Gibbs Family Tree
Dr. Robert Butler Remmett
Abt 1746 - 1822 (76 years)-
Name Robert Butler Remmett Title Dr. Birth Abt 1746 Plymouth, Devon 
Gender Male Residence Plymouth, Devon Death 1822 Notes - Dr. Robert B. Remmett is frequently mentioned in the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs and practised as a doctor in Plymouth. He was founder (1794) and President of the Plymouth Medical Society and Physician Extraordinaire to the Plymouth Public Dispensary. Author of two books for which see Allibone's 'Dictionary of English Literature' (1894). He is not known to have had issue by his second wife. His children by Elizabeth (Gibbs) were: George, the eldest son, living 1792, who was drowned whilst at school at Eton College; John who died whilst at school at Eton College; and Robert, who was born at Plymouth 30 August 1778, died September 1825, married 8 July 1814 Elizabeth Tozer. She, who was born 5 November 1786 and died 10 January 1864, was of the same family as Bishop Tozer. Her husband was at one time Solicitor to the Customs in London. See the book 'Antony & Dorothea by J.A. Gibbs' for some details of his life. His grandson, Robert Remmett, born 1850, murdered in Mexico, 1901, unmarried, was the last male of the family, which is now represented by descendants of that Robert's sisters, viz., of Fanny Henrietta (of Teignmouth, 1915) who married John Collins Baker (died 1901) one of whose sons, Charles Henry Collins Baker, was for many years up to 1932 keeper and secretary of the National Gallery, London, - Ada Mary Massey who married the late Major Henry G. C. Burmingham, of Froye House, Hampshire, and Lena Elizabeth who married Edward Gallop, of Sydney, New South Wales.
For references to pedigrees of the Remmett family, see the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J. A. Gibbs, p. 375, n; and for note of portraits of Dr. Remmett, see the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs by J. A. Gibbs, p. 434.
Person ID I1708 Gibbs Family Tree Last Modified 26 Jul 2019
Father John Remmett, of Crediton, b. Abt 1711, Topsham, Devon Mother Anna Gibbs, b. Abt 1720, Topsham, Devon d. 1811 (Age 91 years) Marriage Aft 1746 Crediton, Devon Family ID F1351 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Gibbs, b. 18 Apr 1750, Exeter, Devon d. 1780, Plymouth, Devon (Age 29 years) Marriage 26 Mar 1776 Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon Children 1. George Remmett d. Drowned at Eton 2. John Remmett d. Died at Eton + 3. Robert Remmett, b. 30 Aug 1778, Plymouth, Devon d. Sep 1825 (Age 47 years)Family ID F785 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Jul 2019
- Dr. Robert B. Remmett is frequently mentioned in the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs and practised as a doctor in Plymouth. He was founder (1794) and President of the Plymouth Medical Society and Physician Extraordinaire to the Plymouth Public Dispensary. Author of two books for which see Allibone's 'Dictionary of English Literature' (1894). He is not known to have had issue by his second wife. His children by Elizabeth (Gibbs) were: George, the eldest son, living 1792, who was drowned whilst at school at Eton College; John who died whilst at school at Eton College; and Robert, who was born at Plymouth 30 August 1778, died September 1825, married 8 July 1814 Elizabeth Tozer. She, who was born 5 November 1786 and died 10 January 1864, was of the same family as Bishop Tozer. Her husband was at one time Solicitor to the Customs in London. See the book 'Antony & Dorothea by J.A. Gibbs' for some details of his life. His grandson, Robert Remmett, born 1850, murdered in Mexico, 1901, unmarried, was the last male of the family, which is now represented by descendants of that Robert's sisters, viz., of Fanny Henrietta (of Teignmouth, 1915) who married John Collins Baker (died 1901) one of whose sons, Charles Henry Collins Baker, was for many years up to 1932 keeper and secretary of the National Gallery, London, - Ada Mary Massey who married the late Major Henry G. C. Burmingham, of Froye House, Hampshire, and Lena Elizabeth who married Edward Gallop, of Sydney, New South Wales.
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Birth - Abt 1746 - Plymouth, Devon 
Residence - - Plymouth, Devon 
Marriage - 26 Mar 1776 - Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon = Link to Google Earth