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  1. 1.  Archdeacon John Downall

    Family/Spouse: Katherine Pyndar Turner. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Annie Katharina Downall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Sep 1846 in Wolverley, Worcestershire; died on 11 Dec 1924 in East Budleigh, Devon; was buried on 15 Dec 1924 in Clyst St George, Devon.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Annie Katharina Downall Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 26 Sep 1846 in Wolverley, Worcestershire; died on 11 Dec 1924 in East Budleigh, Devon; was buried on 15 Dec 1924 in Clyst St George, Devon.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1871, Cannington, Somerset; Age: 23; Relationship: Wife
    • Residence: 1891, Hagley, Worcestershire; Age: 44; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Residence: 1901, Hagley, Worcestershire; Age: 54; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, East Budleigh, Devon; Age: 64; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Notes:

    2nd daughter of the Ven. John Downall, Archdeacon of Totnes and Vicar of Okehampton, Devon, by Katharine Pyndar, only daughter of Rev. John Turner, rector of Hagley, co. Worcester. Buried 15 December 1924 at Clyst St. George. Memorial Inscription in churchyard there and under her husband's Memorial window at Hagley.


    Died:
    Temple Hill

    Annie married Rev. William Cobham Gibbs on 6 Feb 1879 in Exwick, Devon. William (son of Rev. Joseph Gibbs and Emily Vaughan) was born on 28 Jul 1845 in Wraxall, Somerset; died on 8 Mar 1918 in East Budleigh, Devon; was buried on 18 Mar 1918 in Clyst St George, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Rev. John Stanley Gibbs, MC  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Nov 1879 in Abingdon, Berkshire; died on 30 Jan 1952 in Badmington, Gloucestershire; was buried on 2 Feb 1952 in Didmarton, Gloucestershire.
    2. 4. Lieut. Colonel William Beresford Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Feb 1881 in Abingdon, Berkshire; died on 3 Sep 1916 in Thiepval, Somme, Picardie, France; was buried in Blighty Valley Cemetery, Albert, Somme, France.
    3. 5. Captain George Louis Downall Gibbs, RN, DSO, NVO  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jul 1882 in Abingdon, Berkshire; died on 31 Oct 1956 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire; was buried on 2 Nov 1956 in Standish, Gloucestershire.
    4. 6. Mary Katharina Pynder Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Aug 1884 in Abington, Berkshire; died on 31 Dec 1949 in Malthouse, Standish, Gloucestershire; was buried in Standish, Gloucestershire.
    5. 7. Rev. Edward Reginald Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Oct 1885 in Hagley, Worcestershire; died on 29 Mar 1918 in Boisleux-au-Mont, Pas de Calais, France.
    6. 8. Major Alfred Joseph Gibbs, DSC, MC  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 May 1887 in The Rectory, Hagley, Worcestershire; died on 31 Dec 1969 in Coxwell House, Cirencester, Gloucestershire; was buried on 7 Jan 1970 in St Nicholas, Standish, Gloucestershire.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Rev. John Stanley Gibbs, MC Descendancy chart to this point (2.Annie2, 1.John1) was born on 21 Nov 1879 in Abingdon, Berkshire; died on 30 Jan 1952 in Badmington, Gloucestershire; was buried on 2 Feb 1952 in Didmarton, Gloucestershire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 14 Dec 1879, Abingdon, Berkshire; St Helen's
    • Residence: 1891, Hagley, Worcestershire; Age: 11; Relation to Head of House: Son
    • Residence: 1901, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire; Age: 21; Relation to Head of House: Visitor

    Notes:

    Baptised 14 December 1879 at St. Helen's, Abingdon. Educated at Haileybury College, 1893-8, matric. at Oxford (Keble College) 1898, BA 1904, MA 1908. Student at Cuddesdon Theological College, 1904. Buried at Didmarton 2 February 1952. Memorial Tablet in St. John Baptist's Church, Shipton Moyne, nr. Tetbury.

    At Haileybury he won mile and half mile races 2 years; at Keble College the half and quarter mile 3 years. President of Keble Coll. Athletic Club 1901. At Oxford House, Bethnal Green, 1902. Travelled round the world with a pupil 1903. Deacon 1904; Priest 1905. Curate of St. Pancras in the Borough of that name 1904-8; member of the Bush Brotherhood of Charleville, Queensland, 1908-11; Vicar of St. Frideswide's, Poplar, and Head of the Christ Church (Oxford) Mission there 1911-13; Vicar of Christ Church Telford Road, Kensington, 1913-19; Vicar of Badminton, co. Glos. from 1919.

    Chaplain to the North Somerset Yeomanry 1911-30. In the Great War he was chaplain to the Australian Voluntary Hospital at Wimereux January-April 1915; to the 8th Cavalry Brigade (Brit. Exp. Force) September 1915-18; to the Garrison and Hospitals at Exeter February-July 1918; to the 3rd Cavalry Division (B.E.F.) 1918-19. Mentioned in despatches 1917; Military Cross 1918. 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, and Allies' (Victory) Medal of the Great War.

    Rector of Shipton Moyne 1937-50. Rural Dean of Tetbury, Glos. Hon. Canon of Gloucester. Special Constable (Head) in 2nd World War. Chairman of Tetbury Grammar School.

    Portrait: Pastel by W. E. Miller last in possession of his daughter Sheila (Countess of Morton).

    Birth:
    Vicarage

    John married Mary Rosamond McCorquodale on 24 Apr 1924 in Winslow, Buckinghamshire. Mary (daughter of Norman McCorquodale, OBE, JP and Constance Helena Burton) was born on 19 Oct 1897 in St George Hanover Square, London; died on 17 Feb 1966 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire; was buried on 22 Feb 1966 in Didmarton, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Beresford Norman Gibbs, FRICS, FLAS  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Feb 1925 in London; died on 24 May 2016 in Oaksey, Wiltshire.
    2. 10. Mary Sheila Gibbs, Countess of Morton  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Mar 1927 in Badmington, Gloucestershire; died on 1 May 2016.

  2. 5.  Captain George Louis Downall Gibbs, RN, DSO, NVO Descendancy chart to this point (2.Annie2, 1.John1) was born on 30 Jul 1882 in Abingdon, Berkshire; died on 31 Oct 1956 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire; was buried on 2 Nov 1956 in Standish, Gloucestershire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1891, Hagley, Worcestershire; Age: 8; Relation to Head of House: Son

    Notes:

    Baptised 27 August 1882 at St. Helen's, Abingdon. Educated at Newton Abbott, Devon, 1891-6, and the Naval Training ship, Britannia 1897-8. Buried Standish 2 November 1956.

    Was in Rugby Football XV Navy v. Army 1910-11 and Captain of the United Services XV 1910-11. Midshipman Royal Navy Dec. 1898; sub-Lieut. 1902; Lieut. 1904; Lieut. Commander 1910; Commander 1915; retired 1923 and attained rank of Captain R.N. 1927. Captain of Destroyers
    1909-19.

    In the Great War he served with the Dover Patrol 1914-15 as Captain of Destroyer Crusader and took part in the bombardment of the German Army left wing from the Coast: served with the Harwich Force 1915-18 in Destroyers Matchless, Medea and Thruster. Was Captain 2nd in command of Royal Naval Coll. Dartmouth 1919-21. Commanded H.M.S. Bryony (Commander-in-Chief s yacht) Mediterranean Fleet, 1921-3. Member of the Royal Victorian Order 1911. Companion of the Distinguished Service Order 1916. Mentioned 4 times in Despatches (13 April 1915, 25 July 1916, 22 June 1917, 7 Jan. 1918). 1914 Star, Brit. War Medal and Allies' (Victory) medal of the Great War.

    From 1923 farmed with his brother Joseph at Malthouse Farm, Standish, Glos.

    Second World War: Bar to D.S.O.; served throughout war: 1939-40 Narvick (Norway); 1942-44 H.M.S. Queen Emma—Dieppe Raid and others; Sierra Leone; Mediterranean. 1944-46 H.M.S. Ganges at Shotley, Suffolk. Hon.

    Secretary of the Berkeley Hunt for many years.

    Portrait: Pastel by W. E. Miller last in possession of his nephew Beresford.

    Birth:
    Vicarage

    George married Susan Fayth Harding Newman on 21 Sep 1926 in Eastbourne, Sussex. Susan (daughter of Francis Robert Harding Newman and Florence Susan Willes) was born on 11 Aug 1900 in Kirtling, Cambridgeshire; died on 5 Feb 1942 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire; was buried in Standish, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Anne Susan Downall Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jan 1928 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire; died on 16 Oct 2017; was buried in Broomfield, Sedgemoor, Somerset.
    2. 12. Mary Bridget Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Mar 1937 in Standish, Gloucestershire; died on 18 Apr 2014.


Generation: 4

  1. 9.  Beresford Norman Gibbs, FRICS, FLAS Descendancy chart to this point (3.John3, 2.Annie2, 1.John1) was born on 27 Feb 1925 in London; died on 24 May 2016 in Oaksey, Wiltshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 19 Apr 1925, Badmington, Gloucestershire

    Notes:

    Baptised 19 April 1925 at Badminton, co. Glos. Educated at Eton and Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester.

    At Eton won quarter mile race 1943; served in Royal Horse Guards (the Blues) 1943-47; won Polar Bear Division quarter mile race 1946.

    Fellow of the Chartered Land Agent's Society and Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 1958; assistant to G. C. Laws at Westcote Barton, Oxfordshire, 1952-58; practising as Land Agent in general practice since from his house, Flintham House, Oaksey, Malmesbury, Wilts., his residence since 1957.

    Portrait: Oil by Hon. Jeremy Cubitt (1942) last in his possession.

    Died 24 May 2016.

    Beresford married Mary Jane Thatcher [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. John William Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 14. Cecily Sheila Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 15. Alice Rosamond Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 16. David Norman Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 10.  Mary Sheila Gibbs, Countess of MortonMary Sheila Gibbs, Countess of Morton Descendancy chart to this point (3.John3, 2.Annie2, 1.John1) was born on 7 Mar 1927 in Badmington, Gloucestershire; died on 1 May 2016.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: Dalmahoy, Kirknewton, Midlothian, Scotland
    • Baptism: 3 Apr 1927, Badmington, Gloucestershire

    Notes:

    Countess of Morton. Baptised at Badminton, Glos. on 3 April 1927. Educated at St. Michael's Watermoor, Cirencester and Cheltenham Ladies College.

    Living at Dalmahoy Home Farm, Kirknewton. Partner of Dalmahoy Farms and Director of Dalmahoy Country Club (1978). Plays polo in the Dalmahoy Team.

    Portrait: By A. Beauchamp Cameron (1964) last in her possession.

    Mary married John Charles Sholto Douglas, Earl of Morton on 20 Sep 1949 in Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire. John (son of Charles William Sholto Douglas and Florence Timson) was born on 19 Mar 1927; died on 5 Mar 2016. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Lady Mary Pamela Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 18. John Stewart Sholto Douglas, Earl of Morton  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 19. Hon. Charles James Sholto Douglas  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 11.  Anne Susan Downall Gibbs Descendancy chart to this point (5.George3, 2.Annie2, 1.John1) was born on 20 Jan 1928 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire; died on 16 Oct 2017; was buried in Broomfield, Sedgemoor, Somerset.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 4 Mar 1928, Standish, Gloucestershire

    Notes:

    Baptised 4 March 1928 at Standish, Glos. Educated at St. Michael's, Watermoor, Cirencester.

    With her husband, partner in Durston (Somerset) Woodlands Ltd., which they founded in 1954. Personally in charge of roses and shrub section of the business.

    Anne married Edward Maynard Liddon on 15 Sep 1951 in Standish, Gloucestershire. Edward (son of John Henry Churchill Liddon and Joyce Constance Maynard) was born on 13 Jun 1928 in Paddington, London; died on 11 Feb 2015; was buried in Broomfield, Sedgemoor, Somerset. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Susan Patricia Liddon  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 21. Timothy John Liddon  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 12.  Mary Bridget Gibbs Descendancy chart to this point (5.George3, 2.Annie2, 1.John1) was born on 8 Mar 1937 in Standish, Gloucestershire; died on 18 Apr 2014.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 7 May 1937, Standish, Gloucestershire; St Nicholas

    Notes:

    Baptised 7 May 1937 at St. Nicholas, Standish. Educated at Lawnside, Malvern, Worcs.

    Partner in A. Stevens & Co. (Boxmakers).

    Birth:
    Malthouse

    Mary married Captain John Samuel Byard White [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Jennifer Sara White  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 23. Katharine Angela White  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 24. Caroline Emma White  Descendancy chart to this point


 

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