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Peter Gibbs (academic)
Peter Gibbs may refer to: * Peter Gibbs (weather forecaster) (born 1958), British weather forecaster * Peter Gibbs (cricketer) (born 1944), English cricketer and television script writer * Peter Wyldbore Gibbs (1934–2001), Private Secretary to the British Princess Anne * Peter Gibbs (1920–1975), English violinist and RAF pilot in No. 41 Squadron RAF#Notable pilots, 1916–45, No. 41 Squadron RAF. Died under inexplicable circumstances known as the Great Mull Air Mystery * Peter Gibbs, board member of UK Financial Investments and chairman of Turquoise * Peter Gibbs, footballer who List of Watford F.C. players (fewer than 50 appearances), played for Watford F.C. in 1975–1976 {{hndis, Gibbs, Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gibbs (weather Forecaster)
Peter John Gibbs (born 1958) is a former BBC Weather forecaster, who appeared regularly on BBC News (TV Channel), BBC News, BBC World News and BBC Radio, particularly BBC Radio Four. He previously worked on the ''BBC News at One'', ''BBC News at Six'', ''BBC News at Ten'' and ''BBC Breakfast''. He left the BBC on 9 December 2016. Early life Gibbs was born in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, Sunderland, and brought up in Kendal, attending Kirkbie Kendal School, Kendal Grammar School. He graduated from the Newcastle University, University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1979 with an Honours degree in Physics and Geography. He started work at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge. He worked at the British Halley Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf for two years from October 1979 where he made routine observations of the weather and helped to maintain the base. When he returned to the UK in May 1982 he joined the Met Office where he spent a year as a weather forecaster in training. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gibbs (cricketer)
Peter John Keith Gibbs (born 17 August 1944) is an English television script writer, and a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University from 1964 to 1966, and for Derbyshire from 1966 to 1972. Early life and career Gibbs was born at Buglawton, Cheshire, and attended Hanley High School before going up to University College, Oxford. He represented Staffordshire in Minor Counties cricket from the age of 16, making his debut against Cheshire in 1961. He continued to play regularly for Staffordshire until 1965. First-class cricket His first-class career began with Oxford University, where he played from 1964 to 1966, playing three times in the annual match against Cambridge. His highest score for Oxford was 126 against Warwickshire in 1964. Gibbs made his debut for Derbyshire in 1966 after the end of the university cricket season. He played his first County Championship match in a draw against Middlesex, and played five matches for Derbyshire that season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wyldbore Gibbs
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Peter Wyldebore Gibbs (1 January 1934, London – 2001) was Private Secretary to Anne, Princess Royal, from 1982 to 1997. Educated at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Gibbs was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards on 25 July 1953, household position mentioned in list of honours when KCVO awarded and promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1974. He became Assistant Adjutant-General London District in 1977, and his last posting was as a staff officer (GSOI) in the Ministry of Defence. He retired from the British Army in 1982 and joined the Office of the Princess Royal. Colonel Gibbs was appointed LVO in 1989 and promoted to CVO, 1995, and KCVO, 1997. The Household of the Princess Royal provides the administrative support to Her Royal Highness, the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II. It is based at Buckingham Palace, and is headed by the Private Secretary. The Household is separate from the Royal Household and is funded from the Civil List annuit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Mull Air Mystery
The Great Mull Air Mystery is the name given by the media to the disappearance of pilot Peter Gibbs on 24 December 1975 after he took an unscheduled solo night flight from Glenforsa Airfield on the Isle of Mull in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom. Gibbs' uninjured but decomposed body was discovered, without the plane, on a hillside near the airfield four months later, but how and why he came to be there has never been established. Background Peter Gibbs Norman Peter Gibbs, born in 1920, was a former Spitfire pilot with No. 41 Squadron RAF in World War II, serving between January 1944 and March 1945. In 1954, nine years after leaving the Royal Air Force, Gibbs became a professional musician and joined the Philharmonia Orchestra, and joined the London Symphony Orchestra two years later. Gibbs' tenure with the Philharmonia was notable for an incident which occurred during a 1956 tour of the United States. The orchestra felt conductor Herbert von Karajan had been unpr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Financial Investments
UK Financial Investments (UKFI) was a limited company set up in November 2008 and mandated by the British government to manage HM Treasury's shareholdings in the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) and in UK Asset Resolution, which held the residual assets of NRAM plc and Bradford & Bingley. UKFI formerly managed the British government's shares in Lloyds Banking Group, until the government confirmed that all its shares had been sold on 17 May 2017. It also previously owned Northern Rock, until that company was taken over by Virgin Money on 1 January 2012. UKFI ceased trading on 31 March 2018, and its business and assets were transferred to UK Government Investments, a limited company wholly owned by HM Treasury. History In November 2008, UK Financial Investments was established as part of the UK's response to the financial crisis. In 2015 UKFI and the Shareholder Executive became subsidiaries of UK Government Investments and in April 2016 both were merged. RBS On 3 November 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
