Gibbs Family Tree

Sylvia Mary Gibbs

Female 1907 - 1967  (59 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sylvia Mary Gibbs was born on 10 Dec 1907 in Westminster, London (daughter of Major Antony Edmund Gibbs and Euphemia Constance Houstoun Boswall Preston); died on 5 Jan 1967 in London; was buried in Alkham, Kent.

    Notes:

    Baptised at All Saints, Ennismore Gardens

    Birth:
    56 Ennismore Gardens

    Sylvia married George Arthur Loveday on 16 Nov 1935 in Bibury, Gloucestershire. George (son of Arthur Frederick Loveday) was born on 13 May 1909 in Iquique, Tarapaca, Chile; died on 25 Feb 1981 in Swindon, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Peter John Loveday
    2. Mark Antony Loveday

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Major Antony Edmund Gibbs was born on 29 Dec 1873 in Elstree, Hertfordshire (son of George Louis Monck Gibbs and Laura Beatrice Elton); died on 12 May 1922 in Winson, Gloucestershire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: 27 Dec 1873, Hendon, Middlesex
    • Baptism: 3 Feb 1874, Elstree, Hertfordshire
    • Residence: 1891, Brendon, Devon

    Notes:

    Baptised at Elstree Herts. Educated at Charterhouse School, Surrey, 1886-90. Buried at Winson, Gloucestershire. Will proved 18 July 1922.

    Sometime in the brewery partnership mentioned under George Harold Gibbs. 2nd Lieut., 3 Mar. 1897, in Royal East Kent Yeomanry Cavalry. 2nd Lieut., 1899, in Inniskilling 6th Dragoons, Lieut. 12 Ap. 1901. Served in the Boer War in South Africa 1899-1901 (medal with 3 clasps). A.D.C. 1903 to his bro.-in-law Major-General Parr when in command of the North West District of England at Chester. Resigned from the Army 21 Oct. 1903.

    Trout-breeding at Beaulieu, Hants. 1906-11. A director of Blyth Greene Jourdain & Co., Ld., London, 1899-1922. In the Great War was on home service as temp. Major in the Gloucestershire Yeomanry 19 September 1914 to December 1919. Resided at 13 Cadogan Court, Draycott Avenue, Chelsea, for some years from 1911; at Winson Manor, Gloucestershire, for some years up to his death.

    Birth:
    Deacon's Hill

    Died:
    Tynewyd, Erwood

    Antony married Euphemia Constance Houstoun Boswall Preston on 24 Oct 1906 in St. Peter's, Eaton Square, Westminster, London. Euphemia (daughter of Colonel Thomas Alfred Houstoun Boswell-Preston and Alice Mary Cunard) was born on 5 Mar 1884 in London; died on 21 Apr 1966 in Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Euphemia Constance Houstoun Boswall Preston was born on 5 Mar 1884 in London (daughter of Colonel Thomas Alfred Houstoun Boswell-Preston and Alice Mary Cunard); died on 21 Apr 1966 in Gloucestershire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Visitor

    Notes:

    Only daughter of Colonel Thomas Alford Houstoun-Boswall-Preston of Tweed Hill, Berwick-upon-Tweed, by Alice Mary (died 1916), only daughter of William Cunard of Orleans House, Twickenham, and sister of Cyril G. Cunard (see Houston-Boswall Baronetcy in Burke's 'Peerage' (Alice Mary was also 1st cousin once removed of Ursula, Lady Wraxall (see entry in the Family Tree).

    Married 2ndly to Cyril Chester Chester-Master JP in 1934 (he died 1961). Her ashes were buried with her first husband.

    Children:
    1. 1. Sylvia Mary Gibbs was born on 10 Dec 1907 in Westminster, London; died on 5 Jan 1967 in London; was buried in Alkham, Kent.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George Louis Monck GibbsGeorge Louis Monck Gibbs was born on 28 Apr 1838 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire (son of Rev. Joseph Gibbs and Emily Vaughan); died on 26 Nov 1881 in Elstree, Hertfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Merchant S America
    • Baptism: 24 May 1838, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
    • Residence: 1851, Wiltshire
    • Residence: 1871, Edgware, Middlesex; Age: 32; Relationship: Head
    • Residence: 1881, London; Age: 42; Marital Status: Married; Relationship to Head: Head

    Notes:

    Baptised there 24 May 1838. Educated at Marlborough College 1947-53. Died at his residence Deacon's Hill, Elstree, Herts 26 November and was buried 1 December 1881 at Clifton Hampden. Memorial Inscription in churchyard there and in Aldenham Church and Memorial Screen in Elstree Chapel. Will proved 1882.

    He inherited Belmont, Wraxall, on his father's death in 1865 (subject to his mother's life interest) and sold it in 1870 to his uncle William Gibbs of the adjoining Tyntesfield. Entered Antony Gibbs & Sons 1855 (was in London 1855-59; in William Gibbs & Co., Peru & Chile, 1859-62; in London, as a manager of A. Gibbs & Sons 1863, as a partner 1865-81). Visited New York 1863, Spain and Portugal 1864, Mexico 1869 all on business of the firm. A director of the London Assurance Co. 1865 (deputy Governor 1878, sub-Governor Dec. 1878-81).

    A benefactor to Elstree church. Patron of the living of Hutton, Somerset (see VI, n33). Resided at 14 Devonshire Terrace, Paddington, 1864-67; Nutwood, Bickley, Kent, 1867-70; Deacon's Hill, Elstree, Herts., 1870-81; 46 Grosvenor Street, Westminster, 1881. See book In Memoriam mentioned below under entry for his wife Laura Beatrice Hallam and Obituary notice in The Guardian of Dec. 1881.

    Portraits (head) in possession of his daughter Beatrice Rhoda Gibbs; 2 posthumous portraits by Hanson Walker (one last in possession of Antony Gibbs & Sons, the other in that of his grandson Lt.-col George Arthur Gibbs; watercolour thought to be of G. L. M. Gibbs last in possession of Alexandra White (2021 - previously George Medley).



    1851 CENSUS - Aged 12, at Marlborough College.
    1871 CENSUS - Aged 32, living at Deacon's Hill, Edgware.Occ. Merchant. Children, 6 listed, no wife.
    1881 CENSUS - Aged 42 , living at 46 Lower Grosvenor St. Occ. Merchant, S. America.
    Laura, aged 38, Lillian, aged 15, & Mabel , aged16. Also present, Edmund Elton, 54,
    (brother in law), Justice of the Peace - Somerset, and wife Mary, 56.
    PROBATE - 1 March 1882, personal estate of £127,333 19s 11d.

    ( Refer to National Trust guide book for Tyntesfield for family tree.)

    Died:
    Deacon's Hill

    George married Laura Beatrice Elton on 5 Jan 1864 in East Clevedon, Somerset. Laura (daughter of Arthur Hallam Elton, 7th Baronet and Rhoda Susan Willis) was born on 29 Mar 1842 in Rome, Italy; died on 30 Aug 1911 in Bourton, Dorset; was buried on 4 Sep 1911 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Laura Beatrice EltonLaura Beatrice Elton was born on 29 Mar 1842 in Rome, Italy (daughter of Arthur Hallam Elton, 7th Baronet and Rhoda Susan Willis); died on 30 Aug 1911 in Bourton, Dorset; was buried on 4 Sep 1911 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 26 Apr 1842, Rome, Italy; British Chaplaincy
    • Residence: 1851, Clevedon, Somerset
    • Residence: 1861, Tormoham, Devon
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, St Margaret and St John, London

    Notes:

    1st daughter of Sir Arthur Hallam Elton (7th Baronet), died 1883) of Clevedon Court, Somerset, by his 1st wife Rhoda Susan (died 1873), who was daughter of James Willis of Atherfield and Freshwater House, Isle of Wight, and widow of Captain James C. Baird. Was buried 4 September 1911 at Clifton Hampden. Memorial Inscription in churchyard there. Will proved 9 October 1911.

    After her husband died she resided first at Queen's Gate Gardens, Kensington, next at Gosden House, Bramley, Surrey 1883-90; 29 Queen's Gate Terrace, Kensington, 1890-7; Ablington Manor, Glos. 1891-1901; 56 Ennismore Gardens, Westminster, 1899-1911.



    ( Refer to National Trust guide book to Clevedon Court for family tree.)

    1851 CENSUS - Aged 9, living with parents and grandfather.
    Also, 2 stepsisters (children of her mother's first marriage.)


    Died:
    Chaffeymoor Grange

    Children:
    1. Lady Mabel Beatrice Gibbs was born on 27 Sep 1864 in Paddington, London; died on 11 Mar 1944 in 10 Sheen Gate Gardens, East Sheen, London.
    2. Agnes Hilda Gibbs was born on 4 Sep 1865 in Paddington, London; died on 1 Mar 1934 in London.
    3. Lady Lilian Mary Gibbs was born on 4 Sep 1865 in Paddington, London; died on 15 Jul 1925 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire; was buried on 21 Jul 1925 in Bourton, Dorset.
    4. Joseph Arthur Gibbs was born on 25 Nov 1867 in Westminster, London; died on 13 May 1899 in London; was buried on 18 May 1899 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    5. George Harold Gibbs was born on 28 Feb 1869 in Paddington, London; died on 28 Dec 1926 in Slough, Buckinghamshire; was buried on 31 Dec 1926 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    6. Beatrice Rhoda Gibbs was born on 11 Jul 1870 in Westminster, London; died on 10 Aug 1945 in Guildford, Surrey; was buried in Aug 1945 in Notgrove, Gloucestershire.
    7. Stanley Vaughan Gibbs was born on 7 Jan 1872 in Kensington, London; died on 7 Oct 1907 in Barnsley, Gloucestershire; was buried in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    8. 2. Major Antony Edmund Gibbs was born on 29 Dec 1873 in Elstree, Hertfordshire; died on 12 May 1922 in Winson, Gloucestershire.
    9. Helen Laura Gibbs was born on 1 Sep 1875 in Deacon's Hill, Elstree, Hertfordshire; died on 24 Mar 1947 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire; was buried on 28 Mar 1947 in Ashey, Gloucestershire.

  3. 6.  Colonel Thomas Alfred Houstoun Boswell-Preston was born on 21 Jul 1850 in Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland (son of Colonel Sir George Augustus Frederick Houstoun-Boswall, 2nd Baronet and Euphemia Boswall); died on 3 Jan 1918 in Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland; was buried on 8 Jan 1917 in St Mary, Hendon, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 21 Jul 1850, Scotland
    • Residence: 1871, Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland; Relation to Head of House: Son
    • Residence: 1891, Ednam, Roxburghshire, Scotland; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Military Service: 1902
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Burwash, Sussex; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Visitor
    • Death: 3 Jan 1918, London

    Thomas married Alice Mary Cunard on 8 May 1883 in Kensington, London. Alice (daughter of William Cunard and Laura Charlotte Haliburton) was born about 1855 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 9 Jul 1916 in Berwickshire, Scotland; was buried on 13 Jul 1916 in St Mary, Hendon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Alice Mary Cunard was born about 1855 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (daughter of William Cunard and Laura Charlotte Haliburton); died on 9 Jul 1916 in Berwickshire, Scotland; was buried on 13 Jul 1916 in St Mary, Hendon, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1891, Ednam, Roxburghshire, Scotland; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Children:
    1. 3. Euphemia Constance Houstoun Boswall Preston was born on 5 Mar 1884 in London; died on 21 Apr 1966 in Gloucestershire.
    2. Sir Gordon Houstoun-Boswall, 6th Baronet was born on 15 Mar 1887 in London; died on 28 Feb 1961 in England.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Rev. Joseph GibbsRev. Joseph Gibbs was born on 23 Jul 1801 in St Davids Hill, Exeter (son of Antony Gibbs and Dorothea Barnetta Hucks); died on 22 Mar 1864 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; was buried on 26 Mar 1864 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Deacon, Priest and then Perpetual Curate of Clifton Hampden
    • Residence: Oxford, Oxfordshire
    • Baptism: 12 Sep 1801, Exeter, Devon
    • Residence: 1861, Chelsea, London; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Notes:

    He was in the employ of Antony Gibbs & Sons 1818-24 (in London 1818-21, Cadiz 1818-2, Gibraltar 1822-3, again in London 1823-4). He was ordained Deacon in 1828, Priest by the Bishop of Chester 8 Aug. 1829. Curate of Howarden, co. Flint, 1828-30, Perpectual Curate of Clifton Hampden, co. Oxon 1830-64 in the new parsonage given by his cousin Anne Noyes (patron of the living) which, from 1905, was again the parsonage, and from c. 1846 in the new parsonage built by his sister-in-law Caroline Gibbs (now the Manor House), Devisee of Belmont, Wraxall, under the will of his cousin and brother-in-law George who died 1863. For his life up to 1823 and a few later details see the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs.

    Portraits: miniature of him by Sir William Ross was in possession of Everilda Gibbs in 1932; a portrait of him with his wife and sister Joanna was known to be in possession of Evelyn Alice Heberden until her death in 1955, but whereabouts unknown in 1980; watercolour in middle age in possession of Alexandra White (2021 - previously George Medley in 1980).



    Educated at Mr. Phillip's School, Turnham Green. He graduated from Worcester College, Oxford in 1828 with a B.A. He was the Curate in 1830 at Clifton Hampden, Berkshire.
    1851 CENSUS - Visiting relations, ( George & Harriett Gibbs) at "Belmount House" Wraxall, Somerset.
    Joseph 49, Emily 47,
    1861 CENSUS - Visiting relations, ( George & Harriett Gibbs) at "Belmount House" Wraxall, Somerset.
    Joseph 59, Emily 57, Harriett T. 17, Joseph H. 20, George H. 18, & Stanley R. 14.

    Occ. Deacon, Priest and then Perpetual Curate of Clifton Hampden until death.

    Probate - 5 May 1864. Left under £20,000.

    Joseph married Emily Vaughan on 14 Sep 1831 in Llangattock, Breconshire, Wales. Emily (daughter of Rev. Charles Vaughan and Emilia Monck) was born on 14 Aug 1803 in Farnborough, Berkshire; died on 7 Sep 1869 in Kensington, London; was buried on 10 Sep 1869 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Emily Vaughan was born on 14 Aug 1803 in Farnborough, Berkshire (daughter of Rev. Charles Vaughan and Emilia Monck); died on 7 Sep 1869 in Kensington, London; was buried on 10 Sep 1869 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 6 Oct 1803, Farnborough, Berkshire
    • Residence: 1851, Wraxall, Somerset; Visitor

    Notes:

    Her father, rector of Crickhowell, co. Brecon, was descended from the Vaughans of Tretower, whose full pedigree (including Sir Roger Vaughan, knighted and mortally wounded at Agincourt) is in Theophilus Jones's 'History of Brecon (1805-9, new edition 1909). Her mother's father John Monck of Bath (Burke's 'Landed Gentry' under 'Monck of Coley Park') was a descendant of William Monck (and his wife Dorothy, sister of 1st Earl of Darnley) whose ancestry is in Burke's Peerage under 'Monck' (Viscount). A miniature of her by Sir William Ross was in possession of Everilda Gibbs in 1932. Portrait Heberden, great-grand-daughter of Joseph and Emily Gibbs. This portrait was formerly in possession of Evelyn Alice Heberden.

    Children:
    1. Joseph Henry Gibbs was born on 3 Jun 1832 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; died on 5 May 1833 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; was buried in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    2. Emily Harriett Gibbs was born on 7 May 1834 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 21 Jan 1903 in Windlesham, Surrey; was buried on 26 Jan 1903 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    3. Dorothea Barnetta Gibbs was born on 4 Jan 1836 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 17 Mar 1907 in St George Hanover Square, London; was buried on 21 Mar 1907 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    4. 4. George Louis Monck Gibbs was born on 28 Apr 1838 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 26 Nov 1881 in Elstree, Hertfordshire.
    5. Joseph Hucks Gibbs was born on 14 Oct 1840 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 23 Mar 1886 in Kensington, London; was buried on 27 Mar 1886 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    6. Rev. George Henry Gibbs was born on 15 Sep 1842 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 29 Oct 1896 in Headington, Oxfordshire; was buried in Nov 1896 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    7. Harriet Theresa Gibbs was born on 1 Apr 1844 in Wraxall, Somerset; died on 21 Jul 1925 in Adderbury, Oxfordshire; was buried in Jul 1925 in Adderbury, Oxfordshire.
    8. Rev. William Cobham Gibbs was born on 28 Jul 1845 in Wraxall, Somerset; died on 8 Mar 1918 in East Budleigh, Devon; was buried on 18 Mar 1918 in Clyst St George, Devon.
    9. Stanley Vaughan Gibbs was born on 30 Nov 1846 in Wraxall, Somerset; died on 25 Feb 1870 in Kingston, Jamaica; was buried on 22 Jul 1870 in Wraxall, Somerset.

  3. 10.  Arthur Hallam Elton, 7th BaronetArthur Hallam Elton, 7th Baronet was born on 19 Apr 1818 in Belle View Place, Clifton, Gloucestershire (son of Sir Charles Abraham Elton, 6th Baronet and Sarah Smith); died on 14 Oct 1883 in Clevedon Court, Clevedon, Somerset; was buried on 19 Oct 1883 in Clevedon All Saints, East Clevedon, Somerset.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 4 Nov 1818, Lewins Mead, Somerset

    Notes:

    Sir Arthur Hallam Elton, 7th Baronet DL (19 April 1818 – 14 October 1883) was a writer and Liberal party politician.

    For further details see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Arthur_Elton,_7th_Baronet

    Arthur married Rhoda Susan Willis on 10 Jun 1841 in Clevedon, Somerset. Rhoda was born on 16 May 1809 in Freshwater, Isle of Wight; died on 1 Nov 1873 in Bournemouth; was buried on 7 Nov 1873 in All Saints, Clevedon, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Rhoda Susan WillisRhoda Susan Willis was born on 16 May 1809 in Freshwater, Isle of Wight; died on 1 Nov 1873 in Bournemouth; was buried on 7 Nov 1873 in All Saints, Clevedon, Somerset.
    Children:
    1. 5. Laura Beatrice Elton was born on 29 Mar 1842 in Rome, Italy; died on 30 Aug 1911 in Bourton, Dorset; was buried on 4 Sep 1911 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    2. Mary Agnes Elton was born in Dec 1844 in Clifton, Somerset; died on 28 Feb 1925 in Long Ashton, Somerset.

  5. 12.  Colonel Sir George Augustus Frederick Houstoun-Boswall, 2nd Baronet was born on 4 Oct 1809 in Brighton, Sussex (son of General Sir William Houston, 1st Baronet GCB GCH KC and Lady Jane Maitland); died on 8 Jan 1886 in Bath, Somerset.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1861, Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Residence: 1871, Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Residence: 1881, Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland; Relation to Head of House: Head

    George married Euphemia Boswall on 22 Feb 1847 in Edrom, Berwick, Scotland. Euphemia was born on 15 Jan 1819 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 29 Dec 1882 in St George Hanover Square, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Euphemia Boswall was born on 15 Jan 1819 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 29 Dec 1882 in St George Hanover Square, London.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 15 Jan 1819, Scotland
    • Residence: 1841, Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland
    • Residence: 1861, Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Residence: 1871, Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Residence: 1881, Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Children:
    1. Sir George Lauderdale Houstoun-Boswall, 3rd Baronet was born on 11 Dec 1847 in Northumberland; died on 8 Feb 1908 in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.
    2. 6. Colonel Thomas Alfred Houstoun Boswell-Preston was born on 21 Jul 1850 in Edrom, Berwickshire, Scotland; died on 3 Jan 1918 in Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland; was buried on 8 Jan 1917 in St Mary, Hendon, England.

  7. 14.  William Cunard was born on 9 Apr 1825 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (son of Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet and Susan Duffus); died on 11 Jan 1906 in 95 Eaton Square, London.

    William married Laura Charlotte Haliburton on 30 Dec 1851 in Windsor, Nova Scotia. Laura (daughter of Thomas Chandler Haliburton and Louisa Neville) was born on 8 Sep 1824 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 22 Dec 1910 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Laura Charlotte Haliburton was born on 8 Sep 1824 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (daughter of Thomas Chandler Haliburton and Louisa Neville); died on 22 Dec 1910 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 8 Sep 1824, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Children:
    1. 7. Alice Mary Cunard was born about 1855 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 9 Jul 1916 in Berwickshire, Scotland; was buried on 13 Jul 1916 in St Mary, Hendon, England.
    2. Cyril Grant Cunard was born on 21 Sep 1867 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 17 Apr 1914 in 54 Great Cumberland Place, St Marylebone, London; was buried on 22 Apr 1914 in Notgrove, Gloucestershire.