Legacy
Gellibrand married and was survived by at least three sons, one of whom, Walter Angus Gellibrand, was a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1871 to 1893, and was its president from 1884 to 1889. Another son, Thomas Lloyd Gellibrand, became the father of Major General Sir John Gellibrand, K.C.B., D.S.O., who was born in 1872. His youngest daughter, Mary Selina (1837-1903), played an important part in the Tasmanian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The Australian electoral Division of Gellibrand and the Gellibrand River are named after him.
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