George Henry Gibbs

1785 - 1842  (56 years)

• Name	George Henry Gibbs
  Birth	24 Aug 1785	Exeter, Devon
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	26 Sep 1785	St Mary Major, Exeter, Devon
  Occupation	Partner with his father in Antony Gibbs & Sons, London
  Residence	Bedford Square, Middlesex, England
  Death	21 Aug 1842	Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy
  Burial	27 Dec 1842	Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
  Notes	Trained in his father's business, from the age of 15 he paid 6 visits of 6 to 10 months each to the Peninsula (Portugal and Spain) between 1801 and 1807. Present in Cadiz at the Spanish revolt against the French in June 1808, he reopened his father's house of business there and remained till 1810. Partner with his father in Antony Gibbs & Sons, London, (and in the Cadiz branch) from the founding of the firm in Sep. 1808. From 1815 till he died he was head of Antony Gibbs & Sons, who, under him and his brother William, opened branches at Gibraltar 1818, Lima 1822, Arequipa and Guayaquil 1823, Valparaiso 1826 (see the History of the Business in the book 'Antony and Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs). A director of the London Assurance Corporation 1822-42. A member of the club 'Nobody's Friends' 1832-42 and of the 'City of London Club' 1840-2. A member of the London Committee which (1832-5), with the Bristol Committee, promoted the Great Western Railway, and an original Director of that Company 1835-42. Between 1819 and 1840 he and his brother William voluntarily completed the payment of those of their father's and grandfather's debts which were still outstanding from their bankruptcy in 1789. A few months before he died in 1842 he succeeded to most of the properties (for particulars see the book 'Antony and Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs) which his cousins Sarah (died April 1842) and Anne Noyes (died Dec. 1841) had inherited in 1814 from their uncle Robert Hucks of Aldenham, Herts (his mother's 2nd cousin): namely as heir at law to Sarah he received Aldenham House and other estates in Herts, and Middlesex; and under Anne's will, on Sarah's death, estates in Oxon and Berks, and in Lambeth, Surrey. With these properties he became lord of the manors of North Moreton, Berks (sold by his son Henry), Burston, Herts. (sold by his grandson, Alban), and Clifton Hampden, Oxon; and patron and lay rector of the last named. His residence was 2 Powis Place 1817-21, 11 Bedford Square 1821-42 (both in the Borough of Holborn). For note of portraits and sculptures of him see the book 'Antony and Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs, p. 435 and the Additions of 1927, to which add that a replica or copy of the portrait by Edmund Gill was in possession of Lord Cullen in 1932, who also had a miniature by Miss Ross (1860) (? founded on a portrait by Gill of 1843); and that a portrait in oils belonged to A. Gibbs and Sons (in 1932) after the min by Ross in Lord Aldenham's possession.
  Person ID	I616	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Antony Gibbs,   b. 3 Mar 1756, Exeter, Devon d. 10 Dec 1815, 2 Powis Place, Holborn, London (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Dorothea Barnetta Hucks,   b. Dec 1760, Knaresborough, Yorkshire d. 24 Feb 1820, Redland, Gloucestershire (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	3 Oct 1784	Littleham, Devon
  Family ID	F29	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Caroline Crawley,   b. 25 Apr 1794, Clyst St George, Devon d. 13 Feb 1850, Wraxall, Somerset (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	7 Jul 1817	Stowe-nine-Churches, Upper Stowe, Northamptonshire
  Children	1. Anne Gibbs,   b. 27 May 1818, 2 Powis Place, Holborn, London d. 10 May 1820, Redland, Bristol (Age 1 year)   2. Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham,   b. 31 Aug 1819, Powis Place, St. George the Martyr, London, England d. 13 Sep 1907, Aldenham House, Aldenham, Hertfordshire (Age 88 years)   3. Antony Gibbs,   b. Jul 1821, Powis Place, London d. 14 Nov 1821, Powis Place, London (Age 0 years)   4. Antony Gibbs, of Merry Hill ,   b. 20 Nov 1822, Powis Place, London d. 1 Dec 1856, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (Age 34 years)   5. Charles Crawley Gibbs,   b. Jun 1824, Almondsbury, Gloucestershire d. 18 Nov 1824, Almondsbury, Gloucestershire (Age 0 years)   6. George Gibbs,   b. 11 Feb 1827, 11 Bedford Square, Bloomsbury, London d. 3 Jun 1846, Oxford, Oxfordshire (Age 19 years)   7. Caroline Gibbs,   b. 10 Jun 1828, London d. 11 Jan 1859, Wraxall, Somerset (Age 30 years)   8. Charles Gibbs, Lieut.-Colonel,   b. 28 Jun 1829, 11 Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London d. 18 Mar 1890, 14 Norfolk Square, Paddington, London (Age 60 years)   9. William Lloyd Gibbs,   b. 6 Dec 1830, 11 Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London d. 27 Aug 1860, Belmont, Wraxall, Somerset (Age 29 years)   10. Rev. John Lomax Gibbs,   b. 28 Mar 1832, 11 Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London d. 12 Jan 1914, Speen, Berkshire (Age 81 years)   11. Mary Dorothea Gibbs,   b. 4 May 1833, Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London d. 11 Mar 1906, Exeter House, Roehampton, London (Age 72 years)   12. Francis Gibbs,   b. 9 Aug 1834, Belmont, Wraxall, Somerset d. 6 Jan 1857, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex (Age 22 years)   13. Joseph Gibbs,   b. 23 Feb 1837, 11 Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London d. 1 Apr 1838, 11 Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London (Age 1 year)   14. Robert Crawley Gibbs,   b. 4 Jan 1839, 11 Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London d. 31 Jul 1856, Belmont, Wraxall, Somerset (Age 17 years)
  Family ID	F194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Aug 1785 - Exeter, Devon Baptism - 26 Sep 1785 - St Mary Major, Exeter, Devon Residence - - Bedford Square, Middlesex, England Marriage - 7 Jul 1817 - Stowe-nine-Churches, Upper Stowe, Northamptonshire Death - 21 Aug 1842 - Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy Burial - 27 Dec 1842 - Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Histories

  George Henry Gibbs Diaries 1802 - 1840 1802 - Travelled from Exeter to Cadiz, through France, with his father Antony Gibbs. 1825 - Visiting the West Country with his wife Caroline and sons Harry and Antony 1827 - Travelling to Paris with Caroline 1836 - 1840 The birth of the Great Western Railway, family affairs and business 1840 - Journey to Carlsbad and Marienbad with Caroline and the children

  
  

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