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).