Francis Gibson (1805-1858), was a British banker and businessman.
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. Soon afterwards, he was one of the four Quaker founders of Middlesbrough. [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.
On 7 May 1829, he married Elizabeth Pease, the youngest daughter of Edward Pease, "the father of the railways". [1] He enjoyed painting and, late in life, he built the Fry Art Gallery (1856), in Saffron Walden. [2]
They had two children: