Dr William Adams, LLD

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Doctor of Law
• Baptism: 24 Jan 1772, Saint Andrew, Holborn, London
• Residence: 1851, Thorpe, Surrey

William married Mary Anne Cokayne on 6 Apr 1811 in St Marylebone Parish Church, Marylebone Road, London. Mary (daughter of William Cokayne and Barbara Hill) was born on 11 Dec 1781 in Rushton Hall, Rushton, Northamptonshire; died on 16 Jun 1873 in Thorpe, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 16 Jan 1850, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Middlesex, England; Law student
• Education: 1852, Oxford, Oxfordshire; MA
• Name Change: 15 Aug 1873; Assumed surname Cokayne
• Occupation: 1894; Clarenceux King of Arms
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Wandsworth, London; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head

Notes:

From 1873 he was Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms, 4th son of William Adams and brother of Louisa Anne, Lady Aldenham. Baptised 20 June 1825 at St. George's Bloomsbury. Educated privately. Matric. Oxford (Exeter College) 6 June 1844; BA 1848, MA 1852.

Barrister (Lincoln's Inn) 1853. Entered The College of Arms, 1859; Rouge Dragon Pursuivant, 1859-69; Lancaster Herald, 1870; Norroy King of Arms, 1882; Clarenceux King of Arms, 1894-1911. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, 1866-1911. By Royal Licence, 1873, took the name Cokayne in lieu of Adams under the testamentary direction of his mother, Louisa Anne Adams of Thorpe.

Member of Nobody's Friends, 1850-84 (secretary 1869-84, hon-member 1884-1911).

Author of The Complete Peerage (8 vols., pub. 1887-98)—see VII, n22; The Complete Baronetage, 1611-1800 (5 vols. published 1900-06) and of other Genealogical Works; also Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of London, 1601-25, published 1897, and Memoirs of the Members of Nobody's Friends 1st vol. privilege printed 1885, reprinted 1920; 2nd vol. 1902. Residences—sometime, up to 1868-92 Inverness Terrace, Paddington (number since changed); Ashbourne House, Putney, 1868-85; Exeter House, Roehampton, 1885-1911. For his "royal descent" see entry for his mother Louisa Anne Adams; (for his wife's see also entry for George Abraham Gibbs and the Right Hon. Sir Vicary Gibbs). His life is in Dictionary National Biography (vol. I of 2nd supplement).

Buried 9 August 1911 at Putney Vale Cemetery. Will proved 1 September 1911.

Portraits: pastel by Edward Havel (1887?); min. in Herald's (Norroy) uniform, 1890, both last in possession of his son Francis.

Oil 3/4, seated, by C. Kay Robertson (1901); crayon head by E. U. Eddis (1859); water-colour, small, by "Mr. Foster" (c. 1836); oil, ? reproduced from the last; all four last in possession of his son Lord Cullen.

George married Mary Dorothea Gibbs on 2 Dec 1856 in Wraxall, Somerset. Mary (daughter of George Henry Gibbs and Caroline Crawley) was born on 4 May 1833 in Bedford Sq, Bloomsbury, London; died on 11 Mar 1906 in Exeter House, Roehampton, London; was buried on 15 Mar 1906 in Cemetery, Putney Vale, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1818, Brompton, Middlesex
• Residence: 1851, Hampstead, London
• Residence: 1861, St Marylebone, London
• Residence: 1871, St Marylebone, London
• Residence: 1891, London

Notes:

Louisa Anne, Lady Aldenham, 3rd daughter of William Adams of Thorpe, Surrey. L.L.D (1772-1851), life in the 'Dictionary of National Biography', and sister of George E. Cokayne (born Adams) by the Hon. Mary Anne, daughter and coheir of Hon. William Cokayne of Rushton Hall, Northants, who was brother of the 6th and last Viscount Collen. See Cullen of Ashbourne in 'Burke's Peerage', 1930. Born in Southampton Row, Holborn, 10 September and baptised 9 November 1818 at St. George's, Hart Street, Holborn. Married at Thorpe 6 May 1845 (licensed), died at St. Dunstan's, Regents Park, London 17th and, and was buried 21 April 1897, at Aldenham. Administration February 1898.

Portraits: Chalk (with her son Kenneth) by E.U. Eddis (1859) was (1931) in possession of her son Vicary. Oil by the same (1859) with daughter Edith and son Kenneth in possession of her grandson Andrew Antony; drawing by the same (1860) with sons Vicary and Herbert was in possession of her son Alban (1932).

For her 'Royal Descents' see Burke's 'Royal Descents' (1858) under Adams & under Gibbs; 'Cockayne Meoranda' by Andreas Cockayne (2nd series 1873) and Ellacombe's Clyst St. George (1862).

Louisa married Henry Hucks Gibbs, 1st Baron Aldenham on 6 May 1845 in Thorpe, Surrey. Henry (son of George Henry Gibbs and Caroline Crawley) was born on 31 Aug 1819 in Powis Place, St. George the Martyr, London, England; died on 13 Sep 1907 in Aldenham House, Aldenham, Hertfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1871, Putney, Surrey

Notes:

1st daughter. Baptised 28 July 1858 at St. John's, Paddington. Died at Charterhouse 17 September 1883 and was buried in the cemetery of Godalming, Surrey, leaving one daughter Blanche Mary Dorothea who died in infancy.

Portraits: Chalk as a child, with her sister Caroline, by Gilbert in possn. of Francis L. Gibbs in 1932; drawing by Miller in possession of George Medley in 1980.

Blanche married Rev. William Francis John Romanis on 10 Aug 1882 in Putney, Surrey. William was born in 1848 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; died on 31 Aug 1913 in Plymouth, Devon; was buried in 1913 in Talland, Polperro, Cornwall. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1871, Putney, Surrey
• Residence: 1881, Godalming, Surrey
• Departure: 1900, Valparaiso, Chile
• Residence: 1901, Putney, Surrey
• Residence: 1901, London; Relation to Head: Son
• Arrival: 7 Jan 1901, Liverpool, Lancashire; From: Valparaiso, Chile
• Departure: 1911, Santa Marta, San German, Puerto Rico, USA
• Arrival: 27 Apr 1911, New York, USA
• Occupation: Between 1918 and 1920, London; Governor of the Bank of England
• Residence: 1919, London
• Residence: 1920, London; 22 Exeter House
• Arrival: 23 Feb 1924, New York, USA; Age: 59

Notes:

Born Adams. Became Baron Lord Cullen of Ashbourne. Baptised 10 August 1864 at St. John's, Paddington. Educated at Charterhouse, Surrey 1878-82.

Was in Racquets pair for Charterhouse. Entered Antony Gibbs & Sons, 1883, (London 1883-5; in Gibbs & Co., Chile, 1886-1900, and partner thereof from 1890; in London and partner of A. Gibbs & Sons from 1901). Director of the Bank of England from November 1902 (Deputy-Governor 1915-18, Governor 1918-20): director of the Pan de Azucar Nitrate Co. Ltd., 1901-24: director and chairman of the Rosario Nitrate Co. Ld. from 1924; director of the National Bank of Egypt, 1923-29. A commissioner of Lieutenancy for the City of London from 1904. Created Knight of the Order of the British Empire, August, 1917: Baron Cullen of Ashbourne (UK Peerage) 1920. Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure of Japan. Commander of the Order of Leopold (Belgium).

Residences: 6 York Terrace, Regent's Park, London, 1905-11; Exeter House, Roehampton, from 1911.

Portraits: Pastel head by Edward Havell 1886; oil, small head and shoulders by Grace Cokayne 1907; water colour, small, head and shoulders, by the same 1919: oil, head and shoulders, by the same, 1924; all four last in his own possession. Oil, full length, by Wm. Rothenstein, painted for the Bank of England 1931-32. 3 sons and 3 daughters.

His heir, Charles Borlase Marsham Cokayne, MBE (2nd Baron) inherited the title from his father in 1932; born 6 Oct. 1912, married Istly Valerie Catherine Mary Collbran by whom he has 1 daughter, Julia Collbran b. 1943; married 2ndly Patricia Mary Clulow-Gray; educated at Eton; served in the Second World War; Amateur Tennis Champion 1947, 1952. One of H.M. Lieutenants City of London from 1976; Chairman, the National Listening Library (which provides Talking Books for the Handicapped); Chairman of the Osteopathic Educational Foundation (the Fund Raising Charity for the profession). Lord in Waiting. Address: 75 Cadogan Gardens, S.W.I. He died on December 17 2000 at his home in Bodrum, Turkey.

Other children: Hon. Edmund Willoughby Marsham, born 1916, m. Janet Manson Watson; Hon. John O'Brien Marsham, born 1920, m. Anne Frances Clayton (d. 1970) and has issue; Hon. Barbara Mary, born 1905 and died 2004, m. Major Gilbert Edgar Francis van der Noot (d. 1981) and has issue; Hon. Dorothy Grace, born 1907; Hon. Ruth Margaret, born 1909, m. Istly Captain Robert William Alfred Moore (d. 1940) and has issue, m. 2ndly Rev. David Henry Aitcheson Williams (d. 1955).

Brien married Grace Margaret Marsham on 29 Sep 1904 in Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire. Grace (daughter of Rev Hon John Marsham and Penelope Jane Hume) was born on 17 Sep 1877 in Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire; died in 1971 in Wokingham, Berkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London

Notes:

4th son. Baptised 7 September 1871 at St. John's, Putney. Educated at Charterhouse, Surrey, 1884-90; matric. Oxford (Oriel College) Michaelmas 1890; BA 1893.

In Racquets pair for Charterhouse 1889: for Oxford University, Racquets, 1891-92, Royal Tennis, 1892.

Member of the London Stock Exchange from 1899 and partner of David Bevan & Co., stockbrokers, in the City of London. Residences, 54 Montagu Sq., London, W, 1909-29, 1 Bryanston Sq. from 1929.

Portraits: Chalk, age 23, by P. Downes 1894; pencil by Francis F. Crawley-Boevey, 1894; chalk by Geoffroi de Chaume 1924; and chalk by the same 1925; all four last in his own possession.

1 son and 3 daughters. Thomas Probyn, born 1920
(d. 1943); Elizabeth,born 1913, m. Peter Duke Doulton and has issue; Anne, born 1916, m. Walter Arbuthnot Prideaux and has issue; Susan, born 1923, who has in her possession a portrait by George Richmond of Mary Dorothea Cokayne.

Francis married Dorothy Emily Probyn on 30 Dec 1909 in Exeter House, Roehampton, Surrey. Dorothy (daughter of Sir Leslie Probyn and Emily Rosalie Davis) was born on 10 Jan 1889 in Fairfield, Acton, Middlesex; died on 10 Dec 1963 in Surrey South Eastern, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 19 Jun 1863, St John's, Paddington, London
• Residence: 1901, Putney, Surrey

Notes:

Sylvia was Francis's first cousin. 4th daughter of George Edward Adams, afterwards Cokayne. Born at 92 Inverness Terrace, Paddington, 18 May and baptised 19 June 1863 at St. John's, Paddington. Was buried at Putney Vale.

In the Great War she was a working member of the Putney Depot of Queen Mary's Needlework Guild.

Portraits: Oil, 'The Dead robin,' by E.U. Eddis (1870), last in possession of her brother Lord Cullen (engraved by Algernon Graves, circ. 1873). Water-colour by Fred. Pegram (1920); miniature by Mrs Kay Robertson; drawing by P. Downes; a chalk by E.U. Eddis (original drawing for 'The Dead Robin'; all four in possession of her husband in 1932; 'The Dead Robin' by Eddis, in possession of George Medley in 1980, now with Alexandra White (2021).

Sylvia married Francis Lomax Gibbs on 26 Apr 1909 in St Peter's, Eaton Sq., Westminster, London. Francis (son of Rev. John Lomax Gibbs and Isabel Marianne Bright) was born on 28 Jan 1869 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 28 Dec 1943 in Wandsworth, London; was buried on 1 Jan 1944 in Cemetery, Putney Vale, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Southampton, Hampshire
• Baptism: 18 Oct 1846, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
• Residence: 1851, Hampstead, London
• Residence: 1861, St Marylebone, London; Residence Age: 14; Relationship: Son
• Residence: 1871, London
• Residence: 1881, London
• Residence: 1901, London
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Residence: 1925, England
• Departure: 29 Aug 1925, Southampton, Hampshire
• Arrival: 4 Sep 1925, New York, USA

Notes:

1st son, 2nd Lord Aldenham (1907) of Aldenham and Clifton Hampden. Born at Naples 23 and baptised there privately by Embassy Chaplain 25 April and received into the Church 18 October 1846 at Clifton Hampden. Educated at Eton College 1860-1: matric at Oxford (Christ Church) 1865, B.A. 1870, M.A. 1881. Died 9 May 1936.

He succeeded to the estate of Clifton Hampden (Oxon. & Berks) and to the lordship of the manor of Clifton Hampden by gift from his father in 1902. The Vicarage there became his Manor House in 1905 & he enlarged it. He built new cottages in Clifton Hampden and added to his lands, which in 1927 consisted of the whole of Clifton Hampden & extended into Burcot, Toot Baldon, Dorchester, and Long Wittenham, in all about 1780 ac. On his father's death in 1907 the life tenancy of the Aldenham estates passed to him, comprising at that date 3,060 ac. in Herts and 106 in Middlesex. Patron of the Livings of Aldenham (from 1907) and Clifton Hampden (from 1905).

He entered Antony Gibbs & Sons 1870, partner from 1873, head from 1907. During his headship the firm opened a Branch in N. York (1913). Visited Australia 1881-2 when the firm entered into business there. Director of the Guardian Assurance Co. from 1871; the Universal Marine Insce. Co. 1875-87; the Bank of Australasia from 1887; and director of other public Cos. In the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths (livery 1897, assistant 1900, prime warden 1908-9) and also in the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers (master).

Contested Abingdon for Parliament 1880. Followed his father as M.P. (Conservative) for the City of London, 8 July 1892. In 1904 he and his brother Vicary vacated their seats (under an Act of George III) owing to the fact that as partners in A. Gibbs & Sons they had contracted with our Government to sell them Chilean Warships. He was at once re-elected by the City. Elected again by the City in 1906 for the new Parliament, he retired in favour of the Right Hon. Arthur Alfour (ex-premier). President of the London Institution 1906-13. Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute. President of the City of London Conservative Association from 1908. Commissioner of Lieutenancy for the City of London from 1892: Commissioner of income and land tax for the same from 1892. A Governor of Aldenham School of income and land tax for the same from 1892. A Governor of Aldenham school 1907-13. Sometime Treasurer of the National Society and later Treasurer of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, the Royal School for Deaf and Dumb children at Margate, the Colonial Bishoprics' Fund, and the Additional Curates Society.

As a Freemason, was Grand Warden of England in Craft Masonry, Deputy Grand Mark Master of English, and the Provincial Grand Mark Master of Kent. Member of the Roxburgh Club (vice-president 1911, president in succession to Lord Rosebery from 1929) to which he contributed the 'Life of St. Katherine' edited by his father (1884), and (in 1908) by his father's wishes 'The Mirrour of the Lyf. of Jesu Christ'. Member of the Club 'Nobody's Friends', from 1875 (president from 1913). Among other Clubs, sometime member of the Athenaeum, the Carlton, the City Carlton from 1891 (Chairman 1908-26, President from 1930, Trustee for the Club and its Debenture holders over many years), the City of London from 1869 (Chairman 1891-4; Trustee from 1907). Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

He printed, 1914, 'Catalogue of the Aldenham Library' by Helen Budd, being a revision of the catalogues printed by his father. Editor of a booklet of 'Extracts from the diary of G.H. Gibbs' being a reprint from the Gt. Western Railway Magazine of 1909-10.

Residences: 13 Park Square, Marylebone, 1875-8; 82 Portland Pace, 1878-1907; 37 Portland Place from 1907; the Manor House, Clifton Hampden from 1905; in Scotland The Dell, Rothemurchus, 1883-9; Invergeldie, Comrie, 1890-5.

Portraits: One by H. Herkomer, a miniature by Angelo Tricca of Florence, 1858, a chalk drawing (aged 13) with his father by E.U. Eddis and another by W.E. Miller, all 4 in his own possession. Portrait by Lady Cokayne, 1922, in possession of A. Gibbs and Sons.

Alban married Bridget Beresford-Hope on 18 Feb 1873 in Kilndown, Kent. Bridget (daughter of The Right Honourable Alexander James Beresford-Hope and Lady Mildred Arabella Charlotte Henrietta Gascoyne-Cecil) was born on 19 Feb 1853 in Bedgebury Park, Kent; died on 27 Feb 1896 in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal; was buried in 1896 in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Residence: Shenley, Hertfordshire
• Baptism: 23 Jun 1854, St John's, Hampstead
• Residence: 1861, St Marylebone, London
• Residence: 1871, Hampshire
• Residence: 1891, London
• Residence: 1901, London
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 56; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Arrival: 17 Dec 1921, Southampton, Hampshire

Notes:

4th son of Henry Hucks (Gibbs) Lord Aldenham, of Briggens, Herts. Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon (created 1923). born at Frognall in Hampstead, London and baptised 23 June 1854 at St. John's Hampstead. Educated at Winchester College, 1868-71. Matric. Cambridge (Trinity College) 1873; B.A. 1877, M.A. 1884. Died 22 May 1935 at Briggens and was buried 25 May 1935 at St. Dunstan's, Hunsdon.

After a course of training (1877-9) in the offices of Wallace Bros. London; Ventura Marco del Pont, Paris; Gibbs Bright & Co., Liverpool; and Henry Bath & Son, Swansea; he joined Antony Gibbs & Sons 1879; was with their Chilean Branch, Gibbs & Co., 1880-1, and a manager thereof 1881: a manager of the London firm 1881 and a partner thereof from 1882. Original Chairman of the Alianza (Nitrate) Co. Ld., 1895-1928, and of the Pan de Azucar Nitrate Co., Ld., 1901-26; Director of the Rio de Janeiro City Improvements Co. Ld. from 1884 and Chairman from 1905: Director of the Australian Mutual Provdent Soc. from 1908: and sometime Director of other public companies. Chairman of the City of London Conservative Association Sep. 1912 to 1932. On the Public Works Loan Board from July 1884 (dep. Chairman 1908-21, Chairman from 1921). Justice of the Peace for Herts, from 1916. High Sheriff of Herts. for 1913. He was a member of the Deputation sent by the British Government to Russia in the winter of 1912-13 to return the visit of the Duma to England. In the Great War he was director of Purchases of Nitrate of Soda for the Allies (see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs p.389). Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (?1918). Created Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon 24 July 1923. First speech in the House of Lords 7 July 1924, the subject being 'Trade and Unemployment'. Chairman of the City of London Club 1928-31; Member of the Carlton Club, Pall Mall, from 1910. Author of 'History of Gibbs of Fenton' in Dartington (1925), 'The Parish Registers of Hunsdon (1915)', several pamphlets on Bimetallism and the Currency, 1894-5, including 'A Bimetallic Primer' 1894 (rd ed. 1896), and one on 'The Incidence of Income Tax and Wasting Securities (1904)'. His evidence on 'Wasting Assets Abroad' before the Royal Comn. on Income Tax of 1920 is in an appendix to their Report.

He bought Biggens in the parish of Hunsdon and the lordship of the Manor of Hunsdon in 1908. His successive London residences from 1885 were 34 York Terrace, 17 Portman Street, 9 Portman Square (1898-1923), all in St. Marylebone.

Portraits: Drawing by W.E. Miller, 1882, another by E.U. Eddis in a group with his mother and brother Vicary, 1860, both in possession of Lord Aldenham. Oil, three quarter length, 1891, by W. Ouless, R.A., at Briggens (copy by Miss Richardson in possession of A.Gibbs & Sons). Crayon by John Hay, presentation from City of London Conservative Association, 1932, in possession of Antony D. Gibbs, 5th Lord Aldenham.

Herbert married Anna Maria Durant, Lady Hunsdon on 12 Feb 1885 in Shenley, Hertfordshire. Anna (daughter of Richard Durant and Charlotte Still Dashwood) was born on 8 May 1862 in High Canons; died on 30 Dec 1938 in Ware, Hertfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 11 May 1856, St John's, Hampstead
• Residence: 1861, St Marylebone, London
• Occupation: 1881, London; Assistant Curate St Andrews Parish
• Residence: 1881, London
• Residence: 1891, Aldenham, Hertfordshire
• Residence: 1901, Aldenham, Hertfordshire
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Aldenham, Hertfordshire; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
• Probate: 12 Apr 1935, London; To Raymond Kenneth Gibbs & Bernard Vicary Gibbs ( his sons)

Notes:

The Ven. Archdeacon the Hon. Kenneth Francis Gibbs (5th son of Henry Hucks (Gibbs), Lord Aldenham. D.D., Archdeacon of St. Albans. Born at Frognal aforesaid, 2 April and baptised 11 May 1856 at St. John's Hampstead. Educated at Winchester College 1870-4. Matric: Oxford (Christ Church) 15 January 1875; 4th class Theology and B.A. 1878: MA 1881; D.D. (Lambeth) 1929. Student at Leeds Clergy school, 1878-80. Died 1st February 1935 and was buried at Aldenham on 4 February 1935.

Ordained deacon 1880; priest (London) 1881. Curate of St. Andrews, Wells St., St. Marylebone, 1880-4; Vicar of Aldenham 1884-1913 (presented by his father); Rural Dean of Watford 1898-1909; Hon. Canon of St. Albans 1900-09; Chaplain to the Bishop of St. Albans 1904-09; Archdeacon of St. Albans from 1909-33; Chaplain to The King from 1921. Prolocutor of the Lower House of Canterbury Convocation 1925-32; Vice-chairman of the House of Clergy of The National Assembly 1925-29, Chairman 1929-32. Degree of Doctor of Divinity conferred by the Archbishop at Lambeth Palace No. 1929. Attached as Chaplain to Herts. Yeomanry (Territorial) 1914-21. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, 1906-1922. Member of 'Nobody's Friends' from 1893; of Aldenham Club 1989-1921. Editor of 'The Parish Registers of Aldenham' (2 vols. 1902 and 1910). Living from 1913 until his death at The Old Rectory, Hatfield, Herts.

Portraits: Drawing by W.E.Miller and oil in a group by E.U. Eddis (1859) with his mother and sister; oil by R.G. Eves, RA and oil sketch b same artist, all in possession of his son Andrew Antony. Oil by R.G.Eves, RA (presentation portrait) in possession of his son Bernard Vicary. Another oil sketch by same artist in possession of his son Raymond Kenneth. Chalk sketch with his mother by E.U. Eddis now in possession of his daughter Dorothea Lady Goodenough, together with a pencil sketch and oil sketch by Eves.

Birth:
Frognall

Kenneth married Mabel Alice Barnett on 5 Jun 1894 in Aldenham, Hertfordshire. Mabel (daughter of Charles Edward Barnett and Augusta Rose Walsh) was born on 6 Sep 1874 in 1 Eaton Terrace, Westminster, London; died on 20 Mar 1953 in Witney, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 7 Sep 1861, St Marylebone, London
• Residence: 1871, London; Age: 9; Relationship: Son

Notes:

6th son of Henry Hucks (Gibbs), Lord Aldenham. Baptised 7 September 1861 at St. Marylebone Church. Educated privately; matric. Oxford (Christ Church) 21 May 1880. Buried 18 September 1907 at Aldenham. Will dated 24 January 1903, proved 30 October 1907.

Entered Antony Gibbs & Sons 1889, partner in that firm 1890-1907 and was with their Australian Branch, Gibbs Bright & Co., 1893-5 and 1903. Director of The London Assurance, 1883-97, of the Grand Junction Canal Co. 1883-9, of the East Argentine Railway Co. Ld. 1884-8, of the Argentine North Eastern Railway Co. Ld. 1889-1907, and of The Sulphine Corporation Ld. (from its inception) 1895-1907. A Commissioner of Lieutenancy for the City of London. Residences: 10 Lennox Gardens, Chelsea, 1888-1907; The Manor House, Elstree, 1896-1907.

Portraits: drawing (1865) by E. U. Eddis, and pastel (1883) by W.E. Miller, last in possession of Anthea H. Lowes.

Birth:
St. Dunstan's, Regent's Park,

Died:
The Manor House

Henry married The Hon. Alice Mary Crutchley on 17 Aug 1887 in Sunninghill, Berkshire. Alice (daughter of Charles Crutchley, General and Elizabeth Bayfield) was born on 21 Jun 1860 in Chelsea, London; died on 5 Oct 1942 in Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Destination: Port Said, Egypt
• Baptism: 28 Dec 1905, St Katherine by the Tower, London
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Letheringham, Suffolk
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Letheringham, Suffolk; Age: 5; Relation to Head of House: Niece
• Departure: 23 Oct 1925, London; Age: 19

Barbara married Gilbert Edgar Francis Vandernoot, Major in 1929. Gilbert died in 1981. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: United Kingdom

Ruth married Capt Robert William Alfred Moore in 1939. Robert died in 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Rev David Henry Aitcheson Williams in 1949. David died in 1955. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Eton, England

Charles married Valerie Catherine Mary Collbran on 2 Jul 1942, and was divorced in 1947. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Patricia Mary Clulow-Gray in Jun 1948 in Westminster, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Eton, England

Edmund married Janet Manson Watson on 18 May 1943 in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada. Janet died on 14 Feb 2006. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Anne Frances Clayton in 1948. Anne (daughter of Bertam Clayton and Kissack) was born on 13 Mar 1921 in Keighley, Yorkshire; died on 25 Mar 1971 in Cowley, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Major Peter Duke Doulton on 31 Jan 1939 in Westminster, London. Peter (son of Sir Orrok Mills Doulton and Catharine May Duke) was born on 31 Jan 1906 in 28 Oxley Rd., Wandsworth Common, Wandsworth, London; died on 29 Dec 1984 in Westminster, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anne married Walter Arbuthnot Prideaux on 4 Feb 1937 in Westminster, London. Walter was born on 4 Jan 1904 in Paddington, London; died in 1995 in Crawley, West Sussex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 18 Feb 1879, St Marylebone, London; All Souls, Langham Place
• 1881 Census: 1881, Marylebone, London; Age: 2; Relation to Head of House: Son
• 1891 Census: 1891, Aldenham, Hertfordshire; Age: 12; Relation to Head of House: Nephew
• 1901 Census: 1901, Wargrave, Berkshire; Age: 22; Relation to Head of House: Visitor
• Departure: 1905, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Arrival: 15 Apr 1905, Southampton, Hampshire; Age: 26
• 1911 Census: 2 Apr 1911, Paddington, London; Age: 32; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

Notes:

Only son. 3rd Lord Aldenham (1936). Born at 82 Portland Place., St. Marylebone, London, 9 January and baptised 18 February 1879 at All Souls, Langham Place, in that Borough. Educated Eton College 1893-4. Matric. at Oxford (Christ Church) 1897, B.A. 1901. Died childless 21 March 1939.

Entered Antony Gibbs & Sons 1903, partner from 1908; was with Gibbs Bright & Co. in Australia 1902-3, with Gibbs & Co. in Chile 1904-5. A director of The London Assurance Corporation from 1908, & of Ruislip Manor Ld. from 1910. In the Great War a member (1915-19) of Headquarters Central Detachment of Metropolitan Special Constabulary, London (Special constabulary medal). As a Freemason: Junior Grand Warden of England in Mark masonry 1911-12; Senior Grand Deacon of England in Craft Masonry 1931; Member of 'Nobody's Friends' from 1916, of the Carlton Club from 1908. On the Council of St. Peter's Home, Kilburn. A Trustee of St. Michael's Home, Cheddar. He and his wife lived from 1905 at 41 Connaught Sq., Paddington.

Portraits: One by T.C. Gotch 1888. One by C. Vigor 1886. Drawing by W. E. Miller. All 3 in possession of Lord Aldenham.

Gerald married Lillie Caroline Houldsworth on 9 May 1905 in St Andrew's, Wells St, St Marylebone, London. Lillie (daughter of William Thomas Houldsworth, Rev. and Eulalie Venables) was born on 30 Oct 1877 in London; died on 1 Sep 1950 in Oxford, Oxfordshire; was buried in Sep 1950 in St Michael's Churchyard, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 May 1886, Aldenham, Hertfordshire; Parish Church
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 25; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Notes:

1st daughter of Herbert Cokayne (Gibbs) Lord Hunsdon. Baptised 8 may 1886 at Aldenham.

Justice of the Peace, 1942-51. A director of Southover Manor School, Lewes. She and her husband lived from 1925-1939 at Cobbe Place, Beddingham, Sussex, and from 1940-1976 at Woodleys, Woodstock, Oxon.

Winifred married Sir Charles Edward Ponsonby, TD on 23 Jul 1912 in Hunsdon, Hertfordshire. Charles (son of Edwin Charles William Ponsonby, Hon and Emily Dora Coope, son of Emily Dora Ponsonby) was born on 2 Sep 1879 in Grosvenor Street, Westminster, London; died on 28 Jan 1976 in England; was buried in Wootton, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Iquique, Tarapaca, Chile
• Baptism: 8 Sep 1888, Aldenham, Hertfordshire
• Residence: 1891, London
• Residence: 1901, Eton, Buckinghamshire
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 22; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Arrival: 25 Aug 1920, New York, USA

Notes:

2nd Baron Hunsdon (1935) and 4th Baron Aldenham (1939). Born at High Canons aforesaid 11 August and baptised 8 September 1888 at Aldenham. Educated at Eton College 1901-7; matric. Cambridge (Trinity College) 1907; 2nd class History and B.A. 1910. Died at Harlow Hospital, 30 May 1969 and was cremated and ashes buried at St. Dunstan's, Hunsdon.

He was in the Eton School Football XI 1906. Won Royal Tennis, single and doubles, Cambridge v. Oxford 1910. Joined Antony Gibbs & Sons, London, 1910, and was with their Australian branch, Gibbs, Bright & Co., 1912-14. After the Great War rejoined the London firm 1919; partner thereof from 1920. Director of, amongst other Companies, Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ld., from 1921 (Chairman 1928-29), Australian Pastoral Co. Ld. from 1922 (Chairman from 1929), Westminster Bank Ld. from 1924, English Scottish and Australian Bank, Ld., from 1920. On the Livery of the Merchant Taylors Company from 1910, on the Court from 1923, Master 1932.

2nd Lieut. Hertfordshire Yeomanry (Territ) Feb. 1911-15; temp. Lieut. July, 1915, Capt., Dec., 1916. In the Great War; mobilised with the Herts. Yeomanry in August 1914 he served with them in Egypt Sep. 1914 to Aug. 1915, in Gallipoli August to October 1915 and in Palestine June 1916 to April 1917 and to XXI Corps Staff Intelligence there December 1917-January 1918. Served with the 'Dunster Force' in Mesopotamia and Persia January 1918 to January 1919 and with Herts. Yeomanry in Asia Minor January to April 1919. Mentioned twice in Despatches (1917 and 1918). Medals, 1914-15 Star, British war medal and Allies (Victory) medal.

Deputy Chairman Westminster Bank, 1st January 1933; Chairman of Bank 1st April 1950; resigned from Chairmanship 31 December 1961 but remained on Board, President, British Association of Bankers 1954-55.

Portrait in oils, painted by Simon Elwes, soon after becoming Chariman, in possession of Westminster Bank, Lothbury, EC2.

Walter married Beatrix Elinor Paul on 6 Nov 1919 in St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, London. Beatrix (daughter of Herbert Woodfield Paul and Elinor Budworth Ritchie) was born on 28 Jul 1890 in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London; died on 17 Jul 1978 in St Dunstan's, Hunsdon; was buried in St Dunstan's, Hunsdon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: London
• Baptism: 1 Sep 1901, Camfield, Hatfield, Herts
• Admission: 18 Apr 1923

Notes:

2nd son of Herbert Cokayne Gibbs, Lord Hunsdon. Baptised 1 September 1901 at St. Mark's, Hatfield. Educated at Eton College 1914-19, Matric. Oxford (Christ Church) 1919 and resided to 1922. Died 6 July 1975 and was buried at St. Michael & All Angels, Clifton Hampden, Oxon.

C.M.G. 1945; K.C.M.G. 1955, Hon. D.C.L. Oxford. Lived at Holwell Manor, Hatfield, Hertfordshire from 1932-49. Inherited Clifton Hampden Estate and lived there 1949-75; Patron of the Living, Church Warden, Chairman Parish Council.

Entered Antony Gibbs & Sons, London, 1923; was with Gibbs Bright & Co. in Australia 1924-29; Partner of the Australian firm from 1929 and of Antony Gibbs & Sons, London, 1932 (Chairman 1966-72).

Chairman of The Bank of Australia 1945-51 and The Australia & New Zealand Bank Ltd. 1951-67; Director, Barclays Bank D.C.O. (now Barclays Bank International) 1945-71 (Vice-Chairman 1948, Deputy Chairman 1955).

Other directorships include: The Sulphide Corporation from 1929; London Board of Australian Mutual Provident Society 1935 (Chairman 1958-72); The Union Discount Co. of London Ltd. (Director 1945-72); Oxford University Chest.

Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Economic Warfare 1943-45, Chairman of the Advisory Council, Export Credit Guarantee Department 1948-62. Member of the Council of The Royal National Pension Fund for Nurses 1952-73. Chairman of The Nuffield Foundation 1951-73. Chairman Morris Garages 1961-75. Chairman of the Imperial Relations Trust 1952-73.

He had several other directorships and was connected with many charities. Grocers Company: on the Livery 1929; on the Court 1932; Master 1938.

Clubs: Brooke's, Pratt's, Beefsteak; Melbourne: Union (Sidney); Queenslad.

Portrait: Oil by Allan Gwynne Jones (1968) at Nuffield Lodge, Regents Park.

Geoffrey married Helen Margaret Leslie, CBE on 6 Oct 1926 in St Marys, Hertingfordbury, UK. Helen (daughter of Charles Frederick Henry Leslie and Maud Foster) was born on 7 Jun 1905 in Alexander Square, Kensington, London; died on 28 Dec 1979 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; was buried on 2 Jan 1980 in St. Michael & All Angels, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Departure: Limon, Costa Rica
• Departure: Beira, Sofala, Mozambique
• Departure: Brazil
• Occupation: Governor of Southern Rhodesia from 28th December 1959 until 24th June 1969
• Baptism: 13 Jan 1903, St Thomas', Portman Sq, London
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 8; Relation to Head of House: Son
• Arrival: 25 Mar 1924, Plymouth, Devon
• Arrival: 29 Apr 1927, Liverpool, Lancashire
• Arrival: 27 Aug 1934, Southampton, Hampshire
• Arrival: 16 Sep 1954, London
• Arrival: 24 Jul 1959, Southampton, Hampshire

Notes:

3rd son of Herbert Cokayne Gibbs, Lord Hunsdon. Baptised 13 January 1903 at St. Thomas's, Portman Square. Educated at Eton College, 1915-21, matric. Cambridge (Trinity College) 1921.

P.C. (1969), G.C.V.O. (1969); K.C.V.O. (1965); K.C.M.G. (1960); O.B.E. (1959); Governor of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) 1957-1969; Hon. L.L.D., Birmingham 1969; Hon. D.C.L. East Anglia, 1969.

Farming in Rhodesia, near Bulawayo, since 1928. Founder Member and later Chairman of the Natural Resources Board; Founder Member of the Rhodesia National Farmers Union which encouraged Rhodesian farmers to produce more food for Britain in the Second World War. Member of Parliament (United Party) 1947-53; Chairman of the United Party for many years. One of the two originators of the Central African Trade Fair (later the Rhodesian Trade Fair).

Governor of Southern Rhodesia 1959; last Governor General (Acting) of the Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland. In 1965 after the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, Ian Smith, announced the 'Unilateral Declaration of Independence,' he remained at Government House for 4 years. In 1969 he was allowed to leave after a Referendum in Rhodesia which resulted in the declaration of a Republic.

Member of the Board of Barclays Bank for many years (except during his Governorship) until his retirement in 1978. Member of Wankie Colliery Board; Commercial Union Board, Premier Portland Cement Board and Gibbs & Co.

Active in the establishment and continuation of Private Schools, both Junior and Senior, Chairman of Ruzawi Board of Governors.

Knight Commander of the Order of St. John since 1963; Member of the Council for the Blind.

Clubs: Athenaeum' Bulawayo (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe); Salisbury (Salisbury, Zimbabwe).


More information about Humphrey Gibbs at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_Gibbs

Humphrey married Dame Molly Peel Nelson, DBE on 17 Jan 1934 in Bulawayo, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe. Molly (daughter of John Peel Nelson and Ruth Annie Parlett) was born on 13 Jul 1912 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; died on 20 Jan 1997 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Wellington, New Zealand
• Baptism: 7 Nov 1897, Aldenham, Hertfordshire
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Aldenham, Hertfordshire; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Arrival: 25 Mar 1958, London

Notes:

1st daughter of Archdeacon Kenneth F. Gibbs. Baptised at Aldenham 7 November 1897.

In the Great War served in the Voluntary Aid Detachment of the British Red Cross Society. Justice of the Peace 1942-45. WVS Centre Organiser 1939-45. Commissioner of Girl Guides for Oxfordshire 1942-48. Was actively involved in village and local affairs, principally the church and the Over Sixties Club. Hobbies: gardening and needlework.

Portrait: by de Gleyn at Filkins.

Birth:
Vicarage

Dorothea married Sir William Macnamara Goodenough, Baronet, DL, JP on 15 May 1924 in Aldenham, Hertfordshire. William (son of Baronet Frederick Crawford Goodenough and Maive Macnamara) was born on 10 Mar 1899 in Fulham, London; died on 23 May 1951 in Witney, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Oct 1901, Aldenham, Hertfordshire

Notes:

3rd son. Baptised 27 October 1901 at Aldenham. Educated at Winchester College 1914-20. Matric: Oxford (Christ Church) 1920.

2nd Lieut. Herts. Regiment (Territorial) May 1923; Lieut. May 1925. Left Regiment and joined Reserve of Officers (TA), Reg. list Class 1, August 1926. In Barclays Bank, Ltd. from 1924; London 1924; Cambridge 1925; Birmingham from July 1927. Local junior Director Birmingham 1931-1934. Local Director Leicester 1935; Local Director Nottingham 1950 in addition to Leicester, and subsequently Sheffield, the whole ultimately being amalgamated under Nottingham, where he was Senior Local Director until retirement in 1961.

In Second World War he was called up from the Reserve of Officers (TA) as Captain. Staff Capt. to 162 inf. Bde; Passed Staff College War Court 1939. Temp. Major 1941, DAAG. War Office. Lt. Col. 1944, GSO. 1 SHAEF.

A member of 'Nobody's Friends' from 1954. Lived at The Old Rectory, Teigh, Oakland, Rutland and from 1973 at The Manor House, Yatton Keynell, Nr. Chippenham, Wilts. From 1981 until his death at 15 Silver Street, Tetbury, Glos.

Portrait: Pastel by Mrs Blakeney Ward in possession of his brother Andrew Antony.

Raymond married Kathleen Carnegie on 7 Jun 1941 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London. Kathleen (daughter of Rev. William Hartley Carnegie, Canon of Westminster and Albinia Frances Crawley-Boevey) was born on 1 May 1899 in Great Witley, Worcestershire; died on 9 Feb 1982 in Motor Accident. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 9 May 1911, Aldenham, Hertfordshire

Notes:

5th son. Born on 31 March 1914, baptised 9 May 1914 at Aldenham. Educated at Winchester College 1927-33, Oxford (Christ Church) BA 1937, MA 1946.

MBE (1945), TD (1945), Major Herts. Regt. RARO served in World War II (despatches); 1939/45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal.

Local Director, Barclays Bank Ltd., Oxford District 1947-53; Shrewsbury District from 1953; York District from 1961; Director of The Bank 1962; Director of Barclays Bank UK Management Ltd. 1971-79; Director Barclays Insurance Services Co. Ltd. 1970-75; Director York Waterworks Co. from 1969. Member York Diocesan Board of Finance from 1964. Member 1968 and Chairman since 1969 of Dean and Chapter of York Minister Finance Committee. Member of the HIgh Stewards Committee of York Minster and a Trustee of the York Minster Fund, from its inception in 1967. Fell Corpn. of SS Mary and Nicolas (Woodard Schools Midlands Division) from 1959; Chairman of the School Council of Worksop College and Ranby House School since 1962. A member of the Executive Committee of the Woodard Corporation since its formation in 1976. Governor of St. Edward's School, Oxford from 1948; Hon. Life member BRCS. A member of 'Nobody's Friends' since 1963.

Clubs: Travellers", Pratt's, MCC, and Yorkshire (York).

Portrait: oil by A.C. Davidson-Houston, last in his own possession and pastel by Mrs Blakeney Ward, likewise.

Last address: Kilvington Hall, Thirsk, Yorkshire


Birth:
The Old Rectory

Andrew married Elizabeth Joan Flint on 9 May 1947 in Bayford, Hertfordshire. Elizabeth (daughter of Major Eric Charles Montague Flint and Frances Sarah Nancy Hulbert) was born on 4 Oct 1921 in Eltham, Kent; died on 21 Oct 1993 in Thornton-le-Street, Yorkshire; was buried in Thornton-le-Street, Hambleton District, North Yorkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Jul 1888, England
• Residence: 1891, Sunninghill, Berkshire
• Residence: 1901, Sunninghill, Berkshire
• Arrival: 8 Jul 1919, New York, USA
• Residence: 1925, Perth Australia Temple, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• Military Service: Between 1939 and 1948, Victoria, Australia; Age: 51

Notes:

1st son. Baptised 25 July 1888 at St. Saviour's Chelsea. Educated at Eton College 1901-6; matric. Oxford (Christ Church) October 1906; BA 1910.

He was with Antony Gibbs & Sons in London 1910-14; with their Australian branch, Gibbs Bright & Co., 1914-29 (Melbourne 1914-22, Perth 1922-9), a manager of Gibbs Bright & Co., 1915 and a partner in it 1927-9. Retired 1929 and lived at 25 Cadogan Square (1932). Member of the Carlton Club from 1920.

Returned to Melbourne. Died 8 August 1974 at La Haut, Dominica and buried in Roseau, Dominica, West Indies.

Maurice married Elma Gordon Cumming on 10 Jan 1912 in Altyre Church, Nr. Forres, Moray, Scotland, and was divorced in 1923. Elma (daughter of Lt. Col. Sir William Gordon Gordon Cumming, 4th Bart and Florence Josephine Garner) was born on 23 Mar 1892 in Forres, Moray, Scotland; died on 12 Nov 1973 in Antrim Valley, St.Paul, Dominica. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maurice married Margaret Falkiner McBean on 3 May 1933 in St Martin, London. Margaret (daughter of Daniel Grant McBean and Louisa Fraser Falkiner) was born on 25 Oct 1898 in Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia; died on 4 Aug 1964 in Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1901, Chelsea, London

Notes:

1st daughter. Baptised 26 March 1896 at St. Savoir's, Chelsea. Died 27 April 1978.

MBE for work for the WVS during the Second World War, as county Organiser for Somerset. She also took a very active part in helping her husband in his constituency. Lived at Christon Old Rectory, nr. Weston-super-Mare, and susbsequently at Adcombe Edge, Corfe, Taunton, until her death.

Birth:
10 Lennox Gardens,

Helen married Sir Ian Leslie Orr Ewing, MP on 24 Jan 1917 in Westminster, London. Ian (son of Charles Lindsay Orr Ewing and Beatrix Mary Leslie Hore Ruthven) was born on 4 Jun 1893 in Newark Castle, Ayreshire; died on 27 Apr 1958 in Bristol, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]