John Davies Gilbert

John Davies Gilbert

John Davies Gilbert (5 December 1811 - 16 April 1854) was a land owner, son of Davies Gilbert and Mary Ann Gilbert.

He was elected FRS in 1834 [http://royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=6&dsqSearch=(Surname='Gilbert') Royal Society archives for John Davies Gilbert] ] but does not seem to have published any scientific papers.

He married the Hon. Anne Dorothea Carew, daughter of Sir Robert Shapland Carew, 1st Baron Carew [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p20345.htm Peerage.com website] ] . John Davies Gilbert and their son, Carew Davies Gilbert played a major role, as landowners, in the development of the town of Eastbourne. They also developed Trelissick Garden in Feock, Cornwall.

References

ee also

Davies-Gilbert family


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