Sir Philip Gibbes, 1st Baronet
planter in Barbados (1731–1815)
Sir Philip Gibbes, 1st Baronet, also Gibbs (1731–1815) was a planter in Barbados.
Life
Gibbes was born in St James' Parish, Barbados, on 7 March 1731 and baptised that same year. His parents were Philip Gibbes (died 1763) and his wife Elizabeth Harris. He went back in the male line to Henry Gibbes of Bristol, whose son Philip (died 1648) settled on Barbados, through Philip (died 1697) and Philip (died 1726).
In London at the Middle Temple, Gibbes studied law, before returning to the West Indies to take up his father's sugar estates. He was appointed to the Barbados legislature, advising the island's governor in Bridgetown on legal matters. He spent, however, time in Great Britain, and is considered an absentee owner.
The Gibbes baronetcy was created on 30 May 1774. The associated place name or seat is given as Fackley, with a query added by George Edward Cokayne as Tackley; or Faikley.
Gibbes had discussions in Paris with Benjamin Franklin on the American Revolutionary War.
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