Lady Hilaria Agnes Edgcumbe

1908 - 2009  (101 years)

• Name	Hilaria Agnes Edgcumbe
  Title	Lady
  Nickname	Laire
  Birth	16 Jan 1908	Chelsea, London
  Gender	Female
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Aldenham, Hertfordshire
  	Age: 3; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
  Residence	1935	Chelsea, London
  Departure	18 Jul 1947	Southampton, Hampshire
  Death	19 Nov 2009	Plymouth, Devon
  Notes	Eldest daughter of 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. Educated at Aldenham and in France. For part of Second World War worked as a Telephone Operator in firm of Everett Edgcumbe, London. President., Plymouth Branch, League of Pity (N.S.P.C.C.) from 1955; President of Red Cross (Tavistock) 1963-70; Manager of Church School, Bickleigh, 1953-63. Family portrait by Godfrey Money-Coutts of grandchildren of Earl and Countess of Mount Edgcumbe; as also portrait 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, T.D., D.L. and portrait of his wife, Countess of Mt. Edgcumbe, her father and mother. Portrait: Water colour 1914 by Winifred Marks; crayon by Robert Needham 1947 of her brother Piers Edgcumbe, Xllth Royal Lancers, killed at Dunkirk 1940.
  Person ID	I146	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Kenelm William Edward Edgcumbe, 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe,   b. 9 Oct 1873, Vienna, Austria d. 10 Feb 1965, St. Germans, Cornwall (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Lilian Agnes Arkwright,   b. 19 Jan 1877, Oswestry, Shropshire d. 28 Sep 1964, St. Germans, Cornwall (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	19 Jul 1906	Braintree, Essex
  Family ID	F507	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lieut. Colonel Denis Lucius Alban Gibbs, DSO*,   b. 15 Oct 1905, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire d. 27 Apr 1984, Gloucester, Gloucestershire (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1933	Aldenham Church, Aldenham, Watford, Hertfordshire
  Children	1. Jillianne Bridget Gibbs,   b. 11 Jul 1935, Aldenham, Hertfordshire d. 20 Jan 1994, Shrewsbury, Shropshire (Age 58 years)   2. Margaret Hilaria Gibbs + 3. Rosamund Lucia Gibbs, Lady Woodard + 4. Penelope Mary Gibbs
  Photos		Denis Gibbs Hilaria Edgcumbe wedding Denis Gibbs (from Aldenham Vicarage) married Hilaria Edgcumbe(from Aldenham Grange). Thus, the families intertwined, through Aldenham. Denis and John-Mike Gibbs as pageboys
  Family ID	F60	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 May 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Jan 1908 - Chelsea, London Residence - Age: 3; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 2 Apr 1911 - Aldenham, Hertfordshire Marriage - 17 Oct 1933 - Aldenham Church, Aldenham, Watford, Hertfordshire Residence - 1935 - Chelsea, London Departure - 18 Jul 1947 - Southampton, Hampshire Death - 19 Nov 2009 - Plymouth, Devon  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Videos

  Lady Hilaria Gibbs reflects on her 100 years. She talks about her mother and father, the Earl and Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, and her husband, Lt. Col. D.L.A. Gibbs DSO.

  
  

  Documents

  UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 - Jilliane Bridget Gibbs.jpeg

  
  

  Histories

  Lady Hilaria Gibbs Obituary