John Lloyd Gibbons

John Lloyd Gibbons (25 August 1837 – 25 April 1919) was an engineering surveyor, justice of the peace, county councillor for Bilston and a Liberal Unionist Party Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South from 1898 to 1900.

John Lloyd Gibbons, JP
Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South
In office 3 February 1898 – 2 October 1900
Preceded by	Charles Pelham Villiers
Succeeded by	Sir Henry Norman
Personal details
Born	(1837-08-25)25 August 1837 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Died	25 April 1919(1919-04-25) (aged 81) Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Spouse(s)	1. Emma Eliza White (1885 – 1896) 2. Eliza Grey Ballenden (1899 – His death)
Parent(s)	Henry Gibbons and Elizabeth Saunders
Occupation	Engineering Surveyor
Known for	Liberal Unionist Party politician

Background

Gibbons was born on 25 August 1837 to Wolverhampton-born manufacturing chemist Henry Gibbons and his wife Elizabeth (née Saunders) from Wednesfield, Staffordshire.^[1][2]

He married Emma Eliza White of Stroud, Gloucestershire in 1885 in Wolverhampton.;^[3] she died in 1896. He remarried in 1898 to Eliza Grey Ballenden^[4] of Sedgley, Staffordshire.

Politics and public life

Gibbons was county magistrate for the Sedgley Petty Sessions Division.^[5]

He was elected as County Councillor for North Bilston in 1891, the same year that the family took up residence at Ellowes Hall, a stately home located in Sedgley, Staffordshire.^[6]

He was elected as member of parliament for Wolverhampton South at the 3 February 1898 by-election following the death of Charles Pelham Villiers on 16 January 1898.^[6]

Personal life

Gibbons died on 25 April 1919 and was buried at All Saints Church, Sedgley. His widow sold Ellowes Hall later the same year.^[6]