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Rev. John Lomax Gibbs

Rev. John Lomax Gibbs

Male 1832 - 1914  (81 years)

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  • Name John Lomax Gibbs  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Title Rev. 
    Birth 28 Mar 1832  11 Bedford Square, Bloomsbury, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9] 
    Christening Yes, date unknown  [8] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 12 Jan 1914  Speen, Berkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Speen House
    Notes 
    • 8th son of George Henry Gibbs of London. Baptised 26 May 1832 at St.-Giles-in-the-Fields, Holborn. Educated at Eton College 1834-35 and Charterhouse, London, 1846-7. Matric at Oxford (Exeter College), 24 Oct. 1849, BA, a 'grand compounder, MA, 1856. Buried 15 January 1914 at Speen. Will proved 17 February 1914.

      To add to the facts about education, he went to a school at Brighton about six or seven, and then to one at Clifton, Bristol. After Charterhouse he was, 1848-9, with a tutor, the rector of Poundstock, Cornwall. Joined Antony Gibbs & Sons, London, 1854, but left them 1856 through ill-health, and in every year 1851 to 58 he travelled much abroad, particularly in Spain, and (1857-8) up the Nile and in Palestine. A student at Wells Theological College 1858. Ordained Deacon (Exeter) 1859, Priest 1860. Curate at St. Mary's, Torwood, Torquay, to Rev. J. Hogg 1859-1860, when his health drove him abroad again (Pyrenees) with his wife and first-born. Living at Bradeham, Bucks., 1863-4. Perpetual Curate of Clifton Hampden, Oxon., 1864 ( (presented by his brother Henry Hucks Gibbs), but resigned work in 1874 from the same cause as before. His parsonage there was what is now the Manor House. Resided at Oaklands, Cleveland, Somerset, 1874-8. Vicar of Exwick, Devon, 1878-85; Rector of Clyst St. George, Devon 1885-97 (presented to both by Antony Gibbs). Retired and resided at Speen House, Berks., 1898-1914. Editor of 'The Registers of Clyst St. George', published 1899 by The Parish Register Society. Member of the Athenauem Club, London, 1863-86. His diaries 1851-1912 (52 vols.), last in possession of John Arthur Gibbs in 1932 are now missing. The volume of his 'Reminiscences' (MS.) from c.1840 to 1910, now in the possession of Denis D. Gibbs.

      Portraits: Oil 1858 by E.U. Eddis in possession of Lord Aldenham (1932); oil (c. 1902) by A. Macdonald, last in possession of Alexandra White (2021 - previously George Medley); a posthumous one painted 1921 (from a photo of about 1910) by Ronald Gray in possession of Denis D. Gibbs; a chalk drawing by E.U. Eddis (c. 1859) last in possession of Francis L. Gibbs in 1932; a pastel by E. Havell (1887) last in possession of Francis L. Gibbs in 1932.
    Person ID I231  Molteno Genealogy
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2023 

    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 Isabel Marianne Bright,   b. 1 Mar 1835, Abbots Leigh, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1920, Newbury, Berkshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 3 Jan 1860  Abbots Leigh, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 10, 11] 
    Children 
     1. John Arthur Gibbs,   b. 27 Oct 1860, Torwood, Torquay, Devon Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jul 1949, Cobham, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     2. Caroline Blanche Gibbs,   b. 27 Nov 1861, Gelos, Basses Pyrenees, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1945, Speen, Berkshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     3. Isabel Alice Gibbs,   b. 27 Dec 1862, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1942, Newbury, Berkshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     4. Robert Tyndall Gibbs,   b. 20 May 1865, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 1942, Worcester, Worcestershire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     5. Canon Reginald Gibbs,   b. 29 Jun 1867, The Parsonage, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Oct 1940, Aldenham, Hertfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     6. Francis Lomax Gibbs,   b. 28 Jan 1869, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1943, Wandsworth, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     7. Mary Beatrice Gibbs,   b. 16 Feb 1871, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1886, Pimlico, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 15 years)
     8. Ethel Constance Gibbs,   b. 27 Nov 1872, Clevedon, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1961, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F56  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2018 


 

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