Gibbs Family Tree
Richard Alexander Bennett
1872 - 1951 (78 years)-
Name Richard Alexander Bennett Birth 12 Dec 1872 Bournemouth Gender Male Death 16 Jul 1951 Notes - 1st son of Rev. Alexander Bennett, sometime Vicar of St. Stephens, Bournemouth (died 1912), by Jessie, 3rd daughter of Rev. Richard Payne, sometime Vicar of Downton, Wilts. Baptised at St. Peter's, Bournemouth. Educated at Eton College, 1886-91; matric. Oxford (Christ Church) 1891, MA 1896.
Justice of the Peace, co. Glos., from 1911. In the Great War joined 2/1 Glos. Yeomanry (Territorial Force) September 1914, as 2nd Lieut.; Lieut., 1915; Captain, 1919; served in England and Ireland and was demobilized, March 1919.
Residence, 21 Norfolk Crescent, Paddington, 1900-4; Wickwar, co. Glos., 1904-9; Thornbury Park, co. Glos., from 1910.
His great grandmother was sister of William Adams of Thorpe (also in the Gibbs Family Tree).
Person ID I1746 Gibbs Family Tree Last Modified 9 Nov 2017
Father Rev. Alexander Sykes Bennett, b. Jan 1838, Sutton Montis, Somerset d. 17 Aug 1912, Bournemouth, Dorset (Age 74 years) Mother Jessie Payne, b. 25 Apr 1844, Winchester, Hampshire d. 7 Oct 1888 (Age 44 years) Marriage 7 Aug 1865 Downton, Wiltshire Family ID F1013 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Albinia Rose Gibbs, b. 31 Mar 1876, Paddington, London d. 3 Oct 1941, Thornbury, Gloucestershire (Age 65 years) Marriage 2 Dec 1899 Wraxall, Somerset Children 1. Lt Col Alexander George Bennett, b. 7 Sep 1900, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset d. 23 Sep 1979, Hampshire (Age 79 years) 2. Anstice Jessie Bennett, b. 31 Aug 1905, Wickwar, Gloucestershire d. Oct 1994, Wantage, Berkshire (Age 89 years) 3. Peter Richard Bennett, b. 26 Feb 1908, Wickwar, Gloucestershire d. 27 Feb 1919, Weymouth, Dorset (Age 11 years) 4. Mary Blanche Albinia Bennett, b. 4 May 1914, Thornbury, Gloucestershire d. 17 Apr 2005, Wiltshire (Age 90 years) 5. Evelyn Mercy Bennett, b. 4 Oct 1916, Thornbury, Gloucestershire d. 1983 (Age 66 years) Photos Dick Bennett & Albinia's wedding Family ID F803 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jun 2021
- 1st son of Rev. Alexander Bennett, sometime Vicar of St. Stephens, Bournemouth (died 1912), by Jessie, 3rd daughter of Rev. Richard Payne, sometime Vicar of Downton, Wilts. Baptised at St. Peter's, Bournemouth. Educated at Eton College, 1886-91; matric. Oxford (Christ Church) 1891, MA 1896.
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