William Gibson, 2nd Baron Ashbourne
- William Gibson, 2nd Baron Ashbourne
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. [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p2224.htm thePeerage.com] ]
An enthusiastic cultural nationalist, Gibson converted to Catholicism, learnt the Irish language, adopted Irish dress and was a member of Conradh na Gaeilge. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FKX/is_2002_Fall-Winter/ai_95598125/pg_1 All creeda and all classes? Just who made up the Gaelic League?] ] His nationalist leanings led to the bulk of his father's estate passing to his younger brother, Edward Gibson, 3rd Baron Ashbourne. [cite news
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title=NEW PEER DISINHERITED.; Lord Ashbourne Loses $450,000 Because He Is a Nationalist.
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work=New York Times
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accessdate=2008-08-10]
Publications
"The Abbe de Lamennais and the liberal Catholic movement in France", 1896. [ [http://www.kessinger.net/searchresults-orderthebook.php?ISBN=1430453540 Kessinger Publishing (reprint)] ]
External links
* [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp66766 National Portrait Gallery]
References
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