Henry Hibbert

{{short description|British politician (1850-1927)}}

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| name = {{nowrap|Henry Flemming Hibbert}}

| honorific_suffix = 1st Baronet, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DL}}

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| caption = Grave memorial inscription

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| spouse = Marion Theresa Reuss

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| party = Conservative

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| office = Member of Parliament for Chorley

| term_start = 1913

| term_end = 1918

| predecessor = The Lord Balcarres

| successor = Douglas Hacking

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Sir Henry Flemming Hibbert, 1st Baronet {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DL}} (4 April 1850 – 15 November 1927){{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080501224908/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsH3.htm Baronetage]}}, {{Rayment|date=February 2012}}. Retrieved 13 November 2008. was a British Conservative politician.

Hibbert was chairman of the Technical Instruction Committee of the Lancashire County Council. He received the freedom and livery of the Plumbers′ Company in December 1902,{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court Circular |date=30 December 1902 |page=7 |issue=36964}} and was awarded a knighthood in 1903.{{London Gazette|issue=27582|page=4818|date=31 July 1903}}

He was elected the Member of Parliament for Chorley following the 1913 by-election and served until 1918. He became deputy lieutenant of the County of Lancaster in 1915.{{London Gazette|issue=29262|page=8032|date=13 August 1915}} In 1919 he was created a baronet, of Chorley in the County of Lancashire,{{London Gazette|issue=31427|page=8221|date=1 July 1919}} which became extinct on his death.

He died in 1927, aged 77, and was buried in Chorley cemetery.{{cn|date=January 2023}}

Family

Hibbert had married Marion Theresa Reuss (5 March 1851 – 13 September 1942). Their son, Cyril, was killed in action during World War I.{{cn|date=January 2023}}

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