John Arthur Gibbs: Gibbs Family Tree

Gibbs Family Tree

1860 - 1949 (88 years)

Generation: 1

John Arthur Gibbs was born on 27 Oct 1860 in Torwood, Torquay, Devon; died on 9 Jul 1949 in Cobham, Surrey; was buried in Abinger, Surrey.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1871, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
Residence: 1881, St Thomas the Apostle, Exeter, Devon
Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 50; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

Notes:

1st son. Born at Collina (now the Vicarage), Torwood, Torquay, 27 October and baptised 7 December 1860 at St. Mark's, Torwood. Educated at Winchester College 1874-8, matric. at Oxford (Keble College), 28 January 1879; 1st class Science (biology) and BA 1882; MA 1925. Died 9 July 1949 and was buried at St. James' Abinger, Surrey. Will proved.

Joined Antony Gibbs & Sons, London 1882; in Liverpool with Antony Gibbs & Sons & Co., 1882-3; in Melbourne, Australia, with Gibbs Bright. & Co., 1885-9 (a manager there 1889); a partner in Gibbs & Co. Chile (Valparaiso and Iquique) 1890-6; a manager in the London firm 1896 and partner therein 1897 to 31 December 1930, when he retired. Director of the Mexican Railway Co. from 1905 and of the Indemnity Assurance Co. from 1906. Churchwarden of St. James', Abinger, of St. Martin Outwich, of St. Helen's, City of London, from 1920. On the council of Keble College, Oxford, from 1925. Author of 'The History of Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' and of the 'Early Years of Antony Gibbs & Sons', published 1922, and editor of the third edition of the family pedigree. Author of Abinger Parish Church published October 1938 (all his notes are available on-line at http://www.stjameschurchabinger.org/church-history.ashx and view 'Other Documents' on this page. His Chilean War Diaries are in the possession of Julian R. GIbbs

Residences: after marriage, 20 Cleveland Gardens, Paddington, 1902 - March 1931, and Goddards, Abinger, Surrey, leased from 1914, bought by his wife, 1927. Goddards was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1898-9 for Sir Frederick Mirrilees. The house was intended for Sir Frederick's daughter Cecilia (afterwards Mrs Craven) and until she needed it, it was used as a rest home for nurses.

St Cecilia's badge is carved outside the front entrance. After the house was enlarged in 1910 it was occupied for a short time by Sir Frederick's son, Donald Mirrilees and his wife. Mrs. Craven never lived there. It is a fine example of the relationship between house and garden which was of paramount importance to Lutyens (see Edwin Lutyens Architectural Monographs 6, Academy Editions, London, 1979). The garden was designed by Gertrude Jekyll and is mentioned in 'Gardens Old and New' edited by H. Avray Tipping, MA, FSA, Vol. III (pub. about 1912 by Country Life). Distinct reservations on its architectural merits are expressed by Pevsner in the vol. on Surrey in the 'Buildings of England' Series, pub. by Penguin Books, 1st edition 1962, 2nd edition. 1971, however it is the subject of one of the books in Brian Edwards' "Architecture in Detail" series (Goddards, Lutyens by Brian Edwards published by Phaidon Press Ltd 1996).

Birth:
Collina

John married Emily Gertrude Franck Bright on 14 Jan 1902 in Oxford, Oxfordshire. Emily (daughter of Rev. James Franck Bright and Emmeline Theresa Wickham) was born on 31 Aug 1868 in Preshute House, Marlborough College, Wiltshire; died on 27 Nov 1960 in Cobham, Surrey; was buried in Abinger, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Christopher John Gibbs, OBE was born on 6 Dec 1902 in Paddington, London; died on 3 Jun 1985 in Chippenham, Wiltshire; was buried in Lacock, Wiltshire.
3. Antony James Gibbs was born on 29 Apr 1904 in Paddington, London; died on 14 Jun 1993 in Ewhurst, Surrey; was buried in Abinger, Surrey.
4. Evelyn Arthur Gibbs was born in 1906 in Paddington, Lancashire; died on 7 Jul 1917 in Langton Matravers, Dorset; was buried on 10 Jul 1917 in Abinger, Surrey.
5. Angela Gertrude Gibbs was born on 8 Jun 1909 in Paddington, London; died on 27 Mar 1910 in Paddington, London ; was buried on 31 Mar 1910 in Speen, Berkshire.
6. Rev. Martin Franck Gibbs was born on 28 May 1912 in 20 Cleveland Gardens, Paddington, London; died on 18 Jan 2003 in Hinton St. George, Somerset.

Generation: 2

Christopher John Gibbs, OBE

(1.John¹) was born on 6 Dec 1902 in Paddington, London; died on 3 Jun 1985 in Chippenham, Wiltshire; was buried in Lacock, Wiltshire.

Other Events and Attributes:

Departure: New York, USA
Baptism: 11 Jan 1903, Paddington, Lancashire
Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 8; Relation to Head of House: Son
Arrival: 31 May 1960, Southampton, Hampshire; Age: 57

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1st son. Lt. Co. Territorial Army. Baptised 11 January 1903 at Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, Paddington. Educated at Winchester College, 1916-1921; matric. at Oxford (University College) 15 October 1921; 3rd Class History and BA 1924; MA 1928.

Fellow of the Royal Institution of the Chartered Surveyors. Fellow of the Land Agents Society. On the Council of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 1948. Articled to J.R. Eve & Son of Bedford and Westminster 1925-8. With Lofts & Warner, surveyors and land agents 1929-1935, Chief Land Agent to the National Trust 1961. Retired 1968. Last address: The Porch House, Lacock, Chippenham, Wilts.

From 1924 City of London Yeomanry Battery (RHA) (TA) 'Roughriders'. In Second World War with Anti-Aircraft Command RA in England. Retired with the rank of Lt. Col. after the War.

Birth:
20 Cleveland Gardens

Christopher married Margaret Evelyn Mackay on 8 Sep 1942 in Petham, Kent. Margaret (daughter of Capt. Robert Henry Ramsey Mackay and Beatrice Caroline Arbuthnott) was born on 5 Mar 1914 in Westbourne, Hampshire; died on 11 Aug 2005 in Swindon, Wiltshire; was buried in Lacock, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Antony James Gibbs

(1.John¹) was born on 29 Apr 1904 in Paddington, London; died on 14 Jun 1993 in Ewhurst, Surrey; was buried in Abinger, Surrey.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 6; Relation to Head of House: Son

Notes:

2nd son. Baptised 28 May 1904 at Christ Church, Lancaster Gate. Educated at Eton College 1917-22. matric: at Oxford (University College, 17 October 1922); 2nd class Science (Physiology) and BA 1926; MA 1930; BM and B.Ch. 1930; Medical Student at Oxford 1922-7 and St. Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth, 1927-30, DM 1932. Died at Ewhurst, Surrey, 14th June 1993 and buried at St. James' Abinger.

Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (England), Licentiate of Royal College of Physicians (London), Member of British Medical Association Jan 1930. Clinical Assistant St. Thomas' Hospital Feb-Aug 1930, Casualty and Outpatients' Officer to Evelina Hospital for Children, Southwark, August 1930-Feb 1931. House Physician Mar-Dec 1931, Obstetrical House Physician Mar-Sept 1932, at the Radcliffe Infirmary and County Hospital, Oxford.

Surgeon to Cobham Nursing Division St. John Ambulance 1937-50.

General Practitioner in Cobham, Surrey 1933-71. Lived at Broxmore, Cobham, Surrey 1933-38; at Leylands, Leigh Place, Cobham, 1938-71 and at Mercer's Cottage, The Common, Cranleigh, Surrey, 1971-1993

Birth:
20 Cleveland Gardens

Antony married Helen Margaret Leuchars on 21 Oct 1937 in Cobham, Surrey. Helen (daughter of William Wood Leuchars and Gwendoline Evelyn Fleming) was born on 2 Feb 1913 in Cobham, Surrey; died on 4 Nov 2013 in Reigate, Surrey; was buried on 18 Nov 2013 in St James, Abinger Common, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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