Ralph Crawley Boevey Gibbs

1891 - 1957  (66 years)

• Name	Ralph Crawley Boevey Gibbs
  Birth	24 Jul 1891	Barrow Court, Barrow Gurney, Somerset
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	4 Aug 1891	Barrow Gurney, Somerset
  Residence	1901	Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
  	Relation to Head of House: Son
  1911 Census	2 Apr 1911	Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
  	Age: 19; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
  Death	10 Aug 1957	Rudston, Yorkshire
  Notes	6th son of Henry Martin Gibbs. Baptised 4 August 1891 at Barrow Gurney. Educated at Eton College, 1904-9; matric. Oxford (Magdalen College) October 1910. Entered Antony Gibbs & Sons, 1912; joined Gibbs & Co., Chile, 1914, but returned on outbreak of the Great War. Re-entered A. Gibbs & Sons, 1919, and joined Gibbs, Bright & Co., Australia in the same year; resigned in 1923. Partner from 1928 in Lamb & Gold, stockjobbers in the City of London. 2nd Lieut. North Somerset Yeomanry (Territ.), Oct. 1912; Lieut., 1915; Captain, 1916; Retired, 1919. In the Great War served in France with N. Som. Yeo., Sept. 1914 to May 1915; and August 1916 to April 1918; and with the 7th Dragoon Guards, April 1918, till end of the War. Despatches, 14 January 1915; 1914 Star, British War Medal, Allies' (Victory) Medal. He was a Trustee of St. Michael's Home, in Cheddar, and Treasurer of St. Peter's Home, Kilburn. In the Second World War he was a Lt. Col. in the Military Police in India. Residences: Bush Hall, Hatfield, Herts., 1924-28; Benhay, Little Gaddesden, Herts., from 1928; later at Church Farm, South Marston and The Manor House at Woodmancote. Portraits: by G. Anderson (1900); by Ogilvie (1915); by F. Crawley-Boevey at Sheldon Manor last in possession Martin A. Gibbs; and a min. by Miss Hall; all four were in possn. of his brother William in 1932.
  Person ID	I2316	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Henry Martin Gibbs, High Sheriff, Somerset,   b. 30 May 1850, Paddington, London d. 22 Apr 1928, Barrow Gurney, Somerset (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Emily Anna Otter,   b. 6 Mar 1854, Cowfold, Sussex d. 5 Jul 1928, Fyfield, Berkshire (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	22 Jun 1883	Lindfield, Sussex
  Family ID	F798	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Elizabeth Houldsworth,   b. 13 Feb 1894, 1 Mansfield Street, St Marylebone, London d. 9 Mar 1951, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	5 Aug 1915	St Saviour, Chelsea, London
  Children	1. Mary Elizabeth Gibbs,   b. 5 Jun 1919, Kensington, London d. 30 Jun 2004, Bridlington, Yorkshire (Age 85 years)   2. Peter Houldsworth Gibbs,   b. 14 Nov 1921, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia d. 30 Dec 2006, Gloucester, Gloucestershire (Age 85 years)   3. Jane Gibbs   4. Susan Gibbs,   b. 4 Apr 1927, North Mymms, Herrtordshire d. 17 Oct 2007, Bath, Somerset (Age 80 years)   5. Rev. Canon William Gilbert Gibbs,   b. 7 Apr 1931, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire d. 20 Sep 2018 (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F1087	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2018

  
  

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  Birth - 24 Jul 1891 - Barrow Court, Barrow Gurney, Somerset Baptism - 4 Aug 1891 - Barrow Gurney, Somerset Residence - Relation to Head of House: Son - 1901 - Down Ampney, Gloucestershire 1911 Census - Age: 19; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 2 Apr 1911 - Down Ampney, Gloucestershire Marriage - 5 Aug 1915 - St Saviour, Chelsea, London Death - 10 Aug 1957 - Rudston, Yorkshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  1911 England Census - Henry Martin Gibbs.jpeg