitted to the bar at the King's Inn Dublin Bar and then took up a position as a barrister . For his legal services he was appointed Crown Attorney QC (Queen's Counsel) in 1872 .

Gibson was born on January 21, 1875 for the Conservative Party for the first time as a member of the lower house ( House of Commons ) selected and represented there until November 24, 1885 Constituency Dublin University . In 1877 he was named "Bencher" for the King's Inn law firm . In 1877 he took over the office of Attorney-General for Ireland and held the position until 1880. In 1881 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in law (Honorary LL.D.) . In June 1885 he was to succeed John Naish in Cabinet Salisbury I first Lord Chancellor of Ireland (Lord Chancellor of Ireland) and held this position until his replacement by John Naish in February 1886. On 24 June 1885 he became a member of the Privy Council (PC).

House of Lords

Dublin University: Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne
(caricature by Leslie Ward (Spy) in Vanity Fair , July 4, 1885)

After retiring from the House of Gibson was a Letters Patent of July 4, 1885 as the first Baron Ashbourne , of Ashbourne in the County Meath, in the hereditary nobility ( Hereditary peerage ) the Peerage of the United Kingdom raised and was therefore up to his death on May 22, 1913 the house of Lords ( house of Lords ) as a member. In August 1886 he succeeded John Naish in the Salisbury II cabinet again as Lord Chancellor of Ireland and remained in this position until he was replaced by Samuel Walker in 1892. On June 29, 1895 he took over the office of Salisbury III again in the cabinet Lord Chancellor of Ireland and held this position in the Balfour Cabinet from July 12, 1902 to December 4, 1905 . At times he was also Justice of the Peace of County Meath. After his death and cremation, Baron Ashbourne was buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery , Dublin.

Marriage and offspring

Gibson married Frances Maria Adelaide Colles on April 4, 1868 in St. Stephen’s , Dublin. From this marriage there were 4 daughters and four sons.

The daughter Violet Albina Gibson attempted an assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini in Rome on April 7, 1926 , whereupon her younger sister Constance Anna Gibson campaigned for her release in Rome. His daughter Frances Maud Gibson was the wife of Alexander Porter, whose father Andrew Porter, 1st Baronet, was also a Member of the House of Commons and Attorney General of Ireland and between 1883 and 1906 as Master of the Rolls Chief Justice of Ireland.

His eldest son William Gibson inherited after his death on May 22, 1913 the title of 2nd Baron Ashbourne and the associated seat in the House of Lords. His son Henry d'Olier Grant Gibson served as first lieutenant in the Royal Artillery . His youngest daughter, Elizabeth Mary Gibson, was married to the House of Commons William Orde-Powlett , who in 1922 inherited the title of 5th Baron Bolton and thereby also became a member of the House of Lords. His second youngest son, Edward Graves Mayne Gibson, served as first lieutenant in the 5th Battalion of the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) and was later admitted to the King's Inn Bar in Dublin like his father as a barrister . His youngest son, Ernest Victor Gibson, took part in the Second Boer War as a first lieutenant and also practiced as a barrister of the Chamber of King's Inn .

Publications

• Speech on the second reading of the Land Law (Ireland) Bill, delivered April 25th, 1881 , London 1881
• Pitt. Some chapters of his life and times , London 1898
• The Ashbourne papers, 1869-1913. A calendar of the papers of Edward Gibson, 1st Lord Ashbourne , editors AB Cooke and APW Malcomson, Belfast 1974

Web links

• Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne at the Hansard (English)
• Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
• Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
• Entry in The Peerage
• Proof of publication ( Open Library )

predecessor	Office	successor
New title created	Baron Ashbourne 1885-1913	William Gibson
George Augustus Chichester May	Attorney General of Ireland 1877–1880	Hugh Law
John Naish	Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1885–1886	John Naish
John Naish	Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1886-1892	Samuel Walker
Samuel Walker	Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1895–1905	Samuel Walker