About Robert Gibson, Lord Gibson
Lived 1886 – 1965 (aged 78). Robert Gibson, Lord Gibson was a British judge and politician.
Robert Gibson, Lord Gibson FRSE (20 April 1886 – 9 April 1965) was a Scottish lawyer and politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Greenock from 1936 to 1941, and Chairman of the Scottish Land Court from 1941 to 1965.
Early life He was born in Hamilton the son of Robert Gibson.
Gibson was educated at both the Hamilton Academy
Legal career After the War, in 1918, Gibson was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh North in 1931, at the Combined Scottish Universities in a 1934 by-election, and Dundee in the 1935 general election.
He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Greenock at a by-election in 1936, and held his seat until he resigned from the House of Commons in 1941 on his appointment as Chairman of the Scottish Land Court.
He died in Leith Hospital in Edinburgh on 9 April 1965.
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