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Tyntesfield - The Gibbs Family

William Gibbs was the son of Antony Gibbs. Antony, rather than bow to tradition and follow his father into medicine, instead went into business and international trade. The firm he founded was taken over by William and William's brother, George. They saw that the firm continued to thrive, including by making guano (a fertilizer made from birds' droppings) one the firm's chief products. It turned out to be a success and the firm made considerable profits, enabling William to finance the construction of Tyntesfield.

William was married to Matilda Blanche Crawley-Boevey. They had seven children and eighteen grandchildren. The family was religious, and William and his wife were supporters of the Oxford Movement.

William's grandson George served as a soldier, MP for West Bristol in 1928, Treasurer of the Household and was elevated to the peerage as Lord Wraxall, ensuring peer status for his son, who died unmarried in 2001. George's son, George "Richard" Gibbs, is survived by Sir Eustace Gibbs, a diplomat, who is now the third Lord Wraxall.

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