The Hon. Herbert Cokayne Gibbs, 1st Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon

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: 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: Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Baptism: 13 Jul 1913, Hunsdon, Hertfordshire
• Arrival: 30 Nov 1933, London; Age: 20
• Residence: 1935, Westminster, London

Notes:

1st daughter. Baptised 13 July 1913 at Hunsdon, Herts. 1 son and 4 daughters: Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby, born 1937, Page of Honour to The Queen 1966-69; Joanna Constance, born 1937, married Hon. Edward Roundell Palamer; Lavina Winifred, born 1939, married Stephen Cokayne Gibbs; Elizabeth Albinia, born 1944, married Ronald James Bremner Hoare; Sarah, born 1947, married Paul Douglas Nicholson.

Priscilla married Sir Edmund Castell Bacon, KG, OBE, TD, RA on 15 Jan 1936 in Hunsdon, Hertfordshire. Edmund was born on 18 Mar 1903; died on 30 Sep 1982 in Raveningham, Norfolk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 May 1916, Hunsdon, Hertfordshire

Notes:

2nd daughter. Baptised 5 May 1916 at Hunsdon aforesaid. Educated Southover Manor School, Lewes.

3 sons, 1 daughter. Christopher Mark, Merchant Banker, born 1941, married Elizabeth Gretton, 2 sons; Andrew Francis Parish Priest, born 1943, married Caroline Hobson, 1 son, 1 daughter; Peter John, Biochemist, born 1947, married Judith Marten, 1 son, 1 daughter; Anna Mary Barbara, born 1960, a Photographer for the Courtauld Institute.

Died:
Death Age (est): 90

Diana married Rev. Canon Mark Meynell on 4 Jul 1940 in Wootton, Oxfordshire. Mark (son of Lt. Col. Francis Hugo Lindley Meynell, DSO and Dorothy Legge) was born on 19 Feb 1914 in Portman Square, Marylebone, London; died on 5 Apr 2006 in Framlingham, Suffolk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 31 Aug 1919, South Weald, Essex

Notes:

3rd daughter. Baptised 31 August 1919 at South Weald Essex. Educated at Southover Manor School, Lewes.

1944 & 1945 British Embassy, Moscow. 1979 Elected to the Board of Governors of the English speaking Union.

1 son, 3 daughters: John Ashley, born 1948, Banker, Teacher, married Audrey Naper; Caroline Mary, born 1950 speech therapist, married Stephen Codnor; Susanna, born 1954, Occupational Therapist and gardener at RHS Gardens, Wisley; Jane Lavinia, born 1958, Secretary at Conservative Central Office.

Lavinia married Michael Aubrey Hamilton, MP on 16 May 1947 in Knightsbridge, London. Michael (son of Rev. E K C Hamilton) was born in 1918. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Mar 1921
• Military Service: Between 1945 and 1946
• Residence: 1949, Westminster, London
• Residence: 1951, Chelsea, London
• Residence: 1952, Chelsea, London
• Residence: 1956, Chelsea, London
• Residence: 1957, Windsor, Berkshire
• Arrival: 26 Nov 1961, Hamilton, Bermuda
• Residence: 1969, Windsor, Berkshire
• Residence: 1982, Woodstock, Oxfordshire

Notes:

Baptised 22 March 1921 at Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street, Westminster. Educated at Eton College and Oxford (Balliol College).

1941 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards. 1942-45 served in Second World War in North Africa and Italy. Wounded in Italy. Captain 1943. Awarded Military Cross.

From 1946 worked initially with Helbert Wagg & Co., Merchant Bankers and, after the merger in April 1962, with J. Henry Schroder Wagg & Co. Ltd. A Managing Director of Helbert Wagg since January 1957 and of J. Henry Schroder Wagg & Co. Ltd., since 1962.

Director of: The Associated Biscuit Manufacturers Ltd.; Australian & International Trust Ltd.; City & Commercial Investment Trust Ltd.; The Colville Estate Ltd. (Chairman); The Equitable Life Assurance Society; Fundinvest Ltd.; Romney Trust Ltd.; Rowntree mackintosh Ltd.; Schroder Executor & Trustee Co. Ltd.; Schroder Properties Ltd.; Triplevest Ltd.; Updown Investment Co. Ltd.; Cheapside Dollar Fund (New York).

Church Commissioner (since 1963), serving on the Assets Committee, which looks after their Stock Exchange securities, urban property and farmland. A member of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster. Trustee of The Dulverton Trust. Deputy Chairman of London House for Overseas Graduates. Trustee of the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre Trust. Trustee of the Oxford and District Hospitals Improvement Fund. Vice-President of the Oxfordshire Playing Fields Association, Governor of the Ditchley Foundation. Governor of the Church School at Wootton and Member of the Wootton PCC. Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire from 1 January 1980.

Runs a small Dairy Farm at Woodleys, Woodstock. Interested in forestry and gardening.

Four sons: Charles Ashley, born 1951, Chartered Account, and married Mary Bromley Davenport in 1983; Rupert Spencer, born 1953, Scrap Metal Merchant, and married Amanda Colvin in 1985; Luke Arthur, born 1957, 9/12th Lancers; John Piers, born 1962, Page of Honour to HM The Queen 1976-1978,

Clubs: Brook's, Pratt's.

Ashley married Lady Martha Butler on 14 Sep 1950 in Westminster, London. Martha (daughter of James Arthur Norman Butler, 6th Marquess of Ormonde, CVO, MC and Jessie Carlos Clarke Marchioness of Ormonde) was born on 14 Jan 1926 in Farnborough, Berkshire; died on 8 Aug 2010 in Grim's Dyke Farm, Woodleys, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1HJ; was buried in Wootton, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Jun 1923, Hunsdon, Hertfordshire

Notes:

4th daughter. Baptised 3 June 1923 at Hunsdon aforesaid.

3 sons, 2 daughters: Thomas James Ponsonby, born 1950; George Edward, born 1953; Richard Ashley, born 1954; Emma Juliet Geraldine, born 1957; Charlotte Mary Rose, born 1960.

Juliet married Rt. Hon. James Edward Ramsden, PC on 25 Jun 1949 in Wootton, Oxfordshire. James (son of Capt. Edward Ramsden, MC and Geraldine) was born on 1 Nov 1923; died on 29 Mar 2020. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 22 Mar 1921, Westminster, London

Notes:

Born at 35 Gloucester Place, St. Marylebone, 11 February and baptised 22 March 1921 at Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley St., Westminster. Educated at Eton College. Killed in action at Nijmegen 20 September 1944.


Died:
Killed in Action

Vicary married Jean Frances Hambro, CVO on 19 Sep 1942 in Westminster, London. Jean (daughter of Captain Angus Valdimar Hambro and Vanda Dorothea St John Charlton) was born on 22 Feb 1923 in Paddington, London; died on 7 Dec 2017. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Jun 1922, Hunsdon, Hertfordshire
• Departure: Mar 1948, Liverpool, Lancashire

Notes:

2nd son, 5th Baron Aldenham and 3rd Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon (1969). Born at Stanstead Lodge, Stanstead Abbotts, Herts., 18 May and baptised at Hunsdon aforesaid 21 June 1922. Educated at Eton College (1935-40) and Christ Church, Oxford (1946-47). Died 25 January 1986, burial at Hunsdon 9 March 1986. morial at St. Michael's, Cornhill, London, 10 March 1986.

5th Lord Aldenham. Eton College Cricket XI 1940; Eton Society ('Pop' 1940. Served in Royal Navy from December 1940 (ordinary seaman) to June 1946. (Lieutenant R.N.V.R.) mainly in destroyers in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, 2 convoys to Russia (Murmansk). Landings in North Africa (Oran), Italy (Anzio) and Normandy. 1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, North Atlantic Star and Africa Star, Victory Medal.

Read P.P.E. at Christ Church, Oxford, after the War. Joined Antony Gibbs and Sons September 1947 and was sent to the Chilean office; May 1948 Santiago; November 1948-September 1950 Valparaiso, and was responsible for opening a new office in Osorno October 1950-March 1951. Director of Antony Gibbs and Sons 1954-1980.

Maiden Speech in the House of Lords, June 1974, on the National Health Service, Member of Finance Committee of Regional Health Authority, N. Thames since 1974. Member Royal Yacht Squadron 1977. Member of Lloyds Underwirters 1977, 1978 Chairman of Appeal for St. Albans Abbey Restoration Fund. Clubs: R.Y.S., M.C.C., Pratts. Lived at Stanstead Lodge, Stanstead Abbotts, Ware, Herts from 1951-80, and then Rimpton Manor, Yeovil, Somerset.

Antony married Lady Mary Elizabeth Tyser, Aldenham on 16 Jul 1947 in St Margaret's, Westminster, London. Mary (daughter of Walter Parkyns Tyser and Jessie Woodriff Berklely Quill) was born on 23 Jul 1921 in Hyde Park Mansions, London; died on 16 Apr 2022. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary at http://www.gibbsbrightclub.org/id51.htm


Birth:
Shipley House

David married Charmian Fleur Mein [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Oct 1929, Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire

Notes:

2nd son. Baptised 6 October 1929 at Hertingfordbury. Educated at Eton.

Joined the Army September 1947. Commissioned in 60th Rifles May 1948 and demobilised September 1949. Joined Queen Victoria's Rifles (TA) 1952; Captain 1956; Major 1959; retired 1962.

Entered Port Line Ltd. October 1949; Assistant Manager 1957; London Manager 1959-62. Entered Charles Barker and Sons Ltd. 1962, Director since 1962. Director Vaux Breweries from 1971 and other companies

Travelled extensively in the USA, Canada, Southern Africa and Australasia.

Interests: Fishing, shooting, stalking, ornithology and gardening.

Clubs: White's, Pratt's.

Address: Isle of Arran since 1972


Dougarie owner dies aged 88
The Arran Banner 18 Nov 2017

Stephen Gibbs OBE, who died on november 12.
The man who ran Dougarie Estate for the last 35 years has passed away. Stephen Gibbs OBE died peacefully at his home on Sunday. He was 88.
A statement from the Gibbs family said: ‘It is with great sadness that we inform you that Stephen Gibbs died on Sunday morning (November 12) at home. A service of thanksgiving will be held at 11.45am, Monday November 27 at Shiskine Church.’
Stephen Cokayne Gibbs was born on 18 July 1929, the son of Sir Geoffrey Cokayne Gibbs and Helen Margaret Leslie. He was educated at Eton College, Windsor and gained the rank of lieutenant in 1948 in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. He later reached the rank of major in 1960 in the QVR (Territorial Army).
He married Lavinia Winifred Bacon, daughter of Sir Edmund Castell Bacon and Priscilla Dora Ponsonby, on 21 November 1972. The couple acquired the 27,000-acre sporting estate on Arran the same year and it was to be their home for the next 35 years. Stephen was also a former director of Charles Barker plc and the Vaux Group plc.
He was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year’s honours list in 2001 for his services to deer management.
He is survived by his wife Lavinia and their three children Emily, James and William.


Dougarie Estate: https://www.dougarieestate.co.uk

Stephen married Lavinia Winifred Bacon [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 6 Dec 1934, St Mary's, Essenden, Herts
• Residence: 2003, 23 Tregunter Road, London SW10 9LS

Notes:

Educated at Eton 1948 to 1951 and Millfield 1952 to 1953.

4th son of the late The Hon. Sir Geoffrey Gibbs, KCMG, and the late The Hon. Lady Gibbs CBE.

Knighted 1993.

Jessel Toynbee & Co. Ltd 1954-1964, Dir 1960-64.; de Zoete & Gorton (later de Zoete & Bevan), 1964 to 1971 (Partner 1966 to 1971); Gerrard & National Discount Co. Ltd. 1971 to 1994, (Chairman 1975 to 1989). The London Discount Market Association, Chairman 1984-86.

The Wellcome Trust, Trustee 1983 to 1989, Chairman of the Board of Governors, 1989 to 1999. The Trust became the largest Charitable Trust in the world in 2006 when Bill Gates and Warren Buffet merged their charitable interests. In 2014, The Wellcome Trust’s investment portfolio has multiplied more than 30,000 times since its inception in 1936.

Fleming Family & Partners, 2000-2007, Chairman 2000-2003, Director 2000-07.

Among his Directorships Arsenal Football Club 1980-2006, The Royal National Pension Fund for Nurses 1975-2001, Genome Research Ltd 1992-1997.

Among his Trusteeships The Mermaid Theatre - Governor 1980-1983, The London Clinic, Governor 1983-1992, Guy's Hospital Special Trustee 1983-92, Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation, Chairman 1986 to 1995, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, Trustee 2000-2009.

Honorary Fellowships The Academy of Medical Sciences, The Royal College of Physicians, The University of Dundee, The University of London.

Among his Committees Lord's Taverners - City of London Region 1983 to 1995, Imperial Cancer Research Fund (later Cancer Research UK) 1982 to 2002, Marylebone Cricket Club 1988 to 1994, St. Paul's Cathedral Foundation, Chairman, 1988 to 2006, The Royal Society of Medicine, Investment Committee, 2001-02.

Other Activities St Mortiz Tobogganing Club (The Cresta Run) Committee Member 1961-, Treasurer 1962-1967, President 1973-78 and 1984-85 for the Centenary Year of the Cresta Run. ABC Television of America 'Wide World of Sport' Commentator for Cresta races 1967-1985.

Clubs City Road Runners' Association President 1984-88; London Bankers' Golfing Society President 1985-89.

Memberships Boodle's, MCC, Pratt's, Queen's, Swinley Forest Golf Club, White's

Interests all types of sport, travel.

Publications 'The Cresta Run 1885-1985' - published by Henry Melland Ltd in 1984, and many articles on The Cresta Run and Alpine Tobogganing in international magazines.

Miscellaneous City of London Freeman 1963; Churchwarden, St. Edmund the King and Martyr, Lombard Street, 1977 to 1991; Gillette London Marathon, May 1982, ran and raised £440,000 for a Philips CT Scanner for Guy's Hospital.



See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Gibbs

Roger married Jane Patricia Lee on 21 Sep 2005. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Valentine Patrick Fleming [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: New York, USA
• Departure: Beira, Sofala, Mozambique
• Baptism: 15 Mar 1935, Bonisa, Bulawayo, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe
• Arrival: 16 Sep 1954, London; Age: 19
• Arrival: 10 Oct 1955, Southampton, Hampshire; Age: 20

Notes:

Baptised at Bonisa 15 March 1935. Educated at Ruzawi School, Diocesan College Rondebosch; Christ Church, Oxford (M.A.).

Worked for various subsidiaries of Antony Gibbs Holdings since 1957, firstly in Johannesburg and then in Rhodesia for 12 years. At present with Antony Gibbs Safe Ltd. in London. Fellow of the Corporation of Insurance Brokers; Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute. Secretary to the Fund Raising Committee of Jairos Jiri Association in Britain (an Association to help handicapped Africans). Governor of St. Mary's School, Wantage, since 1973; Governor of Colville Junior School (Inner London Education Authority).

Interests: shooting and fishing.

Club: Bulawayo (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe).

Jeremy married Alison Douglas Martin, JP [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Beira, Sofala, Mozambique
• Departure: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Baptism: 6 Jun 1937
• Arrival: 16 Sep 1954, London; Age: 17
• Arrival: 23 Sep 1957, Southampton, Hampshire; Age: 20

Notes:

2nd son. Baptised 6 June 1937. Educated at Ruzawi School; Diocesan college, Rondebosch; Prince Edward SBY; Cirencester Agricultural College, 1958.

1959-77. Farming in Rhodesia. 1959-63 Joint Manager with his brother Tim of home farm. 1963-66 joint manager of tobacco, beef, maize producing enterprise. 1966 Management trainee with Gallahers (Belfast). 1967-69 manager of private farming company near Salisbury, responsible for maize, beef and quarrying enterprises. 1969-73 manager of private farming company near Salisbury; farm products included tobacco, maize, ranch beef and stallfed beef, some irrigated pasture and arable crops; 1973-77 Manager private farming company Bulawayo; responsible for dry land and irrigated feed production for 200 cow dairy herd.

While in Rhodesia was Chairman of dairy branch association and Vice-Chairman of local Farmers Association. Church Council member and member of board of boys prep school and girls finishing school.

1959-72 Rhodesian Police Reserve. 1969-77 Vice-President of Centre Party which was the only party to have members elected to oppose Ian Smith's Rhodesian Front Party.

1977 Moved to England with his family and from 1977-78 attended Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Advanced Farm Management Course.

1979 joined Booker McConnell Ltd. and seconded to Big Falls Ranch (Booker Agriculture INternational Ltd.) Belize, as General Manager of 37,000 acres of Rice/Cattle project.

Interests and hobbies: Most branches of Natural History, ornithology and archaeology. Has travelled overland from London to Capetown and has also participated in many natural history expeditions in Rhodesia and bordering countries; fishing and most other outdoor activities.

Clubs: Bulawayo and Salisbury

Nigel married Barbara Boitumelo Paterson [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 30 Apr 1939

Notes:

Baptised 30 April 1939 at St. John's, Bulawayo. Educated at Ruzawi School and Diocesan College, Rondebosch.

Went into dairy farming 1957. Chairman Dairy Producers of Matabeleland 1963-68. President of Matabeleland Branch of Rhodesia National Farmers Union 1968-71. President of the Rhodesia Party in opposition to the Rhodesian Front 1974-76. Member of British South African Police Reserve from 1961. Wounded in action 1977. Member of the Board of Gibbs and Co. (CA) (Pvt) Ltd.

Interests: Farmers Unions, politics, shooting, fishing, reading.

Timothy married Susan Heather Rankine [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kenneth married Mary Elizabeth Frances Beamish [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Simon married Philippa Mary Brand [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lavinia married Stephen Cokayne Gibbs, OBE [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christopher married The Hon. Elizabeth Margaret Gretton [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Mary Priscilla Bromley Davenport [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jennifer married Lt. Cdr. Michael Charles Gordon-Lennox, RN [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Vicary married Josephine Nicola Fell [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Janet Elizabeth Scott [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married E. Harris [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Antonia married Simon Johnson [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emma married Marc Michel Farah [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lucy Moore. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arabella married Charles Edmund Richard Errol Tremlett [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emily married Frank Oliver Fox [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Juliet Elizabeth Garforth-Bles [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matthew married Caroline Mary Buxton [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harry married Heather Fell [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Catherine Danger Oram. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Nicola Miranda Guess [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Ferrill D Roll [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Barbara married Robert William Gordon [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arabella married Benedict J A Padovan [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married Claire Diane Freeman [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married Susan Anne McElroy [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mairi married Charles Roland Goodman [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Vicary married Jennifer C Baumber [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Vicary married Rebecca Ann Church [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Julie Anne Baptie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susannah married Dominic Ash [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]