George_Gipps_(MP_for_Ripon)

George Gipps (MP for Ripon)

George Gipps (MP for Ripon)

English politician

George Gipps (29 December 1783 – 26 April 1869) of Howletts, near Canterbury, Kent, was an English politician.[1]

Howletts House

He was born the eldest son of George Gipps, MP of Harbledown, near Canterbury, Kent and educated at Charterhouse School (1793), St. John’s College, Cambridge (1801) and Lincoln's Inn (1805). In 1816 he purchased the recently rebuilt Howletts House, between Littlebourne and Bekesbourne, where he and his wife lived until their deaths.[2]

He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Ripon 1807 to 1826.

He married Jane, the daughter of John Bowdler of Hayes. He had 6 sons (3 of whom predeceased him) and 5 daughters. The residue of his estate passed to his son George.

References

  1. [1]
    "GIPPS, George (1783-1869), of Howletts, Ickham, Kent". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  2. [2]
    "CHURCH PLATE IN KENT" (PDF). Retrieved 12 February 2018.


Stub icon 2 Flag of EnglandPolitician icon

This article about a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (since 1801), for an English constituency is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article George_Gipps_(MP_for_Ripon), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.