Robert Gibson, Lord Gibson
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The Honourable Lord Gibson |
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Chairman of the Scottish Land Court | |
In office 1941–1965 |
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Preceded by | Lord Murray |
Succeeded by | Lord Birsay |
Member of Parliament for Greenock |
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In office 1936–1941 |
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Preceded by | Godfrey Collins |
Succeeded by | Hector McNeil |
Majority | 53.4% |
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Born | Robert Gibson 20 April 1886 |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
Political party | Labour |
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Campbell |
Residence | Juniper Green |
Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
Occupation | Politician, judge |
Profession | Advocate |
Military service | |
Service/branch | Army |
Years of service | 1915–1918 |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | Royal Garrison Artillery |
Robert Gibson, Lord Gibson (20 April 1886 – 9 April 1965) was a Scottish lawyer and politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Greenock from 1936 to 1941, and Chairman of the Scottish Land Court from 1941 to 1965.
Early life
Gibson was educated at both the Hamilton Academy prep and senior schools and continued his studies at the University of Glasgow, where he was Cunninghame Gold Medallist in Mathematics, Donaldson Scholar in Chemistry, Major Young Bursar in Arts and Law, Metcalfe Bursar in Science, and Stewart Bursar and Prizeman in Law. He received degrees of M.A., B.Sc. and LL.B., all at the University of Glasgow. He was elected Secretary of the Glasgow University Students' Representative Council in 1909, and President in 1910.
In 1911, he was appointed Lecturer in Applied Electricity at Hamilton Technical School, located at Hamilton Academy, and taught in the Academy's senior school, one of his pupils being Thomas Cassells, who was also to serve as a Labour MP (for Dunbartonshire, and for the same period, 1936–41.) In 1915, shortly after the outbreak of the First World War, Gibson joined the Royal Garrison Artillery.
Legal career
After the War, in 1918, Gibson was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates, and between 1929 and 1931, was Senior Advocate Depute, one of the country's senior prosecutors. He was a member of the Labour Party and stood in a number of elections, serving as Member of Parliament for Greenock from 1936 to 1941. He stood down from his seat in 1941, when appointed Chairman of the Scottish Land Court,[1] succeeding another former pupil of Hamilton Academy, Sir Thomas David King Murray (Lord Murray.)
Political career
Gibson was an unsuccessful candidate in Roxburgh and Selkirk in 1929, Edinburgh North in 1931, at the Combined Scottish Universities in a 1934 by-election, and Dundee in the 1935 general election.
He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Greenock at a by-election in 1936, and held his seat until he resigned from the House of Commons in 1941 on his appointment as Chairman of the Scottish Land Court.
Sources
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- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs [self-published source][better source needed]
- Hansard, parliamentary debate, 16 Dec. 1936 Thomas Cassels and Robert Gibson, reference to Hamilton Academy. Retrieved 2011-01-11
- Hansard, parliamentary debate 21 Nov. 1939 Robert Gibson, reference to his attendance at Hamilton Academy's prep school in the 1890s. Retrieved 2011-01-11
References
- ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 15820. p. 305. 13 June 1941. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Robert Gibson
Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Greenock 1936–1941 |
Succeeded by Hector McNeil |
Legal offices | ||
Preceded by | Chairman of the Scottish Land Court 1941–1965 |
Succeeded by Lord Birsay |
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- 1886 births
- 1965 deaths
- People educated at Hamilton Academy
- Alumni of the University of Glasgow
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Members of the Faculty of Advocates
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies
- Scottish Labour Party MPs
- UK MPs 1935–45
- Chairs of the Scottish Land Court