Gibson, Edmund (1669-12-01 - 1748-09-06)

Edmund Gibson was baptized at Bampton, Westmoreland 16 December, 1669. Educated at Bampton Grammar School and entered Queen's College, Oxford in 1686. BA in June 1690; MA in 1695; DD by 1703. Ordained deacon in 1695 and priest in 1697. While deacon, he was appointed librarian at Lambeth Palace. In 1698, he was instituted to the rectory of Stisted, Essex, but was non-resident. Also appointed chaplain in the archbishop of Canterbury in that year. Presentor and canon of Chichester, 1703-1718; Rector of St Mary, Lambeth from 1703 to 1731, where he was an active parochial minister. Lecturer at St Martin in the Fields, 1705-1710. By the time of this appointment, he had married Margaret Jones (d. 1741), daughter of John Jones, rector of Selattyn, Shropshire. Bishop of Lincoln in 1715. Translated to London in 1723 which he held until his death on 6 September 1748. Gibson was a prolific writer, publishing first on Anglo-Saxon and classical subjects, before turning to devotional works. He was also involved in ecclesiastical and political controversies as a low-churchman and whig.