Phyllida Lovaine Plowden: Gibbs Family Tree

Gibbs Family Tree

1936 - 1999 (63 years)

Generation: 1

Phyllida Lovaine Plowden was born in 1936 (daughter of Lieut. Colonel Piers Standish Plowden, OBE and Ethel Muriel Cynthia Critchley); died on 11 Nov 1999 in Swallowcliffe, Salisbury.

Notes:

Younger daughter of Lt. Col. Piers Standish Plowden, OBE, Royal Scots Greys, of The Gate House, Braishfield Manor (see Burke's 'Landed Gentry').

Educated at Hengrave Hall.

Before marriage worked for Knight Frank & Rutley in their Sale Room. Sometime charity official for British Red Cross Society and National Assocation of Youth Clubs in Hampshire. Involved with her husband in opening their garden to the public. Entertains and caters for Americans and other overseas visitors for such organisations as Britain without Tears.

Descendent of Edmund Plowden (1517-84) who, when offered the Lord Chancellorship of England by Queen Elizabeth I if he would change his religion, replied:
"Hold me dread Sovereign excused. Your Majesty well knows I find no reason to swerve from the Catholic faith, in which you and I were brought up. I can never therefore countenance the persecution of its professors. I should not have in charge your Majesty's conscience one week before I should incur your displeasure, if it be your Majesty's royal intent to continue the system of persecuting the retainers of the Catholic faith." He kept his head—and his faith. There are only five families listed by Burke who retained Catholicism throughout the ages: Plowden, Howard, Scrope, Tichborne and Weld. Edmund Plowden was responsible for building the Middle Temple Hall.

Portrait with family by Hugh Powell at Braishfield.

Phyllida married David Evelyn Gibbs in 1959 in Hengrave Hall. David (son of Lancelot Merivale Gibbs, Brid. CVO DSO MC and Marjory Florence Maxwell) was born on 22 May 1931; died on 10 Jul 1998 in Salisbury, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Generation: 2

Lieut. Colonel Piers Standish Plowden, OBE was born on 24 Mar 1899 (son of Roger Herbert Plowden and Minnie Jump); died on 14 Oct 1990.

Notes:

He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England. He fought in the First World War. He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England. He gained the rank of officer in the 17th Lancers. He was Aide-de-Camp to the High Commissioner to Egypt between 1925 and 1928. He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Scots Guards. He fought in the Second World War, where he was mentioned in despatches. He was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1944.

Piers married Ethel Muriel Cynthia Critchley on 28 Jun 1928. Ethel (daughter of Major Edward Ashton Critchley) was born on 18 Oct 1899; died in 1987 in Romsey, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ethel Muriel Cynthia Critchley was born on 18 Oct 1899 (daughter of Major Edward Ashton Critchley); died in 1987 in Romsey, Hampshire.

Children:

1. Phyllida Lovaine Plowden was born in 1936; died on 11 Nov 1999 in Swallowcliffe, Salisbury.

Generation: 3

4. Roger Herbert Plowden was born on 14 Oct 1853; died on 16 May 1921.
Roger married Minnie Jump in 1888. Minnie died on 4 Apr 1899. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5.
Minnie Jump died on 4 Apr 1899.
Children:

2. Lieut. Colonel Piers Standish Plowden, OBE was born on 24 Mar 1899; died on 14 Oct 1990.
6.
Major Edward Ashton Critchley
Children:

3. Ethel Muriel Cynthia Critchley was born on 18 Oct 1899; died in 1987 in Romsey, Hampshire.