Hon. Vicary Tyser Gibbs, 6th Baron Aldenham, 4th Baron Hunsdon

Vicary married Josephine Nicola Fell [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jessica Juliet Mary Gibbs
2. Humphrey William Fell Gibbs
3. Thomas Antony John Gibbs
4. Theodore Harry Charles Gibbs

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Jun 1922, Hunsdon, Hertfordshire
• Departure: Mar 1948, Liverpool, Lancashire

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2nd son, 5th Baron Aldenham and 3rd Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon (1969). Born at Stanstead Lodge, Stanstead Abbotts, Herts., 18 May and baptised at Hunsdon aforesaid 21 June 1922. Educated at Eton College (1935-40) and Christ Church, Oxford (1946-47). Died 25 January 1986, burial at Hunsdon 9 March 1986. morial at St. Michael's, Cornhill, London, 10 March 1986.

5th Lord Aldenham. Eton College Cricket XI 1940; Eton Society ('Pop' 1940. Served in Royal Navy from December 1940 (ordinary seaman) to June 1946. (Lieutenant R.N.V.R.) mainly in destroyers in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, 2 convoys to Russia (Murmansk). Landings in North Africa (Oran), Italy (Anzio) and Normandy. 1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, North Atlantic Star and Africa Star, Victory Medal.

Read P.P.E. at Christ Church, Oxford, after the War. Joined Antony Gibbs and Sons September 1947 and was sent to the Chilean office; May 1948 Santiago; November 1948-September 1950 Valparaiso, and was responsible for opening a new office in Osorno October 1950-March 1951. Director of Antony Gibbs and Sons 1954-1980.

Maiden Speech in the House of Lords, June 1974, on the National Health Service, Member of Finance Committee of Regional Health Authority, N. Thames since 1974. Member Royal Yacht Squadron 1977. Member of Lloyds Underwirters 1977, 1978 Chairman of Appeal for St. Albans Abbey Restoration Fund. Clubs: R.Y.S., M.C.C., Pratts. Lived at Stanstead Lodge, Stanstead Abbotts, Ware, Herts from 1951-80, and then Rimpton Manor, Yeovil, Somerset.

Antony married Lady Mary Elizabeth Tyser, Aldenham on 16 Jul 1947 in St Margaret's, Westminster, London. Mary (daughter of Walter Parkyns Tyser and Jessie Woodriff Berklely Quill) was born on 23 Jul 1921 in Hyde Park Mansions, London; died on 16 Apr 2022. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 28 Aug 1921, Navestock, Essex

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Only daughter of Walter Parkyns Tyler of Gordonbush, Brora, Sutherland, by Jessie Woodriff Berkeley Quill only child of Col. Berkeley Quill of Tralee, Co. Kerry. Born at Hyde Park Mansions, London 23 July 1921 and baptised at St. Thomas's, Navestock, Essex 28 August 1921. Educated at Downham, Essex 1933-37, Paris 1937-38. Married 16 July 1947 at St. Margaret's, Westminster.

Presented at Court 1939 (probably the last one with feathers etc.). At outbreak of Second World War served in the Land Army; 1941-1945 WAAF. Commissioned 1943 as a photographic interpreter, serving at C.I.U. Medmennam and Coulommiers (France) March-September 1945.

Hon. Organiser Poppy Day Appeal in Stanstead Abbotts, St. Margarets and Great Amwell from 1965-79. President Hertford and E.Herts. Branch N.S.P.C.C. 1969-79, in aid of which held annual Spring Plant Sales of own raised plants and opened garden in Summer. Also opened garden for Red Cross. Resigned from both in 1979 because of move to Somerset in 1980.

Portraid: oil of head and shoulders 1927 by Philip de Lazlo, in her possession.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Iquique, Tarapaca, Chile
• Baptism: 8 Sep 1888, Aldenham, Hertfordshire
• Residence: 1891, London
• Residence: 1901, Eton, Buckinghamshire
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 22; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Arrival: 25 Aug 1920, New York, USA

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2nd Baron Hunsdon (1935) and 4th Baron Aldenham (1939). Born at High Canons aforesaid 11 August and baptised 8 September 1888 at Aldenham. Educated at Eton College 1901-7; matric. Cambridge (Trinity College) 1907; 2nd class History and B.A. 1910. Died at Harlow Hospital, 30 May 1969 and was cremated and ashes buried at St. Dunstan's, Hunsdon.

He was in the Eton School Football XI 1906. Won Royal Tennis, single and doubles, Cambridge v. Oxford 1910. Joined Antony Gibbs & Sons, London, 1910, and was with their Australian branch, Gibbs, Bright & Co., 1912-14. After the Great War rejoined the London firm 1919; partner thereof from 1920. Director of, amongst other Companies, Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ld., from 1921 (Chairman 1928-29), Australian Pastoral Co. Ld. from 1922 (Chairman from 1929), Westminster Bank Ld. from 1924, English Scottish and Australian Bank, Ld., from 1920. On the Livery of the Merchant Taylors Company from 1910, on the Court from 1923, Master 1932.

2nd Lieut. Hertfordshire Yeomanry (Territ) Feb. 1911-15; temp. Lieut. July, 1915, Capt., Dec., 1916. In the Great War; mobilised with the Herts. Yeomanry in August 1914 he served with them in Egypt Sep. 1914 to Aug. 1915, in Gallipoli August to October 1915 and in Palestine June 1916 to April 1917 and to XXI Corps Staff Intelligence there December 1917-January 1918. Served with the 'Dunster Force' in Mesopotamia and Persia January 1918 to January 1919 and with Herts. Yeomanry in Asia Minor January to April 1919. Mentioned twice in Despatches (1917 and 1918). Medals, 1914-15 Star, British war medal and Allies (Victory) medal.

Deputy Chairman Westminster Bank, 1st January 1933; Chairman of Bank 1st April 1950; resigned from Chairmanship 31 December 1961 but remained on Board, President, British Association of Bankers 1954-55.

Portrait in oils, painted by Simon Elwes, soon after becoming Chariman, in possession of Westminster Bank, Lothbury, EC2.

Walter married Beatrix Elinor Paul on 6 Nov 1919 in St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, London. Beatrix (daughter of Herbert Woodfield Paul and Elinor Budworth Ritchie) was born on 28 Jul 1890 in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London; died on 17 Jul 1978 in St Dunstan's, Hunsdon; was buried in St Dunstan's, Hunsdon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1 Aug 1890, Chelsea, London
• Baptism: 7 Sep 1890, Finedon, Northamptonshire
• Residence: 1901, Chelsea, London
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Forest Row, Sussex; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Death: 17 Jul 1978, Kingsclere & Whitchurch, Hampshire

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Only daughter of Herbert Woodfield Paul, M.P. of Cherry Orchard, Forest Row, Sussex (and widow of Algernon Hyde Villers, by whom she had issue, for which see Clarendon in 'Burke's Peerage'), by Elinor, daughter of William Ritchie. Born at Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, 28 July and baptised 1 September 1890 at Finedon, Northants. Married 6 November 1919 at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster. Died 17 July 1978 and was cremated and ashes buried at St Dunstan's, Hunsdon, Herts.

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From the Times :-
“On Friday, May 5, 1944, at Gordonbush, Brora, Sutherland, from pneumonia, WALTER PARKYNS TYSER, dearly loved husband of Jessie Tyser (nee Quill), aged 77. Funeral at Gordonbush, to-day (Monday), at 3 o’clock”
9th May 1944
Obituary.3
The Times :-
“Mr. Walter Parkyns Tyser died from pneumonia at Gordonbush, Brora, Suntherland, on May 5, at the age of 77. He was the eldest of the four sons of George Waler Tyser of Oakfield, Mortimer, Berkshire. His mother was the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas George Augustus Parkyns, fifth baronet. Tyser was educated at Winchester and at Trinity College, Cambridge. In the 1914-18 war he did good work at the Ministry of Shipping, and up to the outbreak of the present war he went regularly to the City and carried on his business as chairman of the Port line and a director of Cunard White Star Line. He was a good fisherman and shot, a fine horseman, and a knowledgeable farmer if his estates in Essex and Scotland. In 1894 he married Gertrude Elinor, daughter of Charles Langton, of Bark Hill, Liverpool. She died in 1918. In 1920 he married, secondly, Jessie Woodriff, daughter of Colonel B.C. Quill, C.B., of Ballycarty, Tralee, Co. Kerry. She survives him will three sons and one daughter.”
Other facts

Cambridge University Alumni in Cambridge, Trinity.1
"Entered : Michs. 1885
Adm. pens. at Trinty, Oct. 8, 1885. (Elder) s. of George (Walter), of 43, Lexham Gardens, Kensington, London (and Annie, dau. of Sir Thomas G. A. Parkyns, 6th Bart., of Bunny Park, Notts.). B. Mar. 27, 1867, at Reigate, Surrey. School, Winchester. Matric. Michs. 1885. Ship and insurance agent. A director of the Tysex Line Ltd., Chairman of the Commonwealth and Dominion Line; Director of the Cunard Steam Ship Company. Married (1) July, 1894, Gertrude Elinor, dau. of Charles Langton, of Barkhill, Aigburth; (2) Oct. 1920, Jessie Woodriffe Berkeley, dau. of Col. Berkeley Quill, and had issue. Died May 5, 1944, at Brora Sunderland. Brother of the above."

Walter married Jessie Woodriff Berklely Quill on 6 Oct 1920 in St. Luke, Chelsea, London. Jessie (daughter of Berkely Crosbie Quill and Lucy Ethel Woodriff) was born on 22 Jun 1893 in Paddington, London; died on 3 Aug 1978 in Culduthel Hospital, Inverness. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 31 Mar 1901, Ballyseedy, Kerry, Ireland
• Arrival: 27 Apr 1920, From Kobe, Japan, via Bombay, returning to London
• Residence: 1921, Kensington, London
• Arrival: 1 Jun 1936, New York, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Residence: Shenley, Hertfordshire
• Baptism: 23 Jun 1854, St John's, Hampstead
• Residence: 1861, St Marylebone, London
• Residence: 1871, Hampshire
• Residence: 1891, London
• Residence: 1901, London
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 56; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Arrival: 17 Dec 1921, Southampton, Hampshire

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4th son of Henry Hucks (Gibbs) Lord Aldenham, of Briggens, Herts. Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon (created 1923). born at Frognall in Hampstead, London and baptised 23 June 1854 at St. John's Hampstead. Educated at Winchester College, 1868-71. Matric. Cambridge (Trinity College) 1873; B.A. 1877, M.A. 1884. Died 22 May 1935 at Briggens and was buried 25 May 1935 at St. Dunstan's, Hunsdon.

After a course of training (1877-9) in the offices of Wallace Bros. London; Ventura Marco del Pont, Paris; Gibbs Bright & Co., Liverpool; and Henry Bath & Son, Swansea; he joined Antony Gibbs & Sons 1879; was with their Chilean Branch, Gibbs & Co., 1880-1, and a manager thereof 1881: a manager of the London firm 1881 and a partner thereof from 1882. Original Chairman of the Alianza (Nitrate) Co. Ld., 1895-1928, and of the Pan de Azucar Nitrate Co., Ld., 1901-26; Director of the Rio de Janeiro City Improvements Co. Ld. from 1884 and Chairman from 1905: Director of the Australian Mutual Provdent Soc. from 1908: and sometime Director of other public companies. Chairman of the City of London Conservative Association Sep. 1912 to 1932. On the Public Works Loan Board from July 1884 (dep. Chairman 1908-21, Chairman from 1921). Justice of the Peace for Herts, from 1916. High Sheriff of Herts. for 1913. He was a member of the Deputation sent by the British Government to Russia in the winter of 1912-13 to return the visit of the Duma to England. In the Great War he was director of Purchases of Nitrate of Soda for the Allies (see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs p.389). Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (?1918). Created Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon 24 July 1923. First speech in the House of Lords 7 July 1924, the subject being 'Trade and Unemployment'. Chairman of the City of London Club 1928-31; Member of the Carlton Club, Pall Mall, from 1910. Author of 'History of Gibbs of Fenton' in Dartington (1925), 'The Parish Registers of Hunsdon (1915)', several pamphlets on Bimetallism and the Currency, 1894-5, including 'A Bimetallic Primer' 1894 (rd ed. 1896), and one on 'The Incidence of Income Tax and Wasting Securities (1904)'. His evidence on 'Wasting Assets Abroad' before the Royal Comn. on Income Tax of 1920 is in an appendix to their Report.

He bought Biggens in the parish of Hunsdon and the lordship of the Manor of Hunsdon in 1908. His successive London residences from 1885 were 34 York Terrace, 17 Portman Street, 9 Portman Square (1898-1923), all in St. Marylebone.

Portraits: Drawing by W.E. Miller, 1882, another by E.U. Eddis in a group with his mother and brother Vicary, 1860, both in possession of Lord Aldenham. Oil, three quarter length, 1891, by W. Ouless, R.A., at Briggens (copy by Miss Richardson in possession of A.Gibbs & Sons). Crayon by John Hay, presentation from City of London Conservative Association, 1932, in possession of Antony D. Gibbs, 5th Lord Aldenham.

Herbert married Anna Maria Durant, Lady Hunsdon on 12 Feb 1885 in Shenley, Hertfordshire. Anna (daughter of Richard Durant and Charlotte Still Dashwood) was born on 8 May 1862 in High Canons; died on 30 Dec 1938 in Ware, Hertfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Shenley, Hertfordshire
• Birth: 8 May 1862, Shenley, Hertfordshire
• Residence: 1871, Shenley, Hertfordshire; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Residence: 1881, Shenley, Hertfordshire; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Residence: 1891, London; Age: 28; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 1901, London; Age: 38; Relation to Head of House: Wife
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 48; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

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4th and youngest daughter and coheir of Richard Durant of High Canon, Shenley, Herts., and Sharpham, Devon, for whom see Parker of Sharpham in Burke's 'Landed Gentry', by Charlotte Still, daughter of Lieut. Colonel Alexander Wilton Dashwood, for whom see Dashwood (Bart.) of Oxfordshire in 'Burke's Peerage'. Born at High Canons 8 May 1862 and baptised at Shenley Church. Married at Shenley 12 February 1885. Died 30 December 1938.

Lady Hunsdon. President of the Herts. Federation of Women's Institutes and of the Women's Branch of the City of London Conservative Association.

Portrait: oil, three quarter length, 1891, by Sir John Millais, P.R.A., a companion to the Ouless of her husband at the Manor House, Clifton Hampden in possession of Stephen C. Gibbs.

Herbert married Elinor Budworth Ritchie on 20 Dec 1883 in Wimbledon, St Mary, Surrey. Elinor (daughter of William Ritchie and Augusta Charlotte Trimmer) was born on 25 Sep 1858 in Barrackpore, Bengal, India; died on 6 Jul 1943 in Sakins, Roydon, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Annie Parkyns on 6 Sep 1864 in All Saints, Paddington. Annie (daughter of Thomas George Augustus Parkyns, 5th Bt. and Hannah (Annie) Jennings) was born on 28 May 1846 in 12a Brewer Street, Westminster, London; died on 12 Jul 1924 in 37 Hans Place, Chelsea, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1891, Aldershot, Hampshire
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Walmer, Kent
• Arrival: 27 Apr 1920, London; Ship: Kashmir; Shipping Line: Peninsula and Orient Steam Navigation Company Ltd
• Residence: 1928, Pall Mall, London

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Colonel Quill was the owner of Ballycarty House when it was burned by Republican Forces during the Irish Civil War in 1922/23. It was feared that the Free State Army would use it as a garrison. It is not known if he was living in the house at the time but he was not injured. A youth in the house named Ryle was murdered by the Free State Army during the civil war. The house was burned and never reoccupied.

Quill is an old Irish name and were originally a military family who had to leave Ireland in the 1690's and fought for the French. With the defeat of the forces of James 11 of England by the forces of William 111 in Ireland in 1691, part of the surrender agreement was that the Irish forces could leave Ireland and go with their arms to France to whom they were allied. Tens of Thousands of Irishmen did this and formed their own regiments in the army of the Frnech Kings - these were termed the "wild geese". With the Revolution in France, some would have defected to the British who supported the Royalist cause in France. These regiments or really their leaders would then become established families serving the British Crown. Alternatively, some member of the Quill Family at some stage would have changed sides and become allied to the English side in Ireland and would have been rewarded for becoming loyal to the crown and hence that branch of the family became separated from the old gaelic family who would have remained Catholics.

Berkely married Lucy Ethel Woodriff on 10 Aug 1892 in Betchworth, St Michael, Surrey. Lucy (daughter of Captain John Robert Woodriff, Royal Navy and Jessie Brownsmith Bradley) was born in Mar 1857 in Bermuda Place, Bath Road, Peckham, London; died on 17 Jul 1893 in 23 Chilworth Street, Paddington, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]