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Right Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

Right Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas

Male 1751 - 1820  (68 years)

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  1. 1.  Right Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Chief Justice of the Common PleasRight Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas was born on 27 Oct 1751 in Cathedral Close, Exeter, Devon; died on 8 Feb 1820 in 67 Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London; was buried in Feb 1820 in St Mary the Virgin, Hayes, Kent.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Memorial: Hayes, Kent; Memorial Inscription in church and church yard
    • Residence: Middle Temple, Middlesex
    • Baptism: 12 Nov 1751, Mint Chapel, Exeter
    • Residence: 1788, St Giles in the Fields and St George, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England
    • Residence: 1789, St Giles in the Fields and St George, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England
    • Title: Feb 1805; Solicitor-General
    • Title: 1807; Attorney-General
    • Title: Nov 1813; Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer
    • Title: Feb 1814; Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
    • Residence: 1818, St Giles in the Fields and St George, Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England
    • Will: 6 Oct 1818; Will dated 6 Oct 1818 and proved Mar 1820 in C.P.C.

    Notes:

    Educated at Exeter Grammar School and (17 March 1764-70) at Eton College (King's scholar there); elected scholar King's College, Cambridge 1770; Craven scholar of the University 1772; Fellow of King's College 1774-84; B.A. 1775; M.A. 1778.

    Entered as a student of Lincoln's Inn 24 August 1769. Called to the Bar 26 January 1780. A Lieut. in the Corps "Devil's Own" 1780. A "Special Pleader" for many years. Joined Western Circuit 1783. Recorder of Bristol February 1794. Assistant to Erskine (for the defendants) in the Treason trials in the autumn of 1794, when in honour of their success medals were struck bearing their portraits. King's Counsel 1794 or 5. Solicitor General to the Prince of Wales 1795-9; Attorney General to the Prince 1799-1804. Chief Justice of the court of Session of the County Palatine of Chester July 1804. Member of Parliament for Totnes, Devon, 1804-6. Solicitor General to the Government 12 February 1805-January 1806; knighted 20 February 1805; resigned office on Pitt's death January 1806; Member of Parliament for Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, 18 - 22 April 1806; for Cambridge University May 1807 to May 1812. Attorney General April 1807 - May 1812. Resigned Parliament after the murder of his friend the Premier, and was made a Serjeant-at-law and a Puisne Judge of the Court of Common Pleas May 1812. Chief Baron of the Exchequer 8 November 1813. A Privy Councillor from 30 November 1813. Chief Justice of Common Pleas 24 February 1814 - resigned 5 November 1818. Resigned from offices of Recorder, Common Councillor, and Senior Alderman of Bristol, 1 December 1817. His 'Speech in the case of Dr. R. B. Remmett v. Archer' and 'Speeches in defence of Thomas Hardy and Horne Tooke' (1795) are printed. His successive residences after his marriage were: in Red Lion Square (Holborn); in Bloomsbury Square to 1796; 6 Bloomsbury Place from 1796; 42 Bedford Square from at least 1800; 35 Russell Square from at least 1811; 67 Russell Square from 1814. Also from at least 1802 Hayes Grove on Hayes Common, Kent.

    For biographies of him see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J. A. Gibbs (and the Additions to it of 1927), the Dictionary of National Biography, books mentioned in the latter, and books mentioned in Gibbs Pedigree (1904 edition) pp. xix and xx of the Introduction.



    History of Parliament website on Vicary Gibbs:
    http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/gibbs-vicary-1751-1820

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicary_Gibbs

    Vicary married Lady Frances Cerjat Kenneth Mackenzie on 8 Jul 1784 in St Marylebone Chapel, London. Frances (daughter of William MacKenzie, Major and Mary Humberston) was born in 1755 in London; died on 1 May 1843 in Hayes, Kent. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Maria Elizabeth Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Nov 1785 in Red Lion Sq, Holborn, London; died on 25 Jul 1879 in Catsfield, Sussex.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Maria Elizabeth Gibbs Descendancy chart to this point (1.Vicary1) was born on 16 Nov 1785 in Red Lion Sq, Holborn, London; died on 25 Jul 1879 in Catsfield, Sussex.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1851, Catsfield, Sussex
    • Residence: 1861, Catsfield, Sussex
    • Residence: 1871, Catsfield, Sussex

    Notes:

    Lady Maria Elizabeth Pilkington on marriage.

    On marriage she and her husband lived first in Bedford Place, but later in the same year she returned to her parents' house, till 1820 when they were reunited. Portraits: Pastel head by Mrs. Hoare of Bath and drawing by J. Gilbert (1862) in possession of her family (copy of former in possession of Lord Aldenham) in 1932.

    Maria married Lieut. General Sir Andrew Pilkington on 9 May 1808 in Hayes, Kent. Andrew (son of Thomas Pilkington and Anne Philips) was born in 1767 in Catsfield Place, Sussex; died on 23 Feb 1853 in Catsfield Place, Sussex; was buried in Catsfield, Sussex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Maria Georgiana Pilkington  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Jun 1822 in Little Sambourne, Hampshire; died on 12 Aug 1922 in Catsfield, Sussex.
    2. 4. Louise Elizabeth Pilkington  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 May 1824 in Hayes, Kent; died in Nov 1893 in Catsfield, Sussex.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Maria Georgiana Pilkington Descendancy chart to this point (2.Maria2, 1.Vicary1) was born on 23 Jun 1822 in Little Sambourne, Hampshire; died on 12 Aug 1922 in Catsfield, Sussex.

    Notes:

    She sold Catsfield Place, subject to her life interest. They had three sons, viz., Andrew Burrell Hayley b. 1854, John Newton Hayleyb. 1856, and William Hayley who d. unmarried; and six daughters. For some of their descendants see 'Follett of Culm Davy' and 'Neeve of Mill Park' in Burke's 'Landed Gentry'.

    Maria married Rev. Burrel Hayley on 18 Jul 1848 in Trinity Ch, St Marylebone, London. Burrel was born on 24 Feb 1809; died on 22 Feb 1880 in 6 Ulster Terrace, Regents Park, London; was buried in Catsfield, Sussex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Andrew Burrell Hayley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Feb 1855 in Catsfield, Sussex; died on 29 Mar 1893 in 6 Clarges Street, Picadilly, London; was buried in Catsfield, Sussex.
    2. 6. John Newton Hayley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jun 1856 in Catsfield, Sussex; died on 1 Dec 1929 in Colne Lodge, Cromer, Norfolk; was buried in Dec 1929 in Catsfield, Sussex.
    3. 7. William Hayley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1859 in Catsfield, Sussex; died in 1892.
    4. 8. Mildred Hayley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1863 in Catsfield, Sussex; died on 11 Apr 1942.
    5. 9. Blanche Katherine Kenneth Hayley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1854 in Catsfield, Sussex; died on 14 auf 1914 in London.
    6. 10. Georgina Maria Fanny Hayley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jan 1851; died on 27 Oct 1919 in "Whindale", Chapel Road, Tadworth, Surrey; was buried in Catsfield, Sussex.
    7. 11. Mary Agnes Hayley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Oct 1857 in Catsfield, Sussex; died in Oct 1862 in Battle, Sussex.
    8. 12. Edith Emily Hayley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Oct 1861 in Catsfield, Sussex; died on 13 Apr 1881 in Sussex.
    9. 13. Emily Susan Hayley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Jun 1852; died in Mar 1854 in Battle, Sussex.
    10. 14. Louisa Isabel Hayley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jul 1849; died in Jul 1850 in Battle, Sussex.

  2. 4.  Louise Elizabeth PilkingtonLouise Elizabeth Pilkington Descendancy chart to this point (2.Maria2, 1.Vicary1) was born on 14 May 1824 in Hayes, Kent; died in Nov 1893 in Catsfield, Sussex.

    Notes:

    She inherited Hayes Grove from her mother. They had two sons, viz., William Frederick Lee, b. 1857, and Richard Kenneth Lee b. 1863; and four daughters. For some of their descendants see 'Lee Grove Hall' in Burke's 'Landed Gentry'; 'Wilson of Eshton Hall' and 'Rose of Rayners' in Burke's Peerage.

    Louise married Richard Thomas Lee on 1 Sep 1853 in Catsfield, Sussex. Richard died on 18 Feb 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. William Fredrick Lee  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1857.
    2. 16. Richard Kenneth Lee  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1863.
    3. 17. 4 Daughters Lee  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 5.  Andrew Burrell Hayley Descendancy chart to this point (3.Maria3, 2.Maria2, 1.Vicary1) was born on 4 Feb 1855 in Catsfield, Sussex; died on 29 Mar 1893 in 6 Clarges Street, Picadilly, London; was buried in Catsfield, Sussex.

    Family/Spouse: Maud Hobson. Maud died in 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Colonel William Burrell Hayley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Apr 1882 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; died on 21 Jan 1966 in Sark, Channel Islands.

  2. 6.  John Newton Hayley Descendancy chart to this point (3.Maria3, 2.Maria2, 1.Vicary1) was born in Jun 1856 in Catsfield, Sussex; died on 1 Dec 1929 in Colne Lodge, Cromer, Norfolk; was buried in Dec 1929 in Catsfield, Sussex.

    John married Alice Henrica Dova Neave on 31 Oct 1888 in St James, Paddington, London. Alice was born on 9 Oct 1862 in Hampstead, Middlesex; died on 5 Feb 1950 in The Downs, Wimbledon, Surrey; was buried in 1950 in St. Laurence Churchyard, Catsfield, East Sussex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Dorothy Neave Hayley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1888; died in 1911.
    2. 20. Cyril William Seaforth Burrell Hayley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Mar 1892 in Pewsey, Wiltshire; died on 18 Sep 1915 in France; was buried in Chocques, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
    3. 21. John Rudolf Burrell Hayley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jul 1895 in Brooke, Norwich, Norfolk; died on 30 Apr 1917 in Etaples, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was buried in 1917 in Etaples Military Cemetery, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
    4. 22. Fitzroy Burrell Hayley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Aug 1898 in Brooke, Norwich, Norfolk; died in Jul 1906 in Westhampnett, Sussex.


 

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