Sir John Gibbons, 2nd Baronet (c.1717 – 9 July 1776) was a British Member of Parliament. Stanwell Place

Gibbons was born in Barbados, the son of Sir William Gibbons, 1st Baronet, speaker of the assembly and lieutenant-general of Barbados. He represented Stockbridge (1754–1761) and Wallingford (1761–1768) in the

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, whilst at the same time being a member of the Barbados assembly. On his father's death in May 1760, he succeeded to the title of 2nd Baronet. He acquired and lived in Stanwell Place, Middlesex, which then passed down in the Gibbons family to 1933. In 1761 he was invested as a Knight Companion (KB) of the

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. He married Martha, the daughter of Rev.

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, vicar of

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, and had 5 sons and a daughter. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Sir William Gibbons, 3rd Baronet. The daughter, Emily Gibbons, married Gerald FitzGerald on 9 November 1820. That marriage produced his grandson, Gerard George Fitzgerald.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibbons, John, 2nd baronet 1776 deaths Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1754–1761 British MPs 1761–1768 Year of birth uncertain