Background
A son of James Gibb of Edinburgh and Margaret Wilson of Hawick, Roxburghshire, he was educated privately.
A son of James Gibb of Edinburgh and Margaret Wilson of Hawick, Roxburghshire, he was educated privately.
He was an insurance broker and underwriter at Lloyd"s of London. He was Liberal Member of Parliament for the Harrow Division of Middlesex from January 1906 until January 1910, serving just one term. He had not stood for parliament before, though he had always taken an interest in politics.
He was able to pay for a certain amount of his election campaign expenses and was adopted.
He died in June 1910.
He gained the seat from the Conservatives at the 1906 general election but did not defend the seat at the following general election, when he retired.
28th United Kingdom Parliament.
