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The Right Honourable
Sir J. T. Hibbert
KCB JP DL
The Right Honourable Sir J. T. Hibbert KCB JP DL
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
	In office; 12 December 1884 – 9 June 1885
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by	Leonard Courtney
Succeeded by	Sir Henry Holland, Bt
	In office; 18 August 1892 – 21 June 1895
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	William Ewart Gladstone ; The Earl of Rosebery
Preceded by	John Eldon Gorst
Succeeded by	Robert William Hanbury
Personal details
Born	5 January 1824
Died	7 November 1908 (aged 84)
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge

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Sir John Tomlinson Hibbert KCB PC JP DL (5 January 1824 – 7 November 1908), known as J. T. Hibbert, was a British barrister and Liberal politician.

Background and education

The eldest son of Elijah Hibbert and Betty Hilton, he was educated at Shrewsbury and St John's College, Cambridge.^[1] He was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, in 1849.

Political career

Hibbert was Member of Parliament for Oldham from 1862 to 1874, 1877 to 1886 and 1892 to 1895, when he lost his seat.^[2] He served under William Ewart Gladstone as Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board from 1872 to 1874 and again from 1880 to 1883, as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from 1883 to 1884, as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1884 to 1885 and as Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty from February to July 1886 and under Gladstone and later Lord Rosebery as once again Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1892 to 1895. In 1886, he was sworn of the Privy Council.^[3]

Hibbert was also Chairman of Lancashire County Council and President of the County Councils Association and served as President of the second day of the second Co-operative Congress in 1870.^[4] In 1893 he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.^[5]

He received the honorary degree Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) from the Victoria University of Manchester in February 1902, in connection with the 50th jubilee celebrations of the establishment of the university.^[6]

Personal life

Hibbert died in November 1908, aged 84.

References

^ "Hibbert, John Tomlinson (HBRT843JT)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O" (part 1)
^ "No. 25560". The London Gazette. 19 February 1886. p. 796.
^ Congress Presidents 1869-2002 (PDF), February 2002, archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2008, retrieved 10 May 2008 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "No. 26366". The London Gazette. 24 January 1893. p. 411.
^ "University intelligence". The Times. No. 36704. London. 1 March 1902. p. 12. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)

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Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir J. T. Hibbert

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Morgan Cobbett William Johnson Fox	Member of Parliament for Oldham 1862–1874 With: John Morgan Cobbett 1862–1865 John Platt 1865–1872 John Morgan Cobbett 1872–1874	Succeeded by John Morgan Cobbett Frederick Lowten Spinks
Preceded by John Morgan Cobbett Frederick Lowten Spinks	Member of Parliament for Oldham 1877–1886 With: Frederick Lowten Spinks 1877–1880 Edward Stanley 1880–1885 James Mackenzie Maclean 1885–1886	Succeeded by James Mackenzie Maclean Elliott Lees
Preceded by James Mackenzie Maclean Elliott Lees	Member of Parliament for Oldham 1892–1895 With: Joshua Milne Cheetham	Succeeded by Robert Ascroft James Francis Oswald
Political offices
New office	Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board 1872–1874	Succeeded by Clare Sewell Read
Preceded by Thomas Salt	Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board 1880–1883	Succeeded by George W. E. Russell
Preceded by The Earl of Rosebery	Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1883–1884	Succeeded by Henry Fowler
Preceded by Leonard Courtney	Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1884–1885	Succeeded by Sir Henry Holland, Bt
Preceded by Charles Ritchie	Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty February–July 1886	Succeeded by Arthur Forwood
Preceded by John Eldon Gorst	Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1892–1895	Succeeded by Robert William Hanbury

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[1] "Hibbert, John Tomlinson (HBRT843JT)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[2] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O" (part 1)

[3] "No. 25560". The London Gazette. 19 February 1886. p. 796.

[PDF-4] Congress Presidents 1869-2002 (PDF), February 2002, archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2008, retrieved 10 May 2008 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[5] "No. 26366". The London Gazette. 24 January 1893. p. 411.

[6] "University intelligence". The Times. No. 36704. London. 1 March 1902. p. 12. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)

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