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Walter Durant Gibbs, 4th Baron Aldenham

Walter Durant Gibbs, 4th Baron Aldenham

Male 1888 - 1969  (80 years)

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  • Name Walter Durant Gibbs 
    Suffix 4th Baron Aldenham 
    Birth 11 Aug 1888  High Canons, Shenley, Hertfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 8 Sep 1888  Aldenham, Hertfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1891  London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1901  Eton, Buckinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 2 Apr 1911  London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age: 22; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son 
    Arrival 25 Aug 1920  New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Departure Iquique, Tarapaca, Chile Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 30 May 1969  Harlow Hospital, Epping, Essex Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cremation St Dunstan's, Hunsdon, Hertfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 2nd Baron Hunsdon (1935) and 4th Baron Aldenham (1939). Born at High Canons aforesaid 11 August and baptised 8 September 1888 at Aldenham. Educated at Eton College 1901-7; matric. Cambridge (Trinity College) 1907; 2nd class History and B.A. 1910. Died at Harlow Hospital, 30 May 1969 and was cremated and ashes buried at St. Dunstan's, Hunsdon.

      He was in the Eton School Football XI 1906. Won Royal Tennis, single and doubles, Cambridge v. Oxford 1910. Joined Antony Gibbs & Sons, London, 1910, and was with their Australian branch, Gibbs, Bright & Co., 1912-14. After the Great War rejoined the London firm 1919; partner thereof from 1920. Director of, amongst other Companies, Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ld., from 1921 (Chairman 1928-29), Australian Pastoral Co. Ld. from 1922 (Chairman from 1929), Westminster Bank Ld. from 1924, English Scottish and Australian Bank, Ld., from 1920. On the Livery of the Merchant Taylors Company from 1910, on the Court from 1923, Master 1932.

      2nd Lieut. Hertfordshire Yeomanry (Territ) Feb. 1911-15; temp. Lieut. July, 1915, Capt., Dec., 1916. In the Great War; mobilised with the Herts. Yeomanry in August 1914 he served with them in Egypt Sep. 1914 to Aug. 1915, in Gallipoli August to October 1915 and in Palestine June 1916 to April 1917 and to XXI Corps Staff Intelligence there December 1917-January 1918. Served with the 'Dunster Force' in Mesopotamia and Persia January 1918 to January 1919 and with Herts. Yeomanry in Asia Minor January to April 1919. Mentioned twice in Despatches (1917 and 1918). Medals, 1914-15 Star, British war medal and Allies (Victory) medal.

      Deputy Chairman Westminster Bank, 1st January 1933; Chairman of Bank 1st April 1950; resigned from Chairmanship 31 December 1961 but remained on Board, President, British Association of Bankers 1954-55.

      Portrait in oils, painted by Simon Elwes, soon after becoming Chariman, in possession of Westminster Bank, Lothbury, EC2.
    Person ID I1641  Gibbs Family Tree
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2019 

    Father The Hon. Herbert Cokayne Gibbs, 1st Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon,   b. 14 May 1854, Frognall, Hampstead, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1935, Briggens, Hertfiordshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Anna Maria Durant, Lady Hunsdon,   b. 8 May 1862, High Canons Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1938, Ware, Hertfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 12 Feb 1885  Shenley, Hertfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F755  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Beatrix Elinor Paul,   b. 28 Jul 1890, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1978, St Dunstan's, Hunsdon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 6 Nov 1919  St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Captain Vicary Paul Gibbs,   b. 11 Feb 1921, Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley St., Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1944, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years)
     2. The Hon. Antony Durant Gibbs, 5th Baron Aldenham and 3rd Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon,   b. 18 May 1922, Stanstead Lodge, Stanstead Abbots, Hertfordshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1986, Yeovil, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F756  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2017 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Aug 1888 - High Canons, Shenley, Hertfordshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 8 Sep 1888 - Aldenham, Hertfordshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1891 - London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1901 - Eton, Buckinghamshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 22; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 2 Apr 1911 - London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 6 Nov 1919 - St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 25 Aug 1920 - New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeparture - - Iquique, Tarapaca, Chile Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 30 May 1969 - Harlow Hospital, Epping, Essex Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCremation - - St Dunstan's, Hunsdon, Hertfordshire Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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    Documents
    1911 England Census - Winifred Marian Gibbs.jpeg    		1911 England Census - Winifred Marian Gibbs.jpeg


 

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