Gibbs Family Tree
Henry Martin Gibbs, High Sheriff, Somerset
1850 - 1928 (77 years)
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Name Henry Martin Gibbs Suffix High Sheriff, Somerset Born 30 May 1850 Paddington, London 
- 8 Sussex Square,
Gender Male Baptism 24 Jun 1850 Paddington, London Residence 1891 Paddington, London Residence 1901 Windsor, Berkshire Died 22 Apr 1928 Barrow Gurney, Somerset - Barrow Court
Buried 25 Apr 1928 Barrow Gurney, Somerset Notes - 4th son of William Gibbs of Tyntesfield of Barrow Court, Somerset. Baptised 24 June 1850 at St. John's, Paddington. Educated at Lancing College 1866-69; matric. Cambridge (Clare College) 1871. Buried 25 April 1928 at Barrow Gurney, Somerset. Memorial Inscription in churchyard there; in Barrow Court chapel; in the chapel of Keble College, Oxford; in King's College, Taunton and Lancing College; Memorial window in Down Ampney Church, Wiltshire and Memorial reredos in the chapel of St. Michael's Home in Cheddar, the 2 last to him and his wife. Will dated 19 November 1926, cod. 20 March 1928, proved 24 August 1928.
During 1874 he lived at Malahuasi in the valley of Jauga, Peru, for his health. He restored Barrow Court 1882-84 for his home and bought it and the advowson of Barrow Gurney in 1885: restored the church at Barrow Gurney, 1887; erected or restored many buildings in the village; and bought the manor of Barrow Gurney 1902. The manor and village had previously belonged to J. Gratwick Blagrave, son of J. H. Blagrave.
Leased Down Ampney House, co. Glos., 1893-1916 and gave the screen, new pulpit, new seats and other gifts to the church there. For his benefaction with his brother Antony of a block of buildings to Keble College, Oxford, in 1875-78, in memory of their father, see Antony Gibbs. He gave the building which contains the school hall and class rooms, and many other benefactions, to Lancing College, and to its chapel; also gave a new wing to Ardingly College and was a great benefactor to this and other of the Southern and Western schools of the "Woodard" group.
He was on the Corporation of SS. Mary and Nicolas (the governing body of all the "Woodard" schools); a Fellow (1879-1928) of the Society of the SS. Mary and Nicolas (Lancing and the other Southern Schools); Fellow and Gustos (1879-1928) of the Society of SS. Mary and Andrew (King's Coll., Taunton); on the Committee of Lancing Coll., and Trustee of its property; founded three scholarships there.
He restored the Garrison Church at Dover Castle, and gave the reredos to the English Church at Balquhidder, co. Perth. Chairman of the Trust of St. Michael's Home in Cheddar. On the Long Ashton Rural District Council, 1902-28, and Chairman of the Barrow-Gurney Parish Council. A Justice of the Peace for Somerset (Long Ashton petty sessional division) 1886-1928. High Sheriff of Somerset for 1897. Served on various committees of the Bath and Wells Diocesan Conference.
Portraits: Oil by Solomon J. Solomon, last in possession of his son Major Antony Gibbs; water colour by E. Clifford, chalk by J. de Cazenave (1859), a min., a water colour (on photo base) by Speaight (1920), whereabouts unknown (1980); oil by Goldsborough Anderson (about 1903) at Lancing Coll.; min. (as a child, with his bro. George) by Sir W. Ross was last in possn. of Lord Wraxall (in 1930.
Person ID I1726 Gibbs Family Tree Last Modified 1 Sep 2021
Father William Gibbs, of Tyntesfield, b. 22 May 1790, Calle de Cantarranas, Madrid, Spain , d. 3 Apr 1875, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset (Age 84 years) Mother Matilda Blanche Crawley-Boevey, b. 17 Dec 1817, Eastgate street, Gloucester , d. 22 Sep 1887, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset (Age 69 years) Married 1 Aug 1839 Flaxley, Gloucestershire Family ID F752 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Emily Anna Otter, b. 6 Mar 1854, Cowfold, Sussex , d. 5 Jul 1928, Fyfield, Berkshire (Age 74 years) Married 22 Jun 1883 Lindfield, Sussex Children + 1. Lieut. Colonel William Otter Gibbs, b. 13 Sep 1883, Clifton, Gloucestershire , d. 22 Mar 1960 (Age 76 years)2. Lieut. Noel Martin Gibbs, b. 25 Dec 1884, Barrow Gurney, Somerset , d. 20 Mar 1916, Kahe, German East Africa (Age 31 years)3. The Rev. Francis Antony Woodard Gibbs, b. 17 Dec 1885, Barrow Court, Barrow Gurney, Somerset , d. 3 Aug 1946, Fairford, Gloucestershire (Age 60 years)4. Roland Vicary Gibbs, b. 16 Mar 1887, Barrow Gurney, Somerset , d. 19 Jul 1909, Barrow Gurney, Somerset (Age 22 years)5. Matilda Blanche Gibbs, b. 20 Nov 1888, Barrow Gurney, Somerset , d. 14 Jan 1889, Barrow Gurney, Somerset (Age 0 years)6. Major Guy Melvil Gibbs, b. 15 Dec 1889, Paddington, London , d. 14 Mar 1959, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (Age 69 years)7. Ralph Crawley Boevey Gibbs, b. 24 Jul 1891, Barrow Court, Barrow Gurney, Somerset , d. 10 Aug 1957, Rudston, Yorkshire (Age 66 years)8. Captain Lionel Cyril Gibbs, b. 15 Feb 1893, Flax Bourton, Somerset , d. 25 Dec 1940, Hampshire (Age 47 years)9. Mary Albinia Gibbs, b. 5 Nov 1894, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire , d. 15 Sep 1979 (Age 84 years)Last Modified 9 Jul 2017 Family ID F798 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 30 May 1850 - Paddington, London 
Baptism - 24 Jun 1850 - Paddington, London 
Married - 22 Jun 1883 - Lindfield, Sussex Residence - 1891 - Paddington, London 
Residence - 1901 - Windsor, Berkshire 
Died - 22 Apr 1928 - Barrow Gurney, Somerset Buried - 25 Apr 1928 - Barrow Gurney, Somerset = Link to Google Earth
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1911 England Census - Henry Martin Gibbs.jpeg