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Sir Thomas Crawley-Boevey, 2nd Baronet of Highgrove

Male 1744 - 1818  (74 years)


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  1. 1.  Sir Thomas Crawley-Boevey, 2nd Baronet of Highgrove was born on 14 Feb 1744 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire; died on 11 Aug 1818 in Flaxley Abbey, Flaxley, Gloucestershire; was buried on 18 Aug 1818 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire.

    Thomas married Anne Savage on 20 Feb 1769 in St Michael, Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Anne (daughter of Rev. Thomas Savage and Eleanor Barrow) was born on 10 Nov 1745; died on 10 Sep 1816 in Gloucestershire; was buried on 17 Sep 1816. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Sir Thomas Crawley-Boevey, 3rd Bart. of Flaxley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Nov 1769 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire; died on 10 Jan 1847 in Flaxley Abbey, Flaxley, Gloucestershire; was buried on 16 Jan 1847 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire.
    2. 3. Rev John Lloyd Crawley-Boevey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Feb 1775 in Flaxley Abbey, Gloucestershire; died on 18 Oct 1850 in Swalchffe, Oxfordshire.
    3. 4. Rev. Charles Crawley-Boevey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Nov 1780 in Flaxley Abbey, Gloucestershire; died on 17 Jan 1856.
    4. 5. Captain George Crawley-Boevey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Dec 1782 in Flaxley Abbey, Gloucestershire, England; died on 5 Mar 1810.
    5. 6. Margaret Crawley-Boevey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Apr 1786; died on 22 Apr 1867.
    6. 7. Rev. William Crawley-Boevey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Dec 1790 in Flaxley Abbey, Gloucestershire; died on 17 Dec 1858.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Sir Thomas Crawley-Boevey, 3rd Bart. of FlaxleySir Thomas Crawley-Boevey, 3rd Bart. of Flaxley Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 26 Nov 1769 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire; died on 10 Jan 1847 in Flaxley Abbey, Flaxley, Gloucestershire; was buried on 16 Jan 1847 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire.

    Thomas married Mary Albinia Page on 28 Oct 1807 in St Marylebone, London. Mary (daughter of Thomas Hyde Page, Sir and Mary Albinia Woodward) was born on 22 Sep 1784 in Bettshanger Park, Kent; died on 16 Feb 1835 in Flaxley Abbey, Gloucester, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Martin Hyde Crawley-Boevey, 4th Bt.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 May 1812 in Gloucestershire; died on 14 Oct 1862 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire; was buried in Flaxley, Gloucestershire.
    2. 9. Matilda Blanche Crawley-Boevey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Dec 1817 in Eastgate street, Gloucester; died on 22 Sep 1887 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset.

  2. 3.  Rev John Lloyd Crawley-Boevey Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 21 Feb 1775 in Flaxley Abbey, Gloucestershire; died on 18 Oct 1850 in Swalchffe, Oxfordshire.

    John married Anne Crawley on 21 Apr 1806. Anne (daughter of Rev. Charles Crawley and Mary Gibbs) was born on 4 Aug 1785 in Whitestone, Devon; died on 2 Jan 1865 in Northampton, Northamptonshire; was buried on 9 Jan 1865 in Nether Heyford, Northamptonshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Rev. Charles Crawley-Boevey Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 28 Nov 1780 in Flaxley Abbey, Gloucestershire; died on 17 Jan 1856.

    Charles married Catherina Yonge on 13 Aug 1811 in Cornwood, Devon. Catherina (daughter of Rev. Duke Yonge and Catherine Crawley) was born on 28 Apr 1789 in Otterton, Devon; died on 2 Jan 1857 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  Captain George Crawley-Boevey Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 23 Dec 1782 in Flaxley Abbey, Gloucestershire, England; died on 5 Mar 1810.

    George married Charlotte Yonge in 1806. Charlotte (daughter of Rev. Duke Yonge and Catherine Crawley) was born on 22 Jun 1784 in Antony, Cornwall; died in 1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 6.  Margaret Crawley-Boevey Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 23 Apr 1786; died on 22 Apr 1867.

    Margaret married James Yonge [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  Rev. William Crawley-Boevey Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thomas1) was born on 14 Dec 1790 in Flaxley Abbey, Gloucestershire; died on 17 Dec 1858.

    William married Charlotte Crawley on 8 Oct 1822 in Stowe-Nine-Churches, Northamptonshire. Charlotte (daughter of Rev. Charles Crawley and Mary Gibbs) was born on 25 Feb 1799 in Stowe Nine Churches, Northamptonshire; died on 14 Dec 1878 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. William Savage Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Jul 1823 in Stowe-Nine-Churches, Northamptonshire; died on 7 Feb 1892 in Birkenhead, Cheshire.
    2. 11. Charlotte Sibella Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Jul 1824 in Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire; died on 20 Jan 1900 in West Ashford, Kent; was buried in Charing, Kent.
    3. 12. Mary Catharina Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Apr 1828 in Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire; died on 22 Jan 1852; was buried on 6 Jan 1852 in St John, Horselydown, Surrey.
    4. 13. Joanna Gibbs Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Sep 1832 in Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire; died on 21 Mar 1906 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire.
    5. 14. Margaret Susanna Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Aug 1834 in Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire; died on 11 Jan 1918 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire.


Generation: 3

  1. 8.  Martin Hyde Crawley-Boevey, 4th Bt.Martin Hyde Crawley-Boevey, 4th Bt. Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 25 May 1812 in Gloucestershire; died on 14 Oct 1862 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire; was buried in Flaxley, Gloucestershire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 22 Oct 1813, St Michael, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
    • Residence: 1841, Flaxley, Gloucestershire

    Notes:

    Died:
    Flaxley Abbey

    Martin married Elizabeth Daubeny on 7 Jun 1836 in Walcot, Somerset. Elizabeth (daughter of Rev. George William Daubeny and Elizabeth Crawley) was born on 6 Dec 1814 in Bath, Somerset; died on 9 Aug 1892 in Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Thomas Hyde Crawley-Boevey, 5th Baronet  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Jul 1837 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire; died on 15 Mar 1912 in Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire.
    2. 16. Walter Daubeny Crawley-Boevey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Apr 1841 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire; died on 1 Sep 1896.
    3. 17. Arthur William Crawley-Boevey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Aug 1845 in London; died in Aug 1913 in Chelsea, London.
    4. 18. Martina Elizabeth Crawley-Boevey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Aug 1842 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire; died on 29 May 1891 in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire.
    5. 19. Antony Page Crawley-Boevey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jul 1855 in Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire; died on 16 Jul 1924 in Cardiganshire, Wales.
    6. 20. Octavius Charles Crawley-Boevey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Nov 1846 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire; died on 15 Feb 1897 in Arequipa, Arequipa, Peru.
    7. 21. Edward Barnston Crawley-Boevey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Mar 1844 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire; died on 5 May 1888 in Kensington, London.
    8. 22. Richard Lloyd Crawley-Boevey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Mar 1852; died on 26 Apr 1928 in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire.
    9. 23. Francis Gibbs Crawley-Boevey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Jul 1839 in Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire; died on 16 Dec 1865.
    10. 24. Isabelle Mary Crawley-Boevey  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1850 in Gloucestershire.
    11. 25. John Crawley-Boevey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Jul 1838; died on 29 Jul 1838; was buried on 31 Jul 1838 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire.
    12. 26. Sybella Mary Crawley-Boevey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 May 1850 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire; died on 12 Aug 1911 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
    13. 27. James Henry Crawley-Boevey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Jul 1848 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire; died on 18 Mar 1898 in Kensington, London.

  2. 9.  Matilda Blanche Crawley-BoeveyMatilda Blanche Crawley-Boevey Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 17 Dec 1817 in Eastgate street, Gloucester; died on 22 Sep 1887 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 16 Jan 1818, St Michael, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
    • Residence: 1881, Paddington, London

    Notes:

    During her widowhood Tyntesfield and 16 Hyde Park Gardens continued to be her residences. She built (1876-8) and endowed St. Michael's Home for Consumptives in the parish of Cheddar, Somerset in memory of her husband, redecorated the chancel of St. Michael's, Exeter, which he built, and improved Exwick church. She endowed Keble College, Oxford (1881) with a fund of an annual value of £800 for Scholarships and for other grants to students. She built and maintained (as also did her son Antony after her) a Cottage Convalescent Home ("St. John's Lodge") at Wraxall afsd. and also built there in 1885 the large village club and in 1887 seven almshouses ("The Jubilee Cottages"): also the Battle Axes Inn, establishing it in her own name and on the principle of temperance as opposed to teetotalism. She gave the site (the site was left to her by her husband, she left money to the Home in her will) for the Convalescent and Incurable Home at Woking, Surrey, founded in connection with the Sisterhood of St. Peter's Kilburn, which manages St. Michael's Home afsd. A ward in Weston-super-Mare Convalescent Home, where she undertook the cost of 33 beds, bore her name.

    Memorial Inscription in Wraxall churchyard and church; Tyntesfield chapel; Barrow Gurney chapel (to which she game some windows); Flaxley church (organ remade in her memory); the chapel of Keble College; and M. windows in Barrow Court chapel.

    Refer to the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs, especially pp. 33-5, 439 and 445-6 for her relations, ancestry, and 'Royal Descent', and for notes of printed books which refer to them; see also entry for her father Rev. Charles Crawley. A good memoir of her by "C.M.Y." (her friend and cousin Charlotte M. Yonge, the authoress) appeared in The Guardian newspaper at her death. For lists of Portraits and Sculpture see Gibbs Pedigree (1904) and the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs, p. 435, and add to them a drawing (1873) by C.W.S (was in possession of Martin A Gibbs).

    Matilda married William Gibbs, of Tyntesfield on 1 Aug 1839 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire. William (son of Antony Gibbs and Dorothea Barnetta Hucks) was born on 22 May 1790 in Calle de Cantarranas, Madrid, Spain; died on 3 Apr 1875 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; was buried in Wraxall, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 28. Dorothea Harriett Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Jun 1840 in 13 Hyde Park Street, Paddington, London; died on 20 Sep 1914 in 77 Crystal Palace Park, Sydenham, London; was buried on 24 Sep 1914 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset .
    2. 29. Antony Gibbs, of Tyntesfield  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Dec 1841 in London; died on 24 Apr 1907 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; was buried on 29 Apr 1907 in Wraxall, Somerset.
    3. 30. Alice Blanche Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Oct 1843 in Paddington, London; died on 12 Mar 1871 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; was buried on 17 Mar 1871 in Wraxall, Somerset.
    4. 31. William Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Jan 1846 in Paddington, London; died on 11 Jun 1869 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; was buried on 16 Jun 1869 in Wraxall, Somerset.
    5. 32. George Abraham Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Mar 1848 in Paddington, London; died on 23 Feb 1870 in Kingston, Jamaica; was buried on 22 Jul 1870 in Wraxall, Somerset.
    6. 33. Henry Martin Gibbs, High Sheriff, Somerset  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 May 1850 in Paddington, London; died on 22 Apr 1928 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset; was buried on 25 Apr 1928 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset.
    7. 34. Albinia Ann Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Jun 1853 in Paddington, London; died on 17 Apr 1874 in Paddington, London; was buried on 25 Apr 1874 in Wraxall, Somerset.


Generation: 4

  1. 15.  Thomas Hyde Crawley-Boevey, 5th Baronet Descendancy chart to this point (8.Martin3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 2 Jul 1837 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire; died on 15 Mar 1912 in Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 2 Aug 1837, Flaxley, Gloucestershire

    Thomas married Frances Elizabeth Peters on 25 Jul 1865 in Eastington, Gloucestershire. Frances was born in Jan 1842 in Eastington, Gloucestershire; died on 24 Nov 1905 in Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 35. Albinia Frances Crawley-Boevey  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Jan 1867 in Eastington, Gloucestershire; died on 12 May 1902 in Martley, Worcestershire.
    2. 36. Francis Hyde Crawley-Boevey, 6th Bt.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Apr 1868 in Flaxley Abbey, Gloucestershire; died on 6 Oct 1928 in Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire; was buried on 9 Oct 1928 in Flaxley, Gloucestershire.

  2. 29.  Antony Gibbs, of TyntesfieldAntony Gibbs, of Tyntesfield Descendancy chart to this point (9.Matilda3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 10 Dec 1841 in London; died on 24 Apr 1907 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; was buried on 29 Apr 1907 in Wraxall, Somerset.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 37. The Right Hon. George Abraham Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Jul 1873 in Wraxall, Somerset; died on 28 Oct 1931 in London; was buried on 31 Oct 1931 in Wraxall, Somerset.
    2. 38. Antony Hubert Gibbs, JP  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Sep 1874 in Wraxall, Somerset; died on 28 Jul 1957 in Pytte, Clyst St George, Devon; was buried in Clyst St George, Devon.
    3. 39. Albinia Rose Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Mar 1876 in Paddington, London; died on 3 Oct 1941 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire.
    4. 40. Lieut. Colonel William Gibbs, CVO  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Nov 1877 in Paddington, London; died on 25 Jan 1963 in Hatherop, Gloucestershire.
    5. 41. Colonel John Evelyn Gibbs, MC  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Dec 1879 in London; died on 11 Oct 1932 in Tetbury, Gloucestershire; was buried in Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire.
    6. 42. Anstice Katherine Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Sep 1881 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 8 Jan 1963 in Chelsea, London.
    7. 43. Louis Merivale Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Apr 1883 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 1 May 1884 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset.
    8. 44. Captain Eustace Lyle Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Mar 1885 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 11 Feb 1915 in Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium; was buried in Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium.
    9. 45. Janet Blanche Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Apr 1887 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 4 Jun 1974 in Chippenham, Wiltshire.
    10. 46. Lancelot Merivale Gibbs, Brid. CVO DSO MC  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Dec 1889 in Wraxall, Somerset; died on 8 Dec 1966 in Gloucestershire; was buried in Dec 1966 in Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire.

  3. 30.  Alice Blanche GibbsAlice Blanche Gibbs Descendancy chart to this point (9.Matilda3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 27 Oct 1843 in Paddington, London; died on 12 Mar 1871 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; was buried on 17 Mar 1871 in Wraxall, Somerset.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 47. Cyril Gurney  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Mar 1868 in London; died on 2 Mar 1926 in Westminster, London; was buried on 6 Mar 1926 in Henlow, Bedfordshire.
    2. 48. William Hampden Gurney  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Feb 1870 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 11 Mar 1903 in London.

  4. 33.  Henry Martin Gibbs, High Sheriff, SomersetHenry Martin Gibbs, High Sheriff, Somerset Descendancy chart to this point (9.Matilda3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Thomas1) was born on 30 May 1850 in Paddington, London; died on 22 Apr 1928 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset; was buried on 25 Apr 1928 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 49. Lieut. Colonel William Otter Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Sep 1883 in Clifton, Gloucestershire; died on 22 Mar 1960; was buried in Mar 1960 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset.
    2. 50. Lieut. Noel Martin Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Dec 1884 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset; died on 20 Mar 1916 in Kahe, German East Africa; was buried in Moschi, Tanzania.
    3. 51. The Rev. Francis Antony Woodard Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Dec 1885 in Barrow Court, Barrow Gurney, Somerset; died on 3 Aug 1946 in Fairford, Gloucestershire.
    4. 52. Roland Vicary Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Mar 1887 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset; died on 19 Jul 1909 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset.
    5. 53. Matilda Blanche Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Nov 1888 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset; died on 14 Jan 1889 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset.
    6. 54. Major Guy Melvil Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Dec 1889 in Paddington, London; died on 14 Mar 1959 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire; was buried in Barrow Gurney, Somerset.
    7. 55. Ralph Crawley Boevey Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Jul 1891 in Barrow Court, Barrow Gurney, Somerset; died on 10 Aug 1957 in Rudston, Yorkshire.
    8. 56. Captain Lionel Cyril Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Feb 1893 in Flax Bourton, Somerset; died on 25 Dec 1940 in Hampshire.
    9. 57. Mary Albinia Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Nov 1894 in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire; died on 15 Sep 1979.


 

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