Giles Stibbert
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| birth_date =1734
| death_date =January 1809England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
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| placeofburial =St. Mary's Church, South Stoneham, Hampshire, England
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| branch =British Army
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| rank =Lieutenant General
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| commands =Indian Army
| battles =Battle of Plassey
Battle of Buxar
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Lieutenant General Giles Stibbert (1734–1809) was Commander-in-Chief, India.
Military career
Stibber arrived in India in 1756 and took part in the Battle of Plassey in 1757.[https://books.google.com/books?id=NAIbAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Giles+Stibbert%22&pg=PA119 The Oriental herald, Volume 6, July to September 1825, Page 120] He then raised a battalion of native infantry at Bankipore in 1761 and commanded them at the Siege of Patna where he was wounded in 1763. He commanded the left wing of the Army at the Battle of Buxar in 1764 and captured Chunar in 1765.
File:Villa stibbert, esterno 04.JPG, Florence]]
He was twice Commander-in-Chief, India, firstly from 1777 to 1779 and then again from 1783, following the death of Sir Eyre Coote, to 1785.[https://books.google.com/books?id=P_cNAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22General+Charles+Morgan%22&pg=RA1-PR20 The Bengal almanac, for 1827, compiled by S. Smith and Co.] He made a huge wealth during his service in India, when in England he resided at Hereford Street with his 3 children and wife. Stibbert then commissioned John Crunden the architect of Hereford Street to build his country estate the first Portswood House at Portswood in Hampshire in 1778.[http://portswood.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=66 Portswood's Local Website]{{Cite web |title=Some snippets of history about Portswood House and also Portswood Manor in relation to Giles Stibbert, born in 1743.. {{!}} Highfield Residents Association |url=https://www.highfieldresidents.org.uk/some-snippets-of-history-about-portswood-house-and-also-portswood-manor-in-relation-to-giles-stibbert-born-in-1743/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=www.highfieldresidents.org.uk}}{{Cite web |title=Portswood House - Sotonopedia |url=http://sotonopedia.wikidot.com/page-browse:portswood-house |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=sotonopedia.wikidot.com}}
His grandson, Frederick Stibbert, used the family's wealth to establish the Stibbert museum in Florence.[http://www.picure.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/arc/stibbert/content/marco_e.html Frederick Stibbert and his Armoury] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702185807/http://www.picure.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/arc/stibbert/content/marco_e.html |date=2007-07-02 }} He made the family home on the Hill of Montughi, which was originally purchased by his mother, into a museum to hold his collection.{{Cite journal |last=Clearkin |first=Christine |last2=Marco |first2=Simona Di |date=2009-03-22 |title=A tale of three cities: Calcutta, Southampton and Florence: the Stibbert family and museum |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&issn=14672006&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA219821772&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=abs |journal=British Art Journal |language=English |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=43–55}}
He is buried in South Stoneham in Hampshire with a monument by John Bacon.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis
Family
He was married to Sophronia Rebecca Wright.[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42058 A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5, edited by William Page, 1912]
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Category:British Commanders-in-Chief of India