1 8 8 0 ), ▁Hin erm ar ama ▁( born ▁ 1 8 8 2 ) ▁and ▁Philip ▁Arthur ▁Os bor ne - G ib bes ▁( born ▁ 1 8 8 4 ) — who ▁would ▁become ▁the ▁Four th ▁Baron et . ▁ ▁A ▁civil ▁servant , ▁the ▁Third ▁Baron et ▁had ▁entered ▁the ▁New ▁Zealand ▁Department ▁of ▁Education ▁in ▁Well ington ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 1 ▁as ▁a ▁cl erk . ▁He ▁rose ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁entire ▁department , ▁lay ing ▁the ▁found ations ▁of ▁the ▁country ' s ▁modern ▁public ▁education ▁system ▁during ▁his ▁ 1 6 - year ▁term ▁in ▁office . ▁( See ▁T . J . ▁Ber tr am ' s ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁bi ographical ▁article ▁on ▁the ▁Second ▁Baron et , ▁c ited ▁below , ▁for ▁an ▁assess ment ▁of ▁his ▁career ▁as ▁Secretary ▁of ▁Education .) ▁The ▁Third ▁Baron et ▁was ▁a ▁Fre em ason ▁like ▁his ▁father ▁and ▁a ▁keen ▁sports man . ▁He ▁died ▁in ▁Well ington ▁on ▁ 2 9 ▁September ▁ 1 9 3 1 . ▁ ▁His ▁surv iving ▁brother , ▁Philip ▁Os bor ne - G ib bes , ▁a ▁retired ▁Gilbert ▁Islands ▁tr ader , ▁died ▁in ▁a ▁Sydney ▁hospital ▁three ▁years ▁later ▁without ▁male ▁issue . ▁ ▁The ▁Four th ▁Baron et ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Well ington ▁on ▁ 1 7 ▁May ▁ 1 8 8 4 . ▁He ▁wed ▁M abel ▁Jean etta ▁Warner ▁in ▁ 1