Publisher and author Jeremy Gibson, who died on 28 October 2022, served as a trustee and member of Council for the Oxfordshire Record Society for more than 40 years.
He was a Fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries and the Society of Genealogists, was an active member of British Records Society and the Federation of Family History Societies, and was given a Personal Achievement Award in 2008, by the British Association for Local History.
After studying at the School of Printing and Graphic Arts (now the London College of Communication), he joined his family firm, Henry Stone & Son Limited (printers and cabinet-makers; Jeremy was Henry’s great-grandson), in Banbury in 1956 and it was during his time there that he became involved with the Banbury History Society. He was a member of that Society’s Committee from its foundation in 1957 until 2015, and served as its chairman and secretary at various points during that time, and also edited a record 37 of its publications as well as its journal.
