Rev. William Bruere Otter

Other Events and Attributes:

• Christening: 22 Jul 1805, Colmworth, Bedfordshire
• Birth: Abt 1816
• Residence: 1851, Cowfold, Sussex; Age: 45; Relationship: Head

Notes:

William Bruère Otter (28 May 1805 – 25 June 1876) was an Anglican cleric who was the Archdeacon of Lewes from 1855 until his death in 1876.

William Otter was the son of William Otter, Bishop of Chicester and his wife, born Nancy Sadleir Bruère. He was educated at Rugby, Charterhouse and King's College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1828. Ordained in 1830, he was Vicar of Eyeworth from 1832 to 1836, Vicar of Kinlet from 1837 to 1847, Vicar of Cowfold from 1839 to 1876 and Prebendary of Chichester from 1850 to 1876. He died at Cowfold on 25 June 1876.

Source: Wikipedia

William married Elizabeth Melvil on 18 May 1837 in 's-Gravenhage, S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Melvil and Elisabeth Skurray) was born on 13 Oct 1814 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died on 17 Jan 1892 in Cowfold, West Sussex; was buried in Cowfold, West Sussex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Audrey Woodard in Apr 1888 in Steyning, Sussex. Elizabeth (daughter of Rev. Canon Nathaniel Woodard and Elizabeth Harriet Brill) was born in 1852 in New Shoreham, Sussex; died on 28 May 1925 in Brighton, Sussex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 9 Apr 1854, Cowfold, Sussex
• Residence: 1861, Cowfold, Sussex
• Residence: 1891, London
• Residence: 1901, Berkshire

Notes:

5th daughter of Rev. William Bruere Otter, Archdeacon of Lewes, by Elizabeth, 3rd and youngest daughter of Robert Melvil, English Consul at Amsterdam. Baptised 9 April 1854 in Cowfold Parish Church. Buried 8 July 1928 at Barrow Gurney. Memorial Inscription in the churchyard there and in Barrow Court chapel. Memorial reredos and Memorial window, both as aforesaid under her husband. Administration 23 November 1928.

The following is a selection from a number of posts which she held at different times. In 1920 she resigned from sixteen on account of ill health. An original member of the General and Exec. Committees of the Somerset Federation of Women's Institutes, 1902-12, and an elected Vice-President, 1902-28; President of the Barrow-Gurney Women's Institute till 1928; Founder and President of the local Nursing Association; for many years on the Committee of the Somerset Association of the Welfare of Women and Girls:
co-opted Member of the Board of Guardians of Long Ashton afsd. 1904-28, and acted on many of its sub-committees; on the Somerset County Education Committee, 1903-20, and co-opted Member of its Special Subjects Committee, 1913-20; a Trustee of St. Michael's Home afsd. till 1928; on the Council of Bristol Blind School for many years till 1928; on the General Committee of Bristol Blind Asylum 1912-28; founded in 1912 the North Somerset Women's Unionist Association and was President and Chairman thereof; Local Representative of the Long Ashton War Pensions Sub-committee, 1914-20.

Portraits: By Wm. Walker (1883); by Goldsborough Anderson (1905); min. by Miss Hall, last in possession of her son Major Anthony Gibbs.

Birth:
Vicarage

Died:
Car Accident

Emily married Henry Martin Gibbs, High Sheriff, Somerset on 22 Jun 1883 in Lindfield, Sussex. Henry (son of William Gibbs, of Tyntesfield and Matilda Blanche Crawley-Boevey) was born on 30 May 1850 in Paddington, London; died on 22 Apr 1928 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset; was buried on 25 Apr 1928 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 19 Sep 1883, Gloucestershire

Notes:

Baptised 19 September 1883 at St. Paul's, Clifton. Educated at Eton College 1896-1901 (Miss Evans' house) and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 1901-2. Buried at Barrow Gurney. Memorial Inscription there.

2nd Lieut. 10th Prince of Wales' Own Hussars, November 1902; Lieut., June 1904; Capt., October 1907; Major, February 1915. Retired, Sep. 1919, with rank of Lieut. Col. joining the Reserve of Officers. Brevet Col, Mar. 1932. In command of 5th Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry from 1928. Member of the Somerset Territorial Association from 1928. Was with his Regiment in India at Mhow, 1903-6, at Rawal Pindi,1906-12. In India played for his Regiment in the winning team in inter-regimental polo matches, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912. Durbar Medal (1912). Attached to the Egyptian Army, June 1912-June1914 (Khor Shambat and Shendi).

In the Great War was in operations in France and Belgium, 1914-18; he embarked for France 11 Aug. 1914, attached to Headquarters 3rd Cavalry Brigade; joined 18th Hussars 3 Sep., and rejoined 10th Hussars, 20 October Wounded 1 Nov. at the 1st Battle of Ypres near Hooge, he rejoined from England, 12 March 1915. Wounded again at the 2nd Battle of Ypres near Potije, he returned to France 19 August 1915. At various times, 1915-18, was Acting Lieut. Col. 10th Hussars. Seconded to Tank Corps, 9 June 1918. Slightly wounded again, 23 August 1918, but remained on duty. His war service ended with a fourth wound suffered 17 October l918 near Vaud Audigny. (Mentioned in Despatches, Gazette, May 1917. Medals, 1914 Star; British War Medal; Allies' (Victory) Medal.

Member of Somerset County Council from 1922. Justice of the Peace for Somerset (Long Ashton petty sessional division) from 1924. Succeeded his father as owner of the Manor and Advowson of Barrow Gurney. Fellow of SS. Mary and Nicolas afsd. 1924-30. Fellow of SS. Mary and Andrew afsd. from 1927. A Trustee of St. Michael's Home afsd. (Chairman from 1928). An original member (1923) of the Council of St. Monica's Home of Rest at Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol. Deputy Lieut. Somerset, 1935; High Sheriff, 1936; Hon. Col. 5th Battalion Somerset L.I. 1936; A.D.C. to The King, 1938.

His residences since marriage: 6 Evelyn Gardens, Kensington, 1915; Down Ampney House, Glos., 1916-17; Sheldon Manor, Chippenham, Wilts., 1917-23 (still owned); The Home Farm, Barrow Gurney, 1923-28; Barrow Court from 1928.

Portraits: by J. C. Horsley, R.A. (1886); by G. Anderson (1905); by Francis Crawley-Boevey; min. by Miss Hall; oil by T. Binney Gibbs (1930) no relation, last all in possession of his son Martin Antony Gibbs, except the one by Anderson (destroyed).

Birth:
43 Alma Road

William married Janet Blanche Gibbs on 23 Feb 1915 in St. Michael's, Star Street, Paddington. Janet (daughter of Antony Gibbs, of Tyntesfield and Janet Louisa Merivale) was born on 15 Apr 1887 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 4 Jun 1974 in Chippenham, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Dec 1885, Barrow Gurney, Somerset
• Residence: 1891, London
• Residence: 1901, Eton, Buckinghamshire; Boarder

Notes:

3rd son of Henry Martin Gibbs of Barrow Court. Baptised 25 December 1885 at Barrow Gurney. Educated at Eton College 1899-1904; matric. Oxford (Magdalen College) October 1906; BA 1909, MA 1921. A pupil of Budd Johnson & Jecks, Solicitors in City of London 1909-11. A student at Wells Theological College 1911-12 and at Farnham Theological College 1912.

Deacon 1913; Priest 1914 (Southwark); Curate of Lambeth 1913-16 and 1919-20; Rector of Walkern, Herts, from 1922. In the Great War was a Chaplain to the Military Forces 1916-19 (in France, Spring to Nov. 1916 and Oct. 1917 to Oct. 1918; in North Russia two months in the summer of 1919). Wounded twice (16 Nov. 1916, near Beaumont Hamel; in Oct. 1918, near Caudry). Military Cross and bar to the same (both earned in 1918). British War Medal, Allies (Victory) Medal. Hon. Chaplain to the Forces 1921.

Portraits: by F. Crawley-Boevey (1895); by Ogilvie (1916); and a miniature (artist unknown); (last 2 in possession of his son Major Henry Francis Gibbs).

Francis married Agnes Mary Denise Ruddock on 27 Jun 1923 in Ardeley, Hertfordshire. Agnes (daughter of Mark Ernest Ruddock, (Rev) and Annie Josphine Scott) was born on 9 Oct 1893 in Ardeley, Hertfordshire; died on 24 Jul 1978 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire; was buried in Jul 1978 in Ampney St Peter, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Departure: Liverpool, Lancashire
• Baptism: 28 Dec 1889, Paddington, London; St Michael's
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Gloucestershire
• Arrival: 13 May 1912, New York, USA

Notes:

5th son of Henry Martin Gibbs of Barrow Court. Baptised 28 December 1889 at St. Michael's, Paddington. Educated at Eton College 1902-8 ad at Cirencester Agricultural College 1909-10.

He qualified as an Associate of the Surveyors' Institution, 1910, and was learning land agency, 1911-12. A clerk in Vivian Gray & Co., stockbrokers, in the City of London, 1912-14; member of the London Stock Exchange from 1914.

After the Great War he rejoined Vivian Gray & Co., but from 1919-23 his home was at Gatwicke Hall, Barrow Gurney, where he was working his father's Home Farm on his own account. Partner in Vivian Gray & Co. from 1922. 2nd Lieut., North Somerset Yeomanry, Jan. 1910; Lieut., Aug. 1914; Capt. May 1915. Territorial Decoration, 1920. Retired from Territ. Army, 1928. Served 1914-18 in the Great War in France and Belgium (1914 Star, British War Medal, and Allies' (Victory) Medal). Served in North Somerset Yeomanry in the Second World War.

A Trustee of St. Michael's Home, Cheddar from 1918. Resided at 7 Tite Street, Chelsea, 1923-25; The Hyde, Hatfield, Herts, 1925-27; Chestnut Farm, Acton Turville, Glos., 1927-28; from 1928 at Ruckley, Easton Grey, Malmesbury; after the war at The Cottage, Badminton and finally at Park Leaze, Ewen, Cirencester.

Portrait as a boy by F. Crawley-Boevey at Sheldon Manor in possession of Martin Gibbs and another in uniform by Ogilvie with his son Martin St. John Valentine Gibbs, together with a portrait of Margaret Olivia by L. Trapp last in possession of his son Martin St. John Valentine Gibbs.

Birth:
16 Hyde Park Gardens,

Guy married Margaret Olivia St. John on 6 Aug 1914 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset. Margaret (daughter of Henry Percy St John and Maude Louise Glyn) was born on 3 Jun 1890 in Westminster, London; died on 29 Sep 1964 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire; was buried in Barrow Gurney, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Aug 1891, Barrow Gurney, Somerset
• Residence: 1901, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire; Relation to Head of House: Son
• 1911 Census: 2 Apr 1911, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire; Age: 19; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son

Notes:

6th son of Henry Martin Gibbs. Baptised 4 August 1891 at Barrow Gurney. Educated at Eton College, 1904-9; matric. Oxford (Magdalen College) October 1910.

Entered Antony Gibbs & Sons, 1912; joined Gibbs & Co., Chile, 1914, but returned on outbreak of the Great War. Re-entered A. Gibbs & Sons, 1919, and joined Gibbs, Bright & Co., Australia in the same year; resigned in 1923. Partner from 1928 in Lamb & Gold, stockjobbers in the City of London. 2nd Lieut. North Somerset Yeomanry (Territ.), Oct. 1912; Lieut., 1915; Captain, 1916; Retired, 1919. In the Great War served in France with N. Som. Yeo., Sept. 1914 to May 1915; and August 1916 to April 1918; and with the 7th Dragoon Guards, April 1918, till end of the War. Despatches, 14 January 1915; 1914 Star, British War Medal, Allies' (Victory) Medal. He was a Trustee of St. Michael's Home, in Cheddar, and Treasurer of St. Peter's Home, Kilburn. In the Second World War he was a Lt. Col. in the Military Police in India.
Residences: Bush Hall, Hatfield, Herts., 1924-28; Benhay, Little Gaddesden, Herts., from 1928; later at Church Farm, South Marston and The Manor House at Woodmancote.

Portraits: by G. Anderson (1900); by Ogilvie (1915); by F. Crawley-Boevey at Sheldon Manor last in possession Martin A. Gibbs; and a min. by Miss Hall; all four were in possn. of his brother William in 1932.

Ralph married Dorothy Elizabeth Houldsworth on 5 Aug 1915 in St Saviour, Chelsea, London. Dorothy (daughter of William Thomas Houldsworth, Rev. and Eulalie Venables) was born on 13 Feb 1894 in 1 Mansfield Street, St Marylebone, London; died on 9 Mar 1951 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Destination: Kilindini, Mombasa, Coast, Kenya
• Residence: 1901, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire; Age: 8; Relation: Son
• Departure: 4 Mar 1921, London
• Arrival: 18 Feb 1923, New York, USA
• Arrival: 19 Apr 1923, Southampton, Hampshire
• Arrival: 23 Sep 1923, New York, USA
• Residence: 1926-1927, 41 York Terrace, St. Marylebone, London
• Residence: From 1928, Thornhill House, Kington Lisle, Berkshire
• Death: 25 Dec 1940, Brighton, Sussex

Notes:

7th son of Henry Martin Gibbs of Barrow Court. Baptised 26 February 1893 at Barrow Gurney. Educated at Eton College, 1906-12; matric. Oxford (Christ Church) October 1912.

Master of the Beagles at Eton in 1912 and at Christ Ch. Oxford, 1913. 2nd Lieut., North Somerset Yeomanry (Territ.) November 1912; Lieut. 1917; retired 1919. In the Great War served in France and Belgium October 1914 to May 1915; lost his left arm as the result of wound suffered at Ypres on 13 May 1915; Aide-de-Camp May to November 1918 to Major General Gorringe commanding 47th Divn. in France. Despatches 14 January 1915. 1914 Star. British War medal. Allies (Victory) medal.

Farming in Kenya from 1920 to 1929. Founded Kenya Coffee Co. in London 1921. A Trustee of St. Michael's Home in Cheddar. Portrait: min. by Gertrude Thomson last in possession of Rothesay Timothy Gibbs.

Lionel married Mary Charlesworth on 1 Jul 1925, and was divorced in 1932. Mary (daughter of Albany Hawke Charlesworth and Eleanor Charlotte Bayley) was born in Jan 1904 in Park Steet, Westminster, London; died in Dec 1962 in Staincross, Yorkshire West Riding. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lionel married Elizabeth Sonia Snagge on 1 Nov 1933 in Long Ashton, Somerset. Elizabeth (daughter of Harold Edward Snagge and Inez Alfreda Lubbock) was born in 3 1910 in Kensington, London; died on 30 Oct 1959 in Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Dec 1894, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire
• Residence: 1901, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire

Notes:

2nd daughter of Henry Martin Gibbs of Barrow Court. Baptised 2 December 1894 in the parish church at Down Ampney.

In the Great War she worked in the kitchens of two hospitals, and, for some months from January 1919, in the American Young Men's Christian Assn. at Aix les Bains, Min. by Miss Hall last in possession of her son Peter Tremayne Miles.

Memorial service held at Poulton 22 September 1979.

Birth:
Down Ampney House

Mary married Lieut. Colonel Edward William Tremayne Miles, MC on 9 Aug 1923 in Barrow Gurney, Somerset. Edward (son of Lieut. Frederick Tremayne Miles and Anna Coralia Sellar) was born on 25 Jan 1884 in Chelsea, London; died on 22 Sep 1943 in Chippenham, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 6 Apr 1916, Barrow Gurney, Somerset

Notes:

Major Coldstream Guards (retired 1952). Baptised 6 April 1916 at Barrow Gurney. Educated at Eton College, 1929-34, RMC Sandhurst, 1934-35.

Lived until 1923 at Sheldon Manor, Chippenham, Wilts. At A. C. Huson's House at Eton. Whipper-in to Eton College Beagles.

1936 Lieutenant, Coldstream Guards. In Second World War, Long Range Desert Group, Western Desert of Egypt 1940-41. Taken Prisoner of War at Tobruk (1942), escaped, and recaptured. Captain 1944. H.Q. 201 Guards Brigade 1945. Major 1949; Retired 1953. Colonel Commandant of Wiltshire Army
Cadet Force.

Justice of the Peace, Wiltshire 1966; High Sheriff, Wilts., 1974; Deputy Lieutenant, Wilts., 1977; Member Calne and Chippenham Rural District Council, 1956-77.

Sheldon Manor house and gardens open to the public since 1977.

Portraits: Water colour by Miss Keyes 1922; oil by E. Board 1930, last in his possn.

Martin married Elsie Margaret Mary Hamilton-Dalrymple on 17 Jan 1947 in London. Elsie (daughter of Sir Hew Clifford Hamilton-Dalrymple, 9th Bt of North Berwick and Ann Dorothea Dyce Nicol Thorne) was born on 10 Jun 1922 in Kensington, London; died on 4 Feb 2012. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baptised at Walkern, Herts on 4 January 1925.

Partner in a Catering Business.

Emily married Captain Van Duzer Burton on 7 Feb 1953. Van (son of Van Duzer Burton and F T Seggerman) was born on 28 Nov 1921 in New York, USA; died on 14 Mar 1982 in Tysoe, Warwickshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 4 Apr 1926, Walkern, Hertfordshire

Notes:

Baptised at The Rectory, Walkern on 4 April 1926. Educated privately. Daughter of Revd. Francis Antony Woodard Gibbs, MC & bar, Vicar of Fairford, Glos.

Justice of the Peace (1969) on the Cirencester Bench. Chairman, Kemble Branch, Royal Women's British Legion; President Cirencester Branch of Glos. Association for the Disabled.

Died 15 April 1992.

Birth:
The Rectory

Anne married Ian Norman Mitchell on 7 Oct 1950 in Fairford, Gloucestershire. Ian (son of Major Alexander Black Mitchell and Vera Margaret Lockett) was born on 17 Apr 1925 in Thornbury, Gloucestershire; died on 4 Jun 2011 in Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Aug 1928, Walkern, Hertfordshire

Notes:

Baptised 5 August 1928 at Walkern. Educated at Eton and RMA Sandhurst.

Regular soldier in Coldstream Guards until 1967. With his wife Janet, took over chair-caning business in 1969 in High Wycombe. Developed their own line of furniture in 1977. Moved the business to Cirencester in 1979 where Janet (4) has a separate chair-caning workshop.

Henry married Patience Janet Rutherford on 29 Mar 1957. Patience (daughter of Alexander John Buckley Rutherford) was born on 12 Aug 1935; died in 2015. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 23 Nov 1915, St. Saviour's, Pimlico, London

Notes:

Baptised 23 November 1915 at St. Saviour's, Pimlico. Educated at Westonbirt, Paris & Florence.

Chairman for many years of Chelsea Branch of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and made an Honorary Member of the Council in 1954 in recognition of services to the cause. Former Chairman of the South Kensington Branch of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund and in 1978 elected a Life Governor for services rendered to the Fund. Author of gardening articles in The Royal Horticultural Society's journal The Garden (Vol. 101, Part 12, December 1976, p. 573-574) and also in House and Garden. She and her husband both enjoy gardening and travelling.

Portrait: Pastel (1926) by Miss Noyes last in own possession.

Anna married Rupert Edward de Zoete on 22 Jun 1940 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Rupert (son of Herman Walter de Zoete and Dorothy Courage) was born on 12 Jun 1913 in Braintree, Essex; died on 29 Jul 1998 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Liverpool, Lancashire
• Arrival: 28 Oct 1946, Quebec, Canada; Age: 29; Ship: Bayano

Notes:

Baptised 15 March 1917 at St. Saviour's, Pimlico. Educated at Eton College.

("Tim"). Served 1939-45 War in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry. Major 1942. Mentioned in Despatches 1941. Wounded at El Alamein and D.S.O. 1942. Lt. Colonel 1951. Brevet Colonel 1955. Colonel and C.B. 1958.

High Sheriff of Gloucestershire 1958. Deputy Lord Lieutenant Wiltshire 1972. Honorary Colonel Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry 1972. Honorary Colonel Royal Yeomanry and Yeomanry Colonel Commandant 1975. Gustos Rotulorum and Lord Lieutenant Gloucestershire 1978. Deputy Chairman Glos. Diocesan Board of Finance; Deputy Chairman Cirencester Bench; Trustee Gloucester Cathedral; Member Cotswold District Council; Chairman Kemble Parish Council and Kemble School. Governor Deer Park School, Cirencester; Chairman Cirencester Benefit Society. Chairman V.W.H. Hunt; Chairman St. Michael's Cheshire Home.

Portrait: Pastel (1926) by Miss Noyes last in own possn.

Clubs. Cavalry and Guards.

Martin married Mary Margaret Mitford on 5 Jul 1947 in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Mary (daughter of Philip Mitford, Lt. Col. and Alice Constance Mary Fowler) was born on 25 Nov 1916 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 24 Mar 2006 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire; was buried in St Andrews Churchyard, Miserden, Stroud, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baptised 24 June 1919 at St. Saviour's, Pimlico. Educated at Westonbirt School.

For several years worked as a V.A.D. for the British Red Cross Society. Lived in Kenya 1951-53. Since leaving Kent in 1966 has worked for the Samaritans. For many years has helped run a Book Shop. Travelled with her husband, visiting Rangoon, Delhi, Berlin and Holland.

Portrait: Pastel (1926) by Miss Noyes last in own possession.

Ursula married Michael Edward Gibb, M.A.S.C.E., M.I.Struct.E., M.A. on 14 Dec 1939 in England. Michael (son of Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Gibb and Leonara Isabella Monteith) was born on 15 Oct 1914; died on 10 Aug 1970 in Watford, Hertfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 31 Jul 1921, Barrow Gurney, Somerset

Notes:

Field Marshal Sir Roland Christopher Gibbs, GCB, CBE, DSO, MC, ADC, (Gen). Baptised 31 July 1921 at Barrow Gurney. Educated at Eton and RMC.

Field Marshal 1979. Served 1939-45 War in North
Africa, Italy and N.W. Europe. On the Staff in Ministry of Defence (1956-59); Washington (1962-63) and Chief of Staff, HQ Middle East (1966-67). Commander: 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (1960-62); 16 Parachute Brigade (1963-66); British Forces Persian Gulf (1969-71); 1st British Corps B.A.O.R. (1972-74). Commander in Chief United Kingdom Land Forces (1974-76). Chief of the General Staff (1976-79). Colonel Commandant The Royal Green Jackets and The Parachute Regiment. ADC General to H.M. The Queen (1976-79). M.C. 1942; D.S.O. 1945; C.B.E. 1968; K.C.B. 1972; G.C.B. 1976.

Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire 1980. Regional Director of Salisbury Regional Board of Lloyds Bank Ltd. 1979. A Commissioner of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea (1980).

Portraits: Pastel (1926) by Miss Noyes; by John Ward; by David Morris; last in own possn. By A. C. Davidson-Houston for The Royal Green Jackets.



See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Gibbs

Birth:
Gratwicke Hall

Roland married Davina Jean Merry [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 15 Jul 1919
• Death: 30 Jun 2004, Yorkshire

Notes:

Baptised 15 July 1919 at St. Saviour's, Walton Street, aforesaid.

Buried:
All Saint's Church

Mary married Captain Alexander Somerled Angus Bosville Macdonald of Sleat, ACA on 6 Jun 1946 in Westminster, London. Alexander (son of 15th Baronet Godfrey Middleton Bosville-Macdonald and Rachel Audrey Campbell) was born on 6 Nov 1917 in Sevenoaks, Kent; died on 21 Oct 1958 in York, Yorkshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baptised in Sydney, New South Wales 14 November 1921. Educated at Bryanston.

Served 2nd Bn. Scots Guards, 1942-47. Wounded Libya 1943, and then served on Staff. Lived and farmed at Aycote House, Rendcomb, Gloucestershire 1947-58; then at Combend Manor, Elkstone.

Portrait: by F. Cadogan Cowper 1948 at Combend.

Peter married Audrey Mackenzie Hamilton Wills on 4 Dec 1946 in Westminster, London. Audrey (daughter of Frederick Noel Hamilton Wills and Margery Hamilton Fraser) was born on 30 May 1925 in Stroud, Gloucestershire; died on 18 Nov 2013 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Baptised 14 May 1927 at North Mymms, Herts.

In Canada during the war. After her return to England did various jobs including hospital library service, housekeeping in the East End for lonely old people.

Susan married Major Richard Culling Carr-Gomm on 21 Oct 1957. Richard (son of Mark Culling Carr-Gomm and Amicia Dorothy Hemming) was born on 2 Jan 1922 in Mancetter, Warwickshire; died on 27 Oct 2008. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 May 1931, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire

Notes:

Baptised 1 May 1931 at Little Gaddesden. Educated at Haileybury and Bishop's College, Cheshunt.

Captain Coldstream Guards, 1949-54. Worked with Antony Gibbs & Sons 1955. Ordained 1958. Curate, Wellington, Somerset 1958. Priest-in-Charge, St. George's, Campden Hill, W.8, 1961. Vicar of Guilsborough with Hollowell and Cold Ashby 1968.

Birth:
Benhay

William married Lady Sarah Kaitlin Bingham, MBE, JP on 17 Jun 1958. Sarah (daughter of 6th Earl of Lucan George Charles Bingham and Baroness Kaitlin Elizabeth Anne Dawson) was born on 5 Sep 1936 in London; died on 28 Sep 2001 in Daventry, Northamptonshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Creaton Lodge, Northampton NN6 8ND
• Baptism: 29 Mar 1927

Notes:

Worked for Ind Coope-Allsopp 1948-56. Joined Vivian Gray 1956-62. Member London Stock Exchange 1958-75. Partner Rowe & Pitman 1965-75. Member of Lloyds, London 1976. Governor St. Andrews Hospital, 1972. Trustee Three Shires Hospital, 1979. Northamptonshire County Councillor 1977-81. District Councillor 1981.
Club: Boodle's

Rothesay married Ann Caroline Bury [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Sandhurst, Berkshire
• Residence: 1628 32nd Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., USA
• Arrival: 7 Jul 1940, New York, USA
• Arrival: 12 Jul 1955, Southampton, Hampshire
• Occupation: 1960, Washington City, District of Columbia, USA; Executive with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Arrival: 23 Apr 1961, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA

Notes:

Served with 9th Queen's Royal Lancers 1948-56.
British Joint Services Mission, Washington D.C. 1953-54; with International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington D.C. USA from 1960.
Club: Turf

Nicholas married Hon. Elizabeth Beatrice Baring [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Destination: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Departure: 2 Aug 1951, London; Age: 27

Notes:

Sir Peter Tremayne Miles KCVO (26 June 1924 – 15 October 2013) was a British Army officer, businessman and courtier in the Household of Elizabeth II.

Miles was born in Long Ashton, Somerset, the son of Lt-Col Edward Miles MC and Mary Gibbs and a descendant of Philip John Miles. He was educated at Eton College before going to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from where he commissioned into the Royal Dragoons on 25 June 1944.[1] He saw active service with the Royal Armoured Corps in the Second World War.

Between 1959 and 1980, Miles worked as the director of Gerrard and Reid Ltd. He subsequently joined the Royal Household, serving as Keeper of the Privy Purse, Treasurer to Elizabeth II and Receiver-General of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1981 and 1987. He was also Secretary of the Royal Victorian Order during the same period. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1986 New Year Honours.[2] He was appointed an Extra Equerry to the Queen in 1988.

He married Philippa Helen Tremlett, daughter of Edmund Bernard Marcellin Tremlett, on 25 July 1956. Together they had three children.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Miles_(courtier)

Birth:
Barrow Court

Peter married Philippa Helen Tremlett on 25 Jul 1956. Philippa (daughter of Edmund Bernard Marcellin Tremlett) was born on 15 Oct 1937; died on 17 Nov 2013. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Heather Katherine Collier [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]