John Lloyd Gibbons Explained

John Lloyd Gibbons, JP
Constituency Mp:Wolverhampton South
Term Start:3 February 1898
Term End:2 October 1900
Predecessor:Charles Pelham Villiers
Successor:Sir Henry Norman
Birth Date:1837 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Death Place:Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Nationality:British
Occupation:Engineering Surveyor
Known For:Liberal Unionist Party politician
Spouse:1. Emma Eliza White
(1885 – 1896)
2. Eliza Grey Ballenden
(1899 – His death)
Parents:Henry Gibbons and Elizabeth Saunders

John Lloyd Gibbons (25 August 1837 – 25 April 1919) was an engineering surveyor, justice of the peace, county councillor for Bilston and a Liberal Unionist Party Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South from 1898 to 1900.

Background

Gibbons was born on 25 August 1837 to Wolverhampton-born manufacturing chemist Henry Gibbons and his wife Elizabeth (née Saunders) from Wednesfield, Staffordshire.[1] [2]

He married Emma Eliza White of Stroud, Gloucestershire in 1885 in Wolverhampton.;[3] she died in 1896. He remarried in 1898 to Eliza Grey Ballenden[4] of Sedgley, Staffordshire.

Politics and public life

Gibbons was county magistrate for the Sedgley Petty Sessions Division.[5]

He was elected as County Councillor for North Bilston in 1891, the same year that the family took up residence at Ellowes Hall, a stately home located in Sedgley, Staffordshire.

He was elected as member of parliament for Wolverhampton South at the 3 February 1898 by-election following the death of Charles Pelham Villiers on 16 January 1898.

Personal life

Gibbons died on 25 April 1919 and was buried at All Saints Church, Sedgley. His widow sold Ellowes Hall later the same year.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John Lloyd Gibbons, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975". familysearch.org. 9 June 2013.
  2. United Kingdom Census 1861. Wolverhampton . 542899 . 21 . 7 . 9 June 2013 .
  3. General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. Jul-Sep 1885, Wolverhampton. National Archives, Kew Gardens, Surrey.
  4. General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. Jul-Sep 1898, Dudley. National Archives, Kew Gardens, Surrey.
  5. Web site: Kelly's 1896 Trade Directory for the Sedgley District. sedgleymanor.com. 9 June 2013.
  6. Web site: The Eddowes. yampy.co.uk. 9 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130507101127/http://www.yampy.co.uk/gornal/news/history/ellowes.htm. 7 May 2013.