Margaret Olivia St. John

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1901, St George Hanover Square, London
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 20; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Notes:

Baptised 8 July 1890 at St. Saviour's, Pimlico. 1st daughter of Henry Percy St. John (died 1921); a Principal Clerk in the House of Lords, for whom see Bolingbroke in Burke's 'Peerage') by Maude Louise, daughter of Hon. Pascoe Ch. Glyn, for whom see Wolverton in Burke's 'Peerage'. Buried at Barrow.

A Trustee of St. Michael's Home, Cheddar from 1928. Indefatigable worker in many social spheres. For many years, while living at Easton Grey, she was a leading organiser of Malmesbury Hospital. A keen and able Conservative politician in the Chippenham Division, she was the mainstay first to Sir Victor Cazalet M.P. and then from 1943-62 to Mr. David Eccles, M.P. (now Lord Eccles). In the Second World War she kept the Constituency going by her own endeavours in her official capacities of Treasurer and then Chairman. She also ran a canteen at Badminton for H.M. Queen Mary's Guard and other soldiers stationed in the neighbourhood. An enthusiastic and
talented gardener.

Died 29 September 1964.

Portrait: In pastel by Miss Broughton, in possession of Mrs. H. P. St. John in 1932, present whereabouts unknown.

Birth:
94 Belgrave Road

Margaret married Major Guy Melvil Gibbs on 6 Aug 1914 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset. Guy (son of Henry Martin Gibbs, High Sheriff, Somerset and Emily Anna Otter) was born on 15 Dec 1889 in Paddington, London; died on 14 Mar 1959 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire; was buried in Barrow Gurney, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anna Patricia Gibbs was born on 24 Oct 1915 in Eccleston Square, London; died on 7 Nov 2004 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
2. Col. Sir Martin St John Valentine Gibbs, CB, DSO, RD, JP was born on 14 Feb 1917 in Westminster, London; died on 8 Feb 1992 in Ewen Manor, Ewen, Cirencester, Gloucestershire; was buried in 1992 in St Andrews Churchyard, Miserden, Gloucestershire.
3. Ursula Mary Gibbs was born on 20 May 1919 in St George Hanover Square, London; died on 23 Sep 2000 in Oxford, Oxfordshire.
4. Field Marshal Roland Christopher Gibbs, GCB, CBE, DES, Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire was born on 22 Jun 1921 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset; died on 31 Oct 2004 in Devizes, Wiltshire.

Henry married Maude Louise Glyn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]