The Gibbes, later Osborne-Gibbes Baronetcy, of Springhead in Barbados, was a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 30 May 1774 for Philip Gibbes, a wealthy Barbadian plantation owner. List of the Osborne-Gibbes Baronets (created 1774) Sir Philip Gibbes, 1st Baronet (1731–1815); Sir Samuel Osborne-Gibbes, 2nd Baronet (1803–1874)—grandson of the 1st Baronet and the orphaned son of Samuel Gibbes, of Barbados, and Sarah Gibbes (née Bishop, of the City of Exeter, Devonshire, England); Sir Edward Osborne-Gibbes, 3rd Baronet (1850–1931) Sir Philip Arthur Osborne-Gibbes, 4th Baronet (1884–1940), died without heir. Sir Philip Gibbes, 1st Baronet Sir Philip Gibbes, 1st Baronet (1731–1815) was a planter in Barbados. He was also a lawyer, and author of books dealing with the management of slaves and sugar estates. He chaired the West India Planters' and Traders' Association. Sir Samuel Osborne-Gibbes, 2nd Baronet Sir Samuel Osborne-Gibbes, Second Baronet (27 August 1803 – 12 November 1874) was a British Army officer, Freemason, plantation owner and politician. Born in England, he spent his early years on his father's sugar plantation on Barbados. After his parents' death, he was brought up by an uncle in England. After some military service, he took over the sugar plantation in Barbados, where he remained until the abolition of slavery in 1833. He returned to England, but left his home country in 1850 for Sydney in Australia, where he met up with his nephew, Colonel John Gibbes. In 1855, he emigrated to New Zealand, where he remained for the rest of his life. He was one of the highest Masons in the country and was a Member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 1855 to 1863. The baronetcy was inherited from his grandfather and passed on to his son Edward. The third and fourth Baronets The Third Baronet, the eldest surviving male child of the Second Baronet, was born at sea, en route to Sydney, in November 1850. (Some genealogical sources state that he was born in Colchester, County Essex, England, but his birth was registered in Sydney—see the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, certificate number V1850502 37A/1850.) He was taken to New Zealand by his parents when still a small child and later educated St John's College, Auckland. He became a regular church-goer as a consequence of his schooling and upbringing. In 1879, he married Sarah Mitchell, the daughter of a property owner and captain