1879 - 1952 (72 years)
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| Name |
John Stanley Gibbs |
| Title |
Rev. |
| Suffix |
MC |
| Nickname |
Jack |
| Birth |
21 Nov 1879 |
Abingdon, Berkshire  |
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| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism |
14 Dec 1879 |
Abingdon, Berkshire |
| St Helen's |
| Residence |
1891 |
Hagley, Worcestershire |
| Age: 11; Relation to Head of House: Son |
| Residence |
1901 |
West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire |
| Age: 21; Relation to Head of House: Visitor |
| Death |
30 Jan 1952 |
Badmington, Gloucestershire |
| Burial |
2 Feb 1952 |
Didmarton, Gloucestershire |
| Notes |
- Baptised 14 December 1879 at St. Helen's, Abingdon. Educated at Haileybury College, 1893-8, matric. at Oxford (Keble College) 1898, BA 1904, MA 1908. Student at Cuddesdon Theological College, 1904. Buried at Didmarton 2 February 1952. Memorial Tablet in St. John Baptist's Church, Shipton Moyne, nr. Tetbury.
At Haileybury he won mile and half mile races 2 years; at Keble College the half and quarter mile 3 years. President of Keble Coll. Athletic Club 1901. At Oxford House, Bethnal Green, 1902. Travelled round the world with a pupil 1903. Deacon 1904; Priest 1905. Curate of St. Pancras in the Borough of that name 1904-8; member of the Bush Brotherhood of Charleville, Queensland, 1908-11; Vicar of St. Frideswide's, Poplar, and Head of the Christ Church (Oxford) Mission there 1911-13; Vicar of Christ Church Telford Road, Kensington, 1913-19; Vicar of Badminton, co. Glos. from 1919.
Chaplain to the North Somerset Yeomanry 1911-30. In the Great War he was chaplain to the Australian Voluntary Hospital at Wimereux January-April 1915; to the 8th Cavalry Brigade (Brit. Exp. Force) September 1915-18; to the Garrison and Hospitals at Exeter February-July 1918; to the 3rd Cavalry Division (B.E.F.) 1918-19. Mentioned in despatches 1917; Military Cross 1918. 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, and Allies' (Victory) Medal of the Great War.
Rector of Shipton Moyne 1937-50. Rural Dean of Tetbury, Glos. Hon. Canon of Gloucester. Special Constable (Head) in 2nd World War. Chairman of Tetbury Grammar School.
Portrait: Pastel by W. E. Miller last in possession of his daughter Sheila (Countess of Morton).
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| Person ID |
I2766 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
13 May 2020 |
| Father |
Rev. William Cobham Gibbs, b. 28 Jul 1845, Wraxall, Somerset d. 8 Mar 1918, East Budleigh, Devon (Age 72 years) |
| Mother |
Annie Katharina Downall, b. 26 Sep 1846, Wolverley, Worcestershire d. 11 Dec 1924, East Budleigh, Devon (Age 78 years) |
| Marriage |
6 Feb 1879 |
Exwick, Devon |
| Family ID |
F1127 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mary Rosamond McCorquodale, b. 19 Oct 1897, St George Hanover Square, London d. 17 Feb 1966, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (Age 68 years) |
| Marriage |
24 Apr 1924 |
Winslow, Buckinghamshire |
| Children |
| | 1. Beresford Norman Gibbs, FRICS, FLAS, b. 27 Feb 1925, London d. 24 May 2016, Oaksey, Wiltshire (Age 91 years) |
| | 2. Mary Sheila Gibbs, Countess of Morton, b. 7 Mar 1927, Badmington, Gloucestershire d. 1 May 2016 (Age 89 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1223 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
9 Jul 2017 |
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Gibbs Family Tree
