“ While still at Brasenose, and even more recently, after his elevation to the Bench, he took a lively interest in his old school in the north, which had sent him forth on his successful career at Oxford, and nothing gave him greater pleasure than attending its anniversary meetings. His fostering care as Bishop of Chichester was extended to Lancing College and the other education institutions connected with it which have sprung up at Hurstpierpoint and elsewhere in the country of Sussex. He was also much beloved by the parochial clergy of his diocese. ”

“ The cause of death we believe to have been paralysis of the lower bowels.
If the late Bishop Gilbert was not so distinguished a prelate, or one who will hereafter be found to have so lasting a mark on the Established Church, as the Blomfields, Sumners, and Phillpotts, who have been among his contemporaries and colleagues on the Episcopal Bench, at all events he was a man who did good hard work in his day, both at Oxford and in the southern diocese, which he administered actively and effectively for more than a quarter of a century. ”

“ He put on his Bachelor's gown in the following January, and a month or two later was nominated a Hulmian Exhibitioner of his College. Having subsequently been elected to a Fellowship at Brasenose, he took his M.A. degree in 1811, and occupied himself for several years as tutor of his College, acting also in 1816-17 and in 1817-18 as one of the public examiners in the classical schools. ”