Christopher Henry Gibbs

1938 - 2018  (80 years)

• Name	Christopher Henry Gibbs
  Born	29 Jul 1938	Holwell Manor, Hatfield
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	18 Sep 1938	St Mary's, Essenden, Herts
  Residence	Tangiers, Morocco
  Residence	Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
  Residence	Piccadilly, London
  Died	29 Jul 2018	Tangier, Morocco
  Buried	1 Aug 2018	Tangier, Morocco
  Person ID	I1856	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	20 May 2019

  
  

  Father	The Hon. Sir Geoffrey Cokayne Gibbs, KCMG,   b. 20 Jul 1901, Camfield, Hatfield, Herts ,   d. 6 Jul 1975, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Helen Margaret Leslie, CBE,   b. 7 Jun 1905, Alexander Square, Kensington, London ,   d. 28 Dec 1979, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire  (Age 74 years)
  Married	6 Oct 1926	St Marys, Hertingfordbury, UK
  Family ID	F757	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Baptised 18 September 1938 at St. Mary The Virgin, Essenden, Herts. Educated Eton and Stanbridge School. Universite de Poitiers, La Sorbonne. Studied Archeology at Jericho with Dame Kathleen Kenyon 1956. Since 1958 (as Christopher Gibbs Ltd.) in business as dealer in paintings and antiques at Islington, Chelsea, and later at 118 New Bond Street, London W1. Director of the Faversham Oyster Fishery Company; Trustee of the Edward James Foundation. Member of the Diocesan Advisory Committee, Diocese of Canterbury 1979. Trustee of the J Paul Getty Jr. Charitable Trust in 1985. By family agreement, on the death of his mother, inherited the Manor and advowson of Clifton Hampden, 1980. Club: Beefsteak. Address: 1-6 Albany, Piccadilly, London, W1. Arbalou, Valee de l'Ourika, Province de Marrakech, Morocco, later El Foolk, Tangier, Morocco, Little Place Cottage, Clifton Hampden. More about Christopher at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Gibbs

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Jul 1938 - Holwell Manor, Hatfield Baptism - 18 Sep 1938 - St Mary's, Essenden, Herts Residence - - Tangiers, Morocco Residence - - Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire Residence - - Piccadilly, London Died - 29 Jul 2018 - Tangier, Morocco Buried - 1 Aug 2018 - Tangier, Morocco  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Christopher Gibbs in his set in 2013, with a daybed that belonged to Lord Tennyson
  		Christopher Henry Gibbs
  		The Dandies of Swinging London: Julian Ormsby-Gore (left), Christopher Gibbs (centre) and Nicholas Gormanston (right), 1965
  		'Out' Group by Patrick Lichfield archival inkjet print, July 1967 16 in. x 12 in. (407 mm x 305 mm) overall Given by Thomas Patrick John Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, 2003 in conjunction with the exhibition 'Lichfield: the early years 1962-1982'
  		Christopher Gibbs in his tall and airy Tangiers sitting room. Photograph by Will Sanders
  		Christopher Gibbs with coffee and cigarette
  		ChrisGibbs_Albany.jpg Christopher Gibbs at Albany
  		ChrisGibbs_Christies_2006.jpg Christopher Gibbs at Christies 2006
  		Christopher Gibbs 2.jpg Christopher Gibbs
  		ChristopherGibbs_HG.jpg Christopher Gibbs
  		christopher-gibbs_1966.jpg Christopher Gibbs 1966

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		Christopher Henry Gibbs Obituaries
  		Christopher Gibbs by Christopher Purvis From service at Clifton Hampden 29 Sept.
  		Christopher Gibbs Postscript by David Hogg
  		Readings and Address at Christopher's Memorial Service