Rev. John Lomax Gibbs b. 28 Mar 1832 11 Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London d. 12 Jan 1914 Speen, Berkshire: Gibbs Family Tree

Gibbs Family Tree

1832 - 1914 (81 years)

Name	John Lomax Gibbs
Title	Rev.
Born	28 Mar 1832	11 Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London
Gender	Male
Baptism	26 May 1832	St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Holborn, London
Residence	1851	Oxfordshire
Residence	1871	Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
Residence	1881	St Thomas the Apostle, Exeter, Devon
Residence	1891	Clyst St George, Devon
Residence	2 Apr 1911	Speen, Berkshire
Residence	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Died	12 Jan 1914	Speen, Berkshire
Died	Speen House
Person ID	I231	Gibbs Family Tree
Last Modified	8 Mar 2019

Father	George Henry Gibbs, b. 24 Aug 1785, Exeter, Devon , d. 21 Aug 1842, Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy (Age 56 years)
Mother	Caroline Crawley, b. 25 Apr 1794, Clyst St George, Devon , d. 13 Feb 1850, Wraxall, Somerset (Age 55 years)
Married	7 Jul 1817	Stowe-nine-Churches, Upper Stowe, Northamptonshire
Family ID	F194	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Isabel Marianne Bright, b. 1 Mar 1835, Abbots Leigh, Somerset , d. 22 Mar 1920, Newbury, Berkshire (Age 85 years)

Married 3 Jan 1860 Abbots Leigh, Somerset

Children

+	1. John Arthur Gibbs, b. 27 Oct 1860, Torwood, Torquay, Devon , d. 9 Jul 1949, Cobham, Surrey (Age 88 years)
	2. Caroline Blanche Gibbs, b. 27 Nov 1861, Gelos, Basses Pyrenees, France , d. 23 Nov 1945, Speen, Berkshire (Age 83 years)
	3. Isabel Alice Gibbs, b. 27 Dec 1862, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset , d. 17 Apr 1942, Newbury, Berkshire (Age 79 years)
	4. Robert Tyndall Gibbs, b. 20 May 1865, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire , d. 4 Oct 1942, Worcester, Worcestershire (Age 77 years)
	5. Canon Reginald Gibbs, b. 29 Jun 1867, The Parsonage, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire , d. 27 Oct 1940, Aldenham, Hertfordshire (Age 73 years)
	6. Francis Lomax Gibbs, b. 28 Jan 1869, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire , d. 28 Dec 1943, Wandsworth, London (Age 74 years)
	7. Mary Beatrice Gibbs, b. 16 Feb 1871, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire , d. 20 May 1886, Pimlico, London (Age 15 years)
	8. Ethel Constance Gibbs, b. 27 Nov 1872, Clevedon, Somerset , d. 11 Mar 1961, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Age 88 years)

Last Modified 22 Nov 2018

Family ID F56 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

8th son of George Henry Gibbs of London. Baptised 26 May 1832 at St.-Giles-in-the-Fields, Holborn. Educated at Eton College 1834-35 and Charterhouse, London, 1846-7. Matric at Oxford (Exeter College), 24 Oct. 1849, BA, a 'grand compounder, MA, 1856. Buried 15 January 1914 at Speen. Will proved 17 February 1914.

To add to the facts about education, he went to a school at Brighton about six or seven, and then to one at Clifton, Bristol. After Charterhouse he was, 1848-9, with a tutor, the rector of Poundstock, Cornwall. Joined Antony Gibbs & Sons, London, 1854, but left them 1856 through ill-health, and in every year 1851 to 58 he travelled much abroad, particularly in Spain, and (1857-8) up the Nile and in Palestine. A student at Wells Theological College 1858. Ordained Deacon (Exeter) 1859, Priest 1860. Curate at St. Mary's, Torwood, Torquay, to Rev. J. Hogg 1859-1860, when his health drove him abroad again (Pyrenees) with his wife and first-born. Living at Bradeham, Bucks., 1863-4. Perpetual Curate of Clifton Hampden, Oxon., 1864 (presented by his brother Henry Hucks Gibbs), but resigned work in 1874 from the same cause as before. His parsonage there was what is now the Manor House. Resided at Oaklands, Cleveland, Somerset, 1874-8. Vicar of Exwick, Devon, 1878-85; Rector of Clyst St. George, Devon 1885-97 (presented to both by Antony Gibbs). Retired and resided at Speen House, Berks., 1898-1914. Editor of 'The Registers of Clyst St. George', published 1899 by The Parish Register Society. Member of the Athenauem Club, London, 1863-86. His diaries 1851-1912 (52 vols.), last in possession of John Arthur Gibbs in 1932 are now missing. The volume of his 'Reminiscences' (MS.) from c.1840 to 1910, now in the possession of Denis D. Gibbs.

Portraits: Oil 1858 by E.U. Eddis in possession of Lord Aldenham (1932); oil (c. 1902) by A. Macdonald, last in possession of George Medley; a posthumous one painted 1921 (from a photo of about 1910) by Ronald Gray in possession of Denis D. Gibbs; a chalk drawing by E.U. Eddis (c. 1859) last in possession of Francis L. Gibbs in 1932; a pastel by E. Havell (1887) last in possession of Francis L. Gibbs in 1932.

Event Map

	Born - 28 Mar 1832 - 11 Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London
	Baptism - 26 May 1832 - St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Holborn, London
	Residence - 1851 - Oxfordshire
	Married - 3 Jan 1860 - Abbots Leigh, Somerset
	Residence - 1871 - Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
	Residence - 1881 - St Thomas the Apostle, Exeter, Devon
	Residence - 1891 - Clyst St George, Devon
	Residence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 2 Apr 1911 - Speen, Berkshire
	Died - 12 Jan 1914 - Speen, Berkshire

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		John Lomax Gibbs and family around 1906 Standing, L to R relationship to JLG Emily Fraser Gibbs, née Handcock wife of Robert Tyndall Gibbs Isabel Alice Medley, née Gibbs 2nd daughter, wife of Dudley Medley Robert Tyndall Gibbs 2nd son John Arthur Gibbs 1st son (unknown child) Dudley Julius Medley son-in-law (unknown youth) Francis Lomax Gibbs 4th son Sylvia Beatrice Gibbs, née Cokayne wife of Francis Lomax Gibbs Reginald Gibbs 3rd son Seated L to R Robert Claud Gibbs only child of Robert T & Emily Gibbs (all children unknown) (lady with children unknown) Ethel Constance Dickson, née Gibbs 4th daughter Emily Gertrude Gibbs, née Bright daughter-in-law, wife of John Arthur Gibbs John Lomax Gibbs himself Isabel Marianne Gibbs. née Bright
		John Lomax Gibbs Golden Wedding 10th January 1919
		John Lomax Gibbs and Family at Clifton Hampden 1872 John Lomax Gibbs with his wife Isabel Marianne née Bright and family at Clifton Hampden, 1872. From left to right, their daughters seated are Isabel and Blanche, their sons standing are Robert, Francis, Reginald and John Arthur.
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		John Lomax Gibbs 1860

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		John_L_Gibbs_Sketch.jpg John Lomax Gibbs

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		Reminiscences of John Lomax Gibbs 1832-1914

Headstones

John Lomax Gibbs Grave
Ray Gibbs managed to find and tidy up JLG’s grave which is in a completely overgrown patch at Speen Church.