Gibbs Family Tree
Otter Joseph Gibbs Peel
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
Generation: 2
2. Robert Peel Robert married Emily Anna Gibbs [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Emily Anna Gibbs Children:
Generation: 3
6. Antony William Hew Gibbs Antony married Lady Virginia Rous [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Lady Virginia Rous Children:
Generation: 4
12. Major Martin Antony Gibbs, DL, JP was born on 12 Mar 1916 in 6 Evelyn Gardens, Kensington, London (son of Lieut. Colonel William Otter Gibbs and Janet Blanche Gibbs); died on 26 Jun 1994. Other Events and Attributes:
- Baptism: 6 Apr 1916, Barrow Gurney, Somerset
Notes:
Major Coldstream Guards (retired 1952). Baptised 6 April 1916 at Barrow Gurney. Educated at Eton College, 1929-34, RMC Sandhurst, 1934-35.
Lived until 1923 at Sheldon Manor, Chippenham, Wilts. At A. C. Huson's House at Eton. Whipper-in to Eton College Beagles.
1936 Lieutenant, Coldstream Guards. In Second World War, Long Range Desert Group, Western Desert of Egypt 1940-41. Taken Prisoner of War at Tobruk (1942), escaped, and recaptured. Captain 1944. H.Q. 201 Guards Brigade 1945. Major 1949; Retired 1953. Colonel Commandant of Wiltshire Army
Cadet Force.
Justice of the Peace, Wiltshire 1966; High Sheriff, Wilts., 1974; Deputy Lieutenant, Wilts., 1977; Member Calne and Chippenham Rural District Council, 1956-77.
Sheldon Manor house and gardens open to the public since 1977.
Portraits: Water colour by Miss Keyes 1922; oil by E. Board 1930, last in his possn.Martin married Elsie Margaret Mary Hamilton-Dalrymple on 17 Jan 1947 in London. Elsie (daughter of Sir Hew Clifford Hamilton-Dalrymple, 9th Bt of North Berwick and Ann Dorothea Dyce Nicol Thorne) was born on 10 Jun 1922 in Kensington, London; died on 4 Feb 2012. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Elsie Margaret Mary Hamilton-Dalrymple was born on 10 Jun 1922 in Kensington, London (daughter of Sir Hew Clifford Hamilton-Dalrymple, 9th Bt of North Berwick and Ann Dorothea Dyce Nicol Thorne); died on 4 Feb 2012. Notes:
Elder daughter of Sir Hew Hamilton Dalrymple, 9th Baronet of North Berwick. Educated privately and at Convent des Oiseau, Westgate-on-Sea 1937-38.
Secretary to W.V.S., Edinburgh, 1941. Secretary to Air Training Corps, Edinburgh 1942-45.
Portraits: Water colour miniature and crayon by E. Bela at Leuchie, North Bewick in possn. of her brother Rev. John Hamilton Dalrymple. Oil by S. Davis last in possn. of her husband.Children:
14. William Keith Rous, 5th Earl of Stradbroke was born on 10 Mar 1907 in Henham, Suffolk (son of George Edward John Mowbray Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke and Helena Violet Alice Fraser); died on 18 Jul 1983 in Bideford, Devon. Notes:
He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London. He was educated at Geelong Grammer School, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Navy. He lived at Clovelly Court, Bideford, Devon, England.
He succeeded as the 5th Viscount Dunwich, Suffolk, 5th Earl of Stradbroke, Suffolk, 5th Baron Rous of Dennington, Suffolk and as the 10th Baronet Rous, of Henham Hall on 14 July 1983.William married Mary April Asquith on 19 Jul 1943 in Bideford, Devon. Mary (daughter of Brig. Gen. Hon. Arthur Melland Asquith and Hon. Betty Constance Manners) was born on 14 Apr 1919 in Marylebone, London; died in 2002 in Torridge, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Mary April Asquith was born on 14 Apr 1919 in Marylebone, London (daughter of Brig. Gen. Hon. Arthur Melland Asquith and Hon. Betty Constance Manners); died in 2002 in Torridge, Devon. Children: