Patrick Gibson, Baron Gibson

The Lord Gibson
Lord Gibson photographed by Lord Snowdon in 1988
Born
Richard Patrick Tallentyre Gibson

(1916-02-05)February 5, 1916
Kensington, London, England
DiedApril 20, 2004(2004-04-20) (aged 88)
Penn's Rocks, near Groombridge, East Sussex, England
EducationEton College
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
OccupationsBusinessman and arts administrator
Employer(s)Pearson plc; Financial Times Ltd; Arts Council of Great Britain; National Trust
Known forChair of the Arts Council of Great Britain and of the National Trust; Chairman of Pearson plc
TitleLife peer as Baron Gibson
Spouse
Dione Pearson
(m. 1945⁠–⁠2004)
Children4 sons
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchBritish Army
UnitMiddlesex Yeomanry
ConflictsNorth African campaign; Italian campaign
Member of the House of Lords
Life peerage
31 January 1975 – 20 April 2004

Richard Patrick Tallentyre Gibson, Baron Gibson (5 February 1916 – 20 April 2004) was a British publishing executive and arts administrator. He chaired the Arts Council of Great Britain from 1972 to 1977 and the National Trust from 1977 to 1986. In business he was group chairman of Pearson plc from 1978 to 1983 and chairman of Financial Times Ltd from 1975 to 1977.