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THOMAS MILNER GIBSON (1806-1884)

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 944 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THOMAS See also:MILNER See also:GIBSON (1806-1884)  , See also:English politician, who came of a See also:good See also:Suffolk See also:family, was See also:born in See also:Trinidad, where his See also:father, an officer in the See also:army, was serving . He went to Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge, and in 1837 was elected to See also:parliament as Conservative member for See also:Ipswich, but resigned two years later, having adopted Liberal views, and became anardent supporter of the See also:free-See also:trade See also:movement . As one of See also:Cobden's See also:chief See also:allies, he was elected for See also:Manchester in 1841, and from 1846 to 1848 he was See also:vice-See also:president of the See also:board of trade in See also:Lord See also:John See also:Russell's See also:ministry . Though defeated in Manchester in 1857, he found another seat for See also:Ashton-under-Lyne; and he sat in the cabinets from 1859 to 1866 as president of the board of trade . He was the leading spirit in the movement for the See also:repeal of " taxes on knowledge," and his successful efforts on behalf of journalism and advertising were recognized by a public testimonial in 1862 . He retired from See also:political See also:life in 1868, but he and his wife, whose See also:salon was a See also:great Liberal centre, were for many years very influential in society . See also:Milner See also:Gibson was a sportsman and a typical See also:man of the See also:world, who enjoyed life and behaved liberally to those connected with him .

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