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Dr. Richard Michael Joseph Harper, MA, DM

Male 1903 - 1975  (71 years)


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  1. 1.  Dr. Richard Michael Joseph Harper, MA, DM was born on 29 Sep 1903 in Barnstaple, Devon (son of Dr. John Robinson Harper, CBE, TD, JP and Evelina Antonia Hermenegilda Gibbs); died on 16 Sep 1975 in Barnstaple, Devon.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Doctor, probably the late doctor R M J Harper, previously physician at the North Devon Infimary,refereed to in BMJ 1976 1, history of SW branch of BMA
    • Baptism: 7 Nov 1903, Barnstaple, Devon; St Mary Magdalen
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Barnstaple, Devon
    • Residence: 1931, Barnstaple, Devon

    Notes:

    Educated at Marlborough College, 1916-21, Exeter College, Oxford, 1921-25, St. Thomas's Hospital, London, 1925-30.

    M.R.C.S. Eng. and L.R.C.P. London 1928. Physician N. Devon Infirmary 1932-72. Published 1962 Evolution of Illness and in 1975 Evolutionary Origins of Disease. Portrait by Vera Justice, presented by Colleagues at the N. Devon Infirmary on his retirement 1972. Last in possession of his widow.

    2 sons and 1 daughter: John Richard Harper, F.R.C.P., born 1 May 1932, Consultant Children's Physician, Northampton Hospital (1979); Peter Stanley Harper, D.M., Oxon., F.R.C.P., London Reader and Consultant in Medical Genetics at Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff (born 25 April 1938) and Joy Cadbury (nee Harper) born 15 July 1933.

    Richard married Margery Elizabeth Elkington on 27 Jun 1931 in Newport, Shropshire. Margery (daughter of Ernest Alfred Elkington and Annie Isabella Baddeley) was born on 25 Oct 1902 in Newport, Shropshire; died in Nov 2002 in Barnstaple, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. John Richard Harper
    2. Peter Stanley Harper
    3. Joy Harper

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Dr. John Robinson Harper, CBE, TD, JP was born on 7 Nov 1867 in Barnstaple, Devon (son of Joseph Harper and Augusta Mary Robinson); died on 30 Apr 1947 in Pilton Cottage, Barnstaple, Devon; was buried in 1947 in Barnstaple, Devon.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Doctor
    • Residence: Ireland
    • Residence: 1871, Barnstaple, Devon
    • Residence: 1881, London
    • Residence: 1891, London
    • Residence: 1901, Barnstaple, Devon
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Barnstaple, Devon
    • Residence: 1915
    • Residence: 1935

    Notes:

    John married Evelina Antonia Hermenegilda Gibbs on 10 Jun 1897 in Sonning, Berkshire. Evelina (daughter of Joseph Hucks Gibbs and Mary Rider Budd) was born on 28 Feb 1871 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico; died on 28 Apr 1960 in Barnstaple, Devon; was buried in May 1960 in Barnstaple, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Evelina Antonia Hermenegilda Gibbs was born on 28 Feb 1871 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico (daughter of Joseph Hucks Gibbs and Mary Rider Budd); died on 28 Apr 1960 in Barnstaple, Devon; was buried in May 1960 in Barnstaple, Devon.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 23 Mar 1871, Distrito Federal, Mexico
    • Residence: 1901, Barnstaple, Devon
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Barnstaple, Devon; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Notes:

    Baptised 23 March 1871 in the Cathedral at Mexico City.

    Children:
    1. Olive Mary Harper, JP was born on 19 Mar 1899 in Barnstaple, Devon; died on 20 Mar 1999 in Barnstaple, Devon.
    2. 1. Dr. Richard Michael Joseph Harper, MA, DM was born on 29 Sep 1903 in Barnstaple, Devon; died on 16 Sep 1975 in Barnstaple, Devon.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Joseph Harper was born in 1838 in Great Torrington, Devon (son of John Harper and Elizabeth Cock); died on 16 Dec 1902 in Barnstaple, Devon.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Medical practitioner
    • Baptism: 15 Apr 1838, Great Torrington, Devon; Baptised with twin Mary
    • Residence: 1841, Great Torrington, Devon
    • Residence: 1851, Great Torrington, Devon; Relation to Head of House: Son
    • Residence: 1871, Barnstaple, Devon
    • Residence: 1871, Barnstaple, Devon
    • Residence: 1875
    • Residence: 1881, Barnstaple, Devon
    • Residence: 1881, Barnstaple, Devon
    • Residence: 1881, Barnstaple, Devon
    • Residence: 1881, Barnstaple, Devon
    • Residence: 1887
    • Residence: 1891, Barnstaple, Devon
    • Residence: 1891, Barnstaple, Devon
    • Residence: 1891
    • Residence: 1891, Barnstaple, Devon
    • Residence: 1895
    • Residence: 1899

    Joseph married Augusta Mary Robinson on 23 Jan 1867 in Braunton, Devon. Augusta (daughter of John De Lancey Robinson and Frances Ann Waring) was born in Jun 1847 in Egg Buckland, Devon; died in 1898 in Barnstaple, Devon; was buried in 1898 in Barnstaple, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Augusta Mary Robinson was born in Jun 1847 in Egg Buckland, Devon (daughter of John De Lancey Robinson and Frances Ann Waring); died in 1898 in Barnstaple, Devon; was buried in 1898 in Barnstaple, Devon.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Egg Buckland, Devon
    • Residence: Egg Buckland, Devon
    • Residence: 1851, Egg Buckland, Devon
    • Residence: 1861, Braunton, Devon; Relationship: Daughter
    • Residence: 1871, Barnstaple, Devon
    • Residence: 1881, Barnstaple, Devon
    • Residence: 1881, Barnstaple, Devon
    • Residence: 1891, Barnstaple, Devon

    Children:
    1. 2. Dr. John Robinson Harper, CBE, TD, JP was born on 7 Nov 1867 in Barnstaple, Devon; died on 30 Apr 1947 in Pilton Cottage, Barnstaple, Devon; was buried in 1947 in Barnstaple, Devon.
    2. Katherine Elizabeth Harper was born on 31 Dec 1871 in Barnstaple, Devon; died on 16 Dec 1961 in Devon; was buried in 1961 in Devon.
    3. Dorothy Victoria Harper was born in 1887 in Barnstaple, Devon; died in 1969 in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.
    4. Ernest Sydney Langdon Harper was born in 1875 in Barnstaple, Devon; died on 30 May 1954 in Barnstaple, Devon.
    5. Gerald Harper was born in 1885 in Barnstaple, Devon; died on 3 Jun 1962 in Upalong Down Lane, Braunton, Devon.
    6. Gertrude Edith Harper was born in 1880 in Barnstaple, Devon; died on 23 Jan 1952 in Newton Abbot, Devon.
    7. Josephine Lucy Harper was born in 1873 in Barnstaple, Devon; died on 26 Sep 1957 in Devon; was buried in 1957 in Braunton, Devon.
    8. Mary Augusta Harper was born in 1871 in Barnstaple, Devon; died about 1940.
    9. Walter Joseph Harper was born in 1869 in Barnstaple, Devon; died on 29 Jan 1952 in Devon; was buried in 1952 in Braunton, Devon.
    10. Charles Henry Harper was born on 24 Feb 1876 in Barnstaple, Devon; died on 13 May 1950 in Central, Allegany, Maryland, USA.
    11. Philip Thomas Harper was born on 2 Feb 1884 in Barnstaple, Devon; died on 21 Aug 1967 in Chertsey, Surrey.
    12. Florence Ethel Harper was born on 31 Jan 1882 in Barnstaple, Devon; died on 29 Feb 1976 in Devon.
    13. Margaret Ellen Harper was born on 8 Jan 1878 in Barnstaple, Devon; died on 24 Sep 1955 in Barnstaple, Devon; was buried in 1955 in Barnstaple, Devon.

  3. 6.  Joseph Hucks Gibbs was born on 14 Oct 1840 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset (son of Rev. Joseph Gibbs and Emily Vaughan); died on 23 Mar 1886 in Kensington, London; was buried on 27 Mar 1886 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Merchant
    • Baptism: 22 Dec 1840, Wraxall, Somerset
    • Residence: 1851, Wraxall, Somerset
    • Residence: 1861, Wraxall, Somerset; Visitor
    • Residence: 1881, Barnstaple, Devon; Son in Law
    • Death: 3 Mar 1886, London

    Notes:

    Baptised 22 December 1840 at Wraxall. Educated at Eton College (King's scholar) 1855-58, matric. at Oxford (Queen's College), entered the Middle Temple 1862. Buried 27 March 1886 at Clifton Hampden. Memorial Inscription in the churchyard on gravestone of Joseph Gibbs (his father). Will proved 17 May 1886.

    At Eton he was in the School cricket XI, 1858, and football "Wall" XI, 1857. He worked for a year on the Devon, and Somerset Railway at Barnstaple, next in Paris and Spain; all in connection with Antony Gibbs and Sons. He was Corresponding Director in Mexico of the Mexican Railway Co. Ltd. 1868-74; on the London Board 1874 till death. He was sometime a director of the Union Bank of London, of the Union Bank of Spain, and of the Mexican Gas Works, and in partnership in the City of London with W. Bailey Hawkins, metalbroker, of Staginhoe Park, Herts.

    Birth:
    Belmont

    Died:
    24 Lexham Gardens

    Joseph married Mary Rider Budd on 13 Jun 1867 in Barnstaple, Devon. Mary (daughter of Richard Budd and Harriet Cotton Rider) was born on 11 Feb 1848 in Barnstaple, Devon; died on 11 Jan 1924 in Dorchester, Dorset; was buried in Jan 1924 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Mary Rider Budd was born on 11 Feb 1848 in Barnstaple, Devon (daughter of Richard Budd and Harriet Cotton Rider); died on 11 Jan 1924 in Dorchester, Dorset; was buried in Jan 1924 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Barnstaple, Devon
    • Baptism: 4 Jul 1848, Barnstaple, Devon; Holy Trinity
    • Residence: 1851, Barnstaple, Devon
    • Residence: 1861, Barnstaple, Devon
    • Residence: 1871, Melcombe Regis, Dorset
    • Residence: 1881, Kensington, London
    • Residence: 1891, Brighton, Sussex; Boarder
    • Residence: 1901, Hagley, Worcestershire; Sister-in-law
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Devon; Boarder

    Notes:

    Youngest daughter of Richard Budd of Barnstaple, Devon, MD, by Harriet, daughter of Rev. Ralph Carr Rider, Rector of Clannaborough, nr. Crediton, Devon. Baptised 4 July 1848 at Holy Trinity there. Buried at Clifton Hampden, Memorial Inscription in churchyard on the gravestone of Joseph Gibs. Administration London 14 May 1924.

    A portrait of her father last in possession of Capt. J. R. Manderson of Pilton, nr. Barnstaple.

    Children:
    1. William Richard Sidney Gibbs was born on 28 Mar 1868 in Paris, France; died on 6 Aug 1868 in Barnstaple, Devon.
    2. Edward Gibbs was born on 6 Sep 1869 in Distrito Federal, Mexico; died on 1 Nov 1876 in Barnstaple, Devon.
    3. 3. Evelina Antonia Hermenegilda Gibbs was born on 28 Feb 1871 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico; died on 28 Apr 1960 in Barnstaple, Devon; was buried in May 1960 in Barnstaple, Devon.
    4. Leonard Albert Gibbs, MC was born on 27 Sep 1875 in Paddington, London; died on 9 Apr 1952 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.
    5. Major Stanley Rider Gibbs, RAMC was born on 17 Dec 1880 in Kensington, London; died on 17 Jul 1935 in Barnstaple, Devon.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Harper was born in 1786 in Great Torrington, Devon; died in Feb 1844 in Great Torrington, Devon; was buried on 16 Feb 1844 in Great Torrington, Devon.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Schoolmaster
    • Baptism: 25 Jul 1786, Great Torrington, Devon
    • Residence: 1841, Great Torrington, Devon

    John married Elizabeth Cock. Elizabeth was born in 1802 in Great Torrington, Devon; died in Dec 1871 in Torrington, Devon; was buried on 30 Dec 1871 in Great Torrington, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Cock was born in 1802 in Great Torrington, Devon; died in Dec 1871 in Torrington, Devon; was buried on 30 Dec 1871 in Great Torrington, Devon.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 11 Apr 1802, Great Torrington, Devon
    • Residence: 1841, Great Torrington, Devon
    • Residence: 1851, Great Torrington, Devon; Relation to Head of House: Head Widow, confectioner 1 servant
    • Residence: 1861, Great Torrington, Devon; Relation to Head of House: Head Grocer, with a niece and a servant
    • Residence: 1871, Croydon, Surrey; Relationship: Mother-in-law Launderess(?)

    Children:
    1. 4. Joseph Harper was born in 1838 in Great Torrington, Devon; died on 16 Dec 1902 in Barnstaple, Devon.

  3. 10.  John De Lancey Robinson was born in 1802 in Guildford, Surrey; died on 4 Jan 1883 in Tyspane, Braunton, Devon; was buried in 1883 in Braunton, Devon.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Captain, Royal Navy
    • Residence: 1851, Egg Buckland, Devon
    • Residence: 1861, Braunton, Devon; Relationship: Head Captain, RN. 9 children, 4 servants
    • Residence: 1871, Braunton, Devon; Age: 69; Relation to Head of House: Head Retired commander, RN
    • Residence: 1881, Braunton, Devon

    John married Frances Ann Waring. Frances was born on 24 Mar 1818 in Richmond, Surrey; died on 2 Mar 1909 in Harbertonford, Totnes, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Frances Ann Waring was born on 24 Mar 1818 in Richmond, Surrey; died on 2 Mar 1909 in Harbertonford, Totnes, Devon.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 17 Apr 1818, Surrey; IGI Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C01334-3 System Origin: England-ODM Source Film Number: 991698 Father was a gentleman, living in Ormond Row
    • Residence: 1851, Egg Buckland, Devon
    • Residence: 1861, Braunton, Devon; Relationship: Wife
    • Residence: 1871, Braunton, Devon; Age: 53; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Residence: 1881, Braunton, Devon
    • Residence: 1891, Braunton, Devon
    • Residence: 1901, Portswood, Hampshire

    Notes:

    Died:
    Probate to Waring Robinson MRCS and a solicitor. Effects £100

    Children:
    1. 5. Augusta Mary Robinson was born in Jun 1847 in Egg Buckland, Devon; died in 1898 in Barnstaple, Devon; was buried in 1898 in Barnstaple, Devon.

  5. 12.  Rev. Joseph GibbsRev. Joseph Gibbs was born on 23 Jul 1801 in St Davids Hill, Exeter (son of Antony Gibbs and Dorothea Barnetta Hucks); died on 22 Mar 1864 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; was buried on 26 Mar 1864 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Deacon, Priest and then Perpetual Curate of Clifton Hampden
    • Residence: Oxford, Oxfordshire
    • Baptism: 12 Sep 1801, Exeter, Devon
    • Residence: 1861, Chelsea, London; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Notes:

    He was in the employ of Antony Gibbs & Sons 1818-24 (in London 1818-21, Cadiz 1818-2, Gibraltar 1822-3, again in London 1823-4). He was ordained Deacon in 1828, Priest by the Bishop of Chester 8 Aug. 1829. Curate of Howarden, co. Flint, 1828-30, Perpectual Curate of Clifton Hampden, co. Oxon 1830-64 in the new parsonage given by his cousin Anne Noyes (patron of the living) which, from 1905, was again the parsonage, and from c. 1846 in the new parsonage built by his sister-in-law Caroline Gibbs (now the Manor House), Devisee of Belmont, Wraxall, under the will of his cousin and brother-in-law George who died 1863. For his life up to 1823 and a few later details see the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs.

    Portraits: miniature of him by Sir William Ross was in possession of Everilda Gibbs in 1932; a portrait of him with his wife and sister Joanna was known to be in possession of Evelyn Alice Heberden until her death in 1955, but whereabouts unknown in 1980; watercolour in middle age in possession of Alexandra White (2021 - previously George Medley in 1980).



    Educated at Mr. Phillip's School, Turnham Green. He graduated from Worcester College, Oxford in 1828 with a B.A. He was the Curate in 1830 at Clifton Hampden, Berkshire.
    1851 CENSUS - Visiting relations, ( George & Harriett Gibbs) at "Belmount House" Wraxall, Somerset.
    Joseph 49, Emily 47,
    1861 CENSUS - Visiting relations, ( George & Harriett Gibbs) at "Belmount House" Wraxall, Somerset.
    Joseph 59, Emily 57, Harriett T. 17, Joseph H. 20, George H. 18, & Stanley R. 14.

    Occ. Deacon, Priest and then Perpetual Curate of Clifton Hampden until death.

    Probate - 5 May 1864. Left under £20,000.

    Joseph married Emily Vaughan on 14 Sep 1831 in Llangattock, Breconshire, Wales. Emily (daughter of Rev. Charles Vaughan and Emilia Monck) was born on 14 Aug 1803 in Farnborough, Berkshire; died on 7 Sep 1869 in Kensington, London; was buried on 10 Sep 1869 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Emily Vaughan was born on 14 Aug 1803 in Farnborough, Berkshire (daughter of Rev. Charles Vaughan and Emilia Monck); died on 7 Sep 1869 in Kensington, London; was buried on 10 Sep 1869 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 6 Oct 1803, Farnborough, Berkshire
    • Residence: 1851, Wraxall, Somerset; Visitor

    Notes:

    Her father, rector of Crickhowell, co. Brecon, was descended from the Vaughans of Tretower, whose full pedigree (including Sir Roger Vaughan, knighted and mortally wounded at Agincourt) is in Theophilus Jones's 'History of Brecon (1805-9, new edition 1909). Her mother's father John Monck of Bath (Burke's 'Landed Gentry' under 'Monck of Coley Park') was a descendant of William Monck (and his wife Dorothy, sister of 1st Earl of Darnley) whose ancestry is in Burke's Peerage under 'Monck' (Viscount). A miniature of her by Sir William Ross was in possession of Everilda Gibbs in 1932. Portrait Heberden, great-grand-daughter of Joseph and Emily Gibbs. This portrait was formerly in possession of Evelyn Alice Heberden.

    Children:
    1. Joseph Henry Gibbs was born on 3 Jun 1832 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; died on 5 May 1833 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; was buried in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    2. Emily Harriett Gibbs was born on 7 May 1834 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 21 Jan 1903 in Windlesham, Surrey; was buried on 26 Jan 1903 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    3. Dorothea Barnetta Gibbs was born on 4 Jan 1836 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 17 Mar 1907 in St George Hanover Square, London; was buried on 21 Mar 1907 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    4. George Louis Monck Gibbs was born on 28 Apr 1838 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 26 Nov 1881 in Elstree, Hertfordshire.
    5. 6. Joseph Hucks Gibbs was born on 14 Oct 1840 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 23 Mar 1886 in Kensington, London; was buried on 27 Mar 1886 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    6. Rev. George Henry Gibbs was born on 15 Sep 1842 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 29 Oct 1896 in Headington, Oxfordshire; was buried in Nov 1896 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.
    7. Harriet Theresa Gibbs was born on 1 Apr 1844 in Wraxall, Somerset; died on 21 Jul 1925 in Adderbury, Oxfordshire; was buried in Jul 1925 in Adderbury, Oxfordshire.
    8. Rev. William Cobham Gibbs was born on 28 Jul 1845 in Wraxall, Somerset; died on 8 Mar 1918 in East Budleigh, Devon; was buried on 18 Mar 1918 in Clyst St George, Devon.
    9. Stanley Vaughan Gibbs was born on 30 Nov 1846 in Wraxall, Somerset; died on 25 Feb 1870 in Kingston, Jamaica; was buried on 22 Jul 1870 in Wraxall, Somerset.

  7. 14.  Richard Budd was born in 1809 in North Tawton, Devonshire; died on 26 Feb 1896 in Boutport Street, Barnstaple, Devon.

    Richard married Harriet Cotton Rider in 1842 in Bath, Somerset. Harriet was born on 9 Jul 1822 in Clannaborough, Devon; died on 10 Mar 1877 in Barnstaple, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Harriet Cotton Rider was born on 9 Jul 1822 in Clannaborough, Devon; died on 10 Mar 1877 in Barnstaple, Devon.
    Children:
    1. 7. Mary Rider Budd was born on 11 Feb 1848 in Barnstaple, Devon; died on 11 Jan 1924 in Dorchester, Dorset; was buried in Jan 1924 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire.


 

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