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Antony Gibbs, of Merry Hill

Antony Gibbs, of Merry Hill

Male 1822 - 1856  (34 years)


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  • Name Antony Gibbs  [1
    Suffix of Merry Hill  
    Birth 20 Nov 1822  Powis Place, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Baptism 12 Apr 1823 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1 Dec 1856  Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial 8 Dec 1856  Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Antony Gibbs (3rd son) of Merry Hill, Bushey, Herts. Born at 2 Powis Place, aforesaid 20 November 1822. Baptised privately there and received into the Church 12 April 1823 at St. George's, Hart Street, Holborn. Educated at Charterhouse, London, 1838-9, matric. at Oxford (Fellow Commoner of Worcester College) 18 October 1847, B.A. 1851. Died childless at Cheltenham 1st and was buried at Clifton Hampden, 8 December 1856. Will proved December 1856.

      In Antony Gibbs and Sons, London, 1839-41 and 1844-7. In the interval, a year with Feldman Bohl and Co., merchants in Hamburg. After taking his Oxford degree, he was in 1852 a student at Wells Theological College. Merry Hill was bought by him from his mother's exors. At his death his brother Henry bought it and in 1878 sold it out of the family. His diaries 1841-2 (2 vols) and 1851-2 are in possession of J.A. Gibbs. (The ownership of these diaries and the possession of other items mentioned in these Notes, refer to the known locations in 1932, current whereabouts are uncertain).

      A drawing (as a child) by Jos. Slater in in possession of Lord Aldenham.
    Person ID I1626  Molteno Genealogy
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2022 

    Father George Henry Gibbs,   b. 24 Aug 1785, Exeter, Devon Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Aug 1842, Venice, Venezia, Veneto, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Caroline Crawley,   b. 25 Apr 1794, Clyst St George, Devon Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1850, Wraxall, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 7 Jul 1817  Stowe-nine-Churches, Upper Stowe, Northamptonshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F194  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isabella Margaret Gordon,   b. Aug 1823, Kent Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Mar 1895, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 7 Dec 1854  Saint Mary, Great Malvern, Worcester Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F794  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2017