1890 - 1964 (74 years)
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| Name |
Margaret Olivia St. John |
| Birth |
3 Jun 1890 |
Westminster, London  |
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| Gender |
Female |
| Residence |
1901 |
St George Hanover Square, London |
| Residence |
2 Apr 1911 |
London |
| Age: 20; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter |
| Death |
29 Sep 1964 |
Cirencester, Gloucestershire |
| Burial |
Barrow Gurney, Somerset |
| Notes |
- Baptised 8 July 1890 at St. Saviour's, Pimlico. 1st daughter of Henry Percy St. John (died 1921); a Principal Clerk in the House of Lords, for whom see Bolingbroke in Burke's 'Peerage') by Maude Louise, daughter of Hon. Pascoe Ch. Glyn, for whom see Wolverton in Burke's 'Peerage'. Buried at Barrow.
A Trustee of St. Michael's Home, Cheddar from 1928. Indefatigable worker in many social spheres. For many years, while living at Easton Grey, she was a leading organiser of Malmesbury Hospital. A keen and able Conservative politician in the Chippenham Division, she was the mainstay first to Sir Victor Cazalet M.P. and then from 1943-62 to Mr. David Eccles, M.P. (now Lord Eccles). In the Second World War she kept the Constituency going by her own endeavours in her official capacities of Treasurer and then Chairman. She also ran a canteen at Badminton for H.M. Queen Mary's Guard and other soldiers stationed in the neighbourhood. An enthusiastic and
talented gardener.
Died 29 September 1964.
Portrait: In pastel by Miss Broughton, in possession of Mrs. H. P. St. John in 1932, present whereabouts unknown.
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| Person ID |
I2432 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2018 |
| Family |
Major Guy Melvil Gibbs, b. 15 Dec 1889, Paddington, London d. 14 Mar 1959, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (Age 69 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) |
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| Family ID |
F1065 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
9 Jul 2017 |
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Gibbs Family Tree
