Samuel Osborne-Gibbes, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel Osborne-Gibbes

New Zealand politician

Date of Birth: 27-Aug-1803

Date of Death: 13-Nov-1874

Profession: politician

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Sir Samuel Osborne-Gibbes, Second Baronet (27 August 1803 – 12 November 1874) was a British Army officer, Freemason, plantation owner and politician.
Born in England, he spent his early years on his father's sugar plantation on Barbados.
After his parents' death, he was brought up by an uncle in England.
After some military service, he took over the sugar plantation in Barbados, where he remained until the abolition of slavery in 1833.
He returned to England, but left his home country in 1850 for Sydney in Australia.
In 1855, he emigrated to New Zealand, where he remained for the rest of his life.
He was one of the highest Masons in the country and was a Member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 1855 to 1863. The baronetcy was inherited from his grandfather and passed on to his son Edward.