William Gibbs, of Tyntesfield

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Head of Antony Gibbs & Sons
• Baptism: 21 Jul 1790, British Embassy, Madrid, Spain
• Residence: 1861, Paddington, London; Relationship: Head
• Residence: 1871, Wraxall, Somerset; Relation to Head of House: Head

Notes:

His baptism in Madrid is recorded in the Register of St. Mary Major, Exeter, see Additions of 1927 in the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs, p.XVI (4).

He was employed in Cadiz, Lisbon and England in his father's business 1802-5; in his uncle George's (George Gibbs of Redland) business (Gibbs Richards and Gibbs) in Bristol, 1806-8; in London under his father in the Portuguese Commission 1808-9; in London in Antony Gibbs and Son 1809-12. Partner in Antony Gibbs & Sons 1813-75; resident in Cadiz in charge of their House there 1813-22: head of A. Gibbs & Sons 1843-75 and sole partner 1843-7. During his headship the South American business prospered exceedingly. Member of Lloyds 1812-75.

After marriage his successive residences in London were 13 Hyde Park Street (number since changed) 1840-8, Gloucester Square 1849, Sussex Square 1850, 16 Hyde Park Gardens 1851-75, all in Paddington. He bought the estate and house of Tyntesfield, Wraxall, north Somerset in April 1844 from Reverend George Turner Seymour, at various times (notably 1862-4) greatly altered the house (John Norton one of the architects) and at the end of his life built the beautiful chapel to it (Sir A. W. Blomfield, architect). He added to his property in 1865 the adjoining estate and house called Charlton (in Wraxall parish) buying it from the Kingston family, and in 1870 he reunited Belmont and Tyntesfield, buying Belmont from his nephew George L. M. Gibbs. In Devon he bought back Pytte the ancient home of our family in Clyst St. George from the executors of General Doveton, in 1859, made other purchases in that parish, rebuilt cottages, and amongst other benefactions to the village and church gave a memorial window (1860) to his grandfather (George Abraham Gibbs of Pytte). He also bought from Lord Devon in 1873 an estate in Alphington, nr. Exeter (which extended into Whitestone). At Littlemore, Oxon, he bought in 1872 the house of his cousin and former partner Charles Crawley.

The village school and school-master's house at Clifton Hampden, Oxon, in 1847, and the Church at Flaxley, in Gloucestershire, in 1856 were both built at his cost (the architect being G. Gilbert Scott): so also in 1861 were St. Michael and All Angels Church in Star Street, Paddington, and its vicarage (architect Rhode Hawkins). In Devon, he built in 1868 the Chapel-of-Ease of St. Antony at Cowley in memory of his parents and of his own life there, and at the same time and with the same architect (R. Hawkins) the Church of St. Michael and All Angels and its vicarage in the parish of St. David, Exeter; and in 1872 he enlarged the church at Exwick and in 1874 built its vicarage on the site of the grounds of his father's one time residence Exwick House. Moreover, he contributed largely to the restoration of Exeter and Bristol Cathedrals. The endowments of the livings of Exwick, St. Michael's Exeter, and St. Michael's Paddington, were also gifts from him. He acquired the advowsons of Clyst St. George (1857), Exwick, St. Michael's in Paddington, Stowe-nine-churches, North Newton in Somerset, and Otterbourne in Hampshire (the latter because of its connection with Rev. John Keble). He founded in 1859 at Brixham, Devon, a Mission to Seamen of ships sheltering in Torbay, and in 1860 there the British Seamen's Orphan Boys' Home for the Western Counties, his interest in that parish being due to his temporary tenancy of Berryhead House there, the home of Rev. John Hogg.

Of all his gifts the most famous was the chapel of Keble College Oxford. He offered it to the College in 1872 (on the suggestion of his friend Sir John Taylor Coleridge), and himself laid the foundation stone on St. Mark's Day (25 April) 1873. He died in 1875, and his son Antony formally presented it at the opening service on St. Mark's Day 1876, conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The same day Lord Salisbury (Chancellor of the University) laid the foundation stone of the block of buildings given to the College by William's sons Antony and Martin. W. Butterfield was architect both of chapel and block, as of the rest of the College.

William was an original (1832) member of the City of London Club and a member of the Athenaeum Club. Memorial Inscription in Wraxall church and churchyard at Tyntesfield chapel, Barrow Court chapel, Flaxley church, St. Michael's Paddington (rose window erected by the parish in his memory), St. Michael's Exeter, Keble College Chapel, Cowley chapel, Exwick chapel and St. Martin's Brighton.

For his life in detail up to 1824 and for some particulars as to his later years see book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J. A. Gibbs. See also a booklet 'In memory of William Gibbs' (privileged printing Rivingtons, 1875) containing (inter alia) an article on his life and character by E.M.Goulburn, Dean of Norwich, reprinted from The Guardian newspaper.

For portraits and scultpures of him see Gibbs Pedigree (1904) p.16 and list in 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs, p.435. In the latter G. Richmond as artist of the posthumous portrait at Keble College is an error for Sir William B. Richmond, R.A. This portrait is wrongly stated to be after Boxall in 'Catalogue of Portraits in Oxford Colleges' by Mrs. Poole, Vol. III, part II, 1925. The portrait in the list in the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs by 'artist unkown' in possession of John A. Gibbs was by E. Gill and has since been destroyed. Portraits not in the lists are, one by Edward Opie, which was in possession of Lord Wraxall, and a copy in A. Gibbs and Sons' possession of the one of the Portraits by Boxall which is engraved by Cousins.



More information available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibbs_(businessman)

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - William Gibbs https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/89656

William married Matilda Blanche Crawley-Boevey on 1 Aug 1839 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire. Matilda (daughter of Sir Thomas Crawley-Boevey, 3rd Bart. of Flaxley and Mary Albinia Page) was born on 17 Dec 1817 in Eastgate street, Gloucester; died on 22 Sep 1887 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: High Sheriff, county Somerset
• Baptism: 11 Jan 1842, St Johns, Paddington, London
• Residence: 1901, Paddington, London

Notes:

1st son of Tyntesfield. Baptised 11 January 1842 at St. John's, Paddington. Educated at Radley College 1855-7; matric. at Oxford (Exeter College) 2 May 1862; BA 1867; MA 1869; entered at the Inner Temple as a student 1865. Died at Tyntesfield 24 and was buried 29 April 1907 at Wraxall, Somerset. Memorial Inscription in churchyard there and in the chapel (Charlton chapel), in Tyntesfield chapel and Keble College chapel; Memorial window in Clyst St. George chapel. Will dated 23 March 1905, proved 12 July 1907.

After marriage, Charlton (see entry for William Gibbs of Tyntesfield) was his country residence till his mother died; thereafter Tyntesfield. He succeeded to his father's properties in Somerset and Devon. He bought Barrow Court in Barrow Gurney, Somerset, adjoining Flax Bourton, from John Henry Blagrave in 1881 and sold it (with most of its land) to his brother Martin in 1884 and he augmented the living of Barrow Gurney. He bought, about 1874, Barton Place in the parish of St. David, Exeter, the ancestral home of his wife's family. He was patron of the livings of Clyst St. George, Exwick, Stowe-nine-churches, St. Michael's in Paddington, North Newton and Otterbourne which were all in his father's gift, also of Alphington, Devon, and of Flax Barton (in which part of the Tyntesfield Estate lies) both of which he bought.

A member of the Council of Radley College 1890-7. He and his brother, Martin, gave to Keble College, Oxford, in their father's memory, the side of the main quadrangle of the College embracing the hall, library, common rooms and kitchen. The foundation stone was laid in 1876, on the same day that the Chapel given by their father to the College was opened (see also entry for William Gibbs of Tyntesfield), and the opening took place in 1878, when the two brothers, whose names had so far been withheld, were disclosed as the donors (the deed of gift hangs in the Senior Common Room of the College).

Wraxall church was restored (1893) at his chief cost (Sir Arthur Blomfield, architect), and he introduced the stained glass windows by Kemp, and screened off the Charlton chapel, adding to it the reredos by Kemp.

He joined the North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry as Cornet, 3 January, 1871; Captain October, 1881; Hon. Major, 1881; Major, 1886; retired 1893.

Justice of the Peace for Somerset from about 1867 to 1907. On the Highway Board and Board of Guardians. High Sheriff of Somerset for 1888 and Deputy Lieutenant 1889-1907. An Alderman of the Somerset County Council to 1898. President of the North Somerset Conservative Association for a great number of years. A Life Governor of Bristol General Hospital. On Bristol Diocesan committees for the promotion of Church matters. (In Sidney Lee's 'Life of King Edward VII (1923-7) it is related that the King when Prince of Wales twice in 1881 pressed on Gladstone the bestowal of a Baronetcy on Antony Gibbs. His son Lord Wraxall told John Arthur Gibbs - fourth editor of the Gibbs Pedigree - that this story was inaccurate and he asked Lee to omit it from any later edition, the facts being that the Liberal Whip Marjoribanks (later Lord Tweedmouth invited Antony to an interview, at which he said that gladstone desired to suggest him to the Queen for a Peerage, making reference to his and his father's philanthropic works, but that Antony having then mentioned that he was a Conservative he heard no more of the matter

Portraits: as a child by John Phillip, miniature with his father and sister Dorothea by Sir Wm. Ross, oil by J. H. Lorimer; all last in possession of Lord Wraxall in 1930 (11). The portrait in the Hall of Keble College is a copy by F. George Swaish of the Lorimer.

Birth:
13 Hyde Park Gardens

Antony married Janet Louisa Merivale on 22 Jun 1872 in St. Michael's, Star Street, Paddington. Janet (daughter of John Louis Merivale and Mary Anne Webster) was born on 15 Dec 1850 in Kilburn, Middlesex; died on 10 Dec 1909 in London; was buried on 14 Dec 1909 in Wraxall, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Nov 1843, Paddington, London
• Residence: 1851, Paddington, London
• Residence: 7 1861, Paddington, London

Notes:

Baptised 24 November 1843 at St. John's Church, Paddington. Died at Tyntesfield 12th and was buried 17th March 1871 at Wraxall. Memorial Inscription in the church and outside the vestry and in Tyntesfield chapel.

Portraits: Drawing (with her son Cyril)
by E. U. Eddis, a drawing by W. Richmond, and a bust by Munro. Min. by Sir Wm. Ross, was last in possession of Lord Wraxall in 1930.

Birth:
13 Hyde Park Street

Alice married Rev. Alfred Gurney on 16 Aug 1866 in Wraxall, Somerset. Alfred (son of Rev. John Hampden Gurney and Mary Grey) was born on 14 Nov 1843 in Lutterworth, Leicestershire; died on 28 Nov 1898 in Roehampton, Surrey; was buried on 2 Dec 1898 in Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Jun 1850, Paddington, London
• Residence: 1891, Paddington, London
• Residence: 1901, Windsor, Berkshire

Notes:

4th son of William Gibbs of Tyntesfield of Barrow Court, Somerset. Baptised 24 June 1850 at St. John's, Paddington. Educated at Lancing College 1866-69; matric. Cambridge (Clare College) 1871. Buried 25 April 1928 at Barrow Gurney, Somerset. Memorial Inscription in churchyard there; in Barrow Court chapel; in the chapel of Keble College, Oxford; in King's College, Taunton and Lancing College; Memorial window in Down Ampney Church, Wiltshire and Memorial reredos in the chapel of St. Michael's Home in Cheddar, the 2 last to him and his wife. Will dated 19 November 1926, cod. 20 March 1928, proved 24 August 1928.

During 1874 he lived at Malahuasi in the valley of Jauga, Peru, for his health. He restored Barrow Court 1882-84 for his home and bought it and the advowson of Barrow Gurney in 1885: restored the church at Barrow Gurney, 1887; erected or restored many buildings in the village; and bought the manor of Barrow Gurney 1902. The manor and village had previously belonged to J. Gratwick Blagrave, son of J. H. Blagrave.

Leased Down Ampney House, co. Glos., 1893-1916 and gave the screen, new pulpit, new seats and other gifts to the church there. For his benefaction with his brother Antony of a block of buildings to Keble College, Oxford, in 1875-78, in memory of their father, see Antony Gibbs. He gave the building which contains the school hall and class rooms, and many other benefactions, to Lancing College, and to its chapel; also gave a new wing to Ardingly College and was a great benefactor to this and other of the Southern and Western schools of the "Woodard" group.

He was on the Corporation of SS. Mary and Nicolas (the governing body of all the "Woodard" schools); a Fellow (1879-1928) of the Society of the SS. Mary and Nicolas (Lancing and the other Southern Schools); Fellow and Gustos (1879-1928) of the Society of SS. Mary and Andrew (King's Coll., Taunton); on the Committee of Lancing Coll., and Trustee of its property; founded three scholarships there.

He restored the Garrison Church at Dover Castle, and gave the reredos to the English Church at Balquhidder, co. Perth. Chairman of the Trust of St. Michael's Home in Cheddar. On the Long Ashton Rural District Council, 1902-28, and Chairman of the Barrow-Gurney Parish Council. A Justice of the Peace for Somerset (Long Ashton petty sessional division) 1886-1928. High Sheriff of Somerset for 1897. Served on various committees of the Bath and Wells Diocesan Conference.

Portraits: Oil by Solomon J. Solomon, last in possession of his son Major Antony Gibbs; water colour by E. Clifford, chalk by J. de Cazenave (1859), a min., a water colour (on photo base) by Speaight (1920), whereabouts unknown (1980); oil by Goldsborough Anderson (about 1903) at Lancing Coll.; min. (as a child, with his bro. George) by Sir W. Ross was last in possn. of Lord Wraxall (in 1930.

Birth:
8 Sussex Square,

Died:
Barrow Court

Henry married Emily Anna Otter on 22 Jun 1883 in Lindfield, Sussex. Emily (daughter of Rev. William Bruere Otter and Elizabeth Melvil) was born on 6 Mar 1854 in Cowfold, Sussex; died on 5 Jul 1928 in Fyfield, Berkshire; was buried on 8 Jul 1928 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Aug 1873, Wraxall, Somerset
• Residence: 1881, Wraxall, Somerset
• Residence: 1891, Wraxall, Somerset
• Residence: 14 Oct 1892, Oxford, Oxfordshire
• Residence: 1901, London
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Wraxall, Somerset

Notes:

George Abraham Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall, PC DL (6 July 1873 – 28 October 1931), was a British Conservative politician. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gibbs,_1st_Baron_Wraxall



Birth:
Charlton on the Tyntesfield Estate

George married Victoria Florence de Burgh Long on 26 Nov 1901 in All Saints, Ennismore Gardens, Westminster, London. Victoria (daughter of Viscount Walter Hume Long and Dorothy Blanche Boyle) was born on 10 Aug 1880 in 1 Grafton Street, Westminster, London; died on 29 Mar 1920 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Hon Ursula Mary Lawley, Baroness Wraxall, OBE, RRC on 21 Jul 1927 in St Margaret's, Westminster, London. Ursula (daughter of Arthur Lawley, 6th Baron Wenlock and Annie Allen Cunard, Baroness Wenlock, GBE) was born on 8 Jun 1888 in Fulford, Yorkshire; died on 16 Oct 1979 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; was buried on 20 Oct 1979 in All Saint's Church, Wraxall, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Santa Fe, Argentina
• Baptism: 8 Nov 1874, Wraxall, Somerset
• Residence: 1881, Wraxall, Somerset
• Residence: 1891, Wraxall, Somerset
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Clyst St Mary, Devon
• Arrival: 1 Dec 1960, London

Notes:

2nd son of Antony Gibbs of Tyntesfield. Baptised 8 November 1874 at Wraxall, Somerset. Educated at Eton College, 1888-92; matric. Cambridge (Trinity Hall) 1893; BA 1897.

Tenant of his brother George from 1899 of Pytte, Clyst St. George. In the firm of Antony Gibbs & Sons in the City of London 1898-9. Partner from 1899 in Milford Snow & Co. (The City Bank) Exeter, since united with Sanders & Co. (The Exeter Bank) later the National Provincial Bank, Ltd., of which he was a local director. Among many other official occupations in Devon, member of The Tuckers' Hall, Exeter, from 1906, President for 1912. President of Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital 1923-5. Treasurer from 1930. Chairman of St. Thomas' (Exeter) District Council and Chairman of St. Thomas' Guardians' Committee. Member of the Devon County Council and of the Devon Standing Joint Committee; Treasurer of the Board of Finance of Diocese of Exeter to July 1930, vice-Chairman from July 1930; Treasurer of the East Devon Hunt, and of sundry other institutions. Chairman of the Devon and Exeter Dispensary, 1909, of the West of England Institution for the Blind, 1912, and of the Devon and Exeter Institution, 1929. A Justice of the Peace for Devon from 1922. A Trustee of St. Michael's Home, Cheddar. Member of the Carlton Club from 1913.

2nd Lieut. North Somerset Yeomanry, 1895; Lieut., December 1898; Captain 1904; Major, June 1912. Coronation Medal of King Edward VII, 1903. Territorial Decoration, 1915. In the Great War served with the North Somerset Yeo., 4 August 1914 to Mar. 1917, and was in France with them 2 November 1914 to May 1915, the Regt. being part of the 6th Cavalry Brig, of 3rd Cav. Division under Major General The Hon. Julian Byng now Lord Byng of Vimy. In command of 3rd N. Som. Yeo. at Bath May 1915-March 1917; on Quarter Master General's Staff of Southern Command at Salisbury May 1917 to end of the War. Medals of the War, 1914 Star, British War Medal, Allies' (Victory) Medal.

He was a proficient carpenter, electrician and mechanic, turning articles in ivory and wood on his lathe, an art he had learned from his father. In 1923 he made a gavel and block to be used by the Chairman of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital Committee. The gavel is still in the possession of the Hospital and is stamped "A. H. Gibbs 1923, R.D.E.H. Fecit". During the Second World War he became an Air-raid Warden and was given the Defence Medal at the end of the war.
Clyst St. George Church. (Extract from A. Hubert Gibbs obituary in the Express and Echo and Western Morning News, 31 July 1957). "After the destruction of the church by enemy action in 1940, it was rebuilt thanks to his untiring energy and patience, in a style which has won warm approval by its beauty and comfort. In this cause he obtained grants and raised funds, chose the best architect and builders available, and selected the most suitable designs for the lovely east and west windows. He was also the prime mover in the erection of the Parish Hall, of which he was a trustee and the first chairman." It is believed that this church was the first in England to be destroyed in the Second World War (by incendiaries). With his own hands he salvaged the two oldest Gibbs' memorials: to John Gibbe, 1592 (brass); and to George Gibbs (stone), 1692, which he put in a wheelbarrow and reassembled in a cow shed at Pytte, where it remained until the rebuilding in 1950, when it was put together again (not quite complete) by Herbert Read. The church was re-dedicated on 4 July 1952. Architects: Nicholson & Rushton, Lincolns Inn; Builders, Dart & Francis Ltd., Crediton; Windows (east and west), by Hugh Easton, London. Bells: recast and rehung by Hughes & Stainbank of Whitechapel, London.
The Reredos and Bosses were the gift of William Otter Gibbs from Barrow Court oratory.

There is a memorial to Hubert, Mercy and their son Evan in the form of altar rails by Herbert Read, 1948, and altar rail gates by Herbert Read (son) 1961.

Portraits: Pastel by H.M. Heaton last in possession of his son Antony; one by E. Clifford (1878) was in possession of Lord Wraxall in 1930.

Antony married Mary Mercy Llewellyn on 18 Oct 1899 in Burrington, Devon. Mary (daughter of Evan Henry Llewellyn and Mary Blanche Somers) was born on 26 Jun 1875 in Langford Court, Burrington, Somerset; died on 16 Jan 1956 in Pytte, Clyst St George, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: May 1876, Paddington, London
• Residence: 1881, Wraxall, Somerset
• Residence: 1891, Wraxall, Somerset
• Residence: 1901, Paddington, London
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Thornbury, Gloucestershire

Notes:

1st daughter of Antony Gibbs of Tyntesfield. Baptised in May 1876 at St. Michael's, Paddington.

Portrait, aged 6 (1882) by W. Walker; Portrait (1878) by E. Clifford, see Lord Wraxall, both last in possession of Lord Wraxall.

Albinia married Richard Alexander Bennett on 2 Dec 1899 in Wraxall, Somerset. Richard (son of Rev. Alexander Sykes Bennett and Jessie Payne) was born on 12 Dec 1872 in Bournemouth; died on 16 Jul 1951. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Dec 1877, Paddington, London
• Residence: 1881, Wraxall, Somerset
• Residence: 1891, Wraxall, Somerset

Notes:

7th Hussars. 3rd son of Antony Gibbs of Tyntesfield. Baptised at St. Michael's, Paddington. Educated at Eton College 1891-6; matric. Oxford (Magdalen College) 1896; 3rd class law and BA 1899.

2nd Lieut. 7th Hussars, February, and Lieut., November 1900. In the South African (Boer) War, served 1901-2 with 7th Hussars in operations in Cape Colony, Orange River Colony and Transvaal; awarded Queen's Medal, with five clasps. Captain, Ap. 1907. Seconded to be Brigade Major of Eastern Mounted Brigade (Territorial) March 1913-March 1916. In the Great War, served in Gallipoli (Anzac) October-December 1915: in Egypt December 1915-October 1916 (Staff Officer, Western Defence Force; Brigade Major, Coastal Area): in France, October-December 1917, as Major, 12th Battalion Yorkshire Regt.; in Mesopotamia Ap. 1918-Ap. 1919 with 7th Hussars and in command of them from September 1918. Wounded at Shergat, nr. Mosul, 28 October 1918. Awarded 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Allies' (Victory) War Medal: Croix de Guerre (avec palme): mentioned twice in despatches (1916 and 1919). Lieut.-Colonel 1919, and in the Regular Army Reserve of Officers from 1920. One of the Exons of the King's Bodyguard of Yeomen of the Guard from 1926.

Portrait: In Yeoman of the Guard's Uniform last in possn. of his wife Ruby Mable Brassey.

Birth:
16 Hyde Park Gardens

Died:
Severalls

William married Ruby Mabel Brassey on 22 Jul 1911 in Knightsbridge, London. Ruby (daughter of Henry Arthur Brassey and Anna Harriet Stevenson) was born on 10 Oct 1887 in Preston Hall, Kent; died on 30 Jun 1981. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 28 Jan 1880, Paddington, London
• Residence: 1891, Wraxall, Somerset; Age: 11; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1901, Paddington, London
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Windsor, Berkshire

Notes:

Baptised 28 January 1880 at St. Michael's, Paddington. Educated at Eton College, 1892-7 and Royal Military college, Sandhurst, 1898-9. Died at Estcourt Grange, Gloucestershire, 11th and buried 13th October at Shipton Moyne, Glos. Memorial there.

2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards, January 1900. Lieut. November 1901. Served in the South African (Boer) War in operations in Cape Colony July 1901 to May 1902, and was awarded the Queen's medal with three clasps. Adjutant 3rd Battalion Coldstream Gds., Ap. 1904-Ap. 1907. Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India (Earl of Minto) Sep. 1907-June 1910. Captain January 1910.

Acting A.D.C. to Field Marshal Lord Kitchener at the Coronation of King George V, 1911.

In the Great War he served in France and Belgium in 1914. Captured at Gheluvelt 29 October 1914, he was kept a prisoner of war at Stralsund, Heidelburg, Holzminden, Freiberg, etc., in Germany, was transferred to and interned in Holland, Feb., 1918, and was released 12 Jan. 1919. Awarded Military Cross 1920, 1914 Star, British War Medal, Allies' (Victory) Medal. Major 1915, Lieut. Colonel Ap. 1919, Col. Oct. 1924. Commanded 1st Battalion Coldstream Gds., 1920-21. Commanded 129th (S. Wessex) Infantry Brigade (Territorial) 1928-30. In command of Coldstream Guards Regt. and Regtl. District from Aug. 1930.

Lived from 1927 at Estcourt Grange, Tetbury, Glos. Portrait of himself (as a Russian) and one of his wife (with four dogs) last in possession of David Evelyn Gibbs.

Birth:
16 Hyde Park Gardens

Died:
Estcourt Grange

John married Her Serene Highness Helena Frances Augusta Cambridge, Princess of Teck on 2 Sep 1919 in Windsor, Berkshire. Helena (daughter of 1st Marquess of Cambridge, Duke of Teck, Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislaus and Marchioness of Cambridge Margaret Evelyn Grosvernor) was born on 23 Oct 1899 in Grosvenor House,Westminster,London,England; died on 22 Dec 1969 in Badmington, Gloucestershire; was buried in Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 Oct 1881, Wraxall, Somerset
• Residence: 1891, Wraxall, Somerset
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire-East Riding, England; Age: 28; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 1952, Chelsea, London

Notes:

In the Great War she worked in 1916 in the Nunthorpe Hospital, York, as member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment of the Red Cross Society. In 1930 was on the Archbishop of Canterbury's committee for entertaining the Bishops attending the Lambeth Conference. From 1930 was Hostess for the Girls' Diocesan Association at many of their week-ends over the following years. While at Windsor became Chairman of the Townswomen's Guild. During the Second World War worked with the Red Cross 'Parcels for Prisoners of War', and developed a fellowship of relatives and friends of prisoners of war with A.S.C. in Windsor.

Anstice married Rev. Canon Arthur Stafford Crawley on 16 Jun 1903 in Wraxall, Somerset. Arthur (son of George Baden Crawley and Eliza Inez Hulbert) was born on 18 Oct 1876 in Tressady, Sutherland, Scotland; died on 8 Oct 1948 in Clewer, Berkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Santa Marta, San German, Puerto Rico, USA
• Departure: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Bombay
• Destination: Morocco
• Baptism: 15 May 1887, Wraxall, Somerset
• Residence: 1891, Wraxall, Somerset
• Arrival: 27 Apr 1911, New York, USA
• Departure: 28 Mar 1929, London
• Arrival: 26 Apr 1929, London

Notes:

Her husband's first cousin, 3rd daughter of Antony Gibbs of Tyntesfield. Baptised 15 May 1887 at Wraxall, Somerset.

Assistant Commandant of Red Cross Hospital
Chippenham, 1917-18. On the Rural District Council of Long Ashton, Somerset, from 1925; on the Board of Guardians of same, 1925-30; Vice-Chairman of Guardians Area Committee from 1930. Member of Somerset County Nursing Assn. since 1929; on the Exec. Committee of Somerset Federation of Women's Institutes from 1924 (Vice-Chairman, 1929-30); a Trustee of St. Michael's Home aforesaid from 1929; member of Council of St. Monica Home of Rest afsd. President of the Clevedon Branch of Somerset Welfare of Women and Girls.

Travelled round the world, 1910; S. America, 1911; India and Canada, 1912.

1938 First County Commandant A.T.S. for Somerset. During the Second World War, Barrow Court became a convalescent hospital for soldiers (1940) under the Red Cross and she was the Commandant. In 1947 Barrow Court was let to the combined Dioceses of Bath and Wells, Gloucester and Bristol, as an adjunct of Fishponds St. Matthias' Diocesan Training College for church school teachers, and she and her husband bought Attadale in Wester Ross, where they lived until 1952, and thereafter at South Cerney, Glos.

After her husband's death in 1960, she moved to Sheldon Manor and lived in the converted outbuildings.

Portraits: min. by Cosway Co. (1911); oil (1930) by T. Binney Gibbs, both last in possession of her son Major Antony Gibbs

Birth:
Charlton

Janet married Lieut. Colonel William Otter Gibbs on 23 Feb 1915 in St. Michael's, Star Street, Paddington. William (son of Henry Martin Gibbs, High Sheriff, Somerset and Emily Anna Otter) was born on 13 Sep 1883 in Clifton, Gloucestershire; died on 22 Mar 1960; was buried in Mar 1960 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Shanghai, China
• Baptism: 22 Jan 1890, Wraxall, Somerset
• Residence: 1891, Wraxall, Somerset
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Windsor, Berkshire
• Arrival: 8 Mar 1928, San Francisco, California, USA
• Residence: 1931, St Marylebone, London

Notes:

7th son of Antony Gibbs of Tyntesfield. Baptised 22 January 1890 at Wraxall, Somerset. Educated at Eton College 1902-8. Buried at Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire.

2nd Lieut. Somerset Light Infantry 1908; 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards December 1910, Lieut. July 1913. Coronation medal of King George V, 1911. In the Great War: Served in France, August 1914 till 1919. Adjutant, 2nd Battalion Coldstream Gds., November 1914-April 1916. Temporary Captain December 1914-July 1915. Captain July 1915. Staff Captain 1st Guards Brigade April-November 1916. Acting Lieut.-Col. in command of 2nd Battn. Coldstream Gds. November 1916-March 1917. Acting Major March-May 1917 and December 1917 to February 1918. General Staff Officer (3rd Grade) Guards Division, February to April 1918. Brigade Major 140th Infantry Brigade April 1918 to February 1919. General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (Intelligence) in British section of the Supreme War Council at Versailles February to June, 1919. Military Cross 1916 and bar 1917. Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, 1918. Mentioned four times in Despatches. Awarded 1914 Star, British War Medal, Allies' (Victory) Medal. After the War Adjutant 3rd Battn. Coldstream Gds. June to November 1919. General Staff Officer, 2nd grade, London District, December 1921 to August 1922. Aide de Camp to Lord Rawlinson, the Commander-in-Chief in India, November 1922 to March 1925, and awarded the North West Frontier Medal and one clasp in the Waziristan campaign. Second in command of 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards when part of the Shanghai Defence Force, 1927-28. Commanded the British troops in Paris for Marshal Foch's Funeral, 1929. Lieut. Colonel December 1930, in command of 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards until 1934. A.A.G. War Office, 1934-38; retired pay 1938; Brigadier i/c Administration, London District 1939-45; reverted to retired pay 1945; recalled War Office in connection with Victory March, January-July 1946; reverted to retired pay 1946. Jubilee Medal 1937. Coronation Medal 1953 Coronation. Gentleman at Arms Her Majesty's Bodyguard.

Portrait by Marientrau, at Braishfield.

Lancelot married Marjory Florence Maxwell on 10 Jul 1929 in Westminster, London. Marjory (daughter of Sir Arthur Kenis Maxwell, Baron Farnham and Aileen Selina Purdon Coote) was born on 24 Apr 1906 in Dublin, Ireland; died on 5 May 1939. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lancelot married Diana Primrose Quilter on 25 Feb 1942 in Westminster, London, and was divorced in 1945. Diana (daughter of Percival Cuthbert Quilter and Gladys Clare Alice Tudway) was born on 9 Jan 1916 in St George Hanover Square, London; died on 4 Aug 2011 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 31 1901, Sholden, Kent; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Baptism: 15 Apr 1868, England
• Residence: 2 Apr 1871, Wraxall, Somerset; Relation to Head of House: Grandson
• Residence: 1881, Mortlake, Surrey
• Residence: 5 Apr 1891, London; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Departure: Mar 1897, South Africa
• Arrival: 11 May 1897, England
• Residence: 1901, Sholden, Kent; Age: 33; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 2 1911, Henlow Grange, Henlow, Bedfordshire

Notes:

Educated at Winchester College, 1882-3; matric. at Oxford (Christ Church) 1887, BA and 3 Cl. History 1891. Died at his flat in London 2nd and was buried 6 March 1926 at Henlow, Bedfordshire where was his residence (Henlow Grange) since 1908. Memorial Inscription in Henlow churchyard. Will dated 15 March 1924, proved 23 July 1926.

Partner in Thomson Hankey and Co. merchants in the City of London, 1896-1926, and head of the firm for some years up to his death.

Director of the Indemnity Assurance Corporation, 1900-26 (chairman 1925-26). He had two sons and a daughter; his eldest son Christopher William Gurney was a partner in Thomson Hankey & Co. until his death. Christopher married Joan Doris Grenfell (see Burke's Peerage}, who was active in Women's Institutes and W.R.V.S. during World War II.

They had two sons and a daughter; their eldest son Timothy was a Director of Thomson Hankey & Co. from 1947-76; their second son Jeremy was an Underwriting Agent in Price Forbes, Insurance Brokers; and their daughter Gillian married and emigrated with her husband to Ontario, Canadain 1948 (living 1980). Both sons are married and living.

Cyril Gurney's daughter Alice was active in Women's Institute and Village Produce Association and died unmarried in 1969; his second son, John, was a student Land Agent when he died (1924).

Cyril married Margaret Evelyn Trotter in 1894 in St. Peter's, Eaton Square, Westminster, London. Margaret (daughter of William Trotter and Mary Isabel Davies) was born in Apr 1869 in St George Hanover Square, London; died on 4 Jan 1958 in 41 Sydney Building, Bath, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 Sep 1883, Gloucestershire

Notes:

Baptised 19 September 1883 at St. Paul's, Clifton. Educated at Eton College 1896-1901 (Miss Evans' house) and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 1901-2. Buried at Barrow Gurney. Memorial Inscription there.

2nd Lieut. 10th Prince of Wales' Own Hussars, November 1902; Lieut., June 1904; Capt., October 1907; Major, February 1915. Retired, Sep. 1919, with rank of Lieut. Col. joining the Reserve of Officers. Brevet Col, Mar. 1932. In command of 5th Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry from 1928. Member of the Somerset Territorial Association from 1928. Was with his Regiment in India at Mhow, 1903-6, at Rawal Pindi,1906-12. In India played for his Regiment in the winning team in inter-regimental polo matches, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912. Durbar Medal (1912). Attached to the Egyptian Army, June 1912-June1914 (Khor Shambat and Shendi).

In the Great War was in operations in France and Belgium, 1914-18; he embarked for France 11 Aug. 1914, attached to Headquarters 3rd Cavalry Brigade; joined 18th Hussars 3 Sep., and rejoined 10th Hussars, 20 October Wounded 1 Nov. at the 1st Battle of Ypres near Hooge, he rejoined from England, 12 March 1915. Wounded again at the 2nd Battle of Ypres near Potije, he returned to France 19 August 1915. At various times, 1915-18, was Acting Lieut. Col. 10th Hussars. Seconded to Tank Corps, 9 June 1918. Slightly wounded again, 23 August 1918, but remained on duty. His war service ended with a fourth wound suffered 17 October l918 near Vaud Audigny. (Mentioned in Despatches, Gazette, May 1917. Medals, 1914 Star; British War Medal; Allies' (Victory) Medal.

Member of Somerset County Council from 1922. Justice of the Peace for Somerset (Long Ashton petty sessional division) from 1924. Succeeded his father as owner of the Manor and Advowson of Barrow Gurney. Fellow of SS. Mary and Nicolas afsd. 1924-30. Fellow of SS. Mary and Andrew afsd. from 1927. A Trustee of St. Michael's Home afsd. (Chairman from 1928). An original member (1923) of the Council of St. Monica's Home of Rest at Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol. Deputy Lieut. Somerset, 1935; High Sheriff, 1936; Hon. Col. 5th Battalion Somerset L.I. 1936; A.D.C. to The King, 1938.

His residences since marriage: 6 Evelyn Gardens, Kensington, 1915; Down Ampney House, Glos., 1916-17; Sheldon Manor, Chippenham, Wilts., 1917-23 (still owned); The Home Farm, Barrow Gurney, 1923-28; Barrow Court from 1928.

Portraits: by J. C. Horsley, R.A. (1886); by G. Anderson (1905); by Francis Crawley-Boevey; min. by Miss Hall; oil by T. Binney Gibbs (1930) no relation, last all in possession of his son Martin Antony Gibbs, except the one by Anderson (destroyed).

Birth:
43 Alma Road

William married Janet Blanche Gibbs on 23 Feb 1915 in St. Michael's, Star Street, Paddington. Janet (daughter of Antony Gibbs, of Tyntesfield and Janet Louisa Merivale) was born on 15 Apr 1887 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 4 Jun 1974 in Chippenham, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Dec 1885, Barrow Gurney, Somerset
• Residence: 1891, London
• Residence: 1901, Eton, Buckinghamshire; Boarder

Notes:

3rd son of Henry Martin Gibbs of Barrow Court. Baptised 25 December 1885 at Barrow Gurney. Educated at Eton College 1899-1904; matric. Oxford (Magdalen College) October 1906; BA 1909, MA 1921. A pupil of Budd Johnson & Jecks, Solicitors in City of London 1909-11. A student at Wells Theological College 1911-12 and at Farnham Theological College 1912.

Deacon 1913; Priest 1914 (Southwark); Curate of Lambeth 1913-16 and 1919-20; Rector of Walkern, Herts, from 1922. In the Great War was a Chaplain to the Military Forces 1916-19 (in France, Spring to Nov. 1916 and Oct. 1917 to Oct. 1918; in North Russia two months in the summer of 1919). Wounded twice (16 Nov. 1916, near Beaumont Hamel; in Oct. 1918, near Caudry). Military Cross and bar to the same (both earned in 1918). British War Medal, Allies (Victory) Medal. Hon. Chaplain to the Forces 1921.

Portraits: by F. Crawley-Boevey (1895); by Ogilvie (1916); and a miniature (artist unknown); (last 2 in possession of his son Major Henry Francis Gibbs).

Francis married Agnes Mary Denise Ruddock on 27 Jun 1923 in Ardeley, Hertfordshire. Agnes (daughter of Mark Ernest Ruddock, (Rev) and Annie Josphine Scott) was born on 9 Oct 1893 in Ardeley, Hertfordshire; died on 24 Jul 1978 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire; was buried in Jul 1978 in Ampney St Peter, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Liverpool, Lancashire
• Baptism: 28 Dec 1889, Paddington, London; St Michael's
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Gloucestershire
• Arrival: 13 May 1912, New York, USA

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.

Birth:
16 Hyde Park Gardens,

Guy married Margaret Olivia St. John on 6 Aug 1914 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset. Margaret (daughter of Henry Percy St John and Maude Louise Glyn) was born on 3 Jun 1890 in Westminster, London; died on 29 Sep 1964 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire; was buried in Barrow Gurney, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Aug 1891, Barrow Gurney, Somerset
• Residence: 1901, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire; Relation to Head of House: Son
• 1911 Census: 2 Apr 1911, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire; Age: 19; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Notes:

6th son of Henry Martin Gibbs. Baptised 4 August 1891 at Barrow Gurney. Educated at Eton College, 1904-9; matric. Oxford (Magdalen College) October 1910.

Entered Antony Gibbs & Sons, 1912; joined Gibbs & Co., Chile, 1914, but returned on outbreak of the Great War. Re-entered A. Gibbs & Sons, 1919, and joined Gibbs, Bright & Co., Australia in the same year; resigned in 1923. Partner from 1928 in Lamb & Gold, stockjobbers in the City of London. 2nd Lieut. North Somerset Yeomanry (Territ.), Oct. 1912; Lieut., 1915; Captain, 1916; Retired, 1919. In the Great War served in France with N. Som. Yeo., Sept. 1914 to May 1915; and August 1916 to April 1918; and with the 7th Dragoon Guards, April 1918, till end of the War. Despatches, 14 January 1915; 1914 Star, British War Medal, Allies' (Victory) Medal. He was a Trustee of St. Michael's Home, in Cheddar, and Treasurer of St. Peter's Home, Kilburn. In the Second World War he was a Lt. Col. in the Military Police in India.
Residences: Bush Hall, Hatfield, Herts., 1924-28; Benhay, Little Gaddesden, Herts., from 1928; later at Church Farm, South Marston and The Manor House at Woodmancote.

Portraits: by G. Anderson (1900); by Ogilvie (1915); by F. Crawley-Boevey at Sheldon Manor last in possession Martin A. Gibbs; and a min. by Miss Hall; all four were in possn. of his brother William in 1932.

Ralph married Dorothy Elizabeth Houldsworth on 5 Aug 1915 in St Saviour, Chelsea, London. Dorothy (daughter of William Thomas Houldsworth, Rev. and Eulalie Venables) was born on 13 Feb 1894 in 1 Mansfield Street, St Marylebone, London; died on 9 Mar 1951 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Destination: Kilindini, Mombasa, Coast, Kenya
• Residence: 1901, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire; Age: 8; Relation: Son
• Departure: 4 Mar 1921, London
• Arrival: 18 Feb 1923, New York, USA
• Arrival: 19 Apr 1923, Southampton, Hampshire
• Arrival: 23 Sep 1923, New York, USA
• Residence: 1926-1927, 41 York Terrace, St. Marylebone, London
• Residence: From 1928, Thornhill House, Kington Lisle, Berkshire
• Death: 25 Dec 1940, Brighton, Sussex

Notes:

7th son of Henry Martin Gibbs of Barrow Court. Baptised 26 February 1893 at Barrow Gurney. Educated at Eton College, 1906-12; matric. Oxford (Christ Church) October 1912.

Master of the Beagles at Eton in 1912 and at Christ Ch. Oxford, 1913. 2nd Lieut., North Somerset Yeomanry (Territ.) November 1912; Lieut. 1917; retired 1919. In the Great War served in France and Belgium October 1914 to May 1915; lost his left arm as the result of wound suffered at Ypres on 13 May 1915; Aide-de-Camp May to November 1918 to Major General Gorringe commanding 47th Divn. in France. Despatches 14 January 1915. 1914 Star. British War medal. Allies (Victory) medal.

Farming in Kenya from 1920 to 1929. Founded Kenya Coffee Co. in London 1921. A Trustee of St. Michael's Home in Cheddar. Portrait: min. by Gertrude Thomson last in possession of Rothesay Timothy Gibbs.

Lionel married Mary Charlesworth on 1 Jul 1925, and was divorced in 1932. Mary (daughter of Albany Hawke Charlesworth and Eleanor Charlotte Bayley) was born in Jan 1904 in Park Steet, Westminster, London; died in Dec 1962 in Staincross, Yorkshire West Riding. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lionel married Elizabeth Sonia Snagge on 1 Nov 1933 in Long Ashton, Somerset. Elizabeth (daughter of Harold Edward Snagge and Inez Alfreda Lubbock) was born in 3 1910 in Kensington, London; died on 30 Oct 1959 in Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Dec 1894, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
• Residence: 1901, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire

Notes:

2nd daughter of Henry Martin Gibbs of Barrow Court. Baptised 2 December 1894 in the parish church at Down Ampney.

In the Great War she worked in the kitchens of two hospitals, and, for some months from January 1919, in the American Young Men's Christian Assn. at Aix les Bains, Min. by Miss Hall last in possession of her son Peter Tremayne Miles.

Memorial service held at Poulton 22 September 1979.

Birth:
Down Ampney House

Mary married Lieut. Colonel Edward William Tremayne Miles, MC on 9 Aug 1923 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset. Edward (son of Lieut. Frederick Tremayne Miles and Anna Coralia Sellar) was born on 25 Jan 1884 in Chelsea, London; died on 22 Sep 1943 in Chippenham, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born 17 September 1913. Baptised privately at Tyntesfield and received into the Church 29 November 1913 at Wraxall.

Portraits: min. in diamond locket (1916), min. by M. R. (1917), water colour drawing aged 4, portrait by W. R. Symonds (1917), min. by Miss E. C. Brisley full length (1925); were all five in possn. of Lord Wraxall in 1930.

Last address: Villa Villetri, Vallee des Vaux, St. Helier, Jersey, C.I.

Doreen married Charles Bathurst Norman on 12 Nov 1937 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset. Charles (son of Harry Bathurst Norman, Rev.) was born on 14 Jan 1904; died on 13 Jan 1979 in St John's, Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Aug 1929, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset
• Occupation: Between 1982 and 1986; Vice Marshal, The Diplomatic Corps

Notes:

Baptised 13 August 1929 in the chapel at Tyntesfield. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, BA (1952), MA (1965). ARCM (1953).

2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards 1948-49; Foreign Service London, 1954-55 (3rd Secretary); Bangkok 1955-57 (3rd Secretary); London 1957-59; Rio de Janeiro 1959-63 (2nd Secretary); Attached British Military Government, Berlin 1966-68 (1st Secretary); Vienna 1968-71 (1st Secretary); Caracas 1971-74; Royal College of Defence Studies 1974. London, 1975-77 (Counsellor). Paris, 1977- (Counsellor and Consul General).

Clubs: Brooks, Pratts, Beefsteak.

Address: Coddenham House, Ipswich, Suffolk.



Eustace Hubert Beilby Gibbs, 3rd Baron Wraxall, KCVO, CMG (3 July 1929 – 17 May 2017), was a British diplomat and hereditary peer who succeeded his brother, Richard Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall, on 19 July 2001. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustace_Gibbs,_3rd_Baron_Wraxall

Eustace married Evelyn Veronica Scott on 23 Oct 1957 in Westminster, London. Evelyn (daughter of Sydney Keith Scott and Enid Ursula Moore) was born on 9 Sep 1935 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India; died on 14 Dec 2003 in Gipping, Suffolk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eustace married Caroline Mary Burden on 8 Jul 2006. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Feb 1901, Wraxall, Somerset
• Arrival: 4 Feb 1925, London

Notes:

1st daughter of Antony Hubert Gibbs. Baptised 24 Feb 1901 at Wraxall, Somerset.Married 16 Sept. 1925 at Clyst St. George. d 19 Feb 1977 and bur. in Finchampstead ch yd.

Before marriage was President of Girls' Exeter Diocesan Assoc., Scoutmaster of Boy Scouts and Captain of Girl Guides. 1925-75 On Committee of Florence Nightingale Hospital for Gentlewomen in Lisson Grove, London. 1935-39 Active with Roehampton Conservative Assn. and 1945-77 with Crowthorne Conservative Assn. (Chairman, Women's Committee). Chairman and President, Crowthorne Girl Guides.

There are three Memorials to her at Crowthorne, Berkshire. 1. Flowering Cherry Tree donated by Crowthorne Girl Guides, planted 19 Feb. 1978 by her son William, in Crowthorne Churchyard; 2. Elaine Edgedale Silver Cup for Crowthorne children's Spring Bulb Competition, 1st awarded 18 Feb. 1978; 3. Elaine Edgedale Memorial Rose Bowl for Best Kept Garden in Crowthorne, 1st awarded 15 July 1978.

Portraits: Pastel as a child by H. M. Heaton; small water colour by unknown artist when about 5 or 6 years old; and an oil painting by unknown artist when about 8 years old. All in the possession of her son Lt. Col. william Richard Edgedale.

Elaine married His Honour Judge Samuel Richard Edgedale, QC on 16 Sep 1925 in Clyst St George, Devon. Samuel (son of Samuel Sidebottom and Maude Peternel Richards) was born on 23 May 1897 in Castleton, Lancashire; died on 5 Apr 1966 in Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, Berkshire; was buried in Apr 1966 in Finchampstead, Berkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baptised 21 July 1906 at St. George's, Clyst St. George. Educated at Eton College 1919/24 and Royal Military College, Sandhurst 1925-26. Killed in Action near Dunkirk, 1st June 1940.

2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards 1926; Lieut. 1929, Capt. 1940. Served with the Shanghai Defence Force 1927-28. Resigned from the Army, February 1930 and joined British Shareholders' Trust in the City of London, but remained on the Reserve until re-called to serve in the Second World War. Member of the Stock Exchange, and partner in David A. Sevan, Stockbrokers, from 1933-39. He was killed on June 1st 1940 while commanding No. 1 Company, 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, at Hondeschoote, six miles behind Dunkirk while forming the rear guard of the B.E.F. He was buried by the villagers and afterwards buried by the War Graves Commission in Warhem Cemetery near Dunkirk. He is mentioned in the following books: "Fight Another Day" by J. M. Langley, published by Collins, 1974;
"No Dishonourable Name" by D. C. Quilter, published by Clowes, 1947; "The Coldstream Guards 1920-1946" by Michael Howard and John Sparrow, pub. by The Oxford University Press, 1951.

Portrait as a child in pastel by H. M. Heaton in possession of grandson Patrick Gibbs.

Died:
Killed in Action

Evan married Monica Elizabeth Wyldbore-Smith on 28 Apr 1930 in Westminster, London. Monica (daughter of Sir Edmund Charles Wyldbore-Smith and Evadne Maude Kellett) was born on 29 Sep 1900 in Lonsdale, Kyle, Wexforth; died on 8 Jul 1973 in Winchester, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Dec 1909, Clyst St George, Devon

Notes:

2nd son. Baptised 3 December 1909 at Clyst St. George. Educated at Stowe School 1922-26.

Joined Supplementary Reserve of Officers of Coldstream Guards, 1930. In the office of Price Waterhouse & Co. (Accountants) in the City of London, 1931. In the office of H. C. Sevan (Insurance Brokers) in the City of London 1934-39.

Served with the Coldstream Guards during the Second World War. Served with 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards in France 1939-40. Personal Assistant to Gen. Sir Charles Loyd, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., D.S.O., M.C., who was Chief of the General Staff, Home Forces 1941-42, and A.D.C. to General Lloyd when he became G.O.C. in C. Southern Command 1942-43. Adjutant to 6th Bn. from May 1943 until it was disbanded. Served with 5th Bn. in Guards Armoured Division in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany 1944-45. President Cold- streamers Association, Exeter Branch 1953-63.

On Council of Devon Agricultural Society 1950-63; Vice-President of the Royal Bath & West Agricultural Society; A Trustee of St. Michael's Home, Cheddar, until it became a Cheshire Home; On Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital Management Committee from 1952 until it was disbanded. A member of the Committee of The Royal School for the Deaf in Exeter 1950-63.

Portraits: Pastel by Shirley Fox of Bath, 1916; Pastel by H. M. Heaton; Watercolour by Lambert of Bath. Pastel of Antony Hubert Gibbs by H. M. Heaton and Pastel of Mary Mercy Gibbs, by H. M. Heaton. (all last in his possession). Portrait by John Shirley-Fox RBA (1860-1939) aged six and a half in possession of his son Antony Julian Gibbs.

Antony married June Audrey Chichester on 5 Sep 1939 in St. Mary's, Stoke D'Abernon, Surrey. June (daughter of John Reginald Chichester and Audrey Geraldine Chapman) was born on 23 Jul 1918 in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire; died in Dec 2006 in Fullerton, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Jul 1918, Salisbury, Wiltshire

Notes:

3rd daughter. Baptised 25 July 1918 in Salisbury Cathedral. Educated at St. Margaret's School, Exeter, Baronne de Parrel, London and Mlle Du Vernet, Paris.

Before the Second World War ran the Clyst St. George Girl Guides. In 1935 joined the V.A.D. and nursed troops for five years during the War. Sometime member of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Boys' Club; Prisoners Aid; Ladies Rifle Brigade Guild; Women's Institute, Parochial Church Council. Member W.R.V.S. (Meals on Wheels). Vice-President/Chairman Wherwell Conservative Association.

Hobbies include: gardening, wild birds, farmyard fowls, dogs and cats, cooking and grandchildren.

Portrait as a child in pastel by H. M. Heaton, last in own possession.

Pamela married Major Charles Henry Liddell, MC, JP on 10 Mar 1944. Charles (son of Lt Col Geoffrey William Liddell and Mary Sophia Liddell) was born on 2 Jul 1917 in Farnham, Surrey; died on 25 Sep 1998 in Winchester, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 13 Oct 1900, Wraxall, Somerset

Notes:

1st son. Baptised 13 October 1900 at Wraxall, Somerset. Educated at Eton College 1913-18 and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 1918-19. Service of Thanksgiving for him at All Saint's, Fleet 12 October 1979.

Nov. 1919 joined King's Royal Rifle Corps (60th Rifles); retired Lieut. Col. 1947. Secretary, Army Rifle Association, 1947-67. President, Aldershot and North Hants. Conservative Association, 1970-78.

Worked for over 20 years for the Riflemen's Aid Society and over 15 years for the Officer's Pension Assn.

Took an active part in all field sports until his death.

1 daughter: Jane Elisabeth Bennett, born 1935. last living at 56 Redcliffe Square, S.W.10.

Alexander married Rosemary Elizabeth Leach on 26 Oct 1933 in Knightsbridge, London. Rosemary (daughter of Commander William Robert Ronald Leach and Gwladys Prudence Graham-Parry) was born on 11 Jan 1908 in Kensington, London; died in May 2000 in North Dorset, Dorset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baptised 20 June 1914.

Sometime member of The Girl Guides Association, British Red Cross Society, English Speaking Union, Thoroughbred Breeders Association (bred thoroughbred race horses for about 7 years after her husband died). W.V.S. (Meals on Wheels), and associated with the Vine Pony Club for about 10 years, firstly as Secretary and then as District Commissioner.

2 sons:

Simon George, born 14 April 1941, Finance Director, married with 1 son.

Martin Richard, born 17 March 1943, Regional Manager, Courages Brewery, married to Vicky with 3 children: (1) Miranda Lucy Cardale, born 8 June 1968 and married on 5 March 1994 to Stuart James Nicholson born on 5 November 1966 with 2 children Olivia Kim Nicholson born 29 January 1998 and Eleanor Lucy Nicholson born on 3 October 2000; (2) George Martin Cardale born on 13 October 1970 and married on 22 August 1998 to Annica Marianne Henning with 2 children Frida Victoria Cardale born on 1 August 2001, Elsa Kirsten Cardale born on 8 October 2004 and Rufus George Cardale born on 22 April 2007; (3) Zara Diana Cardale born on 9 October 1980 and married on 24 September 2011 to Michael James Bailey born on 22 April 1984.

1 daughter; Anstice Mary Blanche, born 30 May 1949, married Andrew Michael Baring. They have three sons and one daughter: (1) Alexander Francis Baring, born 26 July 1976 and married on 24 June 2006 to Carolyn Grace with two children Olivia Cardale born on 6 May 2010 and Charlotte Grace born on 9 December 2012; (2) Edward George Baring, born on 9 January 1980 and married to Katja Guenther on 3 July 2010 with twins Sofie Mary Blanche and Luise Marie born on 8 September 2011; (3) Andrew Thomas Baring born on 9 June 1983 and married to Naomi Hampton on 16 July 2011 with a son Rowan Michael born on 30 September 2012; (4) Rosalind Mary Blanche born on 6 April 1986.

Mary married Alfred George Cardale on 25 Jun 1940 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire. Alfred was born on 2 Nov 1905 in Bromley, London; died on 20 Jul 1967 in Kingsclere, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baptised privately 13 November 1916 and received into Church 21 May 1918.

Member, Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (qualified 1939).

2 daughters: Elizabeth Pamela, born 1950; Janet
Albinia, born 1954, married Douglas George Readings.

Evelyn married Major Richard Percy Scott, (Queens Bays) on 22 Jul 1948. Richard was born on 12 Dec 1904 in Lasborough, Tetbury, Gloucestershire; died on 2 Dec 1970. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 May 1914, St Paul's, Westminster, London

Notes:

1st daughter. Baptised 18 May 1914 at St. Paul's Knightsbridge, Westminster.

Oil portrait by Melton Fisher, R.A. in possession of her daughter Theresa Caroline Mott-Radclyffe; portrait by Richard Marientrau (1952) in possession of her husband Major Sir Charles Mott-Radclyffe.

Diana married Major Sir Charled Edward Mott-Radclyffe, DL on 15 Jun 1940. Charled was born on 25 Dec 1911; died in 1992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire-East Riding, England; Age: 6; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Arrival: 28 Aug 1925, New York, USA
• Departure: 9 Apr 1936, Southampton, Hampshire
• Arrival: 13 Mar 1947, Southampton, Hampshire

Notes:

Baptised at St. Luke's, Chelsea. Educated at Harrow School 1918-22; matric at Oxford (Magdalen College) October 1922; 4th class Honours and BA 1925.

At Harrow he was in the Cricket XI and Rackets Pair 1920-22. Fives Pair 1921 and 1922. Played Rackets and Royal Tennis First string for Oxford 1923-25. At cricket awarded a Harlequin 1925. Joined Messrs. C. T. Bowring & Co. (Insurance) 1925, a Director 1934-67. Consultant 1967-73. Underwriting Member of Lloyds 1927 to date. Amateur Singles Champion of Rackets 1929. Amateur Doubles Champion 1931-1936-1938-1939-1946. Captain of British Rackets Team v. U.S.A. 1947, winning International match, 5-2, in New York, personally successful in Singles and Doubles. Winner of Weston Rackets Doubles Chicago, and Canadian Doubles Montreal 1947. President of Harrow Wanderer's Cricket Club 1965.

1938 Joined Supplementary Reserve of Coldstream Guards, serving 1939-45. A major in Petroleum Warfare Department 1943-45.

Died 10 February 1989.

Children: 4 daughters:

(1) Sarah Veronica, born 1 Jan. 1933, m. Captain Ian Henderson, born 18 October 1918, Royal Horse Guards (died 31 Dec. 1969) and has issue - Shamus Henderson, married to Camilla Carolyn Adams on 31 August 1986 and they have two children James Archie born on 27 January 1988 and Laura Natasha born on 8 February 1990;

(2) Camilla, born 1 March 1936, m. Captain Charles Worthington, Royal Horse Guards, and has issue;

(3) Henrietta Rose, born 4 June 1937, married Captain Thomas Rendall Dunne and has issue, 2 sons and 2 daughters: (1) Nicholas Dunne who married Lady Jasmine Nancy Cavendish in 2003 and they have 3 children: Cosmo Edward Walker Dunne born 30 August 2006, Barnaby William Stoker Dunne born 6 August 2008 and Reggie Thomas Drew Dunne born on 3 October 2010; (2) Philip Martin Dunne (MP) born in 1958 and married to Dominica Margaret Anne Fraser (born in 1960) with issue - Evelyn Anne Margaret born in 1990, Mathilda Rose Phillipa born in 1992, Thomas Hugo Rendel born in 1995 and Edward Cosmo John born in 1998; (3) Camilla Rose Dunne (born in 1960) and who married The Hon. Rupert Soanes OBE (born in 1959) with issue - Arthur Christopher born in 1990, Daisy Blanche Griselda born in 1992 and Jack Winston Thomas born in 1994; and (4) Letitia Anne Dunne (born in 1965).

(4) Rosanna Margaret, born 10 Nov. 1946, married Captain David E. Bulmer and has issue.

Cosmo married Rosemary Christie-Miller on 24 Jul 1930 in Westminster, London. Rosemary (daughter of Sydney Richardson Christie-Miller and Evelyn Norah Vandeleur) was born on 18 May 1907 in London; died on 7 Jun 1999 in Leominster, Herefordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 23 Jun 1906, Benenden, Kent
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire-East Riding, England
• Arrival: 12 Apr 1960, Liverpool, Lancashire

Notes:

Baptised at St. George's, Benenden. Educated at Downe House, Newbury 1921-23 and Paris 1923-24.

District Commissioner Girl Guides in Hertfordshire 1936-41. Chairman St. Audrey's Home (Hertfordshire Society for the Blind) 1946-53.

Janet married Edward Corbet Woodall on 11 Apr 1928 in Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire. Edward (son of Henry Woodall and Bertha Nettlefold) was born on 5 Dec 1903 in Croydon, Surrey; died on 19 May 1972. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire-East Riding, England; Age: 2; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Arrival: 13 Oct 1933, Southampton, Hampshire
• Departure: 27 Apr 1934, Yokohama, Aomori, Japan
• Arrival: 4 May 1934, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
• Arrival: 17 May 1934, Los Angeles, California, USA
• Arrival: 30 Sep 1947, New York, USA

Notes:

Baptised at St. George's, Benenden. Educated at Harrow School 1921-26; matric. at Oxford (Trinity College, History Scholar) October 1926; 2nd class History and BA 1930, MA 1948.

At Harrow he was in the School Cricket XI 1923-26, and the School Racket pair 1925-26; at Oxford in the Cricket XI of the University 1926-30.

Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1936-39. Royal Air Force 1939-47. Balkan Intelligence Service (Assistant Air Attache Belgrade, Sofia, Ankara) 1940. Shot down over Western Desert while commanding 34 (F) Squadron July 1941. Prisoner of War (Germany) 1942-45. Official historian of R.A.F. escape in Germany 1946-47.

M.P. (Labour) N. Bucks. 1945-51. Parliamentary Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Colonies 1945-48. Delegate to the Council of Europe 1949-51. Under Secretary of State, Air Ministry 1950-51. Resigned from Labour Party 1956. M.P. (Cons.) West Derbyshire 1962-68.

1951-54 made documentary films for B.B.C. 1955-56 Founder Editor Independent Television News. 1957-58 Consultant to Thames Television for Intertel programmes. 1958-60, Member of Monckton Commission on Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. 1967 Founder Chairman of London Weekend Television: President 1972-74. Made documentary films in conjunction with E.M.I. Films Ltd. 1975-78.

Publications: Escape from Germany, 1956; De Gaulle, a biography, 1969; The Rise of Western Germany, 1972.

Children: Andrew Hayward, born 21 June 1947; Harriet Spencer, born 10 Sept. 1948; Randall Stafford, born 14 July 1950.



Aidan Merivale Crawley, MBE (10 April 1908 – 3 November 1993) was a British journalist, television executive and editor, and politician. He was a member of both of Britain's major political parties: the Labour Party and Conservative Party, and was elected to the House of Commons as a Labour MP from 1945 to 1951, and as a Conservative MP from 1962 to 1967. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aidan_Crawley

Aidan married Harriet Virginia Spencer Cowles on 30 Jul 1945. Harriet was born on 24 Aug 1910 in Brattleborough, Windham, Vermont, USA; died on 16 Sep 1983 in Biarritz, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baptised at St. Andrew's, Bishopthorpe. Educated privately.

1929-39 Voluntary work, in Guiding and social work as a resident of St. Mildred's House Settlement, Isle of Dogs. 3.1.1939 Military Hospital, Aldershot. Full time mobile V.A.D. 1.10.1941

London University L.S.E. Social Science Diploma and training in Personnel Management. Member of the Institute of Personnel Management. 1943 Women's Employment Officer at High Duty Alloys, Slough. 1945 to Germany as a member of an U.N.R.R.A. team as Chief Welfare Officer in various Displaced Persons Camps. 1950 Member and subsequently Chairman of the Committee for Displaced Persons (Lifeline), (now Ockenden Venture incorporating Lifeline). 1968 Founder/organiser of the Voluntary Workers Bureau for Kensington and Chelsea, and first Chairman.

1972 Initiated and became organiser and first Chairman of the Merital Health Association (MIND) for Kensington and Chelsea. Subsequently President.

Beatrice married Sir Victor Martin Reeves Goodman, KCB, OBE, MC in 1948. Victor was born on 14 Feb 1899; died on 29 Sep 1967. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baptised at St. Andrew's, Bishopsthorpe, York. Educated at Harrow School and Magdalen College, Oxford, 1932-36.

Oxford University Authentics 1933. North Somerset Yeomanry 1938 until demobilisation 1945. Major. T.D. Chairman Wright Dean & Co. Ltd. 1960-79, Lloyds Brokers. Member of Lloyds, elected 1945.

Children: (1) Susanna Janet, born 3 Nov. 1940, married Charles John Swallow and has issue; Charles Aidan Stafford, born 26 Dec. 1945, married Nicola d'Anyers Willis and has issue.

(2) Penelope Anstice, born 23 Sept. 1950, married 18 February 1971 Charles Heneage Finch-Knightley Lord Guernsey (eldest son of 11th Earl of Aylesford) and has issue: 4 daughters and 1 son: (1) Kate born 20 November 1974, married 25 April 2009 Edward Haynes and have two children Jake (born 3 June 2011 and Benjamin (born 28 February 2012), (2) Rachel born 20 November 1974 and married Andrew Cameron-Web on 24 January 2004 and have three children, Zac (born 30 March 2006), Oliver (born 25 July 2008) and Amber (born 27 September 2012); (3) Alexandra born on 5 October 1977 and married on 25 October 2008 to James Dewar-Durie and have one daughter Isla (born 17 January 2012) and one son Robbie Dewar Durie (born on April 28 2014); (4) Laura born on 9 August 1982 and married on 6 February 2010 Jonathan Dick with one daughter Lockie (born 10 December 2012) and one son Dick Fynn Finch (born april 28 2014); (5) James born on 29 April 1989 and married on 23 June 2012 Georgina Harker, and they have one son Alfred (Alfie) Finch Knightley (born September 28 2014).

Clubs: Whites, Pratt's, M.C.C.

Died:
Death Age (est): 75

Kenneth married Mary Pamela Vickers in Jun 1939 in Westminster, London. Mary (daughter of Vincent Cartwright Vickers and Nanette Mary Leslie) was born on 25 Dec 1914 in London; died on 26 Jun 1962 in Kensington, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kenneth married Jane Phoebe Longworth [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Apr 1916, Barrow Gurney, Somerset

Notes:

Major Coldstream Guards (retired 1952). Baptised 6 April 1916 at Barrow Gurney. Educated at Eton College, 1929-34, RMC Sandhurst, 1934-35.

Lived until 1923 at Sheldon Manor, Chippenham, Wilts. At A. C. Huson's House at Eton. Whipper-in to Eton College Beagles.

1936 Lieutenant, Coldstream Guards. In Second World War, Long Range Desert Group, Western Desert of Egypt 1940-41. Taken Prisoner of War at Tobruk (1942), escaped, and recaptured. Captain 1944. H.Q. 201 Guards Brigade 1945. Major 1949; Retired 1953. Colonel Commandant of Wiltshire Army
Cadet Force.

Justice of the Peace, Wiltshire 1966; High Sheriff, Wilts., 1974; Deputy Lieutenant, Wilts., 1977; Member Calne and Chippenham Rural District Council, 1956-77.

Sheldon Manor house and gardens open to the public since 1977.

Portraits: Water colour by Miss Keyes 1922; oil by E. Board 1930, last in his possn.

Martin married Elsie Margaret Mary Hamilton-Dalrymple on 17 Jan 1947 in London. Elsie (daughter of Sir Hew Clifford Hamilton-Dalrymple, 9th Bt of North Berwick and Ann Dorothea Dyce Nicol Thorne) was born on 10 Jun 1922 in Kensington, London; died on 4 Feb 2012. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1968-1994, Braishfield Manor, Paynes Hay Road, Romsey

Notes:

Educated at Eton 1944-49. Coldstream Guards.

After leaving Eton, joined the Coldstream Guards (Commissioned in 1950). Served for two years in North Africa and England, with a further three years on the Reserve. Attended Westminster Abbey as a Gold Staff Officer for the Coronation 1953 (Coronation Medal).

1951-52 worked at Fortnum and Mason. 1952 joined A. W. Bain Sons & Bevan, Insurance Brokers. 1957— Member London Stock Exchange.

In 1968 purchased Braishfield Manor and in 1977 planted a small vineyard which produced for the first time in 1979. Member of English Vineyards Association. Extensively renovated and enlarged the garden which is open to the public in the summer.

Portrait by Marientrau at Braishfield.
Portrait of family by Hugh Powell at Braishfield.

David married Phyllida Lovaine Plowden in 1959 in Hengrave Hall. Phyllida (daughter of Lieut. Colonel Piers Standish Plowden, OBE and Ethel Muriel Cynthia Critchley) was born in 1936; died on 11 Nov 1999 in Swallowcliffe, Salisbury. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1901, Sholden, Kent; Age: 2; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Departure: 11 Jan 1926, Avonmouth, England; Ship "Motagua" with wife & sister

Christopher married Joan Doris Grenfell on 20 Apr 1920 in St George Hanover Square, London. Joan was born in Jul 1895 in Taplow, Buckinghamshire; died on 31 Jan 1958 in Ware, Hertfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baptised at Walkern, Herts on 4 January 1925.

Partner in a Catering Business.

Emily married Captain Van Duzer Burton on 7 Feb 1953. Van (son of Van Duzer Burton and F T Seggerman) was born on 28 Nov 1921 in New York, USA; died on 14 Mar 1982 in Tysoe, Warwickshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Apr 1926, Walkern, Hertfordshire

Notes:

Baptised at The Rectory, Walkern on 4 April 1926. Educated privately. Daughter of Revd. Francis Antony Woodard Gibbs, MC & bar, Vicar of Fairford, Glos.

Justice of the Peace (1969) on the Cirencester Bench. Chairman, Kemble Branch, Royal Women's British Legion; President Cirencester Branch of Glos. Association for the Disabled.

Died 15 April 1992.

Birth:
The Rectory

Anne married Ian Norman Mitchell on 7 Oct 1950 in Fairford, Gloucestershire. Ian (son of Major Alexander Black Mitchell and Vera Margaret Lockett) was born on 17 Apr 1925 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire; died on 4 Jun 2011 in Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Aug 1928, Walkern, Hertfordshire

Notes:

Baptised 5 August 1928 at Walkern. Educated at Eton and RMA Sandhurst.

Regular soldier in Coldstream Guards until 1967. With his wife Janet, took over chair-caning business in 1969 in High Wycombe. Developed their own line of furniture in 1977. Moved the business to Cirencester in 1979 where Janet (4) has a separate chair-caning workshop.

Henry married Patience Janet Rutherford on 29 Mar 1957. Patience (daughter of Alexander John Buckley Rutherford) was born on 12 Aug 1935; died in 2015. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 23 Nov 1915, St. Saviour's, Pimlico, London

Notes:

Baptised 23 November 1915 at St. Saviour's, Pimlico. Educated at Westonbirt, Paris & Florence.

Chairman for many years of Chelsea Branch of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and made an Honorary Member of the Council in 1954 in recognition of services to the cause. Former Chairman of the South Kensington Branch of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund and in 1978 elected a Life Governor for services rendered to the Fund. Author of gardening articles in The Royal Horticultural Society's journal The Garden (Vol. 101, Part 12, December 1976, p. 573-574) and also in House and Garden. She and her husband both enjoy gardening and travelling.

Portrait: Pastel (1926) by Miss Noyes last in own possession.

Anna married Rupert Edward de Zoete on 22 Jun 1940 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Rupert (son of Herman Walter de Zoete and Dorothy Courage) was born on 12 Jun 1913 in Braintree, Essex; died on 29 Jul 1998 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Liverpool, Lancashire
• Arrival: 28 Oct 1946, Quebec, Canada; Age: 29; Ship: Bayano

Notes:

Baptised 15 March 1917 at St. Saviour's, Pimlico. Educated at Eton College.

("Tim"). Served 1939-45 War in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry. Major 1942. Mentioned in Despatches 1941. Wounded at El Alamein and D.S.O. 1942. Lt. Colonel 1951. Brevet Colonel 1955. Colonel and C.B. 1958.

High Sheriff of Gloucestershire 1958. Deputy Lord Lieutenant Wiltshire 1972. Honorary Colonel Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry 1972. Honorary Colonel Royal Yeomanry and Yeomanry Colonel Commandant 1975. Gustos Rotulorum and Lord Lieutenant Gloucestershire 1978. Deputy Chairman Glos. Diocesan Board of Finance; Deputy Chairman Cirencester Bench; Trustee Gloucester Cathedral; Member Cotswold District Council; Chairman Kemble Parish Council and Kemble School. Governor Deer Park School, Cirencester; Chairman Cirencester Benefit Society. Chairman V.W.H. Hunt; Chairman St. Michael's Cheshire Home.

Portrait: Pastel (1926) by Miss Noyes last in own possn.

Clubs. Cavalry and Guards.

Martin married Mary Margaret Mitford on 5 Jul 1947 in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Mary (daughter of Philip Mitford, Lt. Col. and Alice Constance Mary Fowler) was born on 25 Nov 1916 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 24 Mar 2006 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire; was buried in St Andrews Churchyard, Miserden, Stroud, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baptised 24 June 1919 at St. Saviour's, Pimlico. Educated at Westonbirt School.

For several years worked as a V.A.D. for the British Red Cross Society. Lived in Kenya 1951-53. Since leaving Kent in 1966 has worked for the Samaritans. For many years has helped run a Book Shop. Travelled with her husband, visiting Rangoon, Delhi, Berlin and Holland.

Portrait: Pastel (1926) by Miss Noyes last in own possession.

Ursula married Michael Edward Gibb, M.A.S.C.E., M.I.Struct.E., M.A. on 14 Dec 1939 in England. Michael (son of Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Gibb and Leonara Isabella Monteith) was born on 15 Oct 1914; died on 10 Aug 1970 in Watford, Hertfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 31 Jul 1921, Barrow Gurney, Somerset

Notes:

Field Marshal Sir Roland Christopher Gibbs, GCB, CBE, DSO, MC, ADC, (Gen). Baptised 31 July 1921 at Barrow Gurney. Educated at Eton and RMC.

Field Marshal 1979. Served 1939-45 War in North
Africa, Italy and N.W. Europe. On the Staff in Ministry of Defence (1956-59); Washington (1962-63) and Chief of Staff, HQ Middle East (1966-67). Commander: 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1960-62); 16 Parachute Brigade (1963-66); British Forces Persian Gulf (1969-71); 1st British Corps B.A.O.R. (1972-74). Commander in Chief United Kingdom Land Forces (1974-76). Chief of the General Staff (1976-79). Colonel Commandant The Royal Green Jackets and The Parachute Regiment. ADC General to H.M. The Queen (1976-79). M.C. 1942; D.S.O. 1945; C.B.E. 1968; K.C.B. 1972; G.C.B. 1976.

Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire 1980. Regional Director of Salisbury Regional Board of Lloyds Bank Ltd. 1979. A Commissioner of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea (1980).

Portraits: Pastel (1926) by Miss Noyes; by John Ward; by David Morris; last in own possn. By A. C. Davidson-Houston for The Royal Green Jackets.



See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Gibbs

Birth:
Gratwicke Hall

Roland married Davina Jean Merry [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 15 Jul 1919
• Death: 30 Jun 2004, Yorkshire

Notes:

Baptised 15 July 1919 at St. Saviour's, Walton Street, aforesaid.

Buried:
All Saint's Church

Mary married Captain Alexander Somerled Angus Bosville Macdonald of Sleat, ACA on 6 Jun 1946 in Westminster, London. Alexander (son of 15th Baronet Godfrey Middleton Bosville-Macdonald and Rachel Audrey Campbell) was born on 6 Nov 1917 in Sevenoaks, Kent; died on 21 Oct 1958 in York, Yorkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baptised in Sydney, New South Wales 14 November 1921. Educated at Bryanston.

Served 2nd Bn. Scots Guards, 1942-47. Wounded Libya 1943, and then served on Staff. Lived and farmed at Aycote House, Rendcomb, Gloucestershire 1947-58; then at Combend Manor, Elkstone.

Portrait: by F. Cadogan Cowper 1948 at Combend.

Peter married Audrey Mackenzie Hamilton Wills on 4 Dec 1946 in Westminster, London. Audrey (daughter of Frederick Noel Hamilton Wills and Margery Hamilton Fraser) was born on 30 May 1925 in Stroud, Gloucestershire; died on 18 Nov 2013 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baptised 14 May 1927 at North Mymms, Herts.

In Canada during the war. After her return to England did various jobs including hospital library service, housekeeping in the East End for lonely old people.

Susan married Major Richard Culling Carr-Gomm on 21 Oct 1957. Richard (son of Mark Culling Carr-Gomm and Amicia Dorothy Hemming) was born on 2 Jan 1922 in Mancetter, Warwickshire; died on 27 Oct 2008. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 May 1931, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire

Notes:

Baptised 1 May 1931 at Little Gaddesden. Educated at Haileybury and Bishop's College, Cheshunt.

Captain Coldstream Guards, 1949-54. Worked with Antony Gibbs & Sons 1955. Ordained 1958. Curate, Wellington, Somerset 1958. Priest-in-Charge, St. George's, Campden Hill, W.8, 1961. Vicar of Guilsborough with Hollowell and Cold Ashby 1968.

Birth:
Benhay

William married Lady Sarah Kaitlin Bingham, MBE, JP on 17 Jun 1958. Sarah (daughter of 6th Earl of Lucan George Charles Bingham and Baroness Kaitlin Elizabeth Anne Dawson) was born on 5 Sep 1936 in London; died on 28 Sep 2001 in Daventry, Northamptonshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Creaton Lodge, Northampton NN6 8ND
• Baptism: 29 Mar 1927

Notes:

Worked for Ind Coope-Allsopp 1948-56. Joined Vivian Gray 1956-62. Member London Stock Exchange 1958-75. Partner Rowe & Pitman 1965-75. Member of Lloyds, London 1976. Governor St. Andrews Hospital, 1972. Trustee Three Shires Hospital, 1979. Northamptonshire County Councillor 1977-81. District Councillor 1981.
Club: Boodle's

Rothesay married Ann Caroline Bury [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Sandhurst, Berkshire
• Residence: 1628 32nd Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., USA
• Arrival: 7 Jul 1940, New York, USA
• Arrival: 12 Jul 1955, Southampton, Hampshire
• Occupation: 1960, Washington City, District of Columbia, USA; Executive with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Arrival: 23 Apr 1961, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA

Notes:

Served with 9th Queen's Royal Lancers 1948-56.
British Joint Services Mission, Washington D.C. 1953-54; with International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington D.C. USA from 1960.
Club: Turf

Nicholas married Hon. Elizabeth Beatrice Baring [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Destination: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Departure: 2 Aug 1951, London; Age: 27

Notes:

Sir Peter Tremayne Miles KCVO (26 June 1924 – 15 October 2013) was a British Army officer, businessman and courtier in the Household of Elizabeth II.

Miles was born in Long Ashton, Somerset, the son of Lt-Col Edward Miles MC and Mary Gibbs and a descendant of Philip John Miles. He was educated at Eton College before going to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from where he commissioned into the Royal Dragoons on 25 June 1944.[1] He saw active service with the Royal Armoured Corps in the Second World War.

Between 1959 and 1980, Miles worked as the director of Gerrard and Reid Ltd. He subsequently joined the Royal Household, serving as Keeper of the Privy Purse, Treasurer to Elizabeth II and Receiver-General of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1981 and 1987. He was also Secretary of the Royal Victorian Order during the same period. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1986 New Year Honours.[2] He was appointed an Extra Equerry to the Queen in 1988.

He married Philippa Helen Tremlett, daughter of Edmund Bernard Marcellin Tremlett, on 25 July 1956. Together they had three children.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Miles_(courtier)

Birth:
Barrow Court

Peter married Philippa Helen Tremlett on 25 Jul 1956. Philippa (daughter of Edmund Bernard Marcellin Tremlett) was born on 15 Oct 1937; died on 17 Nov 2013. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Heather Katherine Collier [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]