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Rev. James Franck Bright

Rev. James Franck Bright

Male 1832 - 1920  (88 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Rev. James Franck BrightRev. James Franck Bright was born on 29 May 1832 in Westminster, London; died on 23 Oct 1920 in Ditchingham, Norfolk.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Christening: 14 Jul 1832, Saint James, Westminster, London
    • Occupation: 1881-1906, University College, Oxford; Master of University College, Oxford

    Notes:

    James Franck Bright (29 May 1832 – 23 October 1920) was a British historian and Master of University College, Oxford.

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

    James married Emmeline Theresa Wickham on 8 Aug 1864 in Holmwood, Surrey. Emmeline (daughter of Rev. Edmund Dawe Wickham and Emma Palmer) was born in 1837 in Godstone, Surrey; died in Aug 1871 in London; was buried on 10 Aug 1871 in Holmwood, St Mary, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Margaret Franck Bright  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Jun 1866 in Preshute, Wiltshire.
    2. 3. Alice Clara Franck Bright  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1867 in Marlborough, Staffordshire; died on 2 Dec 1934 in Mattocks, Alyesbeare, Devon.
    3. 4. Emily Gertrude Franck Bright  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Aug 1868 in Preshute House, Marlborough College, Wiltshire; died on 27 Nov 1960 in Cobham, Surrey; was buried in Abinger, Surrey.
    4. 5. Evelyn Isabel Franck Bright  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Nov 1869.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Margaret Franck Bright Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born on 29 Jun 1866 in Preshute, Wiltshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Christening: 29 Jun 1866, Holmwood, Surrey

    Margaret married William Carr on 7 Nov 1886 in St Mary, Gomersal, West Yorkshire. William was born on 14 Jun 1862 in Gomersal House, Yorkshire; died on 28 Jan 1925 in Ditchingham Hall, Norfolk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Margaret Mary Carr  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 May 1888 in Kensington, London; died on 10 Oct 1983 in Norwich, Norfolk.
    2. 7. Joyce Emmeline Carr  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Feb 1890 in Kensington, London; died in 1973 in Norwich, Norfolk.
    3. 8. Dorothy Sarah Carr  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Jan 1892 in Kensington, London; died in Mar 1991 in Norwich, Norfolk.
    4. 9. Alice Katherine Carr  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Jun 1895 in Kensington, London; died in Jun 1990 in Norwich, Norfolk.
    5. 10. Brigadier William Greenwood Carr, CVO, DSO  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Mar 1901 in Kensington, London; died on 27 Jan 1982 in Blyth, Suffolk.

  2. 3.  Alice Clara Franck Bright Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born in 1867 in Marlborough, Staffordshire; died on 2 Dec 1934 in Mattocks, Alyesbeare, Devon.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 13 Jul 1867, Holmwood, Surrey

    Notes:

    Lady Newbolt was a pioneer in work for the children of the poor of London

    Alice married Sir Francis George Newbolt in 1889. Francis (son of Rev. Henry Francis Newbolt and Emily Stubbs) was born in 1863 in Bilston, Staffordshire; died on 5 Dec 1940 in Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Emmeline Mary Newbolt  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Aug 1891 in Weybridge, Surrey; died on 4 Mar 1977 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

  3. 4.  Emily Gertrude Franck BrightEmily Gertrude Franck Bright Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born on 31 Aug 1868 in Preshute House, Marlborough College, Wiltshire; died on 27 Nov 1960 in Cobham, Surrey; was buried in Abinger, Surrey.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 42; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
    • Residence: Oct 1960, Wootton Fairmile Lane, Colesham, Surrey

    Notes:

    Gertrude was John Arthur Gibbs's second cousin. 3rd daughter and co-heir of Rev. James Frank Brighton, DD, (died 1920), Master of University College, Oxford (nephew of Robert Bright, by Emmeline Theresa (died 1871), 1st daughter of Rev. Edmund Dawe Wickham, vicar of Holmwood, Surrey, by Theresa, daughter and heir of Archdale Palmer of Cheam Park, Surrey (see Wickham of Horsington in Burke's 'Landed Gentry' and 'Selborne' in his Peerage): born at Preshute House, Marlborough College, 31 August 1868 and baptised at Preshute House, Marlborough College, 31 August 1868. Married at St. Peter's-in-the-East, Oxford 14 January 1902. Died 27 November 1960 at Cobham, Surrey and was buried at St. James' Abinger 30 November 1960.

    For her lineage see 'Bright of Colwall' in Burke's 'Landed Gentry'. The life of her father and that of her grandfather, Richard Bright, MD (died 1858) are in the Dictionary of National Biography.

    Emily married John Arthur Gibbs on 14 Jan 1902 in Oxford, Oxfordshire. John (son of Rev. John Lomax Gibbs and Isabel Marianne Bright) was born on 27 Oct 1860 in Torwood, Torquay, Devon; died on 9 Jul 1949 in Cobham, Surrey; was buried in Abinger, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Christopher John Gibbs, OBE  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Dec 1902 in Paddington, London; died on 3 Jun 1985 in Chippenham, Wiltshire; was buried in Lacock, Wiltshire.
    2. 13. Antony James Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Apr 1904 in Paddington, London; died on 14 Jun 1993 in Ewhurst, Surrey; was buried in Abinger, Surrey.
    3. 14. Evelyn Arthur Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1906 in Paddington, Lancashire; died on 7 Jul 1917 in Langton Matravers, Dorset; was buried on 10 Jul 1917 in Abinger, Surrey.
    4. 15. Angela Gertrude Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jun 1909 in Paddington, London; died on 27 Mar 1910 in Paddington, London ; was buried on 31 Mar 1910 in Speen, Berkshire.
    5. 16. Rev. Martin Franck Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 May 1912 in 20 Cleveland Gardens, Paddington, London; died on 18 Jan 2003 in Hinton St. George, Somerset.

  4. 5.  Evelyn Isabel Franck Bright Descendancy chart to this point (1.James1) was born on 5 Nov 1869.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Christening: 5 Nov 1869, Preshute, Wiltshire

    Evelyn married Rev Hubert Murray Burge, KCVO in 1898. Hubert (son of Milward Rodon Burge and Mary Louisa Raffaele Price) was born on 9 Aug 1862 in Kingston, Jamaica; died on 10 Jun 1925 in Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Margaret Mary Carr Descendancy chart to this point (2.Margaret2, 1.James1) was born on 19 May 1888 in Kensington, London; died on 10 Oct 1983 in Norwich, Norfolk.

    Margaret married Air Chief Marshall Sir William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond in 1910. William was born on 19 Aug 1878 in Crabble, Kent; died on 27 Apr 1933 in Hyde Park Gardens, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Alice Katherine Carr Descendancy chart to this point (2.Margaret2, 1.James1) was born on 26 Jun 1895 in Kensington, London; died in Jun 1990 in Norwich, Norfolk.

    Alice married Major Lawrence Francis Imbert Athill in 1916 in Paddington, London. Lawrence was born on 12 Apr 1888 in Hartfield, Herefordshire; died in 1957 in Norwich, Norfolkk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Diana Athill  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Dec 1917 in Kensington, London; died on 23 Jan 2019 in London.
    2. 18. Andrew Herbert Athill  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 May 1920 in Kensington, London; died in Aug 2005 in Norwich, Norfolk.
    3. 19. Margaret Athill  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 10.  Brigadier William Greenwood Carr, CVO, DSO Descendancy chart to this point (2.Margaret2, 1.James1) was born on 10 Mar 1901 in Kensington, London; died on 27 Jan 1982 in Blyth, Suffolk.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: 12th Lancers

    William married Donna Agnese Salazar in 1928 in Loddon, Norfolk. Donna was born in 1896 in Italy; died on 28 Nov 1986. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Emmeline Mary Newbolt Descendancy chart to this point (3.Alice2, 1.James1) was born on 5 Aug 1891 in Weybridge, Surrey; died on 4 Mar 1977 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

    Notes:

    She was her husband's third cousin. 2nd daughter of Sir Francis G. Newbolt, Knight, K.C. and Official Referee of the Supreme Court, by Alice Clara Franck (born 1867), 2nd daughter of Rev. Dr. J.F. Bright and sister of E. Gertrude F. Gibbs. Baptised 30 September 1891 at St. Michael's there. Married by her uncle Dr. Hubert Burge, Bishop of Southwark. Cremated at Springdale, Memorial Inscription there.

    Oil portrait with her sister Evelyn by John Cook (1913) last in possession of her father.

    Birth:
    Oakley Lodge

    Emmeline married Sir John Dudley Gibbs Medley on 15 Sep 1916 in Southwark Cathedral, Surrey. John (son of Dudley Julius Medley and Isabel Alice Gibbs) was born on 19 Apr 1891 in 2 Keble Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire; died on 26 Sep 1962 in Harkaway, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. David John Medley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Aug 1919 in London; died on 2 May 2010 in Arizona, USA.
    2. 21. Diana Mary Medley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Mar 1922; died on 22 Oct 2022.

  5. 12.  Christopher John Gibbs, OBE Descendancy chart to this point (4.Emily2, 1.James1) was born on 6 Dec 1902 in Paddington, London; died on 3 Jun 1985 in Chippenham, Wiltshire; was buried in Lacock, Wiltshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Departure: New York, USA
    • Baptism: 11 Jan 1903, Paddington, Lancashire
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 8; Relation to Head of House: Son
    • Arrival: 31 May 1960, Southampton, Hampshire; Age: 57

    Notes:

    1st son. Lt. Co. Territorial Army. Baptised 11 January 1903 at Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, Paddington. Educated at Winchester College, 1916-1921; matric. at Oxford (University College) 15 October 1921; 3rd Class History and BA 1924; MA 1928.

    Fellow of the Royal Institution of the Chartered Surveyors. Fellow of the Land Agents Society. On the Council of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 1948. Articled to J.R. Eve & Son of Bedford and Westminster 1925-8. With Lofts & Warner, surveyors and land agents 1929-1935, Chief Land Agent to the National Trust 1961. Retired 1968. Last address: The Porch House, Lacock, Chippenham, Wilts.

    From 1924 City of London Yeomanry Battery (RHA) (TA) 'Roughriders'. In Second World War with Anti-Aircraft Command RA in England. Retired with the rank of Lt. Col. after the War.

    Birth:
    20 Cleveland Gardens

    Christopher married Margaret Evelyn Mackay on 8 Sep 1942 in Petham, Kent. Margaret (daughter of Capt. Robert Henry Ramsey Mackay and Beatrice Caroline Arbuthnott) was born on 5 Mar 1914 in Westbourne, Hampshire; died on 11 Aug 2005 in Swindon, Wiltshire; was buried in Lacock, Wiltshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Isabel Margaret Ramsay Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 23. Julian Robert Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 13.  Antony James Gibbs Descendancy chart to this point (4.Emily2, 1.James1) was born on 29 Apr 1904 in Paddington, London; died on 14 Jun 1993 in Ewhurst, Surrey; was buried in Abinger, Surrey.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, London; Age: 6; Relation to Head of House: Son

    Notes:

    2nd son. Baptised 28 May 1904 at Christ Church, Lancaster Gate. Educated at Eton College 1917-22. matric: at Oxford (University College, 17 October 1922); 2nd class Science (Physiology) and BA 1926; MA 1930; BM and B.Ch. 1930; Medical Student at Oxford 1922-7 and St. Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth, 1927-30, DM 1932. Died at Ewhurst, Surrey, 14th June 1993 and buried at St. James' Abinger.

    Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (England), Licentiate of Royal College of Physicians (London), Member of British Medical Association Jan 1930. Clinical Assistant St. Thomas' Hospital Feb-Aug 1930, Casualty and Outpatients' Officer to Evelina Hospital for Children, Southwark, August 1930-Feb 1931. House Physician Mar-Dec 1931, Obstetrical House Physician Mar-Sept 1932, at the Radcliffe Infirmary and County Hospital, Oxford.

    Surgeon to Cobham Nursing Division St. John Ambulance 1937-50.

    General Practitioner in Cobham, Surrey 1933-71. Lived at Broxmore, Cobham, Surrey 1933-38; at Leylands, Leigh Place, Cobham, 1938-71 and at Mercer's Cottage, The Common, Cranleigh, Surrey, 1971-1993

    Birth:
    20 Cleveland Gardens

    Antony married Helen Margaret Leuchars on 21 Oct 1937 in Cobham, Surrey. Helen (daughter of William Wood Leuchars and Gwendoline Evelyn Fleming) was born on 2 Feb 1913 in Cobham, Surrey; died on 4 Nov 2013 in Reigate, Surrey; was buried on 18 Nov 2013 in St James, Abinger Common, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 24. Antony Richard Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 25. John William Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 26. David Michael Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 27. Raymond Martin Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 20.  David John Medley Descendancy chart to this point (11.Emmeline3, 3.Alice2, 1.James1) was born on 17 Aug 1919 in London; died on 2 May 2010 in Arizona, USA.

    Notes:

    David, after some years in Australia in Aircraft Engineering, went to work in USA in various roles for Rockwell. His wife Ruth née Crane predeceased him and both his children died a few years later. David served in the Second World War in the R.A.N.V.R as the Radar Officer and was sunk in HMAS Canberra just before the Battle of the Coral Sea, safely rescued luckily by the Americans.

    Family/Spouse: Ruth Christina Crane. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 28. Peter David John Medley  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 29. Christina Anne Medley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1952.

  2. 21.  Diana Mary Medley Descendancy chart to this point (11.Emmeline3, 3.Alice2, 1.James1) was born on 17 Mar 1922; died on 22 Oct 2022.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Christening: 16 May 1922, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1977, Cockburn, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

    Notes:

    God-daughter of Alfred Bright, so attached to both Gibbs and Bright lines.

    Diana married Francis Barrington Hall on 27 Jul 1948 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Francis was born on 12 Feb 1920 in Panton Hill, Victoria, Australia; died on 14 Nov 2013 in Australian Capital Territory, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. Basil John Hall  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 31. Peter Barrington Hall  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 32. Stephen Francis Hall  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 33. Elizabeth Mary Hall  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 22.  Isabel Margaret Ramsay Gibbs Descendancy chart to this point (12.Christopher3, 4.Emily2, 1.James1)

    Isabel married John Antony Austin Harrison [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Eleanor Margaret Harrison  Descendancy chart to this point

    Isabel married John Brooke Howell [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Isabel married John Robert Page [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 23.  Julian Robert Gibbs Descendancy chart to this point (12.Christopher3, 4.Emily2, 1.James1)

    Julian married Juliet Marguerite Celia Gore-Anley [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 35. Joseph Philip Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jul 1977 in Norwich, Norfolk; died on 9 Aug 2019 in London SE22.
    2. 36. Florence Margaret Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 37. Dorothea Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point

    Julian married Lucy Wood [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 24.  Antony Richard Gibbs Descendancy chart to this point (13.Antony3, 4.Emily2, 1.James1)

    Antony married Mary Janet Day [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 38. Rupert Nicolas Antony Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 39. Emily Jo Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 25.  John William Gibbs Descendancy chart to this point (13.Antony3, 4.Emily2, 1.James1)

    John married Anya Coper [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 40. Ella Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point

    John married Vivien Jean Kersey [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 26.  David Michael Gibbs Descendancy chart to this point (13.Antony3, 4.Emily2, 1.James1)

    David married Rose-Marie Ada Margot [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 41. Charlotte Lucy Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Sep 1985; died on 15 Jan 1986.
    2. 42. Henry Arthur Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 27.  Raymond Martin Gibbs Descendancy chart to this point (13.Antony3, 4.Emily2, 1.James1)

    Raymond married Susan Elizabeth Russell [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 43. Ian Antony Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 44. Megan Katherine Gibbs  Descendancy chart to this point


 

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