Sarah Jane Edgedale

Family/Spouse: Robert Donlan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Imogen Emily Zoe Donlan
2. Oliver Guy George Donlan
3. Saskia Eve Mary Donlan

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Mar 1931, London

Notes:

Born 28 February 1931. Baptised March 1931 at St. Michael's, Chester Square. Educated at Eton and RMA Mons.

Commissioned with The Life Guards 1949; served Egypt, Cyprus, W. Germany, Borneo, Malaya, Singapore; Regimental Adjutant Household Cavalry 1964-66; Commanding Officer, Household Cavalry Regiment 1972-75; Retired 1975 from the Army;

Assistant Clerk of the Course, Ascot Racecourse from 1975. Knight of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; Chevalier of the Order of the Dannebrog; Chevalier of the Order of the Polar Star; Officer (Military Division) the Order of Orange Nassau.

Died: 9 August 1996.

1 son and 3 daughters by his first wife Mary Ella Newman:

(1) James William b. 14 January 1963 and married to Sarah Louise Jenkinson (b. 19 March 1964) with three children - Alice Lucy Rose b. 30 June 1995, Rupert Guy b. 16 September 1997, and George William b. 2 August 2001

(2) Mirabel Jean Elaine Edgedale b. 13 June 1955

(3) Emma Margaret Belak b. 20 August 1956

(4) Sarah Jane Donlan b. 12 December 1965 and married to Robert Donlan (b. 27 October 1967), children - Imogen Emily Zoe, Oliver Guy George, Saskia Eve Mary.

Birth:
22 Gerald Road, SW1

Died:
or 9 August 1996?

William married Mary Newman on 19 Jul 1954 in St Michael's, Chester, and was divorced in Nov 1976. Mary (daughter of Guy Arthur Newman, JP.) was born on 3 Oct 1931 in London; died on 22 sept 2004. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born 2 October 1933. Eldest daughter of Guy Arthur Newman, JP, of Stanners Hill Manor, Chobham, Surrey (see Newman Baronet). Educated at Downham, Hatfield Heath, Herts.

After leaving school spent six months in
Switzerland and Paris. Before marriage worked in London Departmental Stores, British Red Cross and St. John's Ambulance. During marriage travelled extensively around the world. Started new division of Guides and Brownies in New Town of Bracknell, 1969.

Marriage dissolved by divorce November 1976.

Died 22 September 2004.

Birth:
1 Ovington Square, SW1

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Jul 1897, Newbold, Lancashire

Notes:

Baptised 3 July 1897 at Newbold, Lancashire. Educated at Shrewsbury 1911-14 and Christ Church, Oxford, 1920-21. (Boulter Exhibition). Buried in Finchampstead churchyard.

Vice-President Oxford University Moot Club, 1921. Served in the Great War with the Royal Field Artillery in France and Mesopotamia, 1914-19 (British War Medal, and Allies' Victory Medal). Called to the Bar (Inner Temple) 1921. Contested Parliamentary Division of Mansfield co. Notts., 1929 as Conservative. Chairman of Coningsby Club, 1925-26. K.C. 1947; J.P. 1949-52; Special Commissioner for Trial of Matrimonial Causes 1953; County Court Judge 1961-66.

Club: Carlton.

Changed his Surname from Sidebottom to Edgedale during the 1920s (had enough of the jokes)

Samuel married Elaine Blanche Gibbs on 16 Sep 1925 in Clyst St George, Devon. Elaine (daughter of Antony Hubert Gibbs, JP and Mary Mercy Llewellyn) was born on 17 Jan 1901 in Langford Court, Burrington, Somerset; died on 19 Feb 1977 in Bracknell, Berkshire; was buried in Feb 1977 in Finchampstead, Berkshire. [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.

Samuel married Maude Peternel Richards on 13 Aug 1896. Maude was born on 17 Oct 1870 in Rochdale, Lancashire; died on 25 Jan 1955 in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. [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: 11 Jul 1875, Burrington, Somerset

Notes:

1st daughter of Evan H. Llewellyn of Langford Court, Burrington, Somerset, MP (by Mary Blanche, 1st daughter of Thomas Somers (died 1862) of Mendip Lodge, Burrington, for whom see Burke's 'Landed Gentry'. Baptised 11 July 1875 at Burrington.

Co-opted member of the Devon County Council's Committee for Care of the Mentally Defective. Member of the following committees: Exeter Diocesan Association for Care of Friendless Girls (Chairman 1927-9); the Devon Voluntary Association for Welfare of the Mentally Defective; the Royal West of England Institution for the Deaf and Dumb; Devon District Nursing Assn. (Topsham & District). Founder Member and 1st President of Clyst St. George & Ebford Women's Institute. A Trustee of St. Michael's Home, Cheddar. Founded Clyst St. George Mother's Union branch 1912.

Portrait: Pastel by H. M. Heaton in possession of great-nephew Patrick Gibbs.