Thomas Milner Gibson (1806-1884), Politician
Sitter in 12 portraits
Entered Parliament as a Conservative MP in 1837 but resigned two years later having adopted Liberal views and became a supporter of the Free Trade movement. He re-entered Parliament in 1841 and from 1846 to 1848 he was vice-president of the Board of Trade in Lord John Russell's ministry, later serving as President of the Board of Trade (1859-66). Gibson was a leading spirit in the movement for the repeal of taxes on knowledge, and his efforts on behalf of journalism were recognised by a public testimonial in 1862. He retired from political life in 1868, but he and his wife Arethusa Gibson, an important figure in literary and political circles, were for many years influential in society.
by Charles Allen Duval
watercolour, corners diagonally cut, 1843
NPG 1930
attributed to Sir Anthony Coningham Sterling
salt print, late 1840s
NPG P171(36)
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x21355
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x134642
by John Burton & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
NPG Ax8660
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1865
NPG x21356
by William Holl Jr, published by Thomas Collins, after James Holmes
stipple engraving, published 1842
NPG D34464
by Samuel William Reynolds Jr, printed by Brooker & Harrison, published by Thomas Agnew, published by Rudolph Ackermann Jr, published by Anaglyphic Company, after Charles Allen Duval
mixed-method engraving, 8 May 1844 (1843)
NPG D34465
John Bright; Thomas Milner Gibson; Richard Cobden
by Honoré Daumier
lithograph, published 25 February 1856
NPG D9862
by Thomas Oldham Barlow, after John Phillip
mezzotint, 1863 or after
NPG D1396
by Unknown photographer
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax38684
Thomas Gibson Bowles (son)
(Susannah) Arethusa Gibson (née Cullum) (wife)
Sydney (née Bowles), Lady Redesdale (granddaughter)
Category
Politics, Government and Diplomacy
Groups
Anti-Corn Law League
Statesmen
