Major Guy Melvil Gibbs

1889 - 1959  (69 years)

• Name	Guy Melvil Gibbs
  Title	Major
  Birth	15 Dec 1889	Paddington, London
  	16 Hyde Park Gardens,
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	28 Dec 1889	Paddington, London
  	St Michael's
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Gloucestershire
  Arrival	13 May 1912	New York, USA
  Departure	Liverpool, Lancashire
  Death	14 Mar 1959	Cirencester, Gloucestershire
  Burial	Barrow Gurney, Somerset
  Notes	5th son of Henry Martin Gibbs of Barrow Court. Baptised 28 December 1889 at St. Michael's, Paddington. Educated at Eton College 1902-8 ad at Cirencester Agricultural College 1909-10. He qualified as an Associate of the Surveyors' Institution, 1910, and was learning land agency, 1911-12. A clerk in Vivian Gray & Co., stockbrokers, in the City of London, 1912-14; member of the London Stock Exchange from 1914. After the Great War he rejoined Vivian Gray & Co., but from 1919-23 his home was at Gatwicke Hall, Barrow Gurney, where he was working his father's Home Farm on his own account. Partner in Vivian Gray & Co. from 1922. 2nd Lieut., North Somerset Yeomanry, Jan. 1910; Lieut., Aug. 1914; Capt. May 1915. Territorial Decoration, 1920. Retired from Territ. Army, 1928. Served 1914-18 in the Great War in France and Belgium (1914 Star, British War Medal, and Allies' (Victory) Medal). Served in North Somerset Yeomanry in the Second World War. A Trustee of St. Michael's Home, Cheddar from 1918. Resided at 7 Tite Street, Chelsea, 1923-25; The Hyde, Hatfield, Herts, 1925-27; Chestnut Farm, Acton Turville, Glos., 1927-28; from 1928 at Ruckley, Easton Grey, Malmesbury; after the war at The Cottage, Badminton and finally at Park Leaze, Ewen, Cirencester. Portrait as a boy by F. Crawley-Boevey at Sheldon Manor in possession of Martin Gibbs and another in uniform by Ogilvie with his son Martin St. John Valentine Gibbs, together with a portrait of Margaret Olivia by L. Trapp last in possession of his son Martin St. John Valentine Gibbs.
  Person ID	I2315	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Henry Martin Gibbs, High Sheriff, Somerset,   b. 30 May 1850, Paddington, London d. 22 Apr 1928, Barrow Gurney, Somerset (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Emily Anna Otter,   b. 6 Mar 1854, Cowfold, Sussex d. 5 Jul 1928, Fyfield, Berkshire (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	22 Jun 1883	Lindfield, Sussex
  Family ID	F798	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Olivia St. John,   b. 3 Jun 1890, Westminster, London d. 29 Sep 1964, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	6 Aug 1914	Barrow Gurney, Somerset
  Children	1. Anna Patricia Gibbs,   b. 24 Oct 1915, Eccleston Square, London d. 7 Nov 2004, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (Age 89 years)   2. Col. Sir Martin St John Valentine Gibbs, CB, DSO, RD, JP,   b. 14 Feb 1917, Westminster, London d. 8 Feb 1992, Ewen Manor, Ewen, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (Age 74 years)   3. Ursula Mary Gibbs,   b. 20 May 1919, St George Hanover Square, London d. 23 Sep 2000, Oxford, Oxfordshire (Age 81 years)   4. Field Marshal Roland Christopher Gibbs, GCB, CBE, DES, Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire,   b. 22 Jun 1921, Barrow Gurney, Somerset d. 31 Oct 2004, Devizes, Wiltshire (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F1065	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Dec 1889 - Paddington, London Baptism - St Michael's - 28 Dec 1889 - Paddington, London Residence - 2 Apr 1911 - Gloucestershire Arrival - 13 May 1912 - New York, USA Departure - - Liverpool, Lancashire Marriage - 6 Aug 1914 - Barrow Gurney, Somerset Death - 14 Mar 1959 - Cirencester, Gloucestershire Burial - - Barrow Gurney, Somerset  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  1911 England Census - Henry Martin Gibbs.jpeg

  
  

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