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Beresford Norman Gibbs, FRICS, FLAS

Male 1925 - 2016  (91 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Beresford Norman Gibbs, FRICS, FLAS was born on 27 Feb 1925 in London (son of Rev. John Stanley Gibbs, MC and Mary Rosamond McCorquodale); died on 24 May 2016 in Oaksey, Wiltshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 19 Apr 1925, Badmington, Gloucestershire

    Notes:

    Baptised 19 April 1925 at Badminton, co. Glos. Educated at Eton and Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.

    At Eton won quarter mile race 1943; served in Royal Horse Guards (the Blues) 1943-47; won Polar Bear Division quarter mile race 1946.

    Fellow of the Chartered Land Agent's Society and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 1958; assistant to G. C. Laws at Westcote Barton, Oxfordshire, 1952-58; practising as Land Agent in general practice since from his house, Flintham House, Oaksey, Malmesbury, Wilts., his residence since 1957.

    Portrait: Oil by Hon. Jeremy Cubitt (1942) last in his possession.

    Died 24 May 2016.

    Beresford married Mary Jane Thatcher [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. John William Gibbs
    2. Cecily Sheila Gibbs
    3. Alice Rosamond Gibbs
    4. David Norman Gibbs

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Rev. John Stanley Gibbs, MC was born on 21 Nov 1879 in Abingdon, Berkshire (son of Rev. William Cobham Gibbs and Annie Katharina Downall); died on 30 Jan 1952 in Badmington, Gloucestershire; was buried on 2 Feb 1952 in Didmarton, Gloucestershire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 14 Dec 1879, Abingdon, Berkshire; St Helen's
    • Residence: 1891, Hagley, Worcestershire; Age: 11; Relation to Head of House: Son
    • Residence: 1901, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire; Age: 21; Relation to Head of House: Visitor

    Notes:

    Baptised 14 December 1879 at St. Helen's, Abingdon. Educated at Haileybury College, 1893-8, matric. at Oxford (Keble College) 1898, BA 1904, MA 1908. Student at Cuddesdon Theological College, 1904. Buried at Didmarton 2 February 1952. Memorial Tablet in St. John Baptist's Church, Shipton Moyne, nr. Tetbury.

    At Haileybury he won mile and half mile races 2 years; at Keble College the half and quarter mile 3 years. President of Keble Coll. Athletic Club 1901. At Oxford House, Bethnal Green, 1902. Travelled round the world with a pupil 1903. Deacon 1904; Priest 1905. Curate of St. Pancras in the Borough of that name 1904-8; member of the Bush Brotherhood of Charleville, Queensland, 1908-11; Vicar of St. Frideswide's, Poplar, and Head of the Christ Church (Oxford) Mission there 1911-13; Vicar of Christ Church Telford Road, Kensington, 1913-19; Vicar of Badminton, co. Glos. from 1919.

    Chaplain to the North Somerset Yeomanry 1911-30. In the Great War he was chaplain to the Australian Voluntary Hospital at Wimereux January-April 1915; to the 8th Cavalry Brigade (Brit. Exp. Force) September 1915-18; to the Garrison and Hospitals at Exeter February-July 1918; to the 3rd Cavalry Division (B.E.F.) 1918-19. Mentioned in despatches 1917; Military Cross 1918. 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, and Allies' (Victory) Medal of the Great War.

    Rector of Shipton Moyne 1937-50. Rural Dean of Tetbury, Glos. Hon. Canon of Gloucester. Special Constable (Head) in 2nd World War. Chairman of Tetbury Grammar School.

    Portrait: Pastel by W. E. Miller last in possession of his daughter Sheila (Countess of Morton).

    Birth:
    Vicarage

    John married Mary Rosamond McCorquodale on 24 Apr 1924 in Winslow, Buckinghamshire. Mary (daughter of Norman McCorquodale, OBE, JP and Constance Helena Burton) was born on 19 Oct 1897 in St George Hanover Square, London; died on 17 Feb 1966 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire; was buried on 22 Feb 1966 in Didmarton, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Rosamond McCorquodale was born on 19 Oct 1897 in St George Hanover Square, London (daughter of Norman McCorquodale, OBE, JP and Constance Helena Burton); died on 17 Feb 1966 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire; was buried on 22 Feb 1966 in Didmarton, Gloucestershire.

    Notes:

    1st daughter of Norman McCorquodale of Winslow Hall, co. Bucks. (for whose lineage see McCorquodale of Dulchroy in Burke's 'Landed Gentry'), by Constance, 3rd daughter of Edmund C. Burton of The Lodge, Daventry. Died 17 February 1966 in Cirencester Hospital. Buried Didmarton, 22 February 1966.


    Died:
    Cirencester Hospital

    Children:
    1. 1. Beresford Norman Gibbs, FRICS, FLAS was born on 27 Feb 1925 in London; died on 24 May 2016 in Oaksey, Wiltshire.
    2. Mary Sheila Gibbs, Countess of Morton was born on 7 Mar 1927 in Badmington, Gloucestershire; died on 1 May 2016.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Rev. William Cobham Gibbs was born on 28 Jul 1845 in Wraxall, Somerset (son of Rev. Joseph Gibbs and Emily Vaughan); died on 8 Mar 1918 in East Budleigh, Devon; was buried on 18 Mar 1918 in Clyst St George, Devon.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 28 Aug 1845, Wraxall, Somerset
    • Residence: 1851, Wraxall, Somerset; Visitor
    • Residence: 1871, Abingdon St Helen, Abingdon, Berkshire
    • Residence: 1881, London
    • Residence: 1891, Hagley, Worcestershire
    • Residence: 1901, Hagley, Worcestershire; Age: 55; Relation to Head of House: Head
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, East Budleigh, Devon; Age: 65; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

    Notes:

    5th son of Rev. Joseph Gibbs of Clifton Hampden. Baptised 28 August 1845 at Wraxall. Educated at Marlborough College, 1852-62, matric. at Cambridge (Jesus College) October 1865, BA 1870, MA 1876. Student at Cuddesdon Theological College, Oxon, 1868-9. Buried 18 March 1918 at Clyst St. George. Memorial Inscription in churchyard there. Memorial window in Hagley Church, co. Worcester, to him and his sons Beresford and Edward. Will proved London 8 May 1918.

    Won the mile race for Cambridge v. Oxford in 1868 in the fastest amateur time then on record (4 min. 28 sec.). Deacon 1869; Priest 1871. Curate of Abingdon, Berks., 1869-73; Vicar of Exwick, nr. Exeter, 1873-8; (presented by Wm. Gibbs; Vicar of Abingdon 1878-84; Rector of Hagley, co. Worcester, 1884-1903; Rector of Clyst St. George, Devon (presented by Antony Gibbs) 1903 to 1911 when he resigned and retired to Temple Hill afsd.

    Birth:
    Belmont

    Died:
    Temple Hill

    William married Annie Katharina Downall on 6 Feb 1879 in Exwick, Devon. Annie (daughter of Archdeacon John Downall and Katherine Pyndar Turner) was born on 26 Sep 1846 in Wolverley, Worcestershire; died on 11 Dec 1924 in East Budleigh, Devon; was buried on 15 Dec 1924 in Clyst St George, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Annie Katharina Downall was born on 26 Sep 1846 in Wolverley, Worcestershire (daughter of Archdeacon John Downall and Katherine Pyndar Turner); died on 11 Dec 1924 in East Budleigh, Devon; was buried on 15 Dec 1924 in Clyst St George, Devon.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1871, Cannington, Somerset; Age: 23; Relationship: Wife
    • Residence: 1891, Hagley, Worcestershire; Age: 44; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Residence: 1901, Hagley, Worcestershire; Age: 54; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, East Budleigh, Devon; Age: 64; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Notes:

    2nd daughter of the Ven. John Downall, Archdeacon of Totnes and Vicar of Okehampton, Devon, by Katharine Pyndar, only daughter of Rev. John Turner, rector of Hagley, co. Worcester. Buried 15 December 1924 at Clyst St. George. Memorial Inscription in churchyard there and under her husband's Memorial window at Hagley.


    Died:
    Temple Hill

    Children:
    1. 2. Rev. John Stanley Gibbs, MC was born on 21 Nov 1879 in Abingdon, Berkshire; died on 30 Jan 1952 in Badmington, Gloucestershire; was buried on 2 Feb 1952 in Didmarton, Gloucestershire.
    2. Lieut. Colonel William Beresford Gibbs was born on 24 Feb 1881 in Abingdon, Berkshire; died on 3 Sep 1916 in Thiepval, Somme, Picardie, France; was buried in Blighty Valley Cemetery, Albert, Somme, France.
    3. Captain George Louis Downall Gibbs, RN, DSO, NVO was born on 30 Jul 1882 in Abingdon, Berkshire; died on 31 Oct 1956 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire; was buried on 2 Nov 1956 in Standish, Gloucestershire.
    4. Mary Katharina Pynder Gibbs was born on 5 Aug 1884 in Abington, Berkshire; died on 31 Dec 1949 in Malthouse, Standish, Gloucestershire; was buried in Standish, Gloucestershire.
    5. Rev. Edward Reginald Gibbs was born on 9 Oct 1885 in Hagley, Worcestershire; died on 29 Mar 1918 in Boisleux-au-Mont, Pas de Calais, France.
    6. Major Alfred Joseph Gibbs, DSC, MC was born on 26 May 1887 in The Rectory, Hagley, Worcestershire; died on 31 Dec 1969 in Coxwell House, Cirencester, Gloucestershire; was buried on 7 Jan 1970 in St Nicholas, Standish, Gloucestershire.

  3. 6.  Norman McCorquodale, OBE, JP was born on 24 Oct 1863 in Newton, Lancashire (son of High Sheriff, Lancashire George McCorquodale and Louisa Kate Honan); died on 3 Jan 1938 in Buckinghamshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Buckinghamshire; High Sheriff, Buckinghamshire
    • Residence: 1891, Newton In Makerfield, Lancashire

    Norman married Constance Helena Burton on 7 Jan 1897 in Daventry, Northamptonshire. Constance (daughter of Edmund Charles Burton and Rosamond Elizabeth Lace) was born on 27 Feb 1867 in Northampton, Northamptonshire; died on 17 Aug 1939 in Hall Farm, Yately, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Constance Helena Burton was born on 27 Feb 1867 in Northampton, Northamptonshire (daughter of Edmund Charles Burton and Rosamond Elizabeth Lace); died on 17 Aug 1939 in Hall Farm, Yately, Hampshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1931, Westminster, London

    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Rosamond McCorquodale was born on 19 Oct 1897 in St George Hanover Square, London; died on 17 Feb 1966 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire; was buried on 22 Feb 1966 in Didmarton, Gloucestershire.
    2. Brigadier Norman Duncan McCorquodale, M.C. was born on 19 Nov 1898 in London; died on 17 Oct 1971 in Edinburgh, Scotland; was buried in Melrose, Scotland.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  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]


  2. 9.  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. 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. 4. 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.

  3. 10.  Archdeacon John Downall

    John married Katherine Pyndar Turner. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Katherine Pyndar Turner
    Children:
    1. 5. Annie Katharina Downall was born on 26 Sep 1846 in Wolverley, Worcestershire; died on 11 Dec 1924 in East Budleigh, Devon; was buried on 15 Dec 1924 in Clyst St George, Devon.

  5. 12.  High Sheriff, Lancashire George McCorquodale was born on 10 May 1817 in Liverpool, Lancashire; died on 16 Jul 1895 in Anglesey, Wales.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1841, Edinburgh Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland
    • Residence: 1851, Newton In Makerfield, Lancashire
    • Residence: 1861, Newton In Makerfield, Lancashire
    • Residence: 1871, Newton, Lancashire
    • Residence: 1881, Newton In Makerfield, Lancashire
    • Residence: 1891, Newton In Makerfield, Lancashire

    George married Louisa Kate Honan. Louisa was born about 1823 in Ireland; died on 19 Feb 1870 in Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Louisa Kate Honan was born about 1823 in Ireland; died on 19 Feb 1870 in Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1851, Newton In Makerfield, Lancashire
    • Residence: 1861, Newton In Makerfield, Lancashire

    Children:
    1. 6. Norman McCorquodale, OBE, JP was born on 24 Oct 1863 in Newton, Lancashire; died on 3 Jan 1938 in Buckinghamshire.

  7. 14.  Edmund Charles Burton was born on 4 Sep 1826 in Daventry, Northamptonshire; died on 20 Aug 1907 in The Lodge, Daventry, Northamptonshire.; was buried in Daventry, Northamptonshire.

    Edmund married Rosamond Elizabeth Lace in Oct 1862 in West Derby, Lancashire. Rosamond was born on 13 Jan 1840 in Liverpool, Lancashire; died on 20 May 1918 in Daventry, Northamptonshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Rosamond Elizabeth Lace was born on 13 Jan 1840 in Liverpool, Lancashire; died on 20 May 1918 in Daventry, Northamptonshire.
    Children:
    1. 7. Constance Helena Burton was born on 27 Feb 1867 in Northampton, Northamptonshire; died on 17 Aug 1939 in Hall Farm, Yately, Hampshire.


 

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