John Gibson

(1796-1877)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Gibson, John, 1796-1877 LBT ID: JoGibso1877 VIAF ID: 8933834 LOC ID: n88101097	B/BAP: 1796-01-15 DIED: 1877-09-14
SOURCES: A History of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet (1890) 77; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Scottish Writer to the Signet and trustee of Sir Walter Scott's estate following the insolvency of 1826; he was Deputy-Keeper of the Great Seal (1853-58).
REFERENCES TO John Gibson: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter V 1826 Found 9: ¶ n1 ¶ 28 ¶ 30 ¶ n1 ¶ 36 ¶ 48 ¶ 53 ¶ 61 ¶ 73 Chapter VII 1826 Found 5: ¶ 10 ¶ 11 ¶ 12 ¶ 21 ¶ 42 Chapter IX 1826 Found 2: ¶ 12 ¶ 24 Chapter X 1826 Found 3: ¶ 2 ¶ 19 ¶ 74 Chapter II 1827 Found 2: ¶ 50 ¶ 56 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 17: 1837-39 Found 1: ¶ 75