Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne

The Right Honourable The Lord Ashbourne PC QC
Lord Ashbourne, by Dickinson.
Lord Chancellor of Ireland
In office 1885–1886
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	John Naish
Succeeded by	John Naish
In office 1886–1892
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	John Naish
Succeeded by	Samuel Walker
In office 1895–1905
Monarch	Victoria Edward VII
Preceded by	Samuel Walker
Succeeded by	Samuel Walker
Attorney-General for Ireland
In office 1877–1880
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	George Augustus Chichester May
Succeeded by	Hugh Law
Member of Parliament for Dublin University alongside David Robert Plunket
In office 1875–1885
Preceded by	John Thomas Bell
Succeeded by	Hugh Holmes
Personal details
Born	4 September 1837
Died	22 May 1913
Alma mater	Trinity College, Dublin

Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne PC, QC (4 September 1837 – 22 May 1913) was an Irish lawyer and Lord Chancellor of Ireland.

Born at 22 Merrion Square, Dublin, Gibson was the son of William Gibson (1808-1872) J.P., of Rockforest, County Tipperary and Merrion Square, Dublin, by his first wife, Louisa, daughter of Joseph Grant, barrister of Dublin. He was the elder brother of John George Gibson, also a distinguished lawyer and judge of the High Court. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, graduating BA in 1858, winning the gold medal in History, English Literature and Political Science. He was also an Auditor and a Gold Medallist of the College Historical Society, and became its president in 1883.

Having been called to the Irish bar in 1860, Gibson was made an Irish Queen's Counsel in 1872 and three years later was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Dublin University after unsuccessfully contesting for Waterford. Enjoying the patronage of Benjamin Disraeli, Sir Stafford Northcote and Lord Randolph Churchill, he was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland in 1877, before being admitted to the Irish Privy Council, and then appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland in 1885, becoming a British Privy Counsellor that same year.