Lewis Taylor Gibb. 1873 - 1945
Draper & Artist
Lived in Kensington and at Holmcroft, Grove Avenue, West Mersea

The Robinson family and the Gibb family had come down to London from Northumberland to take up the drapery trade. Lewis Taylor Gibb was born Kensington 4 June 1873 [ LTG_FBL_002 ]. Lewis Gibb married Joshua Robinson's youngest daughter Margaret, and then Lewis took over the management of the Joshua Robinson business, which became a family owned private company.
Lewis Gibb bought a plot of land on Mersea in 1914 but because of the war and restrictions was not able to build a house on it until 1928, when Holmcroft was built. [Douglas Gibb - LTG_AB3_003]
Photographer Grove, Son & Boulton, 174 Brompton Rd., South Kensington.