GIBSON, CHARLES, eldest son of Thomas Gibson, Curwen Woods, Burton, Westmorland, solicitor; b. 30 Jul 1867; adm. (D, subsequently G) 12 Jun 1879; left Jul 1886; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Oct 1886; BA 1889; adm. solicitor Nov 1892; in practice at Lancaster; m. 27 Dec 1900 Violet Katherine, eldest dau. of William Lyster Holt, London [railway engineer ?]; d. 10 Nov 1931.

GIBSON, ARTHUR BUXTON CUMMINGS, son of T[homas ?] C. Gibson, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, and his second wife; b. 29 Apr 1855; adm. 16 Apr 1868 (James'); left May 1870; practised as an architect in Newcastle upon Tyne; of Newborough Hall, Northumberland; m. 29 Nov 1882 Annie Power, dau. of George H. Carbutt, Ladbroke Gardens, Notting Hill, London; d. 28 Nov 1894, from the effects of a fall from his horse.

Gibbs-Smith, Oswin Harvard, son of Edward Gibbs-Smith, M. D., of South Kensington, by Ethel Harvard, daughter of Thomas Fitzwilliam Watts, of Cambridge; b. Nov. 15, 1901; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (H); left July 1919; Clare Coll. Camb. (Choral scholar), matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1922, M.A. 1927; Cuddesdon Theol. Coll.; ordained deacon 1924, priest 1925 (London); Curate of Harrow 1924; asst. master Harrow School 1925-7; Curate of St. Margaret, Ilkley, Yorks 1927-31; Priest in charge and first Vicar of the Church of John Keble, Mill Hill, Middx, 1932-41; Rector of Christ Church, St. Marylebone with St. John's Wood Chapel 1941; Archdeacon of London and Residentiary Canon of St. Paul's 1947; Select Preacher, Univ. of Cambridge 1950; Sub-Dean of the Order of the British Empire 1957; C.B.E. 1961; Dean of Winchester Sept. 1961; Sub-Prelate of the Order of St. John 1962; m. June 7, 1949, Nora Maude, younger daughter of H. Gregg, of Esher; d. 26 Sept. 1969.

Gibbs-Smith, Charles Harvard (known at school as Cuthbert Howard Gibbs-Smith), brother of Oswin Harvard Gibbs-Smith (qv); b. 22 Mar. 1909; adm. Apr. 1923 (H); left Dec. 1925; Harvard Univ., MA and res. Fellow; Asst Keeper V & A Museum 1932; Min. of Information 1939-45, Asst Dir. Photographic Divn 1943, Dir. 1945; Keeper Public Relations and Education Dept V & A Museum 1947-71, Keeper Emeritus 1971; FRSA 1948; Chevalier Roy. Order of Danneborg 1948; FMA 1952; hon. CRAeS 1962; res. Fellow Science Museum 1976; first Lindbergh Prof. of Aerospace History, Nat. Air & Space Museum, Washington DC, 1978-9; author of many works on aeronautical subjects; wrote and broadcast on art, crime, aircraft and tank recognition; m. 1st 25 Oct. 1930 Joan, d. of Thomas Brooke; 2nd Mar. 197 5 Lavinia Snelling, lutenist; d. 3 Dec. 1981.

GIBBONS, WILLIAM, of London; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1586, matr. 17 Dec 1586, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1603; BA 1590; MA 1593; BD 1600 (incorp. Cambridge 1608/9); DD (from Peterhouse, Cambridge) 1609; ordained deacon and priest (Rochester) 28 Oct 1597; Vicar of All Saints, King’s Lynn, Norfolk 1601-5; Rector of Glemsford, Suffolk, from 1608; Rector of Rettendon, Essex, from 1611; m.; d. 1619.

GIBBON, WALTER, son of Francis Gibbon, Cranbrook, Kent, and Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Stileman, Otford, Kent; b.; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1749 (Bourne's); Min. Can. 1750; KS 1751; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1755, adm. pens. 28 May 1755, scholar 14 May 1756, matr. 1756.

GIBBON, EDWARD, only son of Edward Gibbon (qv), and his first wife; b. 27 Apr 1737; adm. Jan 1747/8 (Porten's); left Aug 1750, on account of ill-health; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, adm. fellow commoner 3 Apr 1752; received into Roman Catholic church 8 Jun 1752, but returned to Protestantism at Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1753; became attached to Susanne Curchod (afterwards Mme Necker), but at his father’s wish the engagement was broken off; adm. to Academy, Lausanne 1 Dec 1756; officer in Hampshire Militia 12 Jun 1759-70; author, Essai sur l’Etude de la Litterature, 1761; met John Baker Holroyd (afterwards Lord Sheffield) at Lausanne 1764; in Italy 1764-5; the idea of writing on the decline and fall of the Roman Empire first occurred to him when in Rome on 15 Oct 1764; author, Mémoires Littéraires de la Grande Bretagne, 1767-8, jointly with his Swiss friend Deyverdun; author, Critical Observations on the Sixth Book of the Aeneid, 1770, attacking Warburton; settled in London 1772; elected to The Club 1774; MP Liskeard 1774-80, Lymington 25 Jun 1781-4; a Commissioner for Trade and Foreign Plantations 6 Jul 1779 - Jun 1782; Professor of Ancient History, Royal Academy, from 1787; FSA 20 Nov 1788, FRS 27 Nov 1788; author, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1776-87, 4 vols.; defended the chapters on Christianity in a Vindication, 1779; retired to Lausanne 1783; his Miscellaneous Works, edited by his friend Lord Sheffield, and including his Memoirs of My Life and Writings, were published in 1796; d. unm. 16 Jan 1794. DNB.

GIBBON, EDWARD ANACLETO; b. 13 Jul 1845; adm. (G) 12 Apr 1861; left Whitsun 1862.

Gibbens, Trevor Charles Noel, son of George Gibbens of Reigate, Surrey, and Sarah Jane, d. of Sir William Pickles Hartley, jam manufacturer, of Southport, Lancs; b. 28 Dec. 1912; adm. Jan. 1927 (R); left July 1931; Emmanuel Coll. Camb., matric. 1932, BA 1935, MA 1939; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch. 1935-9, MRCS LRCP 1938; MB 1939; RAMC 1939-45, attached 1 Battn Oxf. & Bucks LI (Capt.); p.o.w. 1940-5 (escaped but later recaptured); MBE Feb. 1946; Nuffield Travelling Fellow in Psychological Medicine 1948-50; hon. consult. psychiatrist Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hosps 1950-83; Prof. of Forensic Psychiatry Univ. of London; member Roy. Commn on Penal Reform 1964-6; Pres. Brit. Acad. of Forensic Sciences 1967; Vice-Chair­man Howard League for Penal Reform; FRCP, FRCPsych 1974; CBE 1977; m. 24 Aug. 1950 Patricia Margaret, sister of Derek Rivers Mullis (qv); d. 27 Oct. 1983.

GIBBARD, WILLIAM, son of William Gibbard, Parliament Street, Westminster, and Sharnbrook Grange, Beds.; b.; adm. 8 Sep 1777; KS (aged 14) 1783. [Whitmore notes d. at siege of Seringapatam 1799, but not found in EI Kalendar 1793, and he is not mentioned in his father’s will dated 31 Jan 1797]