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Up for sale a RARE! "3rd Baron Ashbourne" Edward Russell Gibson Signed First Day Cover Dated 1957.
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Baron Ashbourne, of Ashbourne in
the County of Meath, is a
title in the Peerage of the United
Kingdom. It was created in 1886 for Edward Gibson,
the Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
His grandson, the third Baron (who succeeded his uncle), was a vice admiral in
the Royal Navy. As of 2010 the title is held by the third
Baron's son, the fourth Baron, who succeeded in 1983. John George Gibson,
younger brother of the first Baron, was also a distinguished lawyer. Violet Gibson, who attempted to assassinate Benito Mussolini in 1926, was the daughter of the first
Baron.
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Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne (1837–1913)
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Edward Charles
d'Olier Gibson (born 1967)
The heir apparent's heir apparent is his
son Edward Alexander Gibson (born 2002)