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Baron Aldenham, of Aldenham in the county of Hertfordshire, [1] is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that was created on 31 January 1896 for the businessman Hucks Gibbs. He was head of the family firm of Antony Gibbs & Sons (founded by his grandfather Antony Gibbs) and a director and Governor of the Bank of England. Gibbs also briefly sat as a Conservative Member of Parliament for the City of London. His fourth son Herbert Cokayne Gibbs was created Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon in 1923 (see below).

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Lord Aldenham was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He also represented the City of London in the House of Commons as a Conservative. He was succeeded by his son, the third Baron. On the latter's death in 1939 the barony of Aldenham was inherited by his cousin the second Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon (see Baron Hunsdon for earlier history of this title). He served as chairman of Antony Gibbs & Sons. As of 2017 the titles are held by his grandson, the sixth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1986.

Another member of the family to gain distinction was Vicary Gibbs, third son of the first Baron. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for St Albans.

The Barons Wraxall are members of another branch of the Gibbs family; their seat was at Tyntesfield. George Henry Gibbs, father of the first Baron Aldenham, was the elder brother of William Gibbs, grandfather of George Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall.

The family seat is Holwell Manor, near Sherborne, Dorset.

Barons Aldenham (1896)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, Humphrey William Fell Gibbs (born 1989)

Male-line family tree

Male-line family tree, Barons Aldenham and Barons Hunsdon of Hunsdon.
Baron Aldenham
Hucks Gibbs
1st Baron Aldenham

1819–1907
Baron Hunsdon
of Hunsdon
Alban Gibbs
2nd Baron Aldenham

1846–1936
Walter Gibbs
1850–1858
Vicary Gibbs
1853–1932
Herbert Gibbs
1st Baron Hunsdon
of Hunsdon

1854–1935
Gerald Gibbs
3rd Baron Aldenham

1879–1939
Walter Gibbs
4th Baron Aldenham

2nd Baron Hunsdon
of Hunsdon

1888–1969
Capt.
Vicary Gibbs
1921–1944
Antony Gibbs
5th Baron Aldenham

3rd Baron Hunsdon
of Hunsdon

1922–1986
Vicary Gibbs
6th Baron Aldenham

4th Baron Hunsdon
of Hunsdon

born 1948
Humphrey Gibbs
born 1989

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