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 ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

, speaker of the assembly and lieutenant-general of Barbados. He represented Stockbridge (1754–1761) and Wallingford (1761–1768) in the House of Commons, 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 Stanwell Place was a manor house and associated estate and tenant farms, located to the west of the village of Stanwell, Middlesex. During the early part of the 20th century parts of the estate were sold off to create a reservoir and a series of ...

, Middlesex, which then passed down in the Gibbons family to 1933. In 1761 he was invested as a Knight Companion (KB) of the Order of the Bath . He married Martha, the daughter of Rev.

Scawen Kenrick Scawen Kenrick (3 June 1694 – 2 May 1753) was an English clergyman who served as Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons and Archdeacon of Westminster. Life Kenrick was the son of John Kenrick, a London merchant. He was educated at Mer ...

, vicar of St. Margaret's, Westminster, 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 Gerard George Fitzgerald (10 October 1832 – 7 June 1904) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Like his brother James FitzGerald, he was a journalist of considerable ability, and co-founded ''The Southland Times'' in 1862. F ...

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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