Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Walter Gilbey

From Graces Guide

Sir Walter Gilbey (1831-1914) of W. and A. Gilbey

Born at Bishop's Stortford, the son of Henry Gilbey (1789–1842) and his wife Elizabeth Bailey (died 1869).

After the Crimean war Walter Gilbey returned to London with his brother Alfred Gilbey they took advice of their eldest brother Henry Parry Gilbey, a wholesale wine-merchant, and started in the retail wine and spirits trade.

1851 Living at 27 Tuery Street: Henry P. Gilbey (age 27 born Bishop's Stortford), Wine Merchant Clerk; with his brothers Walter Gilbey (age 19 born Bishop's Stortford), Parliamentary Agent Clerk; and Alfred Gilbey (age 17 born Bishop's Stortford), Wine Merchant Clerk.[1]

1858 Married Ellen Parish and had five sons and four daughters

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Sources of Information

  1. 1851 Census