Background
Gibson was the youngest son of William Gibson of Merrion Square, Dublin, and Rockforest, County Tipperary, and his first wife Louisa Grant, daughter of Joseph Grant, barrister, of Dublin.
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John George GIBSON
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Education
Studied at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen. Trinity College Dublin. Scholar, double first gold medallist.
Vice-Chancellor’s prizeman, Trinity College Dublin.
Career
Gibson was made an Irish Queen"s Counsel in 1880, and 3rd Serjeant-at-Lavv in 1885. He was Solicitor General for Ireland from November 1885 to January 1886 and Attorney-General for Ireland from 1887 to 1888. He resigned his seat in 1888 to become an Irish High Court Judge.
Anne died in 1911, aged only 34.
Gibson, a man of strong emotions, was so moved by this kindness that he burst into tears. He lived at 38 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin.
Gibson died at the age of 77.
Membership
23rd United Kingdom Parliament. 24th United Kingdom Parliament]
In 1885 he was elected Member of Parliament for Liverpool Walton. Maurice Healy in The Old Munster Circuit records the touching story of how her father, despite his desperate concern about her condition, tried to hold the Cork assize in the normal way: but the members of the Irish Bar, out of compassion, found excuses to adjourn all the cases in the legal calendar.
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Died
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Nationality
United Kingdom -
Political Party
Conservative Party