Walter Gilbey
Sir Walter Gilbey, 1st Baronet,
Early life
Gilbey was born at 11, Windhill,
On the outbreak of the
Imported wine business
The heavy
Growth and distribution
The Cape wines proved popular, and within three years the brothers had 20,000 customers on their books. The creation of the
Three provincial
The grocer who dealt in the Gilbeys' wines and spirits was not allowed to sell those of any other firm, and the Gilbeys in return handed over to him all their existing customers in his district. This arrangement was of mutual advantage, and the Gilbeys' business increased so rapidly that, in 1864, Henry Gilbey abandoned his own undertaking to join his brothers. In 1867 the three brothers secured the old
Horse breeding and agriculture
Sir Walter Gilbey also became well known as a breeder of
Personal life
On 3 November 1858, Gilbert married Ellen Parish, fourth daughter of John Parish, of Bishop's Stortford. They were the parents of ten children:
- Charles Herbert Gilbey (1858–1876)
- Henry Walter Gilbey (1860–1945)
- Arthur Nockolds Gilbey (1861–1939)
- Tresham Gilbey (1862–1947)
- Sebastian Gilbey (1863–1880)
- Maud Ellen Gilbey (1865–1951)
- Mabel Kate Gilbey (1866–1945)
- Guy Gilbey (1868–1930)
- Rose Gilbey (1870, died young)
- Emily Lucy Gilbey (1872–1938)
Mrs Gilbey died on 16 November 1896. Gilbey was created a baronet on 4 September 1898. His son Henry Walter Gilbey succeeded as the second baronet in 1914.[8]
Selected works
- The Great Horse, or The War Horse: from the time of the Roman Invasion till its development into the Shire Horse. (London: Vinton & Co.. 1899)
- Animal Painters of England From the Year 1650: A brief history of their lives and works (London: Vinton & Co., 1900)
- Ponies, Past and Present (London: Vinton & Co,. 1900)
- Early Carriages and Roads (London: Vinton & Co., 1903)
- Modern Carriages (London: Vinton & Co., 1905)
- George Morland: His life and works (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907) [9]
See also
- SodaStream: the water-carbonating apparatus devised by a family member in 1903
References
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1549
- ^ The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at Present Existing: Arranged and Printed from the Personal Communications of the Nobility, Edmund Lodge, Hurst & Blackett Ltd, 1901, p. 906
- ^ Sir Walter Gilbey, stortfordhistory.co.uk
- ^ a b c d e f g h public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gilbey, Sir Walter, 1st Bart.". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 11–12. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1549
- ^ Sir Walter Gilbey, Animal Painters of England From the Year 1650: A brief history of their lives and works, London: Vinton & Co., 1900. At Archive.org Accessed 13 February 2009
- ^ "No. 27924". The London Gazette. 22 June 1906. p. 4307.
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, Privy Council, and Order of Preference (1963), p. 20
- ^ Sir Walter Gilbey, George Morland: His life and works, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907. At Archive.org Accessed 18 September 2014
Further reading
- Alec Waugh, Merchants of Wine: Being a Centenary Account of the Fortunes of the House of Gilbey (Cassell & Co., 1957)
External links
- Works by Walter Gilbey at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Walter Gilbey at Internet Archive
- Bishop's Stortford & Thorley, A history and guide