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Charles Edward Bright
1829 - 1915 (86 years)-
Name Charles Edward Bright Birth 20 May 1829 Abbots Leigh, Somerset Gender Male Christening 27 Apr 1830 Holy Trinity, Abbots Leigh, Somerset Residence 1891 London Age: 61; Relation: Head Residence 1901 London Age: 71; Relation: Head Residence 2 Apr 1911 Elstree, Hertfordshire Age in 1911: 81; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head Death 17 Jul 1915 Hertfordshire Probate Date 21 Sep 1915 London Notes - Charles Edward Bright (1829-1915), businessman, was born on 20 May 1829 at Abbots Leigh, Somerset, England, the fifth son of Robert Bright (1798-1869) and his wife Caroline, née Tyndall. His father was a prominent landowner and partner in the mercantile and shipping house of Gibbs & Bright of Bristol, Liverpool and London, and his uncle, Dr Richard Bright (1789-1858), became physician extraordinary to Queen Victoria and is credited with discovering 'Bright's disease'. Charles was educated at Winchester, arrived in Melbourne in January 1854, and was a founder of Bright Bros & Co., steamship and general agents (agents for the Royal Insurance Co. of Liverpool and London). Later the firm became Gibbs, Bright & Co., a well-known and successful firm with a wide variety of financial interests.
See the Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bright-charles-edward-149
- Charles Edward Bright CMG JP (20 May 1829 – 17 July 1915) was an English businessman in colonial Victoria. Bright belonged to an old Worcestershire family possessing estates in the counties of Worcester and Hereford. He was the fifth son of the Robert Bright, of Bristol and Abbots Leigh, Somerset, by Caroline, daughter of Thomas Tyndall, of The Fort, Bristol. His father was a slaveholder who was compensated ₤8,384 by the British government for 404 slaves upon the abolition of slavery. Bright would benefit from his father's estate.
Bright's brothers were Richard Bright, who was elected M.P. for East Somerset in 1868, and Lieut.-General Sir Robert Onesiphorus Bright.
Bright emigrated to Australia, arriving in Melbourne in Jan. 1854. He became a partner in the firms of Messrs. Antony Gibbs & Co., and Gibbs, Bright & Co. He was twice Chairman of the Melbourne Harbour Trust, and for many years Trustee of the Public Library, Museum, and National Gallery of Victoria. He was Commissioner to the Exhibition of London, 1861-2; Dublin, 1864; Melbourne, 1866-7; London, 1873-4; Melbourne, 1880; Calcutta, 1883; Adelaide, 1887; and Melbourne, 1888. On 25 August 1868 he married the Hon. Anne Maria Georgiana Manners-Sutton, daughter of the third Viscount Canterbury (Governor of Victoria 1866-73), by Georgiana, youngest daughter of Charles Tompson, of Witchingham Hall, Norfolk; and was created CMG in the 1883 Birthday Honours
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Edward_Bright
Person ID I3264 Gibbs Family Tree Last Modified 3 Aug 2021
Father Robert Bright, b. 12 Aug 1795, Ham Green, Bristol, Gloucestershire d. 19 Sep 1869, Abbots Leigh, Somerset (Age 74 years) Mother Caroline Tyndall, b. 13 Jan 1796, Bristol, Gloucestershire d. Jan 1843, Bedminster, Somerset (Age 47 years) Marriage 4 Jun 1821 Bristol, Gloucestershire Family ID F227 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Anna Maria Georgiana Manners-Sutton, b. 11 Sep 1841, Norwich, Norfolk d. 26 Dec 1924, Barnet, Middlesex (Age 83 years) Marriage 25 Jun 1868 St Johns Church, Toorak, Victoria, Australia Children + 1. Alfred Ernest Bright, b. 16 Mar 1869, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia d. 12 Apr 1938, Sorrento, Victoria, Australia (Age 69 years) 2. Charles Henry Manners Sutton Bright, b. 18 Jun 1870, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia d. 22 Jan 1951, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire (Age 80 years) + 3. Major Richard George Tyndall Bright, b. 5 Feb 1872, Toorak, Victoria, Australia d. 10 Jul 1944, New Forest, Hampshire (Age 72 years) 4. Georgina Amye Blanche Bright, b. 24 Mar 1874, Kensington, London d. Sep 1946, Kensington, London (Age 72 years) Family ID F2116 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Aug 2023
- Charles Edward Bright (1829-1915), businessman, was born on 20 May 1829 at Abbots Leigh, Somerset, England, the fifth son of Robert Bright (1798-1869) and his wife Caroline, née Tyndall. His father was a prominent landowner and partner in the mercantile and shipping house of Gibbs & Bright of Bristol, Liverpool and London, and his uncle, Dr Richard Bright (1789-1858), became physician extraordinary to Queen Victoria and is credited with discovering 'Bright's disease'. Charles was educated at Winchester, arrived in Melbourne in January 1854, and was a founder of Bright Bros & Co., steamship and general agents (agents for the Royal Insurance Co. of Liverpool and London). Later the firm became Gibbs, Bright & Co., a well-known and successful firm with a wide variety of financial interests.
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