Herbert Webb Gillman

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Herbert Webb Gillman
Born(1832-05-18)18 May 1832
Coachford, County Cork, Ireland
Died23 July 1898(1898-07-23) (aged 66)
Coachford, County Cork, Ireland
Resting placeMagourney Church, Coachford
NationalityIrish
Occupation(s)public servant; antiquarian; historian
Known for Postmaster General of Ceylon
Term1867 - 1871
Predecessor William Barton
Successor Thomas Edward Barnes Skinner
SpouseAnnie Mackwood
ChildrenHerbert Francis; Webb; Frances Hetty
Parent(s)Herbert; Esther née Bennett

Herbert Webb Gillman (18 May 1832 - 23 July 1898) was a Ceylonese Judge, the Postmaster General of Ceylon between 1867 and 1871 and an Irish historian.

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Herbert Webb Gillman was born on 18 May 1832 in Coachford, County Cork, the only son of Herbert (1791-1877) and Esther née Bennett (1795-1842), third daughter of John Barter Bennett, a surgeon from Cork. His mother died when he was ten and in 1847 his father remarried Sarah Honeywood Pollock Skottowe Parker, the third daughter of Richard Neville Parker. [1]

Gillman undertook his tertiary studies at Trinity College Dublin, where he received a gold medal in mathematics [2] and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1853. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the bar on 26 January 1897. [3] Whilst reading for a fellowship at Trinity College, he was offered and accepted a post in the Ceylon Civil Service, where he remained for some twenty years. During his tenure he served as Postmaster General (1867); District Judge, Galle (1872); and acting Treasurer of Ceylon, where he assisted in the decimalisation of the rupee. [4] He also held positions on both the Legislative and Executive Councils. [5]

In 1866 he married Annie Mackwood, second daughter of Francis Mackwood (a tea plantation owner). They had three children: Herbert Francis (1867-1918), who joined the Indian Civil Service and served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council; Webb (1870-1933) who served in several campaigns including the Second Boer War; Anglo-Aro War and World War I, reaching the rank of General, receiving a KCB, KCMG and DSO for his military service; and Frances Hetty (1876-1959), who married Eyre Herbert Ievers. [1] [5]

He retired from public service in 1875, for health reasons, and returned to the family home in Clontead More, to reside there with his family. [6] His father died on 2 December 1877 as did his stepmother four months later, [7] with Gillman inheriting the entire family estate. Gillman actively pursued his interests in antiquities and local history. He was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries; a fellow of the Bibliographic Society of London; and in 1892 became one of the founding members of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, serving as its vice-president for a number of years. He authored and co-authored a number of articles for the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society, and became a leading authority on castles and tower houses in County Cork. [8]

Gillman died on 23 July 1898, at the age of 66, and is buried in the graveyard at the Magourney Church in Coachford. [9]

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  5. 1 2 Gillman, Alexander William (1895). Searches into the history of the Gillman or Gilman family : including the various branches in England, Ireland, America and Belgium. London: Elliot Stock. pp. 89–92.
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