There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Gibbons, one in the

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and one in the

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. One creation is extant as of 2012. The Gibbons Baronetcy, of

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in the County of Middlesex, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 21 April 1752 for Sir William Gibbons, Speaker of the

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. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Stockbridge and Wallingford. The fifth Baronet was high sheriff of

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in 1891. Two other members of the family may also be mentioned. Frederick Kenrick Colquhoun Gibbons (1865–1954), son of Captain Frederick Gibbons, brother of the fifth Baronet, was a

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in the

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. Sir William Kenrick Gibbons (1876–1957), son of Sir William Gibbons, grandson of Robert Gibbons, fourth son of the second Baronet, was Clerk of the

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. The Gibbons Baronetcy, of Sittingbourne in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 March 1872 for Sills Gibbons,

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from 1871 to 1872. The title became extinct on his death in 1876.

Gibbons baronets, of Stanwell Place (1752)

* Sir William Gibbons, 1st Baronet (died 1760) *

Sir John Gibbons, 2nd Baronet Sir John Gibbons, 2nd Baronet (c.1717 – 9 July 1776) was a British Member of Parliament. Gibbons was born in Barbados, the son of Sir William Gibbons, 1st Baronet, speaker of the assembly and lieutenant-general of Barbados. He represented S ...

(–1776) * Sir William Gibbons, 3rd Baronet (1749–1814) * Sir John Gibbons, 4th Baronet (1774–1844) * Sir John Gibbons, 5th Baronet (1825–1893) * Sir Charles Gibbons, 6th Baronet (1828–1909) * Sir Alexander Doran Gibbons, 7th Baronet (1873–1956) * Sir John Edward Gibbons, 8th Baronet (1914–1982) * Sir William Edward Doran Gibbons, 9th Baronet (born 1948) The

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is the present holder's son Charles William Edwin Gibbons (born 1983).

Gibbons baronets, of Sittingbourne (1872)

* Sir Sills John Gibbons, 1st Baronet (1809–1876)

References

External links

www.burkespeerage.com
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gibbons Baronetcies in the Baronetage of Great Britain Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 1752 establishments in Great Britain 1872 establishments in the United Kingdom