Lancelot Merivale Gibbs, Brid. CVO DSO MC

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• Departure: Shanghai, China
• Baptism: 22 Jan 1890, Wraxall, Somerset
• Residence: 1891, Wraxall, Somerset
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Windsor, Berkshire
• Arrival: 8 Mar 1928, San Francisco, California, USA
• Residence: 1931, St Marylebone, London

Notes:

7th son of Antony Gibbs of Tyntesfield. Baptised 22 January 1890 at Wraxall, Somerset. Educated at Eton College 1902-8. Buried at Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire.

2nd Lieut. Somerset Light Infantry 1908; 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards December 1910, Lieut. July 1913. Coronation medal of King George V, 1911. In the Great War: Served in France, August 1914 till 1919. Adjutant, 2nd Battalion Coldstream Gds., November 1914-April 1916. Temporary Captain December 1914-July 1915. Captain July 1915. Staff Captain 1st Guards Brigade April-November 1916. Acting Lieut.-Col. in command of 2nd Battn. Coldstream Gds. November 1916-March 1917. Acting Major March-May 1917 and December 1917 to February 1918. General Staff Officer (3rd Grade) Guards Division, February to April 1918. Brigade Major 140th Infantry Brigade April 1918 to February 1919. General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (Intelligence) in British section of the Supreme War Council at Versailles February to June, 1919. Military Cross 1916 and bar 1917. Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, 1918. Mentioned four times in Despatches. Awarded 1914 Star, British War Medal, Allies' (Victory) Medal. After the War Adjutant 3rd Battn. Coldstream Gds. June to November 1919. General Staff Officer, 2nd grade, London District, December 1921 to August 1922. Aide de Camp to Lord Rawlinson, the Commander-in-Chief in India, November 1922 to March 1925, and awarded the North West Frontier Medal and one clasp in the Waziristan campaign. Second in command of 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards when part of the Shanghai Defence Force, 1927-28. Commanded the British troops in Paris for Marshal Foch's Funeral, 1929. Lieut. Colonel December 1930, in command of 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards until 1934. A.A.G. War Office, 1934-38; retired pay 1938; Brigadier i/c Administration, London District 1939-45; reverted to retired pay 1945; recalled War Office in connection with Victory March, January-July 1946; reverted to retired pay 1946. Jubilee Medal 1937. Coronation Medal 1953 Coronation. Gentleman at Arms Her Majesty's Bodyguard.

Portrait by Marientrau, at Braishfield.

Lancelot married Marjory Florence Maxwell on 10 Jul 1929 in Westminster, London. Marjory (daughter of Sir Arthur Kenis Maxwell, Baron Farnham and Aileen Selina Purdon Coote) was born on 24 Apr 1906 in Dublin, Ireland; died on 5 May 1939. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lancelot married Diana Primrose Quilter on 25 Feb 1942 in Westminster, London, and was divorced in 1945. Diana (daughter of Percival Cuthbert Quilter and Gladys Clare Alice Tudway) was born on 9 Jan 1916 in St George Hanover Square, London; died on 4 Aug 2011 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1968-1994, Braishfield Manor, Paynes Hay Road, Romsey

Notes:

Educated at Eton 1944-49. Coldstream Guards.

After leaving Eton, joined the Coldstream Guards (Commissioned in 1950). Served for two years in North Africa and England, with a further three years on the Reserve. Attended Westminster Abbey as a Gold Staff Officer for the Coronation 1953 (Coronation Medal).

1951-52 worked at Fortnum and Mason. 1952 joined A. W. Bain Sons & Bevan, Insurance Brokers. 1957— Member London Stock Exchange.

In 1968 purchased Braishfield Manor and in 1977 planted a small vineyard which produced for the first time in 1979. Member of English Vineyards Association. Extensively renovated and enlarged the garden which is open to the public in the summer.

Portrait by Marientrau at Braishfield.
Portrait of family by Hugh Powell at Braishfield.

David married Phyllida Lovaine Plowden in 1959 in Hengrave Hall. Phyllida (daughter of Lieut. Colonel Piers Standish Plowden, OBE and Ethel Muriel Cynthia Critchley) was born in 1936; died on 11 Nov 1999 in Swallowcliffe, Salisbury. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Quenelda married Ronnie Cox [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Giles married Arabella Audrey Snow [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Crispin married Olivia Haryanti Adam [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]