Sir Gerald Henry Beresford Gibbs, 3rd Baron Aldenham

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]