| 词条 | Francis Gibson (banker) |
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Francis Gibson (1805-1858), was a British banker and businessman. Early lifeHe was born in Saffron Walden, Essex, the son of the banker Atkinson Francis Gibson (1763-1829). CareerSoon after his marriage, Gibson became a director of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Soon afterwards, he was one of the four Quaker founders of Middlesbrough.[1] Although still base in Saffron Walden, Gibson and his wife spent two months every summer in County Durham and bought a house there, Balder Grange, in 1843.[1] The Victorian house is close to Cotherstone and overlooks the River Balder. Personal lifeOn 7 May 1829, he married Elizabeth Pease, the youngest daughter of Edward Pease, "the father of the railways".[1] He enjoyed painting and, late in life, he built the Fry Art Gallery (1856), in Saffron Walden. [2] They had two children:
References1. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=Southern Quaker who helped to shape North|url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/history/railway/stockton/3166699.Southern_Quaker_who_helped_to_shape_North/|accessdate=8 August 2015|work=Northern Echo|date=16 June 2008}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gibson, Francis}}2. ^Cook, O. (2012). The Fry Art Gallery. In Artists at the Fry: Art and design in the North West Essex Collection (pp. 7-14). Saffron Walden, Essex: The Fry Art Gallery. 6 : 1805 births|1858 deaths|British bankers|British Quakers|Gibson family of Saffron Walden|People from Saffron Walden |
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