George Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall
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Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall (16 May 1928 - 19 July 2001), was a British peer.
Gibbs succeeded his father, George Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall
, in the barony on 28 October 1931 at the age of three. His mother was the Honourable Ursula Mary Lawley, and his godmother was Queen Mary of Teck
.
In 1988 Lord Wraxall was kidnapped at his home Tyntesfield
and locked in the boot of his BMW for almost seven hours. Afterwards according to The Times
, he said "Good grief, there's more room in the back than I ever thought" . The kidnappers had knocked him to the ground, one battering him on the head with a plank, and demanded the combination to his safe and his house keys, but the burglar alarm went off and, in a panic, the raiders bundled Lord Wraxall into the boot of his car and drove him to woods about two miles away, before making off with his wallet and credit cards.
Lord Wraxall died unmarried in July 2001, aged 73, and was succeeded by his younger brother, Sir Eustace Gibbs.
Gibbs succeeded his father, George Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall
George Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall
George Abraham Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall, PC , was a British Conservative politician.Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford Gibbs was the eldest of the seven sons of Major Antony Gibbs and Janet Louisa Merivale, daughter of John Louis Merivale...
, in the barony on 28 October 1931 at the age of three. His mother was the Honourable Ursula Mary Lawley, and his godmother was Queen Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck
Mary of Teck was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor George V....
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In 1988 Lord Wraxall was kidnapped at his home Tyntesfield
Tyntesfield
Tyntesfield is a Victorian Gothic Revival estate near Wraxall, North Somerset, England, near Nailsea, seven miles from Bristol.The house was acquired by the National Trust in June 2002 after a fund raising campaign to prevent it being sold to private interests and ensure it be opened to the public...
and locked in the boot of his BMW for almost seven hours. Afterwards according to The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, he said "Good grief, there's more room in the back than I ever thought" . The kidnappers had knocked him to the ground, one battering him on the head with a plank, and demanded the combination to his safe and his house keys, but the burglar alarm went off and, in a panic, the raiders bundled Lord Wraxall into the boot of his car and drove him to woods about two miles away, before making off with his wallet and credit cards.
Lord Wraxall died unmarried in July 2001, aged 73, and was succeeded by his younger brother, Sir Eustace Gibbs.