Gibbs Family Tree
Robert Wintringham Bland
1794 - 1880 (86 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
1. Robert Wintringham Bland was born in 1794 in County Laois, Ireland; died on 21 Oct 1880 in Whiteabbey, Antrim, Ireland. Robert married Alicia Evans on 14 Jul 1826. Alicia was born in 1797 in Carnmoney Parish, Antrim, Ireland; died on 1 Oct 1879 in Carnmoney, Antrim, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
Generation: 2
2. John Humphrey Bland 
(1.Robert1)Family/Spouse: Emily Charlotte Maddon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Robert Wyndham Humphrey Marcial Bland was born on 27 Jan 1872 in Kensington, London; died on 18 Jul 1942 in Kent.
- 3. Robert Wyndham Humphrey Marcial Bland
Generation: 3
3. Robert Wyndham Humphrey Marcial Bland (2.John2, 1.Robert1) was born on 27 Jan 1872 in Kensington, London; died on 18 Jul 1942 in Kent. Other Events and Attributes:
- Baptism: 15 Mar 1872, West Brompton, Middlesex
Notes:
Son of John Humphry Bland, for whose lineage see Bland of Blandsfort, Queen's Co., in Burke's 'Landed Gentry of Ireland', by Emily Charlotte, daughter of Rev. Wyndham Carlyon Maddon. Educated at Cheltenham College.
Trained as an electrical engineer. Was in South Africa 1896-1908. Served there in the Boer War in the Railway Pioneer Regiment (Queen's medal with 3 clasps). Afterwards a Rubber planter in the Malay States whence he returned for the Great War and joined the Royal Irish Rifles; Adjutant Mar. 1915; Capt. July 1915. British War medal; Allies' (Victory) medal. Officers' Friend for Ulster in the Ministry of Pensions 1919-23.
Inherited his father's property 1919, but sold it in 1924. He and his wife lived at Colquhouns, Penshurst, Kent.
Birth:
Redcliffe GardensRobert married Mildred Dorothea Mordaunt in 1915 in St Marylebone, London. Mildred (daughter of Lieut. Colonel James Sparrow Mordaunt and Harriet Theresa Gibbs) was born on 16 Mar 1875 in Dinapore, India; died on 23 Mar 1949 in Tonbridge, Kent. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]