@inbook{e70e62e562e4434eb96989ddd88e86ed,
title = "“Love, Prejudice, Pandemics and Global Entrepreneurship: William 'Guillermo' Gibbs's Long Route to Tyntesfield{"}",
abstract = "Bold and high up in the rafters of the library of Tyntesfield, the country residency near Bristol, UK, reads the personal motto of William Gibbs (1790-1875): {\textquoteleft}En Dios mi amparo y esperanza{\textquoteright} [(In God [I find] my shelter and hope]. The phrase and the neo-gothic style of architectural decoration – repeated throughout the house – constitute an excellent example of a product of the Hispanic-Anglosphere during the nineteenth century. This chapter traces the route towards its development and a number of wider implications through an exploration of the private and public life of William Gibbs based mainly on neglected archival material. Particularly highlighted are the roles played by women, emotional attachments, prejudices and epidemics in shaping the destiny of the man, his country retreat and the company that he directed. The study looks particularly into his formative years in Spain, the roots of his religious and aesthetic philanthropy in Britain and the measures he undertook hand-in-hand with his brother George Henry Gibbs (1785–1842) to transform the family company Antony Gibbs & Sons into a global commercial powerhouse with permanent agents in Europe and the Americas – all long before acquiring Tyntesfield in 1843 and the signing with the government of Peru of the series of contracts that granted to the family firm exclusive rights to import guano to the UK and that famously, although not fully accurately, was said to have made him {\textquoteleft}the richest commoner in England.{\textquoteright} ",
keywords = "Antony Gibbs & Sons, Women, Pandemic, Trade, Emotions, Quinine, National Trust-Tyntesfield, Gothic",
author = "{Iglesias Rogers}, Graciela",
year = "2021",
month = apr,
day = "26",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780367353131",
series = "Routledge Studies in Modern History",
pages = "101--136",
editor = "Graciela Iglesias-Rogers",
booktitle = "The Hispanic-Anglosphere from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century - An Introduction (",
}