1791 - 1858 (67 years)
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Name |
William Heny Gibbs |
Birth |
3 Jun 1791 |
Bristol, Gloucestershire |
Gender |
Male |
Baptism |
Bristol, Gloucestershire |
St Augustine's |
Occupation |
Merchant |
Death |
9 Dec 1858 |
Clyst St George, Devon |
Burial |
Clyst St George, Devon |
Notes |
- Sometime of Palermo and Naples, later of Genoa. Merchant. Baptised at St. Augustine's, Bristol, educated at Blundell's Tiverton, 1802-4. Unmarried. Buried at Clyst St. George. Monumental Inscription in churchyard. Will proved July 1859.
Joined Gibbs & Co. Palermo, 1808; partner in the Naples Branch, 1816. Joined the business of his uncle Lyle Gibbs in Genoa in 1817; partner, 1825-9. In business on his own account, in London from 1829 for a few years, in Genoa from 1834 till towards the end of his life, when he retired to live at Marsh Barton in Clyst St. George. Portraits, see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs.
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Person ID |
I3065 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
Last Modified |
9 Jan 2018 |
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