Sir James Gibson, 1st Baronet

Sir James Gibson
33 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh
Sir James Gibson's grave, Dean Cemetery

Sir James Puckering Gibson, 1st Baronet (14 August 1849 – 11 January 1912), was a Scottish Liberal Party politician. He was Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1906-9 and Liberal MP for Edinburgh East from 1909 to 1912.

Early life

He was a son of Thomas Gibson, JP, and was educated at the Edinburgh Institution and Edinburgh University.

Professional career

Gibson was a Member of the Edinburgh Merchant Company and the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce.

Political career

Lord Provost, Edinburgh, 1906–09. He was the successful Liberal candidate for the Edinburgh East Division at the 1909 Edinburgh East by-election.[1]

Election results

1909 Edinburgh East by-election[1] Electorate 11,710
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Puckering Gibson 4,527 52.7 −20.4
Liberal Unionist Patrick Johnstone Ford 4,069 47.3 +20.4
Majority 5.4 −40.8
Turnout 73.4 −4.7
Liberal hold Swing -20.4
General election January 1910: Edinburgh East[1] Electorate 12,544
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir James Puckering Gibson 6,760 61.3
Liberal Unionist Patrick Johnstone Ford 4,273 38.7
Majority 2,487 22.6 +17.2
Turnout 88.0
Liberal hold Swing
General election December 1910: Edinburgh East[1] Electorate 12,620
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir James Puckering Gibson 6,436 63.0
Conservative R.M. Cameron 3,782 37.0
Majority 2,654 26.0
Turnout 81.0 −7.0
Liberal hold Swing

Private life

Gibson married, in 1874, Marian Potter of Barton Park, Derby.[2] They had no children. He was created a Baronet on 23 November 1909.[3][4][5] From 1880 until his death he lived at 33 Regent Terrace.[6]

Death and burial

Gibson died in 1912 at his home on Regent Terrace. As he and Lady Gibson had no children, his title became extinct. He is buried on the north side of the main east-west path in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh under a large pale grey granite obelisk.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F.W.S.
  2. ↑ Gibson grave, Dean Cemetery
  3. ↑ "No. 28312". The London Gazette. 26 November 1909. p. 8934.
  4. ↑ 'GIBSON, Sir James Puckering', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 retrieved 27 Jan 2014
  5. ↑ Burke, Sir Bernard; Burke, Ashworth P. (1934). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage. p. 1038.
  6. ↑ Mitchell, Anne (1993), "The People of Calton Hill", Mercat Press, James Thin, Edinburgh, ISBN 1-873644-18-3.
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