William Gibson, 2nd Baron Ashbourne

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William Gibson, 2nd Baron Ashbourne (16 December 1868 – 21 January 1942) was born in Dublin, the son of Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne and Frances Maria Adelaide Colles. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and Merton College, Oxford. He married Marianne de Monbrison on 7 January 1896. The marriage produced no children.[1]

An enthusiastic cultural nationalist, Gibson converted to Catholicism, learnt the Irish language, adopted Irish dress and was a member of Conradh na Gaeilge.[2] His nationalist leanings led to the bulk of his father's estate passing to his younger brother, Edward Gibson, 3rd Baron Ashbourne.[3]

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The Abbe de Lamennais and the liberal Catholic movement in France, 1896.[4]

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  1. ^ thePeerage.com
  2. ^ All creeda and all classes? Just who made up the Gaelic League?
  3. ^ New_York_Times; 23 July 1913
  4. ^ Kessinger Publishing (reprint)
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Edward Gibson		 Baron Ashbourne
1913–1942		 Succeeded by
Edward Russell Gibson
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