David William Hall Boston

Antony married Elizabeth Mary Hall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1978, Canberra, Australia; Chief of Protocol, Dept. of Foreign Affairs

Notes:

Barry served for 41 years in the Department of Foreign Affairs in Australia, his career culminating as Ambassador in three countries: Iran, Greece and Turkey.

Francis married Diana Mary Medley on 27 Jul 1948 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Diana (daughter of Sir John Dudley Gibbs Medley and Emmeline Mary Newbolt) was born on 17 Mar 1922; died on 22 Oct 2022. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Christening: 16 May 1922, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1977, Cockburn, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Notes:

God-daughter of Alfred Bright, so attached to both Gibbs and Bright lines.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1901, Cramond, Midlothian, Scotland
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Mears Ashby, Northamptonshire; Age: 19; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Residence: 1922, South Yarra, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia

Notes:

1st son. Baptised 14 May 1891 at St. Giles, Oxford. Educated at Winchester College (scholar) 1904-10; matric at Oxford (scholar of New College) 1910; 1st class Mods. 1912; 1st class Lit. Humaniores 1914. Cremated at Springvale, nr. Melbourne.

At Winchester was "Prefect of Hall" 1909-10. Elected Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Oct. 1914 but never resided. In the Great War 2nd Lieut. 15 October 1914 in 6th (Glamorgan) Battalion (Territorial) of The Welsh Regiment. Temporary Captain 1915 as a Railway Transport Officer in France. On General Staff in France as A.D.C. to General Sir Tom Bridges (Head Quarters 19th Divn.) Dec. 1915-Nov. 1916. Returned to Ry. Transport Nov. 1916-May 1917. Thereafter in "Grand Quartier General" French Armies in liaison work till Mar. 1919. Temporary Major from September 1918. Medals, 1914 Star, British War medal, Allies (Victory) medal.

Joined Antony Gibbs & Sons, London, May 1919 and was one of the managers of their Australian Branch, Gibbs Bright & Co. 1920-30 (Melbourne 1920-23, Adelaide 1923-25, Sydney 1925-30). Headmaster of "Tudor House" Preparatory School nr. Mossvale, N.S.W. from 1931-38. Elected Vice-Chancellor, Melbourne University in 1938 from which post he retired in 1951. Knighted 1948.

A Trustee of the Australian National Gallery from 1941, and Chairman from 1951. Member of the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1942. President of the Australian Council for Educational Research 1948. Portrait by Max Meldrum in the John Medley building, part of the Arts Faculty, University of Melbourne.

1 son, David John Medley (United States citizen 1967), m. Ruth Crane and has issue. 1 daughter, Diana Mary m. Francis Barrington Hall, Chief of Protocol, Dept. of Foreign Affairs, Canberra (1978) and has issue.

John married Emmeline Mary Newbolt on 15 Sep 1916 in Southwark Cathedral, Surrey. Emmeline (daughter of Sir Francis George Newbolt and Alice Clara Franck Bright) was born on 5 Aug 1891 in Weybridge, Surrey; died on 4 Mar 1977 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was her husband's third cousin. 2nd daughter of Sir Francis G. Newbolt, Knight, K.C. and Official Referee of the Supreme Court, by Alice Clara Franck (born 1867), 2nd daughter of Rev. Dr. J.F. Bright and sister of E. Gertrude F. Gibbs. Baptised 30 September 1891 at St. Michael's there. Married by her uncle Dr. Hubert Burge, Bishop of Southwark. Cremated at Springdale, Memorial Inscription there.

Oil portrait with her sister Evelyn by John Cook (1913) last in possession of her father.

Birth:
Oakley Lodge