Herbert William Sumner Gibson | |
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| Born | 22 April 1846 |
| Died | 7 July 1923 (aged 77) |
| Rank | Vice-Admiral |
| Commands | HMS Wallaroo; HMS Curacoa; HMS Thunderer (1872); HMS Katoomba; Naval Officer in Charge, Sydney |
Herbert William Sumner Gibson was an officer of the Royal Navy, who served in the Australia Station. He was the son of Bishop Edgar Gibson. As captain of the corvette HMS Curacoa he was sent to the Ellice Islands to make a formal declaration that the islands were to be a British Protectorate, which occurred between 9 and 16 October 1892. In June 1893 Captain Gibson visited the southern Solomon Islands and made the formal declaration of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate.[1]