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'''Phillips Gybbon''' (11 October 1678 – 12 March 1762), of Hole Park, [[Rolvenden]], in [[Kent]], was an English [[Member of Parliament]]. |
'''Phillips Gybbon''' (11 October 1678 – 12 March 1762), of Hole Park, [[Rolvenden]], in [[Kent]], was an English [[Member of Parliament]]. |
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[[File:Hole Park (geograph 4156820).jpg|thumb|Hole Park, Rolvenden]] |
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He was born the son of Robert Gybbon of Hole Park, whom he succeeded in 1719. |
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Gybbon entered Parliament in 1707 as [[British Whig Party|Whig]] member for [[Rye (UK Parliament constituency)|Rye]], and represented the constituency until his death 55 years later, eventually becoming [[Father of the House|Father of the House of Commons]] from 1749. Early in his career he was appointed a Commissioner of Revenue in [[Ireland]], and in the 1720s was Chairman of the [[Committee of Privileges|Committee of Privileges and Elections]]. From 1726 to 1730, he was [[Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown|Surveyor-General of Land Revenues]]. |
Gybbon entered Parliament in 1707 as [[British Whig Party|Whig]] member for [[Rye (UK Parliament constituency)|Rye]], and represented the constituency until his death 55 years later, eventually becoming [[Father of the House|Father of the House of Commons]] from 1749. Early in his career he was appointed a Commissioner of Revenue in [[Ireland]], and in the 1720s was Chairman of the [[Committee of Privileges|Committee of Privileges and Elections]]. From 1726 to 1730, he was [[Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown|Surveyor-General of Land Revenues]]. |
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For the next few years he was in opposition, supporting [[William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath|Pulteney]] against [[Robert Walpole]]'s administration. On Walpole's fall in 1742, Gybbon was appointed a [[Lord of the Treasury]] in [[Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington|Wilmington's]] government, retaining the post after [[Henry Pelham]] replaced Wilmington in 1743 but losing office in the reshuffle after [[John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville|Carteret]] was sacked at the end of 1744. |
For the next few years he was in opposition, supporting [[William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath|Pulteney]] against [[Robert Walpole]]'s administration. On Walpole's fall in 1742, Gybbon was appointed a [[Lord of the Treasury]] in [[Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington|Wilmington's]] government, retaining the post after [[Henry Pelham]] replaced Wilmington in 1743 but losing office in the reshuffle after [[John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville|Carteret]] was sacked at the end of 1744. |
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He died in 1762, having married Catherine, the daughter of Honor Bier, with whom he had an only daughter. She left Hole Park to a Mrs Jefferson who was married to a John Beardsworth. |
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Revision as of 21:10, 21 February 2018
Phillips Gybbon (11 October 1678 – 12 March 1762), of Hole Park, Rolvenden, in Kent, was an English Member of Parliament.
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He was born the son of Robert Gybbon of Hole Park, whom he succeeded in 1719.
Gybbon entered Parliament in 1707 as Whig member for Rye, and represented the constituency until his death 55 years later, eventually becoming Father of the House of Commons from 1749. Early in his career he was appointed a Commissioner of Revenue in Ireland, and in the 1720s was Chairman of the Committee of Privileges and Elections. From 1726 to 1730, he was Surveyor-General of Land Revenues.
For the next few years he was in opposition, supporting Pulteney against Robert Walpole's administration. On Walpole's fall in 1742, Gybbon was appointed a Lord of the Treasury in Wilmington's government, retaining the post after Henry Pelham replaced Wilmington in 1743 but losing office in the reshuffle after Carteret was sacked at the end of 1744.
He died in 1762, having married Catherine, the daughter of Honor Bier, with whom he had an only daughter. She left Hole Park to a Mrs Jefferson who was married to a John Beardsworth.
References
- Robert Beatson (1807). A chronological register of both houses of the British Parliament, from the union in 1708, to the third Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in 1807. printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme [by J. Chalmers & Co.]
- Lewis Namier & John Brooke, The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1754-1790, London: HMSO, 1964)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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