His Honour Judge Samuel Richard Edgedale, QC: Gibbs Family Tree

Gibbs Family Tree

1897 - 1966 (68 years)

Generation: 1

His Honour Judge Samuel Richard Edgedale, QC was born on 23 May 1897 in Castleton, Lancashire (son of Samuel Sidebottom and Maude Peternel Richards); died on 5 Apr 1966 in Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, Berkshire; was buried in Apr 1966 in Finchampstead, Berkshire.

Other Events and Attributes:

Baptism: 3 Jul 1897, Newbold, Lancashire

Notes:

Baptised 3 July 1897 at Newbold, Lancashire. Educated at Shrewsbury 1911-14 and Christ Church, Oxford, 1920-21. (Boulter Exhibition). Buried in Finchampstead churchyard.

Vice-President Oxford University Moot Club, 1921. Served in the Great War with the Royal Field Artillery in France and Mesopotamia, 1914-19 (British War Medal, and Allies' Victory Medal). Called to the Bar (Inner Temple) 1921. Contested Parliamentary Division of Mansfield co. Notts., 1929 as Conservative. Chairman of Coningsby Club, 1925-26. K.C. 1947; J.P. 1949-52; Special Commissioner for Trial of Matrimonial Causes 1953; County Court Judge 1961-66.

Club: Carlton.

Changed his Surname from Sidebottom to Edgedale during the 1920s (had enough of the jokes)

Samuel married Elaine Blanche Gibbs on 16 Sep 1925 in Clyst St George, Devon. Elaine (daughter of Antony Hubert Gibbs, JP and Mary Mercy Llewellyn) was born on 17 Jan 1901 in Langford Court, Burrington, Somerset; died on 19 Feb 1977 in Bracknell, Berkshire; was buried in Feb 1977 in Finchampstead, Berkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Elizabeth Eve Edgedale was born on 28 Aug 1926 in London; died on 7 Feb 1995.
Mercy Maude Edgedale was born on 4 Nov 1928 in 22 Gerald Road, Belgravia, London, SW1; died on 2 Feb 1995 in Lambeth, London.
Lieut. Colonel William Richard Edgedale was born on 28 Feb 1931 in 22 Gerald Road, Belgravia, London, SW1; died on 22 Jul 1996 in Marlborough, Wiltshire.

Generation: 2

Samuel Sidebottom was born on 9 Jul 1865 in Oldham, Lancashire; died on 16 Nov 1943 in Chester, Cheshire.

Samuel married Maude Peternel Richards on 13 Aug 1896. Maude was born on 17 Oct 1870 in Rochdale, Lancashire; died on 25 Jan 1955 in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maude Peternel Richards was born on 17 Oct 1870 in Rochdale, Lancashire; died on 25 Jan 1955 in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

Children:

1. His Honour Judge Samuel Richard Edgedale, QC was born on 23 May 1897 in Castleton, Lancashire; died on 5 Apr 1966 in Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, Berkshire; was buried in Apr 1966 in Finchampstead, Berkshire.