John Davies Gilbert (5 December 1811 – 16 April 1854) was a land owner, born in Eastbourne the son of

Davies Gilbert Davies Gilbert (born Davies Giddy, 6 March 1767 – 24 December 1839) was a British engineer, author, and politician. He was elected to the Royal Society on 17 November 1791 and served as its President from 1827 to 1830. He changed his name to ...

and Mary Ann Gilbert. John Davies Gilbert and his son, Carew Davies Gilbert played a major role, as landowners, in the development of the town of

Eastbourne Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. It is also a non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, bor ...

and also developed Trelissick Garden in Feock, Cornwall. In 1834 he was elected FRS as his father had been.Royal Society archives for John Davies Gilbert
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High Sheriff of Sussex The office of Sheriff of Sussex was established before the Norman Conquest. The Office of sheriff remained first in precedence in the counties until the reign of Edward VII when an Order in Council in 1908 gave the Lord-Lieutenant the prime office ...

for 1840. He died in Padstow. He had married the Hon. Anne Dorothea Carew, daughter of Sir Robert Shapland Carew, 1st Baron Carew.Peerage.com website
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