Victoria Florence de Burgh Long

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• Residence: 1881, London
• Residence: 1891, Croughton, Northamptonshire
• Residence: 1901, Westminster, London
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Wraxall, Somerset

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1st daughter of the Right Hon. Walter Hume Long, PC of Rood Ashton, Wiltshire, who was created 1921 Viscount Long of Wraxall (Wraxall, Wiltshire), by Lady Dorothy Blanche, 4th daughter of Richard E. St. L. Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork and Orrery. Baptised at St. James's, Piccadilly, in London. Died at Tyntesfield 29 March, and was buried 1 April 1920 at Wraxall, Somerset. Memorial Inscription in the church (Charlton chapel) and churchyard, and in Tyntesfield chapel. Died of Spanish Flu epidemic.

In the Great War she directed the Bristol Soldiers' and Sailors' Help Society. She was chairman of the Ladies' House and Social Committee of the Bristol branch of the Royal Colonial Institute, and was an active member of the Bristol Women's Unionist Association. A Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1918.

She is commemorated in Bristol by the "Victoria Gibbs Babies' Home" at Kingsdown.

Her life by Madeleine Alston (Via Gibbs, a Memoir) was published in 1921.

Portraits: Min. in emeralds (1903), 2 by Alb. H. Collings (1908); all 3 last in possession of Lord Wraxall in 1930.

Victoria married The Right Hon. George Abraham Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall on 26 Nov 1901 in All Saints, Ennismore Gardens, Westminster, London. George (son of Antony Gibbs, of Tyntesfield and Janet Louisa Merivale) was born on 6 Jul 1873 in Wraxall, Somerset; died on 28 Oct 1931 in London; was buried on 31 Oct 1931 in Wraxall, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George Antony Gibbs was born on 5 Sep 1911 in Long Ashton, Somerset; died on 5 Sep 1911 in Long Ashton, Somerset.
2. Doreen Albinia de Burgh Gibbs was born on 17 Sep 1913 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 25 Jan 2008 in St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.
3. Antony Eustace Long Gibbs was born on 24 Sep 1916 in London; died on 29 Nov 1916 in London.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1861, Kerry, Montgomeryshire, Wales

Notes:

Walter Hume Long, 1st Viscount Long, PC, JP, FRS (13 July 1854 – 26 September 1924), was a British Unionist politician. In a political career spanning over 40 years, he held office as President of the Board of Agriculture, President of the Local Government Board, Chief Secretary for Ireland, Secretary of State for the Colonies and First Lord of the Admiralty. He is also remembered for his links with Irish Unionism, and served as Leader of the Irish Unionist Party in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1910. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Long,_1st_Viscount_Long

Walter married Dorothy Blanche Boyle on 1 Aug 1878 in St George Hanover Square, London. Dorothy (daughter of Richard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle, 9th Earl Of Cork and Emily Charlotte De Burgh) was born on 18 Nov 1858 in London; died on 7 Jun 1938 in Steeple Ashton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire; was buried on 10 Jun 1938 in Steeple Ashton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Charlotte Anna Hume Dick on 4 Oct 1853 in St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London. Charlotte was born in 1830; died on 18 Dec 1899 in St Thomas, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Richard Edmund St Lawrence Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork and Orrery KP, PC (19 April 1829 – 22 June 1904), styled Viscount Dungarvan between 1834 and 1856, was a British courtier and Liberal politician. In a ministerial career spanning between 1866 and 1895, he served three times as Master of the Buckhounds and twice as Master of the Horse. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Boyle,_9th_Earl_of_Cork

Richard married Emily Charlotte De Burgh on 20 Jul 1853 in St. George's Church, Hanover Square, London. Emily was born on 19 Oct 1828 in Louth, Ulster, Ireland; died on 10 Oct 1912 in 40 Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]