George Gibbs, of Belmont

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Head of Gibbs Bright & Co
• Baptism: 21 Jan 1780, Bristol, Gloucestershire
• Residence: 1851, Somerton, Somerset; Lodger

Notes:

He was trained in his father's West Indian business in Bristol from 12 years old, partner in it with him 1802 to April 1818 and thereafter head of it till he died in 1863. His partner in Bristol from April 1818 was Robert Bright, and the style of their firm there was Gibbs Son & Bright 1818-39, Gibbs Bright & Co. from 1839 to 1881 when it was absorbed by Antony Gibbs & Sons of London together with its Liverpool Branch (founded 1805) and its Australian Branch (founded 1853). For history of all these firms and their partners see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J. A. Gibbs.

He was Warden for 1804, Master for 1820, of the Society of Merchant Venturers of Bristol. With Robert Bright he was on the Bristol Committee which (1832-5) in conjunction with a London Committee, promoted the Great Western Railway Company of which company R. Bright was an original director and vice-chairman 1835-43. He was Patron of the living of Hutton, Somerset, and in his will nominated for it his nephew Rev. Geo. Henry Gibbs. He resided in Stapleton, nr. Bristol, 1802-13; in Redland 1813-20; at Knole Park in Almondsbury, Glos., 1820-8 and, from 1828 till he died, at Belmont in Wraxall, Somerset, a house which he at first leased, but in 1832 bought from the Rev. George Turner Seymour together with a portion of the estate in which it lay. Seymour built Tyntesfield on his remaining (larger) portion and was his own architect. George's diary 1825-60 in 6 vols, and 1 vol. of 1848 in possession of Lord Aldenham. For note of portraits of him see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J. A. Gibbs.

George married Salvina Grant Hendy on 27 May 1802 in Saint Augustine The Less, Bristol, Gloucester. Salvina (daughter of Henry Hendy, Esq. of Barbados and Henrietta Perry) was born in 1780; died on 15 Nov 1809 in Berkeley Square, ?Bristol; was buried in St Augustine's, Bristol. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Harriett Gibbs on 8 Aug 1814 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Harriett (daughter of Antony Gibbs and Dorothea Barnetta Hucks) was born on 8 Oct 1786 in Exeter, Devon; died on 15 Oct 1865 in Wraxall, Somerset; was buried on 20 Oct 1865 in Wraxall, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]