Thomas Milner Gibson
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The Right Honourable Thomas Milner Gibson |
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| President of the Board of Trade | |
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In office 6 July 1859 – 26 June 1866 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister |
The Viscount Palmerston The Earl Russell |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Donoughmore |
| Succeeded by | Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt |
| Vice-President of the Board of Trade | |
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In office 8 July 1846 – 8 May 1848 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Lord John Russell |
| Preceded by | Sir George Clerk, Bt |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Granville |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
3 September 1806 Port of Spain, Trinidad |
| Died | 25 February 1884 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party |
Tory Whig Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Susannah Cullum |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Thomas Milner Gibson PC (3 September 1806 – 25 February 1884) was a British politician.
Thomas Milner Gibson came of a Suffolk family, but was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, where his father was serving as an officer in the army. He was educated in Trinidad, in a school at Higham Hill also attended by Benjamin Disraeli, at Charterhouse, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1830.
In 1837 Gibson was elected to parliament as Conservative member for Ipswich, but resigned two years later, having adopted Liberal views, and became an ardent supporter of the free-trade movement. As one of Cobden's chief allies, he was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Manchester in 1841, and from 1846 to 1848 he was Vice-President of the Board of Trade in Lord John Russell's ministry. Though defeated in Manchester in 1857, he found another seat for Ashton-under-Lyne, and sat in the cabinet under Lord Palmerston and then Russell from 1859 to 1866 as President of the Board of Trade. In 1846 he was sworn of the Privy Council.
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