 The kidnappers had knocked him to the ground, one battering him on the head with a plank, and demanded the combination to his safe and his house keys, but the burglar alarm went off and, in a panic, the raiders bundled Lord Wraxall into the boot of his car and drove him to woods about two miles away, before making off with his wallet and credit cards.Wraxall was appointed to be a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Somerset by the Lord Lieutenant in 1996.He died unmarried in July 2001, aged 73, and was succeeded by his younger brother, Sir Eustace Gibbs.