Henry Hibbert


Sir Henry Flemming Hibbert, 1st Baronet 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, and was awarded a knighthood in 1903.
He was elected the Member of Parliament for Chorley following the 1913 [Chorley by-election|1913 by-election] and served until 1918 [United Kingdom general election|1918]. He became deputy lieutenant of the County of Lancaster in 1915. In 1919 he was created a baronet, of Chorley in the County of Lancashire, which became extinct on his death.
He died in 1927, aged 77, and was buried in Chorley cemetery.

Family

Hibbert had married Marion Theresa Reuss. Their son, Cyril, was killed in action during World War I.