Francis Gibson (banker)

He was born in Saffron Walden, Essex, the son of the banker Atkinson Francis Gibson (1763-1829).

Soon after his marriage, Gibson became a director of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

[1] Although still base in Saffron Walden, Gibson and his wife spent two months every summer in County Durham and bought a house there, Balder Grange, in 1843.

[1] The Victorian house is close to Cotherstone and overlooks the River Balder.

[1] He enjoyed painting and, late in life, he built the Fry Art Gallery (1856), in Saffron Walden.