Friday, 31 January 2014
404 Sir John Hibbert
Constituency : Oldham 1862 - 74, 1877-86, 1892-5
John came in at Oldham in May 1862 after the resignation of William Cox.
John was a barrister educated at Shrewsbury and Cambridge.
John was involved with the Co-Operative movement. He was also interested in sanitary questions. His amendment to the Second Reform Bill failed.
John was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board in 1872 and resumed the position in 1880. In 1883 he was moved to Under Secretary for the Home Department and in 1884 became Financial Secretary to the Treasury. He was Secretary to the Admiralty in Gladstone's third ministry. He was re-appointed to Financial Secretary to the Treasury in 1892 and retained the post under Rosebery.
In 1895 John came under attack at Oldham over import duties introduced by the Government of India on cotton. John had abstained in a crucial division and this was felt to be against the interest of his constituents. He was defeated for a third and final time.
He died in 1908 aged 84.
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