Gibbs Family Tree
Hon. Sir Humphrey Vicary Gibbs, KCMG GCVO OBE

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Name Humphrey Vicary Gibbs Title Hon. Sir Suffix KCMG GCVO OBE Birth 22 Nov 1902 9 Portman Square, St. Marylebone, London Gender Male Baptism 13 Jan 1903 St Thomas', Portman Sq, London Residence 2 Apr 1911 London Age: 8; Relation to Head of House: Son Arrival 25 Mar 1924 Plymouth, Devon Arrival 29 Apr 1927 Liverpool, Lancashire Arrival 27 Aug 1934 Southampton, Hampshire Arrival 16 Sep 1954 London Arrival 24 Jul 1959 Southampton, Hampshire Departure Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Departure Limon, Costa Rica Departure Beira, Sofala, Mozambique Departure Brazil Occupation Governor of Southern Rhodesia from 28th December 1959 until 24th June 1969 Death 5 Nov 1990 Harare, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe Notes - 3rd son of Herbert Cokayne Gibbs, Lord Hunsdon. Baptised 13 January 1903 at St. Thomas's, Portman Square. Educated at Eton College, 1915-21, matric. Cambridge (Trinity College) 1921.
P.C. (1969), G.C.V.O. (1969); K.C.V.O. (1965); K.C.M.G. (1960); O.B.E. (1959); Governor of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) 1957-1969; Hon. L.L.D., Birmingham 1969; Hon. D.C.L. East Anglia, 1969.
Farming in Rhodesia, near Bulawayo, since 1928. Founder Member and later Chairman of the Natural Resources Board; Founder Member of the Rhodesia National Farmers Union which encouraged Rhodesian farmers to produce more food for Britain in the Second World War. Member of Parliament (United Party) 1947-53; Chairman of the United Party for many years. One of the two originators of the Central African Trade Fair (later the Rhodesian Trade Fair).
Governor of Southern Rhodesia 1959; last Governor General (Acting) of the Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland. In 1965 after the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, Ian Smith, announced the 'Unilateral Declaration of Independence,' he remained at Government House for 4 years. In 1969 he was allowed to leave after a Referendum in Rhodesia which resulted in the declaration of a Republic.
Member of the Board of Barclays Bank for many years (except during his Governorship) until his retirement in 1978. Member of Wankie Colliery Board; Commercial Union Board, Premier Portland Cement Board and Gibbs & Co.
Active in the establishment and continuation of Private Schools, both Junior and Senior, Chairman of Ruzawi Board of Governors.
Knight Commander of the Order of St. John since 1963; Member of the Council for the Blind.
Clubs: Athenaeum' Bulawayo (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe); Salisbury (Salisbury, Zimbabwe).
- More information about Humphrey Gibbs at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_Gibbs
Person ID I1643 Gibbs Family Tree Last Modified 20 Jan 2018
Father The Hon. Herbert Cokayne Gibbs, 1st Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon, b. 14 May 1854, Frognall, Hampstead, London d. 22 May 1935, Briggens, Hertfiordshire
(Age 81 years)
Mother Anna Maria Durant, Lady Hunsdon, b. 8 May 1862, High Canons d. 30 Dec 1938, Ware, Hertfordshire
(Age 76 years)
Marriage 12 Feb 1885 Shenley, Hertfordshire Family ID F755 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Dame Molly Peel Nelson, DBE, b. 13 Jul 1912, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa d. 20 Jan 1997, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
(Age 84 years)
Marriage 17 Jan 1934 Bulawayo, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe Children 1. Jeremy Herbert Gibbs, b. 26 May 1935, Bulawayo, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe d. 30 Jan 2022, Portugal
(Age 86 years)
2. Nigel Henry Vicary Gibbs, b. 24 Apr 1937, Bonisa, Bulawayo, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe d. 28 Nov 2016, Fairford, Gloucestershire
(Age 79 years)
3. Timothy Durant Gibbs, b. 27 Dec 1938, Bonisa, Bulawayo, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe d. 21 May 2019, Gloucester Royal Hospital, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
(Age 80 years)
4. Kenneth Richard Gibbs 5. Simon Humphrey Gibbs Last Modified 20 Oct 2018 Family ID F846 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- 3rd son of Herbert Cokayne Gibbs, Lord Hunsdon. Baptised 13 January 1903 at St. Thomas's, Portman Square. Educated at Eton College, 1915-21, matric. Cambridge (Trinity College) 1921.
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Documents UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 - Jeremy Herbert Gibbs.jpeg 1911 England Census - Winifred Marian Gibbs.jpeg UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 - Nigel Henry Vicary Gibbs.jpeg