GABBET, HENRY, second son of Robert Gabbet, Acton Burnell, Shropshire, and St.Mary Bothaw, London, citizen and haberdasher, and Mary Avis, Reading, Berks. ; bapt.St.Mary Bothaw, London 17 Nov 1560 (IGI) ; adm. ; QS ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1579, adm.scholar 1580, matr. Lent 1579/80 ; adm.Middle Temple 16 Oct 1583, from New Inn ; of Chelmsford, Essex, and London, merchant ; d.unm. 2 Sep 1610.
GABBITT, —— ; b. ; in school list 1797.
GABRIEL, EDWARD, son of Samuel Hawkes Gabriel, Calne, Wiltshire, afterwards of Melbourne, Australia, solicitor, and Jane, dau. of William Benson, Kingston, Ontario, Canada ; b. (Worcester) 21 Nov 1867 ; adm. (G) 26 Jan 1881 ; left Dec 1881 ; d. 1893 [check].
GADSDEN, ROGER CHARLES EDWARD, illegitimate son of Roger Gadsden, Middle Temple, London, barrister, and Frances (whom he subsequently married), widow of Edmund Minto Gibbes, New South Wales Customs Service, and dau. of James Simmons, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, store owner ; b. 14 Oct 1853 ; adm. (G) 1 Oct 1868 ; left Mar 1870 ; emigrated to Australia ; subsequently went to California, USA, where he took up farming ; m. at Rangoon, Burma 1884 Caroline Florida Robertson (born Edinburgh) ; d. at Oakland, California, USA 27 May 1924.
[GAGE, H.H. ; b. ; adm. ; name up school, with accompanying date 1782. Russell Barker & Stenning insert this as a separate entry, but it seems likely that the name is that of Henry Hall Gage, 4th Viscount Gage, with an erroneous date (cf. GAGE, W.H., below)]
GAGE, HENRY, 3RD VISCOUNT GAGE (I), eldest son of Hon.Thomas Gage (qv) ; b. 4 Mar 1761 ; adm. 19 Jan 1770 ; Lieut., 7th Foot 25 Mar 1777 ; Capt., 26th Foot 24 Apr 1779 ; Maj., 93rd Foot 17 Feb 1783 ; Brevet Lieut.-Col., 1 Mar 1794 ; Col., 1 Jan 1798 ; Maj.-Gen., 1 Jan 1805 ; MP Warwick 1790 – 11 Oct 1791 ; succ. uncle as 3rd Viscount Gage (I) 11 Oct 1791 ; m. 12 Jan 1789 his cousin Susannah Maria, only dau. of Lieut.-Gen.William Skinner ; d. 29 Jan 1808.
GAGE, HENRY, son of John Gage (qv) ; b. 2 Oct 1802 (IGI) ; adm. 21 Jun 1813 ; left Whitsun 1817. [presumably Cornet, 14thHussars 12 Nov 1818 ; Lieut., 4 May 1820 ; Capt., 28 Oct 1824 ; dead at 23 Dec 1826]
GAGE, HON.HENRY EDWARD HALL, eldest son of Henry Hall Gage, 4th Viscount Gage (qv) ; b. 9 Jan 1814 ; adm. (G) 26 Apr 1823 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.7 Jun 1832 ; 2nd Lieut., Rifle Brigade 11 Oct 1833 ; Lieut., 31 May 1839 ; retd. 2 Oct 1840 ; JP Sussex ; m. 31 Aug 1840 Sophia Selina, only dau. of Sir Charles Knightley, Bart., MP ; d. 8 Sep 1875.
GAGE, HENRY HALL, 4TH VISCOUNT GAGE (I), eldest son of Henry Gage, 3rd Viscount Gage (qv) ; b. 14 Dec 1791 ; adm. ; left 1808 ; succ. as 4th Viscount Gage (I) 29 Jan 1808 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.nob. 9 Feb 1811, matr. Easter 1811 ; MA 1812 ; took Conservative whip in House of Lords ; DL JP Sussex ; m. 8 Mar 1813 Elizabeth Maria, elder dau. of Hon.Edward Foley (qv) ; d. 20 Jan 1877.
GAGE, JOHN, son of Hon.Thomas Gage (qv) ; b. 23 Dec 1767 ; adm. 11 Apr 1776 ; of Rogate Lodge, Hampshire ; Clerk of the Signet from 19 Mar 1807 ; m. 20 May 1793 Mary, only dau. of John Milbanke (qv) ; d. 24 Dec 1846.
GAGE, JOHN WILLIAM, son of John Gage (qv) ; b. 30 Aug 1801 (IGI) ; adm. 21 Jun 1813 ; left Easter 1817 ; Ensign and Lieut., 3rd Foot Guards 6 Nov 1817 ; half-pay 25 Dec 1818 ; Lieut., 14th Hussars 3 Feb 1820 ; Capt., 1 Apr 1824 ; retd. 22 Mar 1833 ; m. 4 Aug 1832 Mary Elizabeth, eldest dau. of William Lushington, Clifton, Somerset ; d. 10 Jan 1849.
GAGE, HON.THOMAS, brother of William Hall Gage, 2nd Viscount Gage (qv) ; b.
; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1727/8 ; left 1736 ; clerk, Southern Dept., Secretary of State’s Office, Nov 1737- c.1741 ; Lieut., Col.Cholmondeley’s Regt. (afterwards 48th Foot), 30 Jan 1741 ; Capt.-Lieut., Battereau’s Foot (63rd Foot) 10 May 1742 ; Capt., 1 Jan 1743 ; ADC to 2nd Earl of Albemarle in Flanders 1747-8 ; Maj., 55th Foot (afterwards 44th Foot) 23 Feb 1748 ; Lieut.-Col., 2 Mar 1751 ; served under Braddock in North America 1751-6, wounded at Fort Duquesne ; Lieut.-Col. commandant, 80th Foot 5 May 1758 ; commanded light infantry in Abercromby’s expedition to Ticonderoga 1758 ; commanded Amherst’s rear guard, with rank of Brig.-Gen., 1759-60 ; Governor of Montreal 1759 ; Maj.-Gen., 5 Mar 1761 ; Col., 22nd Foot, 29 Mar 1762 – Apr 1782 ; Commander-in-Chief, North America 1763-72 ; Col. in Chief, 60th Foot (Royal American Regt.), 27 Sep – Nov 1768 ; Lieut.-Gen., 30 Apr 1770 ; returned to England 1772 ; again in North America as Governor of Massachusetts May 1774- Oct 1775 ; did not secure obedience of colonists, with whom he fought battle of Bunker’s Hill 17 Jun 1775 ; reappointed Commander-in-Chief, North America Aug 1775, but soon afterwards resigned and embarked for England 10 Oct 1775 ; Col., 17th Light Dragoons 18 Apr 1782 – Feb 1785 ; Gen., 20 Nov 1782 ; Col., 11th Light Dragoons, from 4 Feb 1785 ; m. 8 Dec 1758 Margaret, dau. of Peter Kemble, President of Council, New Jersey ; d. 2 Apr 1787. ODNB.
GAGE, THOMAS WENTWORTH, son of John Gage (qv) ; b. ; adm. 21 Jun 1813 ; left Whitsun 1817 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.25 Apr 1817, aged 17 ; migr. to Magdalene Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 17 Jul 1819, matr.Lent 1820 ; BA 1824 ; MA 1827 ; ordained deacon 21 Mar 1824, priest 19 Dec 1824 (both Lincoln) ; Perpetual Curate of North Hykeham, Lincs., from 28 Oct 1825 ; Vicar of Higham Ferrers, Northants., from 29 Nov 1830 ; m. 17 Feb 1831 Lady Mary Elizabeth Douglas, dau. of Charles Douglas, 5th Marquis of Queensberry (S) ; d. 19 Mar 1837.
GAGE, HON.THOMAS WILLIAM, younger son of Henry Gage, 3rd Viscount Gage (qv) ; b. 4 Aug 1796 ; adm. 10 Apr 1806 ; left 1812 ; Merton Coll.Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1815 ; of Westbury House, Hampshire ; m. 12 Jun 1824 Arabella Cecil, sister of William Thomas St.Quintin (qv) ; d. 26 Jan 1855.
[GAGE, W.H. ; name up School, with accompanying date 1796. Treated by Russell Barker and Stenning as a separate W.H.Gage, but it seems more probable that the W.H.Gage concerned was Sir William Hall Gage (qv), with an erroneous date appended : see also GAGE, H.H.]
GAGE, WILLIAM, son of Hon.Thomas Gage (qv) ; b. ; adm. 3 Nov 1771 ; d. 30 Oct 1774, aged 12, “at a boarding house in Dean’s Yard, Westminster”.
GAGE, HON.WILLIAM, second son of Henry Hall Gage, 4th Viscount Gage (qv) ; b. 12 Sep 1820 ; adm. (G) 17 Apr 1830 ; Ensign, 83rd Foot 22 Mar 1839 ; Lieut., 2 Aug 1842 ; Capt., 9 Mar 1849 ; d. at Poona, Bombay 15 Jul 1849.
GAGE, WILLIAM HALL, 2ND VISCOUNT GAGE (I), son of Thomas Gage, 1st Viscount Gage (I) MP FRS, and his first wife Benedicta Maria Theresa, only dau. of Henry Benedict Hall, High Meadow, Gloucs. ; b. 1 Jan 1718 ; adm. Jan 1727/8 ; left 1735 ; Grand Tour (Italy) 1739-40 ; Equerry to Frederick, Prince of Wales 29 Oct 1742-51 ; MP Seaford 9 May 1744-7, 1754-80 ; succ.father as 2nd Viscount Gage (I) 21 Dec 1754 ; Paymaster of the Pensions 22 Dec 1755 – Jun 1763, 27 Jul 1765 – Mar 1782 (when post was abolished) ; created Baron Gage (GB) 17 Oct 1780 and, with remainder, 1 Nov 1790 ; member Society of Dilettanti 1740/1 ; m. 3 Feb 1757 Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Gideon, Stepney, Middlesex, financier, and sister of Sampson Gideon, 1st Baron Eardley (I) ; d. 11 Oct 1791.
GAGE, SIR WILLIAM HALL, sixth son of Hon.Thomas Gage (qv) ; b. 2 Oct 1777 ; adm. 17 Sep 1787 ; First Class Volunteer, Royal Navy 21 Nov 1789 ; Midshipman 1 Sep 1790 ; served in actions off Toulon 1795 and at battle of Cape St.Vincent 1797 ; Lieut., 11 Mar 1796 ; Commander 13 Jun 1797 ; Post Captain 26 Jul 1797 ; Rear Adm., 19 Jul 1821 ; Commander-in-Chief, East Indies 1825-30, in the Downs 1833 ; GCH 19 Apr 1834 ; Vice-Adm., 10 Jan 1837 ; Commander-in-Chief, Lisbon Apr – Dec 1837 ; a Lord of the Admiralty 8 Sep 1841 – Jul 1846 ; Adm., 9 Nov 1846 ; Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth 1848-51 ; Rear-Admiral of UK 24 Oct 1853 ; Vice-Adm. of UK 6 Nov 1854 ; GCB 18 May 1860 ; Admiral of the Fleet 20 May 1862 ; d. 4 Jan 1864. ODNB.
GAGE-BROWN, CHARLES HERBERT, eldest son of Sir Charles Gage Brown KCMG LLD MD MRCS LSA, Sloane Street, London, Medical Adviser to Colonial Office and Crown Agents, and Mary Anne, dau. of William McPherson Rice, Chief Naval Constructor, Pembroke and Woolwich Dockyards ; b. 2 Jul 1859 ; adm. 23 Jan 1873 (G) ; left Aug 1874 ; Middlesex Hospital ; MB CM Edinburgh 1884 ; MRCS 1886 ; MD Edinburgh 1887 ; assumed additional surname of Gage by deed poll 13 Apr 1881 ; a medical practitioner in London ; m. 15 Jul 1891 Janet Pitcairn, dau. of Rev.John Poole Sandlands, Vicar of Brigstock, Northants ; d. 14 Feb 1905.
GAGE-BROWN, WILLIAM PERCY, brother of Charles Herbert Gage-Brown (qv) ; b. 24 Nov 1860 ; adm. 23 Jan 1873 (G) ; left Aug 1874 ; medical student at Edinburgh University, but gave up medical studies owing to ill-health ; assumed additional surname of Gage by deed poll 3 Apr 1882 ; emigrated to New Zealand in 1882 ; settled at Shaftesbury, New Zealand ; while on probationary release from a mental hospital, murdered his wife on 5 Apr 1937 ; m. 1886 Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Francis Roche, Waikato, New Zealand, farmer ; d. 29 Jul 1940.
GAGER, WILLIAM, son of Gilbert Gager, Long Melford, Suffolk, and Thomasin, dau. of John Cordell, Edmonton, Middlesex, and sister of Sir William Cordell Kt MP, Master of the Rolls ; b. 24 Jul 1555 ; adm. ; QS 1570 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 7 Jul 1574 (CSP Dom., Addit., 1566-79, 487), Westminster Student to 1598 ; BA 1577 ; MA 1580 (incorp.Cambridge 1581) ; BCL and DCL 1589 ; LLD Cambridge 1601 ; Surrogate to Richard Swale LLD, Chancellor and Vicar-General, Diocese of Ely 1601 ; Chancellor, Diocese of Ely, from 29 May 1606 ; Vicar-General of Ely 1613, 1616, 1618 ; engaged in a controversy in 1592 with John Rainolds (afterwards President, Corpus Christi Coll., Oxford) as to the morality of stage plays ; credited with having maintained at the disputation for the Doctor of Civil Law degree at Oxford on 11 Jul 1608 that husbands might lawfully, if not laudably, beat their wives (Thompson, Christ Church, 42) ; author of five Latin plays, all of which were acted at Christ Church, Oxford, and a number of published Latin verses ; m. (by 1615) Mary Tovey, widow ; buried All Saints, Cambridge 1 Sep 1622. ODNB.
GAHAGAN, CHARLES, brother of Frederick Gahagan (qv) ; b. ; adm. 29 Apr 1796 ; in school list 1797 ; Lieut,., Madras Horse Artillery 19 Apr 1800 ; Capt.-Lieut., 14 Feb 1805 ; Capt., 11 May 1806 ; [perhaps m. 10 Dec 1814 Ann Walker (IGI)] ; d. at Ellichpore 14 Apr 1817.
GAHAGAN, EDWARD PRICE, brother of Frederick Gahagan (qv) ; b. 22 Aug 1795 ; in school list 1803 ; left 1807 ; Cadet, EICS Madras 1810 ; Cornet, 5th Madras Light Cavalry 19 Jun 1814 ; d. at St.Thomé, Madras 4 Dec 1818.
GAHAGAN, FREDERICK, son of Terence Gahagan MD, Physician General, EICS Madras, and Lucy, dau. of Gabriel Braham ; b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 15) 1795 ; Minor Cadet, EICS Bengal 18 Mar 1783 – struck off 2 May 1786 ; Writer, EICS Madras 1797 ; Assistant, Public Revenue and Commercial Department 1798 ; afterwards Assistant to Commercial Resident at the Presidency ; Assistant, Governor of Ceylon 13 Sep 1799 ; Head Assistant, Revenue and Judicial Dept., 10 Nov 1801 ; Deputy Postmaster-Gen., 3 Jul 1802 ; Subordinate Collector, Ceded Districts 13 May 1803 ; Collector, Zillah of Bellary, 28 Oct 1807 ; Secretary, Revenue and Judicial Dept., 18 Mar 1809 ; French Translator to Government, 7 Nov 1809 ; Superintendent of Stamps, 1 Jan 1810 ; Third Judge of Provincial Court, Central Division, 11 May 1812 ; d. unm. at Nellore, Madras 19 May 1815.
GAHAGAN, GEORGE, brother of Frederick Gahagan (qv) ; b. 6 May 1792 ; in school list 1803 ; left Christmas 1804 ; [presumably Ensign, 33rd Foot 5 Nov 1811 ; Ensign, 98th Foot 15 May 1813, still in Army List 1815, not 1816] ; St.Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 23 Nov 1816. [perhaps m. at St.Bees, Cumberland 6 Aug 1826 Jane Wallace (IGI)]
GAHAGAN, HENRY, brother of Frederick Gahagan (qv) ; bapt. 13 Oct 1780 ; adm. ; KS 1795 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1799, adm.pens. 6 May 1799, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Jun 1799, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1800 – void 2 Jul 1810 ; BA 1803 ; MA 1806 ; Minor Cadet, EICS Bengal 18 Mar 1783 – struck off 2 May 1786 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 26 Mar 1799, called to bar 1805 [check date] ; practised at Madras ; Registrar, Vice Admiralty Court, Madras Jul 1808 ; returned to England in 1817 ; author, A rhyme version of the “Liturgy” psalms, 1832 ; d. 24 Feb 1834.
GAHAGAN, THOMAS, brother of Frederick Gahagan (qv) ; b. 21 Sep 1790 ; in school list 1803 ; Writer, EICS Madras 1 Sep 1804 ; Assistant, Revenue and Judicial Dept., 18 Aug 1806 ; Assistant to Register of Zillah of Mangalore 1808 ; Deputy Secretary, Board of Revenue 1809 ; Head Assistant, Collector of Malabar 1812 ; Register, Zillah of Canara 1813, Zillah of Masulipatam 1815 ; Register to Provincial Court, Northern Division 1816 ; Head Asistant, Collector and Assistant Magistrate, Chingleput 1817 ; Judge and Criminal Judge, Zillah of Nellore 13 Mar 1820 ; on leave in England 1823-8 ; Judge and Criminal Judge, Malabar 26 Apr 1828 ; Second Judge of Provincial Court, Central Division 20 Apr 1830 ; m. 10 Dec 1825 Elizabeth Ordidge, eldest dau. of Richard Bromley, Stoke Villa, Devonport, Devon, navy agent ; d. at Chitoor, North Arcot, India 28 Nov 1833.
GALE, —- ; b. ; in school lists 1656. [Perhaps John Gale, youngest brother of Henry Gale (qv)]
GALE, —— ; b. ; in under school list 1727.
GALE, HENRY, brother of William Gale (elected to Trin.Coll.Camb. 1649, qv) ; b. ; at school under Busby (Admission Register, Magdalene Coll.Cambridge) ; Magdalene Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 30 Mar 1654, aged 16 ; BA 1657/8 ; MA 1661 ; signed for deacon’s orders 19 Sep 1663 (London).
GALE, ROBERT ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1723 ; left 1724.
GALE, THOMAS, son of Christopher Gale, Scruton, Yorks., and Frances Conyers, Holtby, Yorks. ; bapt. Scruton, Yorks. 22 Nov 1635 (IGI) ; adm. ; at school by Jun 1654, aged 16 (WAM 43112) (but true age must have been higher) ; KS (Capt.) ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1655, adm.pens. 23 May 1655, scholar 1655 ; 7th in “ordo” 1658/9 ; BA 1658/9 ; MA 1662 (incorp.Oxford 13 Jul 1669) ; DD 1675 ; Fellow, Trin.Coll. 1659 – c.1674, Tutor 1663-72 ; Taxor 1670 ; Regius Professor of Greek, Cambridge Univ., Apr – Oct 1672 ; signed for priest’s orders 22 Sep 1666 (London) ; Vicar of Barrington, Cambs., 2 Oct 1667 – Nov 1668 ; High Master, St.Paul’s School 5 Aug 1672-97 ; Prebendary of St.Paul’s from 7 Jun 1676 ; FRS 6 Dec 1677, Secretary 1679-81, 16 Dec 1685-93 ; Rector of Bedale, Yorks., 12 Apr 1693 – Apr 1698 ; Dean of York from 13 Sep 1697 ; antiquary and book collector ; his collection of manuscripts was bequeathed by his son to Trinity Coll.Cambridge ; composed the inscription on The Monument, London ; edited Historiae Britannicae, Saxonicae, Anglo-Danicae Scriptores XV, 1691, and other works ; m. 1 Jan 1673/4 Barbara, dau. of Roger Pepys, Impington, Cambs., and niece of Thomas Pepys (qv) ; d. 8 Apr 1702, aged 66. ODNB.
GALE, WILLIAM, son of Rev.Robert Gale, Rector of Epworth, Lincs., and Chaplain to Countess of Devonshire, and Sara Hewitt ; bapt. 25 Dec 1630 ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1649, aged 18, adm.pens. 8 May 1649, scholar 1649-51 ; ordained priest 19 May 1656 (Exeter) ; Vicar of Downton, Wilts., from 9 Jul 1661 (as MA) ; Prebendary of Salisbury from 12 Oct 1693 ; d. 1715 (dead by 1 Jul).
GALE, WILLIAM, only son of Henry Gale, St.Elizabeth’s, Jamaica, member of Jamaica Assembly, plantation owner, and Elizabeth, dau. of Lewis Williams, Westmoreland, Jamaica ; b. 1769 ; adm. 19 Sep 1777 ; acted in Town Boy play Tamerlane 7 Dec 1782 ; by her will dated 19 Nov 1783, Elizabeth, Countess Dowager of Home (dau. of William Gibbons, Vere, Jamaica), bequeathed her house in Portman Square, London, and an estate in Jamaica, to “her relation” William Gale, “then at Westminster School” (Chester, Westminster Abbey Registers, 437) ; of Saltspring, Jamaica ; d. Dec 1795.
GALLAWAY, see also GALLOWAY.
GALLAWAY, —— ; b. ; in school lists 1656.
GALLIARD, JOHN, brother of Joshua Galliard (qv) ; bapt.St.Andrew, Holborn 9 Nov 1715 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1724 ; left 1724 ; d. 29 Apr 1745.
GALLIARD, JOSHUA, son of Joshua Galliard, Thavies Hall, London, and Bury Hall, Edmonton, Middlesex, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Bradshaw, Abney and Bradshaw, Derbs. ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1721 ; KS 1724 ; buried Edmonton, Middlesex 31 May 1725.
GALLIARD, PIERCE, brother of Joshua Galliard (qv) ; bapt.St.Andrew, Holborn 2 Dec 1711 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1721 ; Min.Can.1725 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 18 Apr 1727 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 3 Mar 1726/7, called to bar 8 Nov 1733 ; Recorder of Doncaster, Yorks., 1751-6 ; of Bury Hall, Edmonton, Middlesex ; m.1st, 19 Mar 1735/6 Mary Aston ; m.2nd, 3 Mar 1742/3 Anne, dau. of John Hughes, London, and Edmonton, Middlesex, merchant ; m.3rd, Dec 1777 Elizabeth Coxhead, Southampton Buildings, Holborn ; d. 11 Oct 1789.
GALLINI, FRANCIS CECIL, son of Sir Giovanni Andrea Battista Gallini, Knight of the Golden Spur (Papal title), Hanover Square, London, dancing master, and Lady Elizabeth Bertie, sister of Willoughby Bertie, 4th Earl of Abingdon (qv) ; b. 13 Oct 1766 ; adm. 21 Jan 1782 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 15 Nov 1787 ; Capt., West Middlesex Militia ; m. 3 Dec 1798 Mary Augusta, dau. of Nicholas Bayly MP, Col., West Middlesex Militia ; buried Yattendon, Berks., 28 May 1815 (described in will as “Sir Francis Cecil Gallini, commonly called or known by the name Francis Gallini”).
GALLINI, JOHN, twin brother of Francis Cecil Gallini (qv) ; b. 13 Oct 1766 ; adm. 21 Jan 1782 ; living 1799 ; d. before 17 Aug 1804.
GALLOWAY, see also GALLAWAY.
GALLOWAY, GEORGE, 8TH EARL OF, see STEWART, GEORGE, 8TH EARL OF GALLOWAY.
GALLOWAY, JAMES, son of James Galloway, Unity Hall, St.James parish, Jamaica, West Indies, plantation owner, member, House of Assembly, Jamaica, and Elizabeth — ; b. 4 Oct 1801 ; adm. 23 Sep 1815 ; left Bartholomewtide 1818 ; Exeter Coll.Oxford, matr. 12 Mar 1818 ; BA 1821 ; MA 1824 ; ordained deacon 25 Mar 1826, priest 4 Nov 1826 (both Bath and Wells) ; Rector of Spaxton, Somerset, from 1846 ; m. 2 Jun 1827 Margaret Bridget Goodrich, third dau. of George Shedden, Paulerspury Park, Northants ; d. 9 Oct 1874.
GALLOWAY, JAMES, son of James Galloway (qv) ; b. 15 Apr 1835 ; adm. (G) 3 Feb 1848 ; Addiscombe Coll. 1851-3 ; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1853 ; Ensign, unattached 11 Jun 1853 ; 13th Bombay Native Infantry 15 Nov 1853 ; Lieut., 23 Nov 1856 ; Bombay Staff Corps 19 Feb 1861 ; Capt., 11 Jun 1865 ; Maj., 11 Jun 1873 ; Lieut.-Col., 11 Jun 1879 ; Col. in the Army 11 Jun 1883 ; Commandant, 29th Bombay Native Infantry 18 Jun 1884 ; Station Commandant, Ahmedabad 12 May 1890 ; supernumary list 1892 ; served Indian Mutiny 1858, Afghan War 1879-80, Egyptian expedition 1882 ; CB 10 Nov 1882 ; m. in India 11 Mar 1871 Madeline Gertrude, dau. of William Stiffe, Weston-in-Gordano, Somerset ; d. 22 Jun 1897.
GALLOWAY, WILLIAM GEORGE, son of James Galloway (adm.1815, qv) ; b. 2 Aug 1837 ; adm. (G) 19 Jun 1851 ; farmed own land at Spaxton, Somerset ; [unm. in 1881] ; d. 3 Sep 1902.
GALWAY, WILLIAM, 2ND VISCOUNT, see MONCKTON-ARUNDELL, WILLIAM, 2ND VISCOUNT GALWAY (I).
GAMAGE, ROGER, only son of Roger Gamage, St.Antholin, Budge Row, London, and Hertford, Herts., merchant, and Elizabeth, sister of Charles Farrand (qv) ; bapt. St.Antholin, Budge Row 22 Mar 1589/90 ; adm. ; KS ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1607, adm.scholar 1607, matr.1608 ; BA 1611/2.
GAMBIER, DAVID, brother of John Gambier (qv) ; bapt. St.Martin’s in the Fields 13 Oct 1704 (IGI) ; in under school list 1715 ; Min.Can. (aged 13) 1719 ; buried St.Mary Aldermary, London 18 Nov 1726, unm.
GAMBIER, JOHN, son of Nicholas Gambier, St.Mary le Bow, London, apothecary, Huguenot refugee from Caen, Normandy, and his second wife Esther Leheup ; bapt.St.Martin in the Fields 25 Aug 1702 (IGI) ; in under school lists 1715-7 ; living 1741.
GAMBIER, JOHN, son of James Gambier, barrister, Solicitor to the Excise, and one of the Counsel to the City of London, and Mary, dau. of Robert Mead, and sister of Samuel Mead FRS, Commissioner of Customs ; nephew of John Gambier (in under school lists 1715-7, qv) ; b. 15 Jun 1723 ; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1735 ; left 1736 ; Attorney General, Bahamas, in 1752 ; member of Council, Bahamas 1753, subsequently its President ; acting Lieut.-Governor, The Bahamas 1758-60 and 17 Mar 1776-8 ; father of James Gambier, 1stBaron Gambier, Admiral of the Fleet, Royal Navy ; m. 1750 Deborah, fourth dau. of Daniel Stiles, Bermuda, member Bermuda Assembly ; d. in London 7 Apr 1782.
GAMBIER, ROBERT, brother of John Gambier (adm.1735, qv) ; b. 22 Dec 1736 ; adm. Mar 1748/9 ; left 1749 ; Writer, EICS Bombay 1753 ; Senior Merchant and Second in Council, Surat 1768 ; President at Surat 1769-71, 1774-6 ; member, Council of Governor of Bombay 1776 ; First in Council, Broach 1780 ; d. unm. 25 Jun 1787.
GAMBLE, ALFRED FRANCIS MORGAN, second son of Henry Gamble, Official Assignee, Bombay, India, and Sarah Sophia, dau. of Owen Morgan, Carmarthen ; b. India 8 May 1859 ; adm. 26 Jan 1872 (R) ; left Aug 1877 ; Edinburgh Univ. ; assistant actuary, Equity and Law Life Assurance Society ; Fellow, Institute of Actuaries ; adm.Middle Temple 15 Jan 1892 ; Trinity Hall, Camb., adm.pens.1892, matr.Mich.1892 ; m. 6 Mar 1882 Amy Blanche Irvine, dau. of Charles Connors, Stafford House, Chiswick, Middlesex, formerly Indian Civil Service ; d. on board ship 20 Feb 1894.
GAMES, WILLIAM LANGHORNE, son of William Games, and Mary, dau. of William Langhorne, and sister of Sir William Langhorne, Bart., Charlton, Kent, East India merchant ; b. ; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1717/8 ; Christ’s Coll.Camb., adm. 19 Jul 1720 ; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Feb 1719/20 [check] ; of Charlton House, Greenwich, Kent ; succeeded to Lordship of Manor of Hampstead under the will of Sir William Langhorne, Bart., his mother’s brother ; m. Mary, dau. of Christopher Wilson MD, Stamford, Lincs. ; d. 26 Jan 1731/2.
GAMON, RICHARD, son of Rev.John Gamon, Rector of Aston, Herts. ; bapt.Aston, Herts., 26 Feb 1617 (IGI) ; at school under Osbaldeston (Alum.Cant.) ; Sidney Sussex Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens.17 Jan 1636/7, aged 18, matr.1637 ; adm.Gray’s Inn 2 Feb 1637/8, called to bar 16 Jun 1645, ancient 21 May 1658.
GAPE, GEORGE, fourth son of James Carpenter Gape (qv) ; bapt. 22 Sep 1792 ; in school list 1803 ; left 1809 ; adm.Middle Temple 13 Feb 1810 ; of St.Michael’s Manor, Herts. ; JP Hertfordshire ; m. 21 Feb 1824 (IGI) Frances Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Maj.-Gen.George Morgan, late 2nd Foot Guards ; d. 28 Oct 1874.
GAPE, JAMES CARPENTER, sixth son of Thomas Gape (qv) ; b. 8 Mar 1754 ; adm. 12 Sep 1768 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 19 May 1773, matr. Mich.1776 ; BA 1777 ; MA 1780 ; ordained deacon 20 May 1777 (Winchester), priest 20 Dec 1777 (London) ; Curate, Windlesham, Hants., 1777 ; Vicar of St.Michael’s, Verulam, Herts., from 16 Mar 1778 ; Vicar of Redbourn, Herts., 7 Jun 1788-1826 ; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III and IV from c.1792 ; Vicar of Croydon-cum-Clapton, Cambs., from 20 Jan 1827 ; Mayor St.Albans 1809, 1822 ; m. 2 Feb 1786 Elizabeth Vernon, dau. of John Fothergill, Soho, Birmingham, manufacturer ; d. 26 Feb 1827.
GAPE, JOSEPH, brother of Thomas Gape (qv) ; b. 23 May 1720 ; adm.Mar 1733/4 ; left 1735 ; adm.Middle Temple 29 Nov 1736, called to bar 3 Feb 1743, Bencher 5 May 1775, Reader Lent 1783, Treasurer 1786 ; adm.Gray’s Inn 23 Nov 1758 ; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual list 1755) ; Mayor St.Albans 1746, 1761, 1797 ; d.unm. 9 Apr 1801.
GAPE, THOMAS, eldest son of William Gape, St.Albans, Herts., and his first wife Elizabeth Ludlow, London ; bapt.St.Antholin, Budge Row, London 27 Feb 1717 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 12) Jul 1729 ; left 1736 ; of St.Albans, Herts. ; JP Hertfordshire (occurs 1754-9) ; m. 11 Aug 1743 Hon.Jane Grimston, dau. of William Grimston, 1st Viscount Grimston ; d. 19 Jun 1799.
GAPE, THOMAS FOREMAN, eldest son of James Carpenter Gape (qv) ; bapt St Michael, St.Albans 15 Oct 1789 ; in school list 1803 ; left 1806 ; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm.pens. 22 Dec 1805, scholar 1807, matr.Mich.1806 ; LLB 1812 ; Fellow of Trinity Hall 16 Feb 1816-28 ; adm.Middle Temple 29 Nov 1797, called to bar 28 Jun 1816 ; Mayor St.Albans 1817, 1829 ; m. 20 Jan 1838 Fanny Louisa, dau. of Vice-Adm. Thomas Wolley, Royal Navy ; d.29 Sep 1857, aged 68.
GARBRAND, JOSHUA ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1728 ; left 1728. [Evidently brother or close kin to Thomas Garbrand (qv), adm. same month]
GARBRAND, THOMAS, eldest son of Joshua Garbrand, Jamaica ; b. ; adm. (aged 15) Jun 1728 ; in school list Lady Day 1729 ; Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm.30 Jun 1729 ; member of Council, Jamaica, from 1736 ; m. 23 Oct 1734 Jane, elder dau. of Deane Poyntz, Jamica, merchant ; dead by 25 Nov 1737.
GARD, RICHARD SOMMERS, second son of William Gostwick Gard, Manor House, Breaston, Derbs., previously of Calstock, Cornwall, and Dunstable, Beds., manufacturer, and Mary Ann Thurston ; b. 9 Mar 1845 ; adm.27 Jan 1859 (R) ; left Dec 1861 ; of Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada ; m. at Quebec, Canada, 10 Sep 1871 Frances, youngest dau. of Robert Blair, Writer to the Signet, Procurator Fiscal for Renfrewshire ; buried Risley, Derbs., 13 Aug 1872, aged 27.
GARDEN, ALEXANDER, only son of Alexander Garden MD FRS, Charleston, South Carolina, and London, medical practitioner and botanist, and Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Perronneau, Charleston, South Carolina, merchant ; b. 4 Dec 1757 ; adm.29 Oct 1771 (in same boarding house as Sir Charles Asgill, Bart. (qv)) ; left Whitsun 1775 ; Glasgow Univ. ; MA 1779 ; MD 1785 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 11 Jun 1779 ; returned to South Carolina 1780 ; joined revolutionary army as an officer in Henry Lee’s Light Horse Legion ; ADC to Gen.Greene Mar 1781 ; author, Anecdotes of the Revolutionary War, 1822, and Anecdotes of the American Revolution, 1828 ; m. 1st, 13 May 1784 Mary Anna, dau. of Robert Gibbes, Johns Island, South Carolina, plantation owner ; m.2nd, 3 Nov 1791 Sarah, dau. of Daniel Lesesne, Charleston, South Carolina, plantation owner ; d. at Charleston, South Carolina 24 Feb 1829. ODNB (s.v.father).
GARDEN, ALEXANDER WILLIAM, son of John Garden, Redisham Hall, Suffolk, and Amelia Susan Harriet, dau. of Rev.John Lewis, Rector of Gillingham All Saints, Norfolk ; b. 29 May 1839 ; adm. (G) 10 Jun 1852 ; left Aug 1853 ; Magdalene Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 1 May 1857, matr.Mich.1857 ; BA 1861 ; living in Italy 1924 ; d. at Bricherasio, Italy 1 Jun 1928.
GARDEN, JAMES, son of Peter Garden, London [but matr. as son of George Garden, St.Andrew’s, Holborn] ; b. ; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1746 ; KS (Capt.) 1750 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1754, matr.18 Jun 1754, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1754 ; d. Apr 1758, “at his father’s chambers, Gray’s Inn” (London Chronicle 6 Apr 1758). [presumably he was a son of Patrick Garden, the Gray’s Inn barrister and therefore an elder brother of Robert Garden (qv)]
GARDEN, ROBERT ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Mar 1748 ; left 1750. [perhaps Robert Gardin (sic), son of Partercius (sic) Gardin, and Ann —, bapt.St.Andrew, Holborn 2 Jan 1736 (IGI)] [father perhaps Patrick Garden, barrister, Bencher of Grays Inn] [perhaps Robert Garden, EICS Bombay, on mission to Bagdad 1758, appointed Consul at Basra 1764, subsequently Collector and member of Council, Bombay, living Sep 1776]
GARDINER, —– ; b. ; in under school lists 1725, 1726.
GARDINER, SIR BROCAS, BART., eldest son of Sir William Gardiner, Bart., KB MP, and Jane, only dau. of Robert Brocas, Beaurepaire, Hampshire ; bapt.St.Michael Bassishaw, London 20 Mar 1662 (IGI) ; adm. ; KS 1675 ; adm.Inner Temple 11 Dec 1680, called to bar Feb 1686/7 ; succ.father as 2nd baronet Jun 1691 ; a Commissioner of Stamps 12 Jun 1713 – Dec 1714 and from 4 May 1715 ; m. 1697 Alicia, fourth dau. of Sir John Kelynge, Kt, Serjeant-at-Law ; d. 13 Jan 1739/40, aged 76.
GARDINER, GEORGE ; b. ; adm. ; BB in 1693 (Chapter Muniments 33727).
GARDINER, JAMES, son of James Gardiner, Middlesex ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1688 ; left 1690 ; Brasenose Coll.Oxford, matr.20 Nov 1690, aged 16, Walker Student 24 Apr 1691 ; BA 1694 ; MA 1697. [perhaps James Gardiner ordained deacon 22 Sep 1695 (Oxford), BA from Hart Hall]
GARDINER, JAMES, son of Right Rev.James Gardiner DD, Bishop of Lincoln, and Anne Hall, Kettlethorpe, Lincs. ; bapt.St.Margaret, Westminster 11 Feb 1678/9 ; at school under Busby (Alum.Cant.) ; Emmanuel Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 7 Nov 1695, matr.1695 ; BA 1699/1700 ; MA from Jesus Coll. 1702 (incorp.Oxford 1703) ; Fellow of Jesus Coll. 1700- Mar 1704/5 ; ordained deacon 31 May 1702, priest 18 Apr 1704 (both Lincoln) ; Prebendary and Sub-Dean of Lincoln from 22 Dec 1704 ; Master of St.John’s Hospital, Northampton, and of Bedford Hospital, Nottingham ; author, A Practical Exposition of the Beatitudes, 1712, and of a translation of Rapin on Gardens, 1718 ; m. Dinah — ; d. 24 Mar 1731/2. ODNB.
GARDINER, MICHAEL, son of Michael Gardiner, London, citizen and vintner, and Frances, dau. of James Turnhaugh ; bapt. St.Mary Woolnoth 13 Nov 1632 ; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch.1641-2 ; adm. ; KS (aged 15, sic) 1650 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1652, adm.pens.1 Jun 1652, scholar 1652 ; BA 1655/6 ; adm.Inner Temple 26 Jun 1652, called to bar 24 Nov 1659 ; m.1st, —- ; m.2nd, 24 Dec 1663 Anne, third dau. of Sir John Kelyng, Kt, Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench ; m.3rd, 22 Jul 1675 Anne, only dau. of Christopher Merret MD FRCP, Hatton Garden, London ; living in Hatton Garden, 1725, said to be aged 95 ; will proved PCC 7 Mar 1726/7.
GARDNER, JOHN, son of Rev.Samuel Gardner, Rector of Buckland, Gloucs., and Abigail — ; bapt.Buckland, Gloucs. 1665 [check, date presumably incorrect] ; adm. ; KS 1683 ; elected to Trin.Coll.Camb.1686, adm.pens. 25 Jun 1686, aged 18, scholar 15 Apr 1687 ; BA 1689/90. [perhaps John Gardiner BA, ordained deacon 8 Mar 1690/1, priest 20 Sep 1691 (both Lincoln)]
GARDNER, JOHN PRITT, eldest son of James Gardner, The Stone House, Rugeley, Staffs., solicitor, and Elizabeth, third dau. of John Pritt, Woodend, Grassendale, Liverpool ; b. 13 Nov 1844 ; adm. (G) 27 Jan 1857 ; articled to father ; adm.solicitor Mich.1866 ; practised at Cannock, Staffs. ; agent to Marquess of Anglesey 1889-1910 ; m. 13 Sep 1877 (divorced 1886 ?) Bertha Sarah, dau. of George Pearson, Pontefract, Yorks. ; d. 24 Jan 1911.
GARENCIERES, DUDLEY ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1667 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1669, adm.pens.28 Jun 1669, scholar 1670 ; BA 1672/3 ; MA 1676 (incorp. Oxford 11 Jul 1676) ; ordained deacon 7 Aug 1673, priest 21 Sep 1673 (both Chester) ; Minor Canon, Chester 1677 ; Rector of Waverton, Cheshire, from 28 Jun 1677 ; Rector of Handley, Cheshire, from 26 May 1684 ; Prebendary of Chester from 3 Nov 1696 ; lic.to m. 3 May 1678 Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Barker, Gray’s Inn, and half-sister of Sir John Vanbrugh, Kt, dramatist and architect ; buried Chester Cathedral 8 Apr 1702. [Perhaps son of Theophilus de Garencières MD, London]
GARFOOT, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. Christmas quarter 1657 (Busby’s Account Book) ; a boarder. [Thus Whitmore, no source for Christian name quoted : Russell Barker & Stenning record him as Garfoote, without a Christian name] [presumably Thomas Garfoot, eldest son of Thomas Garfoot, London, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Heydon, Kt, Oxhey, Herts. ; stepson of George Croyden (qv) ; adm. Middle Temple 17 Apr 1660, called to bar 25 May 1666, will proved PCC 14 Jun 1686, as of Middle Temple]
GARFORTH, THOMAS, son of John Baynes Garforth (formerly Baynes) MP, Steeton in Craven, Yorkshire, and of London, solicitor, Steward to Sir James Lowther, Bart. MP, and Jenny Shrimplin ; bapt.St.Mary, Marylebone Road 17 Jan 1756 (IGI) ; adm. 15 Feb 1766 ; Christ’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens.3 Jul 1775, aged 19, subseq. fellow commoner, matr.Jul 1780, matr.Mich.1780 ; resided to Mich 1780 ; MA [check] 1780 ; of Steeton Hall, Yorks. ; m. 2 Jun 1785 Catharine, only dau. of Robert Graham (qv) ; d. 6 Dec 1811.
GARGRAVE, COTTON, son of Francis Gargrave, Leith, Yorks. ; b. ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1631, matr. 24 Feb 1631/2, aged 18, Westminster Student (still 1642) ; BA 1635 ; MA 1638 ; ordained [but check] ; Vicar of Kippax, Yorks., from 1653 [but ejected 1662 ?] ; m. Everata (or Everilda ?) — ; buried Kippax 13 Mar 1681/2.
GARLIES, GEORGE, LORD, see STEWART, GEORGE, 8TH EARL OF GALLOWAY.
GARRETT, —- ; b. ; at school in 1579 (Chapter Muniments 39716).
GARRETT, — ; b. ; adm. 25 Apr 1659 ; a boarder ; left 1660.
GARRETT, FREDERICK MILLS, see MORLAND, FREDERICK MILLS.
GARRICK, CHRISTOPHER PHILIP, only son of Rev.Carrington Garrick, Vicar of Hendon, Middlesex, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Battiscombe, Half Moon Street, Piccadilly, London, apothecary ; b. 28 Feb 1784 ; in school list 1797 (presumably W.Garricke (sic), name up school 1798) ; of Richmond, Surrey, and Cleeve, Somerset ; inherited much of the library of his great-uncle, David Garrick, the actor ; m. May 1809 Louisa, fifth dau. of Rev.Sidenham Teast Wylde, Rector of Barrington, Somerset ; d. 9 Aug 1847.
GARSTIN, —– ; b. ; adm. Bartholomewtide 1807 ; left 1809.
GARTHSHORE, WILLIAM, third son of Maxwell Garthshore MD LRCP FRS FSA, medical practitioner, London, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of William Blair McGuffoch, Ruscoe, Kirkcudbrightshire ; b. 28 Oct 1764 ; adm. 13 Jan 1777 ; KS 1778 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1782, matr. 30 May 1782, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1782 – Feb 1794, Faculty Student 6 Feb – 5 Jun 1794 ; BA 1786 ; MA 1789 ; travelling tutor to Earl of Dalkeith 1790-2 ; private secretary to Right Hon.Henry Dundas MP, Secretary for War and the Colonies, Jul 1794 – Jul 1797 ; MP Launceston 9 Jan 1795-6, Weymouth from 1796 ; a Lord of the Admiralty Feb 1801 – Jan 1804 ; FRS (Ed) 26 Jan 1795 ; m. 24 May 1794 Sarah Jane, second dau. of John Chalié, Bedford Street, London, wine merchant ; d. 5 Apr 1806. ODNB (s.v.father).
GASCOIGNE, see also GASCOYGNE and GASCOYNE.
GASCOIGNE, JAMES CLOBERIE, only son of James Gascoigne, Mitcham, Surrey, and Elizabeth Danvers ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1731/2 ; left 1737 ; apprenticed to Edward Bowman, Carey Street, Lincoln’s Inn, attorney, 27 May 1738 ; of Clements Inn, London, and of Mitcham, Surrey ; m.1st, 28 May 1758 (or 1756 ?) Frances Freke (or Focke ?) ; m.2nd, Elizabeth, dau. of William Buckley, St Kitts, West Indies ; d. 16 Jun 1776.
GASCOIGNE, JOSEPH, son of Robert Gascoigne, Nottingham ; b. ; adm. ; KS (Capt.) 1666 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1669, matr. 15 Jul 1669, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1669-91, Tutor 1676-9, Catechist 1689 ; BA 1673 ; MA 13 Mar 1675/6 ; tutor to children of Right Rev.Ralph Brideoake, Bishop of Chichester, 1675 ; ordained deacon 24 Dec 1676, priest 23 Dec 1677 (both Oxford) ; Perpetual Curate of Lathbury, Bucks., from 25 Aug 1691 ; buried Lathbury 15 Jun 1698.
GASCOIGNE, WADE, son of John Gascoigne ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1742/3 ; left 1750 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 7 Jul 1750, scholar 26 Apr 1751 ; LLB 1757 ; ordained deacon 6 Mar 1757, priest 11 Mar 1759 (both Lincoln) ; Curate, South Witham, Lincs., 1757-64 ; Rector of Pilton, Rutland 28 May 1764 -7 ; Rector of Rippingale, Lincs.. from 30 Dec 1765 ; Rector of Terrington St.John, Norfolk, from 14 Feb 1767 ; m. 16 Aug 1764 Anne, dau. of Thomas Davison, St.George’s, Hanover Square, London ; d. 19 May 1801.
GASCOYGNE, —- ; b. ; in under school lists 1715, 1716.
GASCOYGNE, —– ; b. ; in under school lists 1715, 1716.
GASCOYNE, JOSEPH, son of Joseph Gascoyne, London, brewer, and Sarah, dau. of Capt.Sabine Chandler, West India merchant ; bapt.St.Andrew’s, Holborn, London 7 May 1756 (IGI) ; adm. 24 Jan 1770 ; KS (aged 14) 1771 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1774, adm.pens. 1 Jun 1774, scholar 5 May 1775, matr. Mich.1774, but did not graduate ; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1778 ; Ensign, 4th Bengal Native Infantry 1778 ; Lieut., 28 Oct 1778 ; sailed for India 16 Jun 1779 ; present at OWW dinner at Calcutta c.Jul – Oct 1784 (Hickey, Memoirs, iii, 245-6) ; Capt., 1 Jun 1796 ; Maj., 29 May 1800 ; Lieut.-Col., 21st Bengal Native Infantry 8 Sep 1803 ; retd. 23 Jun 1809 ; m.1st, at Berhampore, India 13 Sep 1787 Sarah Evance ; m. 2nd, 3 Dec 1808 Arabella, widow of Samuel Denton, Purser, Royal Navy, also navy agent, and dau. of — Parker, Retford, Notts. ; d. 21 Mar 1830.
GASKELL, THOMAS KYNASTON, son of Charles Thomas Gaskell, Fulmer House, Slough, Bucks., and Charlotte, adopted dau. of Lieut.-Gen.Robert Bruce, EICS Bengal ; b. 15 Feb 1840 ; adm. (G) 29 Jan 1852 ; QS 1854 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1858, adm.pens. 19 May 1858, matr.Mich.1858 ; coxed Cambridge eight against Oxford 1861 ; BA 1863 ; MA 1866 ; ordained deacon 1864, priest 1865 (both Oxford) ; Curate, Buckingham, Bucks., 1864-8, Little Drayton, Shropshire 1868-70, Bramley, Yorks., 1870-2, Caverswall, Staffs., 1872-4, West Felton, Shropshire 1874-6, Digswell, Herts., 1876-8 ; Rector of Folksworth, Hunts., 1878-85 ; Rector of Leaton, Shropshire 1887-91 ; Rector of Longthorpe, Northants, 15 Jun1891-1901 ; m. 17 Sep 1878 Horatia Octavia, younger dau. of William Henry Hugo MD, Sheldon, Devon ; d. 13 Sep 1915.
[GASKING, —– ; b. ; in school list Aug 1733 (first form). Probably James Cloberie Gascoigne (qv), who is listed in the same form in school list of Jan 1732/3]
GASTRELL, see also GASTRILL.
GASTRELL, FRANCIS, younger son of Henry Gastrell, Slapton, Northants, and Elizabeth, sister of Edward Bagshaw (elected to Ch.Ch.Oxford 1646, qv) ; b. 10 May 1662 ; adm. ; KS 1676 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1680, matr. 17 Dec 1680, Westminster Student 18 Dec 1680 – 5 Jan 1702/3, Tutor 1691-6, Senior Censor 1692-3 ; BA 1684 ; MA 1687 ; BD 1694 ; DD 1700 ; ordained deacon 29 Dec 1689 (Bristol for Oxford), priest 25 Jun 1690 (Oxford) ; engaged in controversy over The Trinity with Sherlock 1696-8 ; Boyle Lecturer 1697 ; Preacher at Lincoln’s Inn 9 Nov 1699-1714 ; Chaplain to Speaker of House of Commons 1701-3 ; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 5 Jan 1702/3 ; Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Anne 23 Jan 1710/1-14 ; consecrated Bishop of Chester 4 Apr 1714 ; retained Canonry of Christ Church ; strongly opposed the bill for inflicting pains and penalties on Francis Atterbury (KS 1674, qv) in 1723 ; compiled for his own use a manuscript survey of the Chester diocese under title Notitia Cestriensis, published by Chetham Society 1845-50 ; author Christian Institutes, or theSincere Word of God, 1707, and other works ; Busby Trustee 28 Feb 1722/3 ; m. 20 Aug 1703 Elizabeth, only dau. of John Mapletoft (qv) ; d. 15 Nov 1725. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. ODNB.
GASTRILL, —– ; b. ; in under school list 1715. [Possibly Robert Gastrell, only son of Francis Gastrell (qv) ; b. 8 Jun 1704 ; d. 5 Dec 1716, in 13th year (M.I. Christ Church, Oxford)]
GATAKER, CHARLES ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1663 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1666, adm.pens.26 Jun 1666, scholar 1667. [Probably Charles Gataker, bapt.Hoggeston, Bucks. 24 Aug 1648 (IGI), son of Rev.Charles Gataker, Rector of Hoggeston, Bucks., and his first wife Anne (perhaps Jones (IGI))].
GATAKER, CHARLES, son of Thomas Gataker, Mildenhall, Suffolk, and Dundalk, Co.Louth, linen merchant, and Mary, second dau. of John Swale, Lincoln’s Inn, solicitor ; grandson of Thomas Gataker (qv) ; b. 23 Aug 1779 ; adm. 23 Jan 1793 (Clapham) ; at school Christmas 1794. [perhaps Paymaster, 6thbattn., 60th Foot, 6 Apr 1802 ; d. at Cape Francois, San Domingo 5 Jul 1802]
GATAKER, HENRY, brother of Charles Gataker (qv) ; b. 10 Oct 1780 ; adm. 23 Jan 1793 (Clapham) ; in school list 1795, sixth form list 1796 ; Trinity Coll.Dublin, adm.pens. 6 Jul 1796, but did not graduate ; d. at Dundalk, co.Louth, 29 Jun 1799.
GATAKER, JAMES, son of William Gataker, St.George’s, Hanover Square, London, apothecary, and Ann, dau. of James Willett ; b. ; at Westminster School in 1727 when left legacy by grandmother ; in school list Feb 1727/8 (second form).
GATAKER, THOMAS, son of Rev.Edward Gataker, Rector of Mursley, Bucks., and Elizabeth — (IGI) ; bapt.Mursley 21 Feb 1716 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 7) Jul 1725 ; in under school list 1731 ; apprenticed to Isaac Rider, citizen and barber-surgeon, 2 Nov 1731 ; practised as a surgeon in Pall Mall ; Surgeon to Westminster Hospital 1754-60, St.George’s Hospital from 15 Feb 1760 ; member, Court of Assistants, Surgeons’ Co., 1765-8 ; Surgeon to Queen Charlotte’s Household from 5 Sep 1761 ; Surgeon Extraordinary to George III from c.1763 ; author, Essays on Medical Subjects, 1744 ; m. 7 Jun 1746 Anne, dau. of Thomas Hill, Court of Hill, Shropshire ; d. 17 Nov 1768.
GATAKER, THOMAS JOHN, brother of Charles Gataker (qv) ; b. 11 Feb 1782 ; adm. 27 Jan 1794 (Clapham) ; at school Christmas 1794 ; Ensign, 2nd Foot 15 Jun 1797 ; Lieut., 3 Jun 1799 ; Paymaster and Adjutant, 80th Foot 31 Mar 1803 ; d. at Seringapatam, India, before Jun 1809 (described in announcement of death as father’s eldest surviving son).
GATAKER, WILLIAM, brother of James Gataker (qv) ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1732/3 ; left 1737; apprenticed to father 1 Nov 1737 ; dead by 26 May 1753 (described in father’s will of that date as his “late son”).
GATEHOUSE, ALEXANDER, eldest son of Sir Thomas Gatehouse, Kt, Nether Wallop, Hampshire, and Anna Maria, eldest dau. of William Huggins, Headley Park, Hampshire ; bapt. Nether Wallop, Hampshire 16 Jun 1750 ; adm. 13 Jul 1764 ; Queen’s Coll.Oxford, matr. 19 May 1768, aged 17 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 30 Nov 1770 ; ordained deacon 9 Apr 1776 (Winchester), priest 14 Sep 1777 (Oxford) ; Curate, Hannington, Wilts. 1776 ; Perpetual Curate of East Tytherley, Hampshire, in 1788 ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Nicholas, Froyle, Hampshire ; dead by Dec 1819.
GATER, EDWARD HOLWELL, son of William Gater, Exeter, Devon, apothecary, and Isabella Ann, dau. of Rev. Edward Offspring Holwell, Rector of Plymtree, Devon ; b. 10 May 1798 ; adm.Mich.1811 ; Min.Can.1812 ; KS 1813 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1817, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr.17 May 1817, aged 19 ; buried St.Martin’s, Exeter 18 Jul 1817.
GAWLY, GEORGE ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1718 ; in under school list 1720 (as Gawdy).
GAWTON, THOMAS, son of Thomas Gawton, Long Ditton, Surrey ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1722/3 ; Min.Can.1726 ; KS 1727 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1732, adm.pens. 20 May 1732, scholar 20 Apr 1733 ; BA 1735/6 ; MA (from King’s Coll.Camb.) 1739 ; ordained deacon 29 Jan 1737/8, priest 11 Feb 1737/8 (both Gloucester, lit.dim. from York) ; Rector of Bisley, Surrey 1739 – Jun 1748 ; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1748 ; Vicar of Godalming, Surrey, from 12 May 1757 ; Vicar of Shalford, Surrey, from 21 Mar 1760 ; Chaplain to Dowager Baroness Blantyre 22 Nov 1759 ; Chaplain, 62nd Foot, from 25 Dec 1755 ; buried Godalming 21 Oct 1761.
GAY, —– ; b. ; in under school list 1715.
GAY, —— ; b. ; in under school list 1728.
GAY, ROBERT ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1720 ; in under school list 1724.
GEALE, RICHARD, son of John Geale, Sandhurst, Berks. ; bapt.Sandhurst, Berks. 14 Dec 1619 (IGI) ; adm. ; KS (Capt.) 1636 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1638, matr.23 Nov 1638, aged 18, Westminster Student ; BA 1642 ; MA 1645 ; seems initially to have submitted to Parliamentary Visitors, but appears in list of those expelled by Committee of Lords and Commons 15 May 1648, although he was not ejected until 31 May 1649 (Burrows, ed. 1881, 33, 93, 135) ; ordained ; Vicar of East Garston, Berks., from 16 Oct 1662 ; d. by 25 Jan 1669/70.
GEAST, HENRY, son of Nicholas Geast, Handsworth, Staffs., and Phoebe Downing ; b. ; adm. ; Min.Can. (aged 13) 1709 ; QS 1710 ; Matthew Prior (qv) begged Francis Atterbury (KS 1674, qv) to elect Geast to “our well-beloved College of Christ Church” in vain (Memoirs and Correspondence of Francis Atterbury, i, 252), but although elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1714, he went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 May 1714 ; Canoneer Student, Christ Church 25 Jul 1717 – void 1725 ; BA 1718 ; MA 22 Mar 1720/1 ; ordained deacon 12 Jun 1720, priest 18 Dec 1720 (both Oxford) ; Rector of Seaton, Rutland, from 26 Aug 1724 ; also Perpetual Curate of Market Harborough, Leics., 1725 ; Domestic Chaplain to Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds (at death) ; d. 12 Oct 1749.
GEE, WILLIAM, only son of William Gee, Bishop Burton, Yorks., and his first wife Rachel, dau. of Sir Thomas Parker, Kt, MP, Willingdon, Sussex ; b. 15 Sep 1648 (IGI) ; adm.1656 (school list 1656, last quarter) ; Christ’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 15 Apr 1664, aged 15 ; of Bishop Burton, Yorks. ; MP Kingston upon Hull Oct 1679- Mar 1681, 1689-90, Beverley 1690 – 95, Dec 1701-5 ; a Whig politician opposed to the government of James II ; m. 1st, 23 Feb 1663/4 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Hotham, Bart., MP, Scorborough, Yorks. ; m. 2nd, (settlement dated 8 Oct 1685) Elizabeth, widow of John Ellerker, Risby, Yorks., and elder dau. of Charles Cracroft, Louth, Lincs. ; buried Bishop Burton 18 Oct 1718.
GEE, WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1748/9 ; left 1751. [perhaps William Gee, bapt. St.Michael le Belfry, Yorks., 28 May 1735, son of William Gee, and, if so, perhaps son of Lieut.-Col.William Gee, 20th Foot, Bishop Burton, Yorks., and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of Roger Talbot, Woodend, Yorks. (but their marriage settlement was dated 2 May 1735, rather late for them to have been parents of a child baptized on 28 May 1735). Alternatively, son of James Gee, Receiver-Gen. for Yorkshire, and Constantia, dau. of John Moyser MP, Beverley, Yorks. ] [Perhaps William Gee, gent., adm.Gray’s Inn 28 Jun 1753]
[GEE, WILLIAM : “see new slip” (Whitmore, apparently another William Gee)]
GEFFEREY, WILLIAM, see JEFFREY, WILLIAM.
GEFFERSON, —– ; b. ; adm. ; QS 1553/4 (Chapter Muniments).
GELL, ANTHONY, son of Anthony Gell, Receiver-Gen. to Dean and Chapter of Westminster, and Frances, dau. of Joseph Dalby, Welbeck Street, London, apothecary ; b. 26 May 1764 ; adm. 15 Apr 1776 ; left Aug 1780 ; Clerk of the Cash Book to Auditor of the Exchequer ; d.unm. 20 Nov 1801. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
GELL, DANIEL ; b. ; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1730/1 ; left 1733.
GELL, JOHN HENRY, brother of Anthony Gell (qv) ; b. ; adm. 29 Mar 1780 ; Secretary to Bishop of Winchester Dec 1791 ; Auditor of the College Accounts, Westminster Abbey 25 Nov 1795 – 1801 ; Receiver-Gen. to Dean and Chapter, jointly with father 5 May 1801 – Jan 1817, alone Jan 1817 – Jul 1854, and jointly with Robert Marsh from 12 Jul 1854 ; Coroner and Clerk of the Market, Westminster 6 Jun 1816-45, Deputy Coroner from 1845 ; m. 23 May 1801 Charlotte, dau. of Richard Harmar, Sloane Street, London, wine merchant ; d. 8 Oct 1856, aged 85. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey, memorial tablet in Dark Cloister.
GELL, ROBERT, son of Rev.William Gell, Rector of Frindsbury, Kent ; b. 19 Feb 1594/5 ; at school under Camden and Wilson eight years (Notes and Queries, 8th series, xii, 401) ; KS ; Christ’s Coll.Cambridge, sizar, matr. Easter 1615 ; BA 1617/8 ; MA 1621 ; BD 1628 ; DD 1641 ; Fellow of Christ’s Coll. before Christmas 1623 – after 1638 ; held several college offices ; ordained ; preached frequently before the University ; Curate, Bottisham, Cambs. (occurs 1635) ; Chaplain to George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury ; Rector of St.Mary Aldermary, London, from 12 Dec 1640 ; bequeathed £5 to the King’s Scholars “to buy them bookes” ; author, An Essay towards the Amendment of the lastTranslation of the Bible, 1659 ; his Remaines were “collected and set in order” by Robert Bacon 1676 ; m. 7 Nov 1641 Elizabeth Lawrence, Pampisford, Cambs. ; d. 25 Mar 1665, aged 69. ODNB.
GELL, THOMAS WILLIAM, brother of Anthony Gell (qv) ; b. 1 Dec 1778 ; at school 1792 ; d. “of a putrid fever” 25 Dec 1792. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
GELL, WILLIAM EGERTON, brother of Anthony Gell (qv) ; b. 30 Jul 1781 ; at school 1791 ; in school list 1795 ; Auditor of the College Accounts, Westminster Abbey, from 5 May 1801 ; m. 22 Aug 1825 Jane, dau. of Rev. William Perkins, Vicar of Kingsbury, Somerset ; d. 17 May 1838. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey, with tablet to his memory.
GENEST, JOHN, second son of John Genest, Dunkeswell, Devon, and his second wife Elizabeth, widow of John Samuel Longuet, London, and Honiton, Devon, merchant, and previously of —- Shepheard, Army officer, and dau. of —- Hare, Honiton, Devon ; b. ; adm. 15 Jun 1774 ; left Whitsun 1780 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 9 May 1780, aged 17, scholar 19 Apr 1782, matr.Mich.1780 ; BA 1784 ; MA 1787 ; ordained deacon 3 Jun 1787, priest 18 May 1788 (both Lincoln) ; Curate, Burton Coggles, Lincs., 1787 ; Domestic Chaplain to Duke of Ancaster ; resided at Bath towards end of life ; author, Some Account of the English Stage from the Restoration in 1660 to 1830, 10 vols, 1832 ; d. 15 Dec 1839. ODNB.
GENEW, WILLIAM, son of John Van Genew, Westminster, originally of Venloo, Netherlands, and Elizabeth — ; bapt. 30 Mar 1645 ; adm. ; Min.Can.1660 (as William Vangenue) ; adm.Inner Temple 25 May 1661, called to bar 28 Nov 1669 ; Reader for Clifford’s Inn 1686 ; called to Bench, Inner Temple Nov 1687, but excused ; discontinued use of Van as part of name about 1661 ; lic.to m. 22 Dec 1673 Mary, dau. of William Gladwin, St.Paul’s, Covent Garden, citizen and girdler. [will William Genew, St.Paul, Covent Garden, gentleman, proved PCC 14 Feb 1704]
GEORGE, WILLIAM, son of Rev.William George, Rector of Stackpole Elidor, Pembrokeshire ; b. ; adm. ; Min.Can.1648, 1650 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Mar 1650/1 ; BA 1656 ; appointed a Canoneer Student of Christ Church by the Parliamentary Visitors 24 Dec 1650 ; tutor to children of John Wickham, Garsington, Oxfordshire ; buried Garsington 5 Apr 1658.
GERARD, see also GERRARD.
GERARD, PHILIP, son of William Gerard, London ; b. ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1645, matr. 29 Jan 1646/7, aged 13, Westminster Student ; it is not clear whether he submitted to the Parliamentary Visitors (Burrows, ed., 1881, 72), but he does not appear to have been expelled ; still Student in 1653 ; BA 1649 ; MA 1652. [Presumably Philip Gerard, son of William Gerard and Judith —, bapt.St.Andrew’s, Holborn 13 Oct 1632 (IGI)].
GERARD, WILLIAM, youngest son of Rev.John Gerard, Rector of Drayton Beauchamp, Bucks., and his first wife Mary, dau. of Rev.John Vintner, Rector of Weston Turville, Bucks. ; bapt. 11 Oct 1642 ; at school in 1656, a boarder ; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1661, matr. 22 Aug 1661, aged 19, Westminster Student 10 Feb 1662 – void 1671 ; BA 1665 ; MA 1668 ; ordained deacon 20 Jun 1669 (Oxford), priest 13 Feb 1671 (Lincoln) ; Rector of Westwell, Oxfordshire, from 18 Jan 1670/1 ; Rector of Aston Clinton, Bucks., from 6 Dec 1676 ; d. 10 Jun 1706.
GEREY, see GERY
GERMAIN, CHARLES, see SACKVILLE-GERMAIN, CHARLES, 5TH DUKE OF DORSET.
GERMAIN, GEORGE, 1ST VISCOUNT SACKVILLE, third son of Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (qv) ; b. 26 Jan 1715/6 ; adm. Apr 1723 ; in school list 1731 ; Trinity Coll.Dublin, adm.nob. 3 Aug 1731 ; BA 1733 ; MA 1734 ; MP (I) Portarlington 1733-61 ; called to Irish bar 1734 ; Clerk of the Privy Council (I) from Apr 1734 ; Grand Tour 1734-5 ; entered army as Capt., The Carabiniers 11 Jul 1737 ; Lieut.-Col., 28th Foot 19 Jul 1740 ; distinguished himself at battle of Fontenoy May 1745, at which he was wounded and taken prisoner ; Col. in the Army 1 Jun 1745 ; Col., 20th Foot, 9 Apr 1746 – Nov 1749, 12th Dragoons, 1 Nov 1749 – Jan 1750, Carabineers 10 Jan 1750 – Apr 1757 ; Maj.-Gen., 22 Feb 1755 ; Col., 2nd Dragoon Guards 5 Apr 1757 – 10 Sep 1759 ; Lieut.-Gen. of the Ordnance 22 Dec 1757- Sep 1759 ; Lieut.-Gen., 27 Jan 1758 ; second-in-command, St.Malo expedition 1758 ; Commander-in-Chief, British Forces serving with allied army under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, 1758 ; disobeyed Prince Ferdinand’s orders to lead cavalry in pursuit of the French at the battle of Minden 1 Aug 1759, and dismissed the service 10 Sep 1759 ; a subsequent court-martial requested by him found him guilty of disobedience to orders, and adjudged him “unfit to serve His Majesty in any military capacity whatever”, 5 Apr 1760 ; MP Dover 1741-61, Hythe 1761-8, East Grinstead 1768 – 11 Feb 1782 ; Chief Secretary for Ireland Dec 1750 – Apr 1755 ; Privy Councillor (I) 19 Jan 1751, struck off list 5 May 1760 ; Privy Councillor (GB) 27 Jan 1758, struck off list 25 Apr 1760, restored 20 Dec 1765 ; Joint Vice-Treasurer for Ireland Dec 1765 – Jul 1766 ; assumed surname of Germain in lieu of Sackville by Act of Parliament 16 Feb 1770, having inherited Drayton estate in Northamptonshire from Lady Elizabeth Germain ; fought a duel with Capt.George Johnstone MP in Hyde Park Dec 1770 ; Chief Commissioner of Trade and Foreign Plantations 10 Nov 1775 – Nov 1779 ; Secretary of State for the Colonies 10 Nov 1775 – 10 Feb 1782 ; created Viscount Sackville 11 Feb 1782 ; DL Sussex 1762 ; m. 3 Sep 1754 Diana, second dau. of John Sambrooke, and niece of Sir Jeffreys Sambrooke, Bart. ; d. 26 Aug 1785. ODNB.
GERMAIN, HON.GEORGE, younger son of George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (qv) ; b. 7 Dec 1770 ; adm. 15 Sep 1779 ; Oriel Coll.Oxford, matr. 3 Jul 1789 ; Receiver-General of Jamaica from 24 Aug 1776 (duties performed by Thomas Walley Partington (qv) as his Deputy) ; Assay Master of Tin, Duchy of Cornwall ; of Drayton, Northants ; m. Dec 1814 Harriet Pearce ; d. 31 May 1836.
GERMAIN, STEPHEN, see JERMYN, STEPHEN.
GERMAN, HANWAY, eldest son of James German, Sevenoaks, Kent, barrister, and Marion Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Charles Cooke, Ledbury, Herefs. ; b. 18 Nov 1861 ; adm. 24 Sep 1874 (R) ; left Dec 1878 ; King’s Coll.Hospital ; LSA 1884 ; emigrated to Virginia, USA ; m. 11 Mar 1890 Emma Clarence, dau. of George Samuel Major Payne, Culpeper, Virginia ; d. at Rixeyville, Virginia, USA 13 Jul 1911.
GERRARD, — ; b. ; in school lists 1656 (also appears as Garrard and Garret).
GERRARD, JOHN ; b. c.1754 ; at school under Markham (Hickey, Memoirs, iii, 326) ; East India Maritime Service ; Midshipman, 1774 ; 5th Mate 1776 ; 3rd Mate 1778 (approved 21 Oct 1778, aged 24) ; 2nd Mate 1781 ; Capt. of ships Deptford 1784 -93, and Pitt 1795-6; taken prisoner with wife by French, and interned at Verdun 1803 ; m. Oct 1792 Elizabeth Magdalen, only dau. of Surgeon-Major Richard Turner, and sister of Gen. Sir Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner GCH, Groom of the Bedchamber and Secretary to Prince Regent, subsequently Governor of Bermuda ; living 1818.
GERVIS (or JARVIS), ROBERT ; b. ; adm. ; QS in 1566 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1570, adm.scholar 1571, matr. Easter 1571 ; 5th in “ordo” 1574/5 ; BA 1574/5 ; MA 1578.
GERY, —- ; b. ; in under school list 1727, school list Feb 1727/8 (third form).
GERY, RICHARD, second son of Richard Gery, Bushmead Priory, Eaton Socon, Beds., Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, and Ann, dau. of George Francklin, Maberne, Bolnhurst, Beds. ; bapt. 23 Apr 1615 ; at school under Osbaldeston (Al.Cant.) ; Corpus Christi Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens.1631, matr.1631 ; migrated to Sidney Sussex Coll., 16 Sep 1634 ; BA 1635/6 ; MA 1639 ; of Little Staughton, Beds. ; d. 1652 (will proved PCC 24 May 1652).
GERY, ROBERT, son of Ven.William Gery DD, Archdeacon of Norwich, Prebendary of Lincoln, and Rector of Market Bosworth, Leics., and Mary, dau. of Right Rev.Robert Sanderson DD, Bishop of Lincoln ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1668 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1671, adm.pens. 10 Jun 1671, scholar 1672, matr.1674/5 ; BA 1674/5 ; MA 1678 ; ordained priest 24 Dec 1676 (London) ; Perpetual Curate of Northaw, Herts., 24 Dec 1676 – Mar 1683/4 ; Rector of Abinger, Surrey 1685-89/90 ; Rector of All Hallows the Great, London, from 24 Jan 1689/90 ; Vicar of St.Mary’s, Islington, from 4 May 1691 ; Prebendary of Lincoln from 9 Dec 1701 ; lic.to m. 14 Nov 1689 Elizabeth, dau. of Rev.William Cave DD, Canon of Windsor ; d. 1 Oct 1707, aged 55.
GERY, THOMAS, son of Robert Gery (qv) ; b. ; adm. ; QS 1704 ; left 1708 ; Jesus Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 3 Jun 1708, matr.1708.
GIBBARD, WILLIAM, son of William Gibbard, Parliament Street, Westminster, and Sharnbrook Grange, Beds., and his first wife Hannah Doody ; b. ; adm. 8 Sep 1777 ; KS (aged 14) 1783 ; Ensign, 76th Foot 27 Dec 1787 ; Lieut., 7 May 1791 ; served in Mysore campaign ; d. unm. in India 24 Jan 1792. [Whitmore notes “killed in siege of Seringapatam”] [father apparently baker].
GIBBART, see GUIBERT.
GIBBON, —– ; b. ; in school lists 1748, 1749.
GIBBON, EDWARD, only son of Edward Gibbon, Putney, Surrey, army contractor and director East India Company and South Sea Company, and Catherine, dau. of Richard Acton, Leadenhall Street, London, goldsmith ; b. Oct 1707 ; adm. Jun or Jul 1716 (Playford) ; in under school lists 1716-20 ; Emmanuel Coll.Camb., adm.pens. 3 Oct 1723, afterwards fellow commoner ; Grand Tour (France, Italy) ; MP Petersfield 1734-41, Southampton 1741-7 ; Alderman, City of London, Vintry ward 24 Mar 1742/3 – 18 Jun 1745 ; a Tory and opponent of Sir Robert Walpole ; of Buriton, Hampshire ; m. 1st, 3 Jun 1736 Judith, dau. of James Porten, Putney, Surrey, merchant ; m.2nd, 8 Apr 1755 Dorothea, sister of David Patton (qv) ; d. 12 Nov 1770.
GIBBON, EDWARD, only son of Edward Gibbon (qv), and his first wife ; b. 27 Apr 1737 ; adm. Jan 1747/8 (Porten) ; left Aug 1750, on account of ill-health ; Magdalen Coll.Oxford, adm.fellow commoner 3 Apr 1752 ; received into Roman Catholic church 8 Jun 1752, but returned to Protestantism at Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1753 ; became attached to Susanne Curchod (afterwards Mme Necker), but at his father’s wish the engagement was broken off ; adm. to Academy, Lausanne 1 Dec 1756 ; officer in Hampshire Militia 12 Jun 1759-70 ; author, Essai sur l’Etude de la Litterature, 1761 ; met John Baker Holroyd (afterwards Lord Sheffield) at Lausanne 1764 ; in Italy 1764-5 ; the idea of writing on the decline and fall of the Roman Empire first occurred to him when in Rome on 15 Oct 1764 ; author, Mémoires Littéraires de la Grande Bretagne, 1767-8, jointly with his Swiss friend Deyverdun ; author, Critical Observations on the Sixth Book of the Aeneid, 1770, attacking Warburton ; settled in London 1772 ; elected to The Club 1774 ; MP Liskeard 1774-80, Lymington 25 Jun 1781-4 ; a Commissioner for Trade and Foreign Plantations 6 Jul 1779 – Jun 1782 ; Professor of Ancient History, Royal Academy, from 1787 ; FSA 20 Nov 1788 ; FRS 27 Nov 1788 ; author, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1776-87, 4 vols. ; defended the chapters on Christianity in a Vindication, 1779 ; retired to Lausanne 1783 ; his Miscellaneous Works, edited by his friend Lord Sheffield, and including his Memoirs of My Life and Writings, were published in 1796 ; d. unm. 16 Jan 1794. ODNB.
GIBBON, EDWARD ANACLETO, see GIBBON Y CARDENAS, EDUARDO ANACLETO JESUS MARIA ANTONIO.
GIBBON, RICHARD ; b. ; adm. (aged 7) Jun 1734 ; left 1735 (Gibbons in school lists).
GIBBON, WALTER, only son of Francis Gibbon, Cranbrook, Kent, and Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Stileman, Otford, Kent ; b. ; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1749 ; Min.Can.1750 ; KS 1751 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1755, adm.pens.28 May 1755, scholar 14 May 1756, matr. Mich.1756, but did not graduate ; buried Clerkenwell [check when]. [maybe “Walter Gibbon, Esq., of Sussex” who d. “at his apartments in the Spa Fields” Aug 1781 (Whitehall Evening Post 21 Aug 1781)].
GIBBON Y CARDENAS, EDUARDO ANACLETO JESUS MARIA ANTONIO, second son of Henry James Gibbon (known in Mexico as Henrique Jayme Gibbon), and Maria de Loreto Jesus Ana Joaquina Prota Jacinta Cardenas y Murguia, dau. of Pedro Dionisio Cardenas y Priego, Mexico City ; b. Mexico 13 Jul 1845 ; adm. 12 Apr 1861 (G, as Edward Anacleto Gibbon) ; left Whitsun 1862 ; one of private secretaries to Emperor Maximilian of Mexico ; writer and art critic in Mexico ; Second Secretary, Mexican Embassy, London 1884 ; subsequently attached to Mexican Embassy, United States ; author, Nocturnal London, 1890, and other publications ; d. unm. at Mexico City May 1897.
GIBBONS, WILLIAM, of London ; b. ; adm. ; QS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1586, matr. 17 Dec 1586, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1603 ; BA 1590 ; MA 1593 ; BD 1600 (incorp.Cambridge 1608/9) ; DD (from Peterhouse, Cambridge) 1609 ; ordained deacon and priest 28 Oct 1597 (Rochester) ; Vicar of All Saints, King’s Lynn, Norfolk 1 Feb 1601/2 – Aug 1605 (as Gibbins) ; Vicar of Barton, Cambs., 7 Mar 1605/6 -1611 [check] (as Gibbins) ; Rector of Glemsford, Suffolk, from 23 Feb 1607/8 (as Gibbins) ; Rector of Rettendon, Essex, from 5 Jun 1611 (as Gibbons) ; m. ; d. 1619 (dead by 16 Nov).
GIBSON, —- ; b. ; at school in 1662-4 (Busby’s Account Book) ; a boarder.
GIBSON, ARTHUR BUXTON CUMMINGS, son of Thomas Cummings Gibson, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, and Grenaby Grange, Isle of Man, coal owner, and his second wife Georgiana Buxton, dau. of John Marsden, Liverpool ; b. 29 Apr 1855 ; adm. 16 Apr 1868 ; left May 1870 ; practised as an architect in Newcastle upon Tyne ; of Newborough Hall, Northumberland ; m. 29 Nov 1882 Annie Power, dau. of George Henry Carbutt, Ladbroke Gardens, Notting Hill, London ; d. 28 Nov 1894, from the effects of a fall from his horse.
GIBSON, CHARLES, eldest son of Thomas Gibson, Lancaster, Lancs., and Curwen Woods, Burton, Westmorland, solicitor, and Amelia Ellen, dau. of William Caistor, Lancaster, corn merchant ; nephew of John Gibson, Assistant Master ; b. 30 Jul 1867 ; adm. (D, subsequently G) 12 Jun 1879 ; left Jul 1886 ; University Coll.Oxford, matr. 18 Oct 1886 ; BA 1889 ; adm.solicitor Nov 1892 ; in practice at Lancaster ; m. 27 Dec 1900 Violet Katherine, eldest dau. of William Lyster Holt MIMechE, London, railway engineer ; d. 10 Nov 1931.
GIBSON, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Sep 1750 ; in school list 1754.
GIDLEY, BARTHOLOMEW CHARLES, fifth son of John Gidley, Bradnish, Devon, solicitor and Town Clerk of Exeter, and Elizabeth Caroline, dau. of Robert Cornish, Exeter, builder and architect ; b. 21 Sep 1839 ; adm. 26 May 1853 ; St.John’s Coll.Oxford, matr. 29 Jun 1857 ; BA 1862 ; MA 1865 ; adm.solicitor Easter 1866 ; Mayor of Exeter 1870-1 ; Town Clerk of Exeter from 1874 ; m. 5 Jun 1866 Mary Elizabeth, only surviving child of John James Russell, Handsworth, Staffs., tube manufacturer ; d. 1 Oct 1888.
GIFFARD, JAMES HENRY, brother of John Giffard (qv) ; bapt. St.Paul, Covent Garden 2 Aug 1770 ; adm. 3 Jul 1783 (as James Giffard).
GIFFARD, JOHN, son of James Giffard, Bridges Street, Covent Garden, grocer, and his second wife Diana, second dau. of Capt.John Goodenough, South Morton, Berks. ; bapt. St.Paul, Covent Garden 16 Sep 1766 ; adm. 24 Sep 1778 ; left Easter 1780 ; entered Royal Navy 25 Apr 1780 ; Lieut., 20 Oct 1790 ; Capt., 19 Oct 1796 ; Rear-Adm., 12 Aug 1819 ; Vice-Adm. 22 Jul 1830 ; Adm., 23 Nov 1841 ; half-pay 1 Jul 1851 ; present at relief of Gibraltar 1781, Rodney’s actions with the Comte de Grasse off Dominica Apr 1782, Howe’s victory in the battle of 1 Jun 1794, and Hood’s defeat of Villaret-Joyeuse 1795 ; commanded HMS L’Athénienne at defence of Gaeta 1805 ; Lieut.-Governor, Royal Naval College, Portsmouth 23 Mar 1807-19 ; m. 20 Nov 1802 Susanna, dau. of Sir John Carter, Kt, Mayor of Portsmouth ; d. 25 Sep 1855.
GIFFORD, EDWARD ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1721 ; in under school list 1724.
GIFFORD, FRANCIS, eldest son of Roger Gifford, St.James’s Abbey, Duston, Northants, and Anne, dau. of Francis Samwell, Rothersthorpe, Northants ; b. ; at school (aged 15) 2 Jul 1582 ; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1585, adm.scholar 1585, matr. Mich.1585 ; BA 1589/90 ; MA 1593 ; adm.Middle Temple 26 Jan 1588/9 ; lic. to m. 26 Nov 1595 Jane, dau. of Richard Troughton, Hanslope, Bucks. ; d. 18 May 1625.
GIFFORD, THOMAS, brother of Francis Gifford (qv) ; b. ; adm. ; QS ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1594, adm.scholar 1594 ; BA 1598/9 ; MA 1602 ; ordained deacon 20 Sep 1607, priest 20 Dec 1607 (both Peterborough) ; Rector of Braybrooke, Northants, 26 Oct 1607-19 ; Rector of Ashley, Northants, from 16 Aug 1611 ; m. Elizabeth Gates ; d. 1653.
GILBERT, JOHN, see COOPER, JOHN GILBERT.
GILBERT, RALPH ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1690 ; left 1692 ; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm.scholar 28 Jan 1692/3 ; LLB 1698 ; LLD 1705 ; Fellow, Trinity Hall 8 Aug 1698 ; became a medical practitioner ; LRCP 17 Apr 1707 ; d. 1711. [Perhaps Ralph Gilbert, son of Henry Gilbert MP, Locko, Derbs., and his second wife Elizabeth Skipwith, bapt.Spondon, Derbs. 2 Feb 1676 (IGI) ; uncle of Thomas Gilbert (at school under Knipe, qv)].
GILBERT, RICHARD, brother of Thomas Gilbert (adm.1778, qv) ; b. 5 Jun 1767 ; at Charterhouse Sch. May 1775 – Sep 1777 ; adm. 7 Feb 1780 ; left Whitsun 1780 ; entered Royal Navy 7 Sep 1780 ; Lieut., 4 Nov 1790 ; removed from Navy list 20 Jun 1795 because his private affairs prevented him from going to sea ; m. 1st, 28 Apr 1794 (IGI) Jane, dau. of John Batt, Moditonham Hall, Botusfleming, Cornwall ; m. 2nd, 14 Dec 1815 Maria, dau. of Charles Harris, Broome House, Worcs. ; d. 19 Oct 1837.
GILBERT, THOMAS, fourth son of Henry Gilbert, Locko, Derbs., and Jane, widow of George Dale, Hagg, Derbs., and elder dau. of William Savile, Hill Top, Beeley, Staffs. ; b. ; at school under Knipe (J.E.B.Mayor & R.F.Scott, eds., Admissions to St.John’sColl.Camb., pt ii, 187) ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 4 Mar 1707/8, aged 16, fellow commoner 18 Jan 1711/2, matr.1708 ; BA 1711/2 ; MA 1715 ; ordained deacon 21 May 1716, priest 27 May 1716 (both Ely) ; of Boylestone, Derbs. ; Curate, Macclesfield, Cheshire, from 2 Mar 1725 ; m. Elizabeth — ; d. before 11 Sep 1733.
GILBERT, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1736 ; left 1744.
GILBERT, THOMAS, elder son of Thomas Gilbert MP, Cotton Hall, Alveton, Staffs., barrister, land agent, and poor law reformer, and his first wife Anne, dau. of Richard Phillips, Hall Green, Checkley, Staffs. ; b. 28 Oct 1762 ; adm. 26 Jan 1778 ; left Easter 1781 ; Brasenose Coll.Oxford, matr. 9 Nov 1781, aged 19 ; afterwards at St.Mary Hall, Oxford ; BA 1794 ; MA 1802 ; Clerk Extraordinary, Privy Council 12 Feb 1779 – 18 Jul 1810 ; ordained deacon 26 Oct 1794, priest 14 Jun 1795 (both Lichfield) ; Curate, Ellesmere, Shropshire 27 Oct 1794 ; Perpetual Curate, Alveton with Cotton, Staffs., from 4 Jul 1795; d.unm. in Paris 21 Jun 1841.
GILBERT, THOMAS MORELL, youngest son of Right Rev.Ashhurst Turner Gilbert DD, Bishop of Chichester, and Mary Ann, only surviving child of Robert Wintle (qv) ; b. 28 Aug 1835 ; adm. (R) 3 Jul 1847 ; was “almost burnt to death” when preparing to act in a play up Rigaud’s in 1847 (F.Martin, Elizabeth Gilbert, 66) ; QS 1849 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1853, adm.pens. 7 May 1853, scholar 1854, matr.Mich.1853 ; 12th Wrangler and 3rd cl.Classics 1857 ; BA 1857 ; MA 1860 ; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1859, Major Fellow 1860-66 ; ordained deacon 21 Dec 1861, priest 20 Dec 1862 (both Chichester) ; Curate, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex 1861-3, St.Bartholomew’s, Chichester, Sussex 1863-4 ; Perpetual Curate of St.Bartholomew’s, Chichester 10 Jun1864-6 ; Vice-Principal, Chichester Theological College 1863-6 ; Vicar of Heversham, Westmorland 1866-1921 ; Hon.Canon, Carlisle, from 1877 ; m. 14 Sep 1871 Esther Ann, eldest dau. of Edmund Harrison, Bury, Lancashire ; d. 16 Dec 1928.
GILBERTSON, DAVID PRITCHARD, see GILBERTSON-PRITCHARD, DAVID PRITCHARD.
GILBERTSON, JAMES WILLIAMS, brother of David Pritchard Gilbertson-Pritchard (qv) ; b. 2 Sep 1860 ; adm. (G) 4 Jun 1874 ; left May 1879 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 1 Jun 1880, matr.Mich.1880 ; BA 1884 ; MA 1887 ; ordained deacon 1883 (Bishop Kelly for Chester), priest 1884 (Chester) ; Curate, Seacombe, Cheshire 1883-6 ; held subsequent curacies ; Perpetual Curate of St.Alban’s, Stockport, Cheshire 1897-1907 ; Vicar of Allithwaite, Cumberland, from 1907 ; m. 20 Jul 1887 Ethel Blanche, dau. of John Slocum Logan, Doddington Hall, Bridgewater, Somerset ; d. 25 Apr 1930.
GILBERTSON, JOHN, see GILBERTSON-PRITCHARD, JOHN
GILBERTSON, LEWIS, brother of David Pritchard Gilbertson-Pritchard (qv) ; b. 9 Oct 1865 ; adm. (G) 21 Jun 1878 ; left May 1882.
GILBERTSON, WILLIAM EDWARD, see GILBERTSON-PRITCHARD, WILLIAM EDWARD
GILBERTSON-PRITCHARD, DAVID PRITCHARD, son of David Gilbertson, Long Acre, London, of firm Davies & Co, army lacemen, and Ceniarth Hall, Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, and Catharine, only child of David Pritchard, Ceniarth, Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire ; b. 13 Oct 1849 ; adm. 7 Apr 1863 ; QS 27 Jan 1865 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1868 (with Triplett), adm.pens. 5 Jun 1868, matr. Mich.1868 ; BA 1873 ; assumed additional surname of Pritchard 1870 ; ordained deacon 1873, priest 1874 (both Chester) ; Curate, Nantwich, Cheshire 1873-6 ; Rector of Watermillock, Cumberland, from 1876 ; m. 5 Jun 1879 Cicely Anne, second dau. of Henry Master Feilden MP, Witton Park, Blackburn, Lancs. ; d. 5 Mar 1880.
GILBERTSON-PRITCHARD, JOHN, brother of David Pritchard Gilbertson-Pritchard (qv) ; b. 12 Aug 1856 ; adm. 22 Feb 1870 ; left Aug 1873 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 7 Jun 1876, matr.Mich.1876 ; BA 1881 ; ordained deacon 1881, priest 1882 (both Exeter) ; Curate Stoke Damerell, Devon 1881-6, Haigh, Lancs. 1886-97 ; Vicar of St.John the Baptist, Lytham, Lancs., from 1897 ; assumed additional surname of Pritchard 1905 ; m. 14 Apr 1885 Blanche, dau. of Col.Alexander Green Grant, 85th Foot, Stoke, Devonport, Devon ; d. 9 Dec 1931.
GILBERTSON-PRITCHARD, WILLIAM EDWARD, brother of David Pritchard Gilbertson-Pritchard (qv) ; b. 22 Jan 1852 ; adm. from King’s Coll.Sch. 26 Jan 1865 ; QS 1867 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1871, adm.pens. 8 Jul 1871, matr. Mich.1871 ; BA 1876 ; assumed additional surname of Pritchard 23 Mar 1881 ; of Ceniarth, Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire ; d. unm. 21 Apr 1905.
GILDER, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. ; Min.Can.1637. [Presumably son of Rev.Thomas Gilder, Rector of Sherington, Bucks., and Judith Willis (IGI) ; bapt.Islip, Oxfordshire 20 Jun 1622 ; New Inn Hall, Oxford, matr. 10 Dec 1641, aged 19]
GILES, see also GYLES.
GILES, — ; b. ; adm. ; in under school list 1715. [probably chorister or Bishop’s Boy]
GILES, EDWARD, fourth son of Ven.John Douglas Giles, Rector of Willoughby, Lincs., and Archdeacon of Stow, and Sarah Elizabeth, second dau. of John Allen, Burnham, Somerset ; b. 6 Jun 1849 ; adm. 5 Feb 1863, as BB (home boarder) ; QS 1864 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1868, matr. 3 Jun 1868 ; rowed against Cambridge 1871 ; 1st cl.Modern History 1872 ; BA 1872 ; MA 1883 ; Indian Civil Service, Educational Dept., Bombay ; arrived in India 14 May 1873 ; Professor of History and Political Economy, Elphinstone Coll., Bombay 1873-5 ; Educational Inspector May 1875 ; Director of Public Instruction, Bombay Presidency Apr 1897-1907 ; additional member, Legislative Council, Bombay 1898, 1901, 1904, 1906 ; officiating Director-Gen. of Education, India Mar 1907 – Mar 1908 ; retd. 29 Mar 1908 ; CIE 1 Jan 1903 ; m. 19 Jan 1878 Rose Ethel Louise, only dau. of Gen.Sir John William Schneider KCB, Bombay Army, previously EICS Bombay ; d. 18 Apr 1938.
GILES, FRANCIS JOHN, son of James Sharpe Giles, Haling Park, Croydon, Surrey, and his second wife Mary Ellen, youngest dau. of James Sheffield Brooks, John Street, Bedford Row, London, solicitor ; b. 1 Dec 1848 ; at Harrow Sch. 1861-2 ; adm. (G) 19 Jun 1862 ; QS 1863 ; left Aug 1865 ; one of the best football players of his day ; d. 14 Mar 1875. [father corn factor ?]
GILES (or GYLES), NATHAN (or NATHANIEL), son of Rev.Nathan Giles DD, Canon of Windsor and Prebendary of Worcester, and [check] his first wife Anne, dau. of Rev.Charles Sonnibank DD, Canon of Windsor ; b. ; adm. ; Min.Can.1639 ; Queen’s Coll.Oxford, matr. 23 Jul 1641, aged 16 ; demy, Magdalen Coll.Oxford 1642-5 ; BA 4 Mar 1644/5 ; MA 2 Nov 1647 (incorp.Cambridge 1651) ; Fellow, Magdalen Coll. 1645 – expulsion 26 May 1648 (Burrows, ed., 1881, 114), restored as Fellow 8 Aug 1660-1 ; served as soldier in Royalist garrison of Oxford ; adm. Middle Temple 12 Feb 1656/7, called to bar 1664 [check] ; Steward to Magdalen College 1661-72 ; latterly Steward to Right Rev.Peter Mews, Bishop of Bath and Wells ; d. c.Dec 1677. [note Nathanael Giles, Prebendary of Cloyne 23 Sep 1663, also holder of benefices in Co.Cork]
GILES, ROBERT, eldest son of Rev.Robert Giles, Vicar of Horncastle, Lincs., and Agnes, second dau. of Rev.Felix Laurent, Vicar of Saleby, Lincs. ; b. 13 Jul 1855 ; adm. 12 Jun 1868 ; BB 20 Jun 1868 ; QS 1870 ; left Dec 1873 ; Non-Coll., Oxford, matr. 10 Feb 1874 ; emigrated to USA ; m. 24 Jul 1901 Frederica Louisa, dau. of Rear-Adm.John Rodgers, US Navy ; d. at New York, USA 15 Sep 1924.
GILLETT, ARTHUR WOODALL, second son of Gabriel Edwards Gillett (qv) ; b. 30 Mar 1830 ; adm. (G) 27 Jan 1843 ; left Mar 1845 ; entered Royal Navy 20 Nov 1845 ; Sub-Lieut., 20 Nov 1851 ; Lieut., 9 Nov 1854 ; Commander, 28 May 1863 ; Capt., 15 Feb 1869 ; retd. 1 Oct 1873 ; Rear-Adm. (on retired list) 9 Mar 1886 ; served in Black Sea 1854 and in Baltic 1855 ; Superintendent, Marine Society’s Training Ship Warspite 1877-95 ; m. 18 Mar 1869 Lucy Clara, eldest dau. of Sir Henry Paul Seale, Bart. ; d. 10 Nov 1913.
GILLETT, GABRIEL EDWARDS, son of Rev.Gabriel Gillett, Rector of Waltham on the Wolds, Leics., and Mary Anne, dau. of George Hodgson ; b. 15 Dec 1798 ; adm.Midsummer 1813 (home boarder) ; left 14 Dec 1816 ; Head Town Boy at Jul 1816 ; Oriel Coll.Oxford, matr. 29 Oct 1816, aged 17, Ludwell Exhibitioner 14 Nov 1818 ; BA 1820 ; MA 1823 ; ordained deacon 22 Dec 1822, priest 25 May 1823 (both London) ; Rector of Waltham on the Wolds, Leics., from 29 Apr 1831 ; Hon.Canon Peterborough from 1867 ; m. 1826 Elizabeth, dau. of John Woodall, Scarborough, Yorks., solicitor and shipowner ; d. 22 Apr 1871.
GILLETT, GEORGE, eldest son of Gabriel Edwards Gillett (qv) ; b. 1 May 1827 ; adm. (G) 28 Jan 1841 ; Oriel Coll.Oxford, adm.commoner 5 Dec 1844, Ludwell Exhibitioner 19 Mar 1846 ; BA 1848 ; adm.Inner Temple 8 Nov 1849, called to bar 30 Apr 1853 ; d. unm. 26 May 1878.
GILLETT, WILLIAM STEDMAN, brother of Gabriel Edwards Gillett (qv) ; b. Aug 1800 ; adm. Mich.1813 ; one of the founders of The Trifler 1817 ; left 13 Dec 1817 ; Exeter Coll.Oxford, matr. 24 Jan 1818, aged 17 ; BA 1822 ; MA 1824 ; adm.Inner Temple 8 Jan 1821 ; landowner ; of Harefield House, Bitterne, South Stoneham, Hampshire ; m. 19 Jun 1851 Eliza, widow of Cdr.Arthur Grant, Royal Navy, and dau. of Thomas Coster, York Terrace, Regent’s Park, London ; d. 22 Jan 1886.
GILLIAT, ARTHUR, son of George Gilliat, Horncastle, Lincs, brewer and barge owner, and his first wife Katharine, dau. of Edward Betham, Lincoln, Surveyor to the Fabric, Lincoln Cathedral ; younger brother of Rev.Edward Gilliat, Assistant Master ; b. 8 Oct 1855 ; adm. 17 Jun 1868 ; BB 20 Jun 1868 ; left Dec 1869 ; partner, E.G.Jepson & Co., chemical merchants, Leeds ; Vice-Consul for Netherlands, Leeds ; m. 3 Feb 1887 Gertrude Mary, dau. of William Wellington Sowry, Leeds, cloth merchant ; d. 15 Jan 1935.
GILMAN, see also GYLMAN.
GILMAN, CHARLES STOREY, son of Sir Charles Rackham Gilman, Kt, Eaton, Norwich, sometime Mayor of Norwich, solicitor, and Sophie Louisa, dau. of Thomas Storey, Peckham, Surrey ; b. 13 May 1864 ; adm. (G) 26 Jan 1877 ; left Dec 1881 ; adm.Inner Temple 22 Apr 1884, called to bar 26 Jan 1887 ; Secretary, Norwich and London Accident Insurance Association 1895-1909, also Manager 1903-9 ; subsequently Manager, Accident Department, Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, to retirement c.1914 ; Sheriff of Norwich 1911 ; chairman, Allen-Liversidge Ltd ; director, Westminster Electric Supply Corporation, and Phoenix Chemical Co.Ltd ; m. 1 Aug 1889 Gertrude, youngest dau. of William Wadsworth, Bedford ; d. 4 Jul 1926.
GILPIN, JAMES, son of John Gilpin, Bow Brickhill, Bucks., and Kington St.Michael, Wilts., and Elizabeth, sister of Jonathan Power, Kington St Michael, Wilts. ; bapt. Kington St.Michael, Wilts., 11 Nov 1709 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1722/3 ; KS 1724 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1728, matr. 25 Jun 1728, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1728 – void 25 Jun 1741 ; BA 1732 ; MA 1735 ; adm.Middle Temple 14 Nov 1730, called to bar 7 Feb 1734/5 ; Auditor, Christ Church, Oxford ; Recorder of Oxford from 1743 ; d. 14 Dec 1766 (M.I.Kington St.Michael, Wilts.).
GIMBART, JOHN, son of Richard Gimbart, St.Paul’s, Covent Garden, London, milliner, and Jane Veres, St.Martin’s in the Fields ; bapt. St.Martin’s in the Fields 22 May 1713 (IGI) ; adm. (aged12) Jan 1725/6 ; left 1727 ; apprenticed to John Neiman [or Nieman ?], Shadwell, brewer, 23 Nov 1730 ; John and Richard Gimbart, Southwark, Surrey, brewers, bankrupt 1739 ; living 1745. [Perhaps John Gimbart who m. 19 Dec 1735 Elizabeth Swift (IGI)]. [John Gimbart, “poulterer now bound to the East Indies in the ship Warwick”, will proved PCC 20 Mar 1759]
GIMBART, RICHARD, brother of John Gimbart (qv) ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1725/6 ; left 1727 ; apprenticed to George Ellis, St.Mary’s, Whitechapel, corn factor, 13 Feb 1730/1 ; a corn factor, Prescot Street, Whitechapel ; gazetted as bankrupt Aug 1766.
GINGER, GODFREY WILLIAM, see GODFREE, GODFREY WILLIAM.
GINGER, HENRY, brother of William Ginger (adm.1775, qv) ; b. ; adm. 12 Jan 1778 ; m. 16 Aug 1812 Mary Talbot. [perhaps “Henry Ginger, Esq.”, who d. at New Hatcham 13 May 1851, aged 82 (GM)]
GINGER, WILLIAM, son of William Ginger, Great College Street, Westminster, bookseller to the School, and Mary Barker [or Perkins ?], Putney, Surrey ; bapt.St.George’s, Hanover Square 13 Feb 1764 (IGI) ; adm. 19 Jun 1775 ; apprenticed to John Rivington, stationer 3 Jul 1781, transferred to father 2 Oct 1781, freed by him 2 Mar 1790 ; in partnership with father by c.1793 ; succeeded his father as bookseller to the School on his father’s death in Dec 1803 ; member of livery, Stationers’ Company 13 Apr 1790, subsequently member Court of Assistants, Stationers’ Company ; m. 26 Oct 1805 Matilda, dau. of William Godfree, Palace Yard, Westminster, bookseller ; d. 26 Feb 1830.
GINGER, WILLIAM, see GLYN, WILLIAM.
GIPPS, EDMUND, only son of Richard Gipps, Little Horringer Hall, Suffolk ; bapt. Fornham All Saints, Suffolk Jan 1711/2 ; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1721 ; left 1724 ; d. young.
GLASIER, —- ; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1626 (Chapter Muniments 33256).
GLASIER, JEFFERY, son of Jeffery Glasier, Admiralty Proctor ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1715 ; in under school list 1717 ; apprenticed to Samuel Robinson, citizen, 29 Jan 1718 ; adm.proctor, Court of Arches 1745 ; d. unm. 16 Jan 1756.
GLASSE, EDWARD ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1753 ; in school list 1754.
GLASSE, ISAAC ALLGOOD, son of John Glasse, St.Andrew’s, Holborn, London, “army subaltern on half-pay”, and Hannah (ODNB), writer on cookery, natural dau. of Isaac Allgood, Brandon White House, Northumberland ; bapt. St.Andrew, Holborn 19 Sep 1738 ; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1749/50 ; KS 1753 ; left 1754 ; petitioned for Writership, EICS ; went out to India, but apparently not in service of EIC ; d. in Bombay 1773 (administration of estate dated 12 Jun 1773).
GLASSE, JOHN, son of John Glasse, Carey Street, Lincoln’s Inn, London, scrivener and chapman, and Hannah, sister of Joseph Townsend, Charleston, South Carolina ; b. ; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1741/2 ; left 1744 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 20 Nov 1746 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 27 Mar 1749, matr. 1750 ; author, A Funeral Eclogue on the Death of the Prince of Wales, 1751, and Poems on several Occasions, 1763.
GLASSE, SAMUEL, second son of Rev.Richard Glasse, Vicar of Purton, Wilts., and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev.Samuel Arnold, Rector of Nettleton, Wilts. ; bapt. 18 Jun 1734 ; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1748 ; KS (Capt.) 1749 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1752, matr. 4 Jun 1752, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1752 – void by marriage 3 Aug 1757, readm. as fellow commoner 4 Aug 1757 ; BA 1756 ; MA 1759 ; BD and DD 1769 ; ordained priest 24 Sep 1758 (Canterbury) ; Domestic Chaplain to Margaret, Countess of Leicester 20 Aug 1756 ; schoolmaster, Greenford, Middlesex, licensed 13 Oct 1768, to retirement Jan 1792 ; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III from Apr 1772 ; Rector of Hanwell, Middlesex 16 Aug 1780 – Mar 1785 ; Vicar of Epsom, Surrey 13 Nov 1782-5 ; Vicar of Wanstead, Essex, from 24 Jul 1786 ; Prebendary of Wells from 15 Apr 1791 ; Prebendary of St.Paul’s from 29 Nov 1797 ; FRS 5 Jul 1764 ; a popular and eloquent preacher ; JP Middlesex ; author, The Piety Wisdom and Policy of promoting Sunday Schools, 1786, and other works ; m. 28 Jul 1757 Hannah, dau. of Giles Clutterbuck, Mill End, Eastington, Gloucs. ; d. 27 Apr 1812. ODNB.
GLEGG, —- ; b. ; in school list Dec 1788.
GLEGG, WILLIAM, second son of Sir William Glegg, Kt, Gayton, Cheshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Robert Cotton, Bart., MP, Combermere, Cheshire ; bapt. 6 Aug 1688 ; adm.1698 ; apprenticed to an attorney in London ; m. 14 Aug 1736 Lucy, dau. of Richard Dyot, Dyot Street, Bloomsbury ; d. 9 Nov 1738.
GLEIG, JAMES HOPE MORILLIAN WILSON, eighth son of Rev. George Robert Gleig, Chaplain-General to the Forces, Chaplain of Royal Hospital, Chelsea, and author, and Sarah, dau. of Capt. — Cameron, Kinlochleven, Inverness-shire [Maj. Angus Cameron, 37th Foot ?] ; b. Chelsea 12 Sep 1836 ; adm. 8 Feb 1848 (R) ; still at school 1851 ; clerk in office of Secretary at War Dec 1854 ; 2nd cl.Clerk, Accounts Dept., War Office Jul 1865 ; Senior Clerk 1871 ; retired July 1895 ; living Bentley, Hampshire 1901 (1901 Census) ; m. 14 Nov 1867 Mary, dau. of Francis Mowatt MP ; death registered Kingston third quarter 1927, aged 90.
GLEN, AUGUSTUS CUNNINGHAM, fourth son of William Cunningham Glen, Middle Temple, London, barrister, Principal Legal Adviser to Local Government Board, and Eliza, eldest dau. of John Nethersole, Kingston, Jamaica, merchant ; b. 1 Jul 1860 ; at Charterhouse Sch. 1870-2 ; adm. (G) 23 Jan 1873 ; left May 1875 ; 2nd Lieut., Royal Lancashire Militia 9 Apr 1880 ; served in South African War ; went out to Argentina ; employed by Southern Railway at Bahia Blanca ; m. 1st, 17 Mar 1884 (divorced 1892) Flora, third dau. of R.Richards, Camberwell, shipowner ; m.2nd, 30 Dec 1892 Ellen Smythe (marriage registered St.Pancras fourth quarter 1892, her surname given as Smyth) ; m.3rd, 1906 Jacinta Corbera, Argentina ; d. 26 Oct 1933.
GLENIE, —- ; b. ; at school 1793 ; in school list 1795.
GLERAWLY, WILLIAM, 1ST VISCOUNT, see ANNESLEY, WILLIAM, 1ST VISCOUNT GLERAWLY.
GLOVER, —– ; b. ; at school under Vincent ; played cricket against Eton at Lord’s 8 Aug 1799 (Lillywhite, Cricket Scores, i, 261). [possibly Richard Glover, an elder brother of Robert Glover (qv), apprenticed to Thomas Pilliner, apothecary 5 Mar 1799, although the date of the cricket match is after the start of his apprenticeship] [died early 1800 ?]
GLOVER, BRIGHT, brother of Robert Glover (qv) ; b. ; in school lists 1801, Oct 1803 ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 22 Mar 1810, scholar, matr. Mich.1810 ; migr. to Peterhouse 18 Dec 1811 ; BA 1814 ; MA 1817 ; ordained priest 1816 (Worcester) ; Curate, Kempsey, Worcs., 25 Jan 1815, Leiston, Suffolk 23 Feb 1828 ; m. 19 Aug 1829 Sarah, youngest dau. of Richard Highatt, Bristol ; d. in Jersey 25 Jan.1830.
GLOVER, ROBERT, son of Rev.Richard Glover, Ilford, Essex, and Sarah, dau. of — Clough (her mother Marian Clough was dame of a boarding house in Dean’s Yard) ; b. ; in school lists 1801, 1803 ; m. 4 Sep 1817 (IGI) Charlotte Ann Frances, dau. of Edward Mills Driffield, 2nd Lieut., Royal Marines, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, and sister of Rev.Joseph Charles Driffield, Vicar of Tolleshunt D’Arcy, Essex ; d. at Hastings, Sussex 28 Nov.1818, aged 29. [perhaps Ensign, 81st Foot 31 Mar 1807 ; Lieut., 38th Foot 5 Nov 1807, half-pay 1814]
GLOVER, THOMAS, son of John Glover, Bishopsgate, London, and Hannah, dau. of Rev.Thomas Sprat, Tallaton, Devon ; nephew of Right Rev.Thomas Sprat DD, Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster ; b ; in under school list 1715 ; KS (aged 14) 1720 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1724, matr.5 Jun 1724, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1724 – void 8 Apr.1735, expiry year of grace as Perpetual Curate, Hawkhurst, from 5 Apr 1734 ; perhaps adm.Inner Temple 27 Jan 1727/8 (father’s name not stated) ; ordained deacon 16 Jun 1728 (London), priest 1 Jun 1729 (Ely, lit.dim. from Canterbury) ; Perpetual Curate of Hawkhurst, Kent, from 9 Jun 1729 ; d. 9 Oct.1737.
GLOVER, WILLIAM, brother of Robert Glover (qv) ; b. ; in school lists 1801, 1803 ; d. in West Indies of yellow fever at age of 16, c.1810 (death reported GM 1810, 395).
GLYN, CARR JOHN, sixth son of Sir Richard Carr Glyn, Bart. (qv) ; b. 25 Jun 1799 ; adm. 15 Jan 1810 ; KS 1814 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1818, matr. 5 May 1818, Westminster Student 1818-25 ; BA 1821 ; MA 1827 ; ordained deacon 17 Dec 1826 (Bristol), priest 1829 ; Rector of Hinton Parva, Dorset, from 13 Feb.1830 ; Rector of Witchampton, Dorset, from 13 May 1830 ; JP Dorset ; m.1st, 21 Jul 1831 Augusta, dau. of John Grenfell Granville, Cadogan Place, London ; m.2nd, 25 Apr.1839 Anna, third dau. of Capt.William Henry Cleather, 1st Ceylon Regt. ; d. 25 Oct.1896.
GLYN, CLAYTON LOUIS, eldest son of Clayton William Feake Glyn (qv) ; b. 13 Jul 1857 ; adm. 20 Apr.1870 (G) ; Min.Can.1872 ; left Aug.1875 ; Merton Coll.Oxford, matr.20 Jan.1877 ; BA 1881 ; MA 1883 ; adm.Inner Temple 22 Nov 1879, called to bar 6 Jun 1883 ; South-Eastern Circuit ; JP Essex ; m. 27 Apr.1892 Elinor Glyn, novelist (ODNB), younger dau. of Douglas Sutherland, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, civil engineer ; d. 10 Nov.1915.
GLYN, CLAYTON WILLIAM FEAKE, eldest son of Thomas Clayton Glyn (qv) ; b. 13 Sept.1821 ; adm. 10 Jun 1833 (G) ; KS 1835 ; Capt. of the School 1839 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1840, matr.30 Jun 1840, Westminster Student ; BA 1844 ; MA 1846 ; adm. Inner Temple 28 Jan.1843, called to bar 29 Jan.1847 ; Home Circuit ; of Durrington House, Essex ; JP Essex, chairman Harlow bench for many years ; a painting of a scene from the Eunuchus, in which he took the part of Chaerea in 1839, when the Greek dress was introduced for the first time, was presented to the Elizabethan Club by his son Clayton Louis Glyn (qv) ; m. 25 Jul 1855 Mary Jane, dau. of Thomas Perry, EICS Bengal, Moor Hall, Essex ; d. 30 Dec.1887.
GLYN, EGERTON ROBERT, youngest son of Thomas Clayton Glyn (qv) ; b. 23 Jan 1827 ; adm. 5 Jul 1837 (G) ; QS 1841 ; rowed against Eton 1 Aug.1843 ; left 1844 ; at Haileybury Coll. 1845-6 ; Writer, EICS Bombay 1847 ; Third Assistant to Collector, Kaira 1848 ; Second Assistant to Collector, Surat 1849 ; d. at Bombay 8 Sep 1852.
GLYN, SIR GEORGE, BART., second son of Sir Richard Glyn, Bart., MP, Lord Mayor of London, and his first wife Susannah, only dau. of George Lewen MP, Ewell, Surrey ; b. ; adm. (aged 13) Apr 1752 ; in school list 1754 ; Lincoln Coll.Oxford, matr.15 May 1758 ; BA 1760 ; MA 1763 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 5 May 1757 ; adm.Inner Temple 10 Apr 1761, called to bar 1 May 1761 ; succ.father as 2nd baronet 1 Jan.1773 ; m.1st, 7 Jul 1768 Jane, dau. of Rev.Watkin Lewes, Rector of Newport, Pembs., and sister of Sir Watkin Lewes Kt MP, Lord Mayor and Alderman of London ; m.2nd, 11 Jun 1796 Catherine, youngest dau. of Rev.Gervas Powell, Rector of Llanharan, Glamorgan ; d. 4 Sep 1814.
GLYN, GEORGE CARR, 1ST BARON WOLVERTON, fifth son of Sir Richard Carr Glyn, Bart. (qv) ; b. 27 Mar 1797 ; adm. 2 Oct 1807 ; banker, firm Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co., Lombard Street, London, of which he eventually became head (partner from 1819, senior partner from 1863) ; chairman, London and Birmingham Railway Co 1837-46, London and North-Western Railway Co 1846-52 ; MP (Whig/Liberal) Kendal 1847-68 ; created Baron Wolverton 14 Dec 1869 ; took Liberal whip in House of Lords ; one of HM Lieuts for City of London ; JP Middlesex ; m. 23 Mar 1823 Marianne, dau. of Pascoe Grenfell MP, Taplow, Bucks. ; d. 24 Jul 1873. ODNB.
GLYN, GEORGE HENRY, third son of Thomas Glyn (qv) ; b. 31 Jan 1796 ; adm. 26 Mar 1806 ; KS 1809 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1814, matr. 23 May 1814, Westminster Student ; 1stcl.Mathematics and 3rd cl.Classics 1817 ; BA 1817 ; MA 1820 ; ordained deacon 7 June 1819 (Oxford), priest 28 May 1820 (Chester, lit.dim. from Canterbury) ; Curate Brasted, Kent 1820 ; Vicar of Henham, Essex, from 30 Jan 1824 ; m. 9 Nov.1826 Elizabeth, only dau. of Joseph Smith, Shortgrove, Essex ; d. 4 Mar.1847.
GLYN, SIR GEORGE LEWEN, BART., second son of Sir George Glyn, Bart. (qv), and his second wife ; b. 10 Sep 1805 ; adm. 19 Jan.1818 (G) ; left 1823 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.30 Mar 1824 ; migr. to St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 20 Oct 1829, matr.Mich.1829 ; ordained deacon 19 Dec 1830, priest 10 Jul 1831 (both Winchester) 1831 ; Vicar of Ewell, Surrey, 10 Jul 1831-81 ; succ.brother as 4th baronet 28 Jul 1840 ; author, The Life of Elisha, 1857 ; m. 1st, 6 Sep 1838 Emily Jane, dau. of Josiah Birch, St.Petersburg, Russia, merchant ; m.2nd, 5 May 1850 his cousin Henrietta Amelia, eldest dau. of Richard Carr Glyn (qv) ; d. 7 Nov.1885.
GLYN, HENRY THOMAS, second son of Thomas Clayton Glyn (qv) ; b. 21 Apr.1822 ; adm. 24 Sep 1834 (G) ; KS 1837 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1841, matr. 26 May 1841, Westminster Student 1841-5 ; migrated to New Inn Hall, Oxford ; BA 1845 ; ordained deacon 1846, priest 1847 (both Norwich) ; Curate of Harkstead, Suffolk ; Rector of Melbury Abbas, Dorset 1847-80 ; Prebendary of Salisbury from 1872 ; Rector of Fontmell Magna, Dorset 1880-93 ; m. 5 Oct 1848 Mary Frederica, dau. of Capt.William Frederick Schreiber, 11th Light Dragoons, Melton Place, Suffolk ; d. 22 Jan.1900.
GLYN, SIR JULIUS RICHARD, third son of Thomas Clayton Glyn (qv) ; b. 15 Apr.1824 ; adm. 3 Apr 1837 (G) ; RMC Sandhurst ; Ensign, 82nd Foot 16 Jul 1841 ; Rifle Brigade 17 Jul 1841 ; Lieut., 13 Oct 1843 ; Adjt., 30 Apr 1847 – 8 Jun 1848 ; Capt., 9 Jun 1848 ; Brevet Maj., 12 Dec 1854 ; Brevet Lieut.-Col., 6 Jun 1856 ; Maj., 5 Jun 1857 ; Lieut.-Col., 5 Nov 1861 ; Col., 29 Oct 1862 ; Maj.-Gen., 28 Jun 1868 ; Lieut.-Gen., 5 Nov 1880 ; Gen., 1 Oct 1886 ; served in South Africa 1848, Kaffir War 1852-3, Crimean War 1854-6, Indian Mutiny 1857-9 ; AAG Auxiliary Forces, Ireland 1873-5 ; in command, Dublin District 1878-81 ; Col., Lincolnshire Regt., 29 Nov 1890 ; Col.commandant, 2nd batt., Rifle Brigade 29 Jul 1903 ; CB 14 May 1859 ; KCB 29 May 1886 ; m.1st, 9 May 1857 Adelaide, dau. of William Lea, Areley House, Stourport, Worcs. ; m.2nd, 2 Oct 1890 Julia, widow of Col. Henry Hamilton Maxwell CB, Bengal Army, previously EICS Bengal, and dau. of Major-Gen. St.George Daniel Showers CB, EICS Bengal ; d. 16 Jun 1905.
GLYN, R. ; b. ; adm. ; name up school, with date 1637.
GLYN, R. ; b. ; adm. ; name up school, with date 1730. [But it is not very likely that an individual of this name would have been at the school in 1730 if his name neither occurs in the admission register nor in contemporary school lists]
GLYN, SIR RICHARD CARR, BART., eldest son of Sir Richard Glyn, Bart., MP, banker, Lord Mayor of London, and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Carr, Hampton, Middlesex, silk merchant ; half-brother of Sir George Glyn, Bart. (qv) ; b. 2 Feb.1755 ; adm. 28 Sep 1767 ; left 1772 ; Supernumary Clerk, Treasury 2 Jul 1772-3, Under Clerk 18 Mar 1773 – Oct 1775 ; entered family bank, of which he became senior partner in 1789 ; Alderman, Bishopsgate Ward 5 Oct 1790 – 1829, Bridge Ward Without 27 Jan 1829 – 3 Feb 1835 (“father of the City” 1829-35) ; Sheriff, City of London 1790-1, Lord Mayor 1798-9 ; President, Bridewell Hospital, from 1798 ; Master, Salters’ Co. 1791 ; MP St.Ives 1796-1802 ; created baronet 22 Nov 1800 ; FSA 26 Nov 1795 ; m. 2 Jul 1785 Mary, only dau. of John Plumptre MP, Fredville, Kent ; d. 27 Apr.1838. ODNB.
GLYN, RICHARD CARR, second son of Thomas Glyn (qv) ; b. 5 Feb 1794 ; adm. ; KS 1807 ; left 1809 ; at Haileybury Coll. 1809-11 ; Writer, EICS Bengal 30 Apr 1809 ; arrived in India 19 Aug 1812 ; in England 1813-8 ; Register and Assistant to Judge and Magistrate, Bareilly 5 Jul 1818 ; after holding several other posts, appointed Officiating Magistrate, Meerut 1824 ; Civil and Sessions Judge, Meerut 18 Mar 1837 ; retd Jan 1841 ; m. 5 May 1828 Jane Florentia, dau. of Henry Creighton [Bengal, indigo planter ?] ; d. 4 Dec 1875.
GLYN, RICHARD HENRY, eldest son of Thomas Christopher Glyn (qv) ; b. 20 Jun 1818 ; adm. 24 Apr 1830 (G) ; left Midsummer 1831 ; at Harrow School 1831-5 ; Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards 2 Dec 1836 ; Lieut. and Capt., 9 Apr 1841 ; retd 18 May 1846 ; d. 11 Apr 1851.
GLYN, SIR RICHARD PLUMPTRE, BART., eldest son of Sir Richard Carr Glyn, Bart. (qv) ; b. 13 Jun 1787 ; in school lists 1801, 1803 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.20 Oct 1804 ; migrated to Brasenose Coll. 1804 ; MA 1818 ; partner, Glyn Mills Currie & Co., bankers ; a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber from 1809 ; succ.father as 2nd Baronet 27 Apr.1838 ; DL JP Dorset, High Sheriff 1841 ; d. unm. 20 Dec 1863.
GLYN, ROBERT SPENCER, youngest son of Thomas Glyn (qv) ; b. 23 May 1798 ; adm. 30 Mar 1808 ; KS 1813 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1817, matr.22 May 1817, Westminster Student ; BA 1820 ; MA 1823 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 16 Nov 1821 ; d. 3 Jan 1857.
GLYN, ROBERT THOMAS JOHN, second son of Sir Richard Carr Glyn, Bart. (qv) ; b. 5 Sep 1788 ; in school list 1801 ; Writer, EICS Bengal 27 Sep 1804 ; arrived in India 13 Sep 1805 ; Assistant to Register of Provincial Court, Benares 11 Mar 1807 ; after holding several other posts appointed Acting Judge and Magistrate, Bareilly, and Joint Magistrate, Bulandshahr 10 Feb 1818 ; Judge and Magistrate, Bareilly 12 Feb 1819 ; left India 23 Jan 1823 ; m. 13 Jun 1829 Frederica Elizabeth, third dau. of Henry Harford, Down Place, Berks. ; d. 27 Mar 1836.
GLYN, THOMAS, brother of Sir Richard Carr Glyn, Bart. (qv) ; b. 6 Apr 1756 ; adm. 28 Sep 1767 ; left 1772 ; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 7 Jun 1773 ; Lieut. and Capt., 15 Jun 1776 ; Adjt., 2nd battalion 25 Aug 1779 ; Capt. and Lieut.-Col., 21 Jan 1782 ; Brevet Col., 12 Oct 1783 ; retd 5 Mar 1794 ; served in Flanders and in American War ; captured the French colours at Lincelles, near Lille 18 Aug 1793 ; m. 6 Sep 1788 Henrietta Elizabeth Sackville, dau. of Ven.Thomas Hollingberry, Archdeacon of Calcutta ; d. 24 Aug.1813.
GLYN, THOMAS CHRISTOPHER, third son of Sir Richard Carr Glyn, Bart. (qv) ; b. 5 Oct 1789 ; in school list 1801 ; left 1806 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.23 Oct 1806 ; BA 1811 ; MA 1815 ; Fellow, Merton Coll. 1814-7 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 21 Jun 1810, called to bar 18 Nov 1815 ; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1819 to death) ; m. 24 Mar 1817 Grace Julia, dau. of Thomas Charles Bigge (qv) ; d. 19 Aug 1827.
GLYN, THOMAS CLAYTON, eldest son of Thomas Glyn (qv) ; b. 9 Nov 1789 ; in school list 1801 ; KS 1803 ; Capt. of the School 1807 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1808, matr.27 May 1808, Westminster Student ; 1st cl.Mathematics and 3rd cl.Classics 1811 ; BA 1812 ; MA 1814 ; ordained deacon 20 Dec 1812, priest 19 Dec 1813 (both Oxford) ; Rector of Widford, Herts., 17 Mar 1826 – Jun 1831 ; m. 20 Jul 1820 Jemima Julia, dau. of William Hammond, St.Alban’s Court, Kent ; d. 17 Jun 1860.
GLYN, WILLIAM, son of William Ginger (adm.1775, qv) ; b. 18 Feb 1810 ; adm. 19 Apr 1819 ; Extra Clerk, Ingrossment Office 1830-5, Junior Clerk 1835-49, Assistant Clerk 1849-84 ; assumed surname of Glyn in lieu of Ginger 1 Jan 1867 ; m. 6 Jun 1843 Laura Jane, only dau. of William Gibson, Greensted Hall, Essex, solicitor and Clerk of the Peace for Essex ; d. 25 Jan 1890.
GLYNNE, SIR JOHN, third son of Sir William Glynne, Kt MP, Glynllifon, Caernarvonshire, and Jane, dau. of John Griffith MP, Plas Mawr, Caernarvon ; b. ; adm.1615 (Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, iii, 752) ; Hart Hall, Oxford, matr.9 Nov 1621, aged 18 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 27 Jan 1620/1, called to bar 24 Jun 1628, Bencher 8 Jul 1641 ; Recorder of Westminster 28 Jan 1635/6 ; elected MP both for Westminster and Caernarvon Apr 1640, choosing to sit for Westminster ; re-elected MP Westminster Oct 1640 ; acted with the Presbyterian party during the Long Parliament ; one of managers of Strafford’s impeachment ; impeached the bishops at the bar of the House of Lords 30 Dec 1641 ‘ one of committee to consider the attempted arrest of the five members 1642 ; Recorder, City of London 30 May 1643 – 25 Aug 1649 ; took the Covenant 22 Sep 1643 ; Counsel for University of Cambridge 1647-60 ; one of the eleven members who were most active in attempting to disband the army ; excluded from the House of Commons 12 Jul 1647, and expelled and committed to the Tower 7 Sep 1647 ; released 23 May 1648 and readmitted to the House 7 Jun 1648 ; one of the Commissioners appointed to treat with the King in the Isle of Wight ; again excluded from the House 12 Dec 1648 ; MP Caernarvonshire Jul 1654 ; Serjeant to the Lord Protector, and Commissione of Assize, Oxford Circuit ; presided at the trial of those concerned in Penruddocke’s rebellion Apr 1655 ; Chief Justice of the Upper Bench 15 Jun 1655, resigned Trinity term 1659 ; MP Flintshire Aug 1656 – 10 Dec 1657 ; tried Miles Sindercombe for high treason 9 Feb 1656/7 ; supported Packe’s “petition and advice” that Cromwell should assume the title of king ; member, Other House of Parliament 1657 ; MP Caernarvonshire Apr – Dec 1660 ; Chairman, Committee of Ways and Means, House of Commons May – Sep 1660 ; Serjeant-at-law 1 Jun 1660, King’s Serjeant 8 Nov 1660 ; knighted 16 Nov 1660 ; thrown from his horse when taking part in coronation procession and nearly killed, 23 Apr 1661 ; one of the Counsel for the Crown in the prosecution of Sir Harry Vane (qv) for high treason Jun 1662 ; a powerful advocate and an able judge, but as a politician more or less a time-server ; purchased Hawarden Castle estate, Flintshire 1654 ; m.1st, 2 May 1633 Frances, dau. of Arthur Squibb, Clarenceux King of Arms and Teller of the Exchequer ; m.2nd, Anne, widow of Sir Thomas Lawley, Bart., MP, and dau. of John Manning, Cralle Place, Walberton, Sussex ; d. 15 Nov 1666. ODNB.
GLYNNE, THOMAS, second son of Sir John Glynne (qv) ; b. ; in school lists 1656 ; a boarder ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 19 Dec 1657, aged 17, matr.Easter 1658 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 25 Nov 1658, called to bar 13 May 1670 ; inherited his father’s estates in Anglesey and Caernarvonshire ; d. unm. 1685 (will proved PCC 19 Jun 1685, as of Lincoln’s Inn).
GOATE, EDWARD, only son of Edward Goate, Brent Eleigh, Suffolk, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Barnardiston, Wyverston and Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1750 ; in school list 1754 ; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 23 May 1758 ; Lieut. and Capt., 23 Sep 1762 ; retd. 26 Aug.1769 ; of Brent Eleigh, Suffolk ; Col., East Suffolk Militia, from 14 Jan 1779, with rank Col. in Army from 2 Jul 1779 (and 14 Mar 1794) ; d. unm. (?) 25 May 1803.
GODDARD, —- ; b. ; in school lists 1801, May 1803 ; left 1803.
GODDARD, THOMAS, eldest son of Guybon Goddard MP, Serjeant-at-law, sometime Recorder of King’s Lynn, and Mary, dau. of John Greene, Bois Hall, Essex, Serjeant-at-law ; bapt.St.Olave, Old Jewry, London 11 May 1643 (IGI) ; at school 1657-8 (Busby’s Account Book) ; Christ’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 21 Feb 1659/60, aged 17, matr.16 Apr 1660 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 30 Jun 1659 ; of Brampton Hall, Norfolk ; m. (by 1669) Mary, dau. of Sir Henry Crofts, Kt MP, Little Saxham, Suffolk.
GODFREE, GODFREE WILLIAM, son of William Ginger (adm.1775, qv) ; b. 23 Jun 1808 ; adm. 30 Mar 1818 ; succeeded his father as bookseller to the School in 1830 ; retired from business Christmas 1874 and shortly afterwards assumed the surname of Godfree in lieu of Ginger ; d. unm. 28 May 1881.
GODFREY, SIR EDMUND BERRY, brother of Richard Godfrey (qv) ; b. 23 Dec 1621 ; adm. ; KS ; a contributor to the congratulatory verses to Charles I on the birth of Princess Amelia 1636/7, written by KSS while at Chiswick ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.23 Nov 1638 ; adm.Grays Inn 3 Dec 1640 ; became a woodmonger, and in 1658 acquired a wharf at Hartshorn Lane, near Charing Cross ; JP Westminster ; knighted 18 Sep 1666, for “his eminent service done in helping to suppress the late fire in the City” (London Gazette, 17-20 Sep 1666) ; offended the Court by causing the arrest of the King’s Physician for a debt due to him for firewood, and was imprisoned for six days in the porter’s lodge at Whitehall 1669 ; a zealous Protestant, and “esteemed the best justice of the peace in England” ; received the first depositions of Titus Oates concerning the Popish Plot 16 Sept 1678 ; found dead in a ditch on the south side of Primrose Hill, near Hampstead, unm., 17 Oct 1678, three probably innocent persons subsequently being hanged at Tyburn for his murder. Memorial tablet in East Cloister, Westminster Abbey. ODNB.
GODFREY, EDWARD, brother of Richard Godfrey (qv) ; b. 16 Jul 1627 ; adm. ; KS May 1640 (“Domestic Chronicle of Thos.Godfrey”, Topog. and Gen. ii, 463) ; “puer optimae spei, et indolis dux et decus 5 classis huius Scholae” ; d. at school 8 Jun 1640. Buried East Cloister, Westminster Abbey, where there is a tablet in his memory.
GODFREY, EDWARD LEE, eldest son of Thomas Spragging Godfrey, Balderton Hall, Notts., banker, and Emily Mary, dau. of John Lee Lee (qv) ; grandson of Thomas Spragging Godfrey (qv) ; b. 15 Dec 1867 ; adm. (G) 25 Sep 1879 ; left May 1880 ; at Haileybury Sch.1880-4 ; proprietor, Gloucester Incubator Co.Ltd., Woodchester, Gloucs. ; m. 25 Jun 1917 Blanche Helena, dau. of Gen. Sir Edward Stanton KCB KCMG, Royal Engineers ; d. 12 Mar 1935.
GODFREY, JAMES GEORGE, brother of Sir William Duncan Godfrey, Bart. (qv) ; b. 4 Jun 1808 ; adm. 14 Jan 1819 ; m. 30 Mar 1843 Mary Isabella, eldest dau. of Rev.Francis Richard Maunsell, Rector of Castle Island, Co.Kerry ; d. 1894 [but presumably James George Godfrey, death registered Richmond, Surrey, fourth quarter 1893, aged 85]
GODFREY, JOHN, brother of Richard Godfrey (qv) ; b. 3 Sep 1620 ; adm. ; KS 1635 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1638, matr.22 Mar 1638/9, Westminster Student ; BA 1642 ; travelled for several years on continent ; d. at Paris 19 Jan 1654. Memorial tablet, East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
GODFREY, JOHN, son of Benjamin Godfrey, Watlington, Oxfordshire, and Ann — (IGI) (perhaps Fitton) ; bapt.Watlington, Oxfordshire 3 Oct 1712 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1725/6 ; KS 1727 ; d. 1727.
GODFREY, RAYMOND HILL, eldest son of John Richard Race Godfrey, Grove Road, Surbiton, Surrey, stockbroker, and Jane Mary Margaret, dau. of Lieut.-Col.John Humphrey Edward Hill CB, 23rdFoot, Hill’s Court, Exeter, Devon ; b. 14 Feb 1859 ; adm. 22 Sep 1871 ; QS 21 Jan 1874 ; left May 1876 ; a coffee planter in Ceylon ; on return to England became a member of the London Stock Exchange, adm.1899 ; m. 17 Jul 1890 Kate, youngest dau. of Vice Adm.Sir George Strong Nares KCB FRS, Rochester House, Surbiton ; d. 5 Nov 1925.
GODFREY, RICHARD, son of Thomas Godfrey MP, Sellinge, Kent, and his second wife Sarah, dau. of Thomas Iles, Hammersmith, Middlesex, Proctor, Court of Arches ; b. 8 Apr 1619 ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1637, matr.7 Jul 1637, Westminster Student ; BA 1641 ; MA 1647 ; took the Solemn League and Covenant ; a delegate to the Parliamentary Visitors 30 Sep 1647, and “willingly” submitted to the Visitation 1648 (Burrows, ed., 1881, 33, 71) ; d. 23 Mar 1648/9. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, memorial tablet in East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
GODFREY, ROBERT, brother of Sir William Duncan Godfrey, Bart. (qv) ; b. 6 Oct 1807 ; adm. 14 Jan 1819.
GODFREY, STUART HILL, brother of Raymond Hill Godfrey (qv) ; b. 2 Jun 1861 ; adm. 31 Mar 1875 ; QS 1876 ; left May 1879 ; RMC Sandhurst 1880 ; 2nd Lieut., 2nd Foot 22 Jan 1881 ; Lieut., Royal West Surrey Regt. 1 Jul 1881 ; Bombay Staff Corps 17 Nov 1883 ; Wing Officer, 24th Bombay Native Infantry 30 Jan 1885 ; Capt., Indian Staff Corps 22 Jan 1892 ; Maj., 22 Jan 1901 ; supernumary list 25 Apr 1899 ; Lieut.-Col., 22 Jan 1907 ; retd. 1916 ; served Waziristan expedition 1901-2, Mohmand expedition 1908 ; Political Assistant May 1892, Political Agent Apr 1900 ; Political Agent, Zhob Mar 1901, Swat and Chitral Nov 1902, Baghelkand May 1911 ; CIE 14 Aug 1908 ; author, translation of Pushkin’s Kapitanskaya Dochka ; m. 24 Sep 1896 Gwendolen Beatrice Nesta, dau. of Lieut.-Col.Sir Adelbert Cecil Talbot KCIE, Indian Staff Corps, Resident in Kashmir ; d. 29 Nov 1941.
GODFREY, THOMAS, brother of Richard Godfrey (qv) ; b. 13 Apr.1626 ; adm. ; KS (Capt.) 1639 ; elected to Ch.Ch.Oxford 1641, matr.10 Dec 1641, Westminster Student ; d. before 1696. Memorial tablet, East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
GODFREY, THOMAS SPRAGGING, only son of Edward Smith Godfrey, Balderton, Newark, Notts., attorney and banker, and Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel Davie Bullivant, Oakham, Rutland ; b.1800 ; adm. 28 May 1812 ; left 1814 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 26 Mar 1817, matr. Mich.1818 ; BA 1822 ; MA 1828 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 11 Jun 1819 ; partner, Godfrey and Hutton, bankers, Newark, from c.1829 ; Alderman, Newark Town Council, Mayor 1836 ; of Balderton Hall, Notts. ; High Sheriff, Nottinghamshire 1853 ; m. 1st, 15 Sep 1823 Jane, dau. of Rev.Henry Houson, Vicar of Southwell, Notts., and Vicar Choral of Southwell Minster ; m.2nd, 13 Jun 1829 Elizabeth, eldest dau. of William Edward Tallents, Newark, Notts., solicitor and agent to Duke of Newcastle ; d. Jul 1859.
GODFREY, SIR WILLIAM DUNCAN, BART., eldest son of Sir John Godfrey, Bart., Kilcoleman Abbey, co.Kerry, and Eleanor, eldest dau. of John Cromie, Cromore, co.Antrim ; b. 30 Aug.1797 ; adm. 10 Sep 1811 ; DL JP co.Kerry, High Sheriff 1830 ; succ.father as 3rd baronet 21 Jan 1841 ; of Kilcoleman Abbey, co.Kerry ; m. 14 Oct 1824 Maria Theresa, second dau. of John Coltsman, Flesk Castle, Killarney, co.Kerry ; d. 28 Sep 1873.
GODIN, BENJAMIN ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1724 ; left 1724 ; of parish St.James, Westminster ; m. 21 Jul 1743 Elizabeth Boatson, St.James’s, Westminster. [perhaps of Princes Street, Cavendish Square, St.Marylebone, will dated 1 Jul 1772, proved by widow Elizabeth PCC 3 May 1773] [perhaps a son of Benjamin Godin, Charleston, South Carolina, merchant, who was reported in Mar 1724 as intending to go to England] [mother, if so, Mary Anne, dau. of Isaac Mazyck, Charleston, South Carolina ?]
GODLEY, ARTHUR, son of Rev.Tridoory Godley, Minister to the Westminster Assembly of Divines ; b. ; in school lists 1656 ; KS Christmas quarter 1656 ; a petition by his father to the Governors for his appointment as a Bishop’s Boy, and a complaint of 1657 by three of the monitors about Godley’s eccentric behaviour when in College are preserved among the Chapter Muniments (43087, 43116). [father presumably Tridory Godlye, husband of Mary —, whose dau. Susanna was bapt. St Dunstan in the East, London 22 Nov 1649]
GODOLPHIN, FRANCIS, eldest son of Sir William Godolphin, Kt, MP, Spargor, Cornwall, and his first wife Ruth, dau. of Sir John Lambe, Kt, Colston, Wilts., Dean of the Arches ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1640 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1642, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1642, aged 14 (see Christ Church Archives, Box 127) ; imprisoned in the Fleet Prison “for treason in holding correspondence with Charles Stuart, and levying war against the Parliament” Sep 1651, released on bail Dec 1651 ; of Colston, Wilts. ; m.1st, Elizabeth, fifth dau. of Sir John Gayer, Kt, Lord Mayor of London ; lic. to m.2nd, 16 Aug 1669 Elizabeth, widow of Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bart., and dau. and coheiress of Nicholas Johnson, London ; d. 1670 (will dated 3 Feb 1667, proved PCC 31 Jan 1672).
GODOLPHIN, SIR WILLIAM, brother of Francis Godolphin (qv) ; bapt. 2 Feb 1634/5 ; adm. ; Min.Can. (aged 13) 1648 ; KS 1650 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1651, matr. 21 Jun 1651, Westminster Student ; MA 14 Jan 1660/1 ; DCL 28 Sep 1663 ; Under-Secretary, Secretary of State’s Office Oct 1662 – Dec 1665 ; Auditor of the Exchequer 7 Oct 1664 –91 ; FRS 2 Nov 1664 ; MP Camelford 30 Oct 1665- Jul 1679 (but probably never took his seat in House of Commons) ; Secretary to Earl of Sandwich, Ambassador in Spain Dec 1665 ; employed in negotiations at Madrid in 1666-7 which led to a commercial treaty with Spain ; knighted 28 Aug 1668 ; Envoy Extraordinary to Spain, 1669-71 ; Ambassador at Madrid 1671- Nov 1678 ; recalled under suspicion of having become a Roman Catholic, but preferred to remain in Spain and soon afterwards openly professed himself a Catholic ; his “notarial act”, providing for a posthumous will by the Procurator-General of the Jesuits and others, was declared null and void by Act of Parliament 1698 ; d. unm. at Madrid, Spain 11 Jul 1696. ODNB.
GODSALVE, JOHN ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1 Feb 1547/8 (Acts of Chapter).
GODWIN, — ; b. ; adm. 20 Jan 1768 ; left Aug 1771.
GODWIN, ANDREW ; b. ; adm. (aged 14) May 1718 ; in under school list 1719.
GODWIN, EDWARD ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1676.
GODWIN, HENRY ; b. ; adm. (aged 7) Jun 1717 ; left 1717.
GODWIN, HENRY ; b. ; in under school lists 1724-6, school list 1727/8 (fifth form).
GODWIN, JAMES ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1750 ; in under school list 1752.
GODWIN, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. (aged 7) Apr 1725 ; left 1728 (Godin in 1725, 1726, Godwin in 1727, 1728, Goodwin in Feb 1727/8).
GODWINE, —- ; b. ; adm. ; a pensioner 1611, tutor, Mr Roger Edwardes (the individual of that name who was the Abbey’s Chief Verger ?) (Chapter Muniments 33664).
GOFFE, THOMAS, son of Rev.Christopher Goffe, Vicar of Great Waltham, Essex ; b. ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1609, matr.3 Nov 1609, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1624 ; BA 1613 ; MA 1616 (incorp.Cambridge 1617) ; BD 1623 ; ordained deacon 20 Dec 1618 (London), priest 17 Mar 1621 (Oxford) ; Rector of East Clandon, Surrey, from 29 May 1622 ; “a quaint preacher, and a person of excellent language and expression” (Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, ed.Bliss, ii, 463) ; author of Latin orations delivered by him at Oxford 1620, 1622, of three tragedies performed at Christ Church during his lifetime (although published posthumously), and of a tragi-comedy, The Careless Shepherdess, performed with great applause before the King and Queen at Salisbury ; m. “a meer Xantippe, the widow of his predecessor [at East Clandon, Rev.Alexander Adams]” (Wood, ibid.) ; d. 26 Jul 1629. ODNB.
GOLD, ROBERT, son of Edward Gold, Melbury, Dorset, “pleb.” ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1664 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1667, matr.12 Jul 1667, aged 18, Westminster Student 14 Sep 1668 – void 1691 ; BA 1671 ; MA 1674 ; ordained deacon 20 Sep 1674, priest 28 Feb 1674/5 (both Oxford) ; Rector of Shangton, Leics., from 19 Apr 1689 ; d. 1719 (dead by 20 Nov).
GOLDBORNE, WILLIAM, son of Uriah Goldborne, St.Margaret’s, Westminster ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) Aug 1719 ; Min.Can.1724, 1725 ; in school list 1727/8 (sixth form, as Robert Goldborne) ; Balliol Coll.Oxford, matr.17 Oct 1728 ; BA 1732.
GOLDFINCHE, THOMAS, of London ; b. ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1606, adm.scholar 1607 ; BA 1610/1 ; MA 1614 ; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1612 – c.1621 ; ordained by 1621 ; Curate, St.Mary the Great, Cambridge (occurs 1625) ; Vicar of Eaton Bray, Beds., 29 Aug 1628-30 ; Vicar of Marsworth, Bucks., to res.1630 ; described by Cole as “poeta Lat. elegantissimus”.
GOLDFRAP, GEORGE ALFRED, son of John George Goldfrap, St.Kitts, West Indies, [Capt., 15thFoot ?] and Sarah, dau. of William Wharton, St Kitts ; b. 18 Oct 1789 ; in school list 1803 ; KS (aged 14) 1805 ; left 1809 ; Ensign, 70th Foot 1 Mar 1809 ; Lieut., 3 Oct 1811 ; Capt., 3 Sep 1829 ; Paymaster, 1 Mar 1832 ; m. at Quebec, Canada, c.May 1823 Phillis Eleanor Hornsby ; d. on passage from West Indies 25 Jul 1839.
GOLDIE, BRUCE MORTON, son of Bruce Goldie, Tedworth Square, Chelsea, Middlesex, brewery manager, and Mary Agnes, second dau. of Alexander Morton, St.George’s Road, Glasgow ; b. 4 Jan 1869 ; adm. 16 Jun 1881 (H) ; QS 31 May 1883 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford July 1887 ; BA 1891 ; MA 1909 ; engaged in tutorial work ; a university coach at Oxford 1904-14 ; assistant master, St.Edward’s School, Oxford 1915-25 ; again a university coach, Oxford, from 1925 ; d. Jan 1959.
GOLDING, —– ; b. ; adm. 1656 (school lists 1656, last two quarters).
GOLDING, GEORGE GOLDING, only son of William Graves, Downing Street, Westminster, surgeon, and Mary, dau. of George Golding, Poslingford, Suffolk ; bapt.St.Margaret, Westminster 19 Dec 1756 ; adm. 1 Jun 1769 ; left Dec 1774 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 11 Nov 1773 ; University Coll.Oxford, matr. 18 Oct 1774, aged 18 ; BA 1778 ; MA 1781 ; ordained deacon 28 Oct 1782, priest 21 Dec 1782 (Norwich) ; Rector of Thorington, Suffolk, from 23 Dec 1782 ; Rector of Kelsale, Suffolk, from 9 Feb 1787 ; assumed surname of Golding in lieu of Graves by Act of Parliament 1804, pursuant to will of his uncle George Golding ; d. 3 Mar 1806.
GOLDSMID, LOUIS DAVISON, see DE VISME, LOUIS DAVISON.
GOLDSWORTHY, PHILIP, son of Burrington Goldsworthy, British Consul successively at Leghorn and Cadiz, and Philippia, dau. of Capt.Philip Vanbrugh, Royal Navy ; b. Livorno, Italy ; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1748/9 ; in school list 1754 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 9 Apr 1755 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 10 Oct 1755, scholar 14 May 1756, matr. Easter 1756 ; Cornet, 1st Royal Dragoons 17 Dec 1756 ; Adjt. and Sub-Lieut., Second Troop, Horse Grenadier Guards 7 Apr 1759 ; Lieut., 1st Royal Dragoons 29 Mar 1760 ; Capt., 18 Nov 1768 ; Maj., 4 May 1776 ; Lieut.-Col., 28 Apr 1779 ; Col. in the Army 20 Oct 1784 ; Maj.-Gen., 20 Dec 1793 ; Col., 1st Royal Dragoons, from 28 Jan 1794 ; Lieut.-Gen., 26 Jun 1799 ; served in Seven Years War ; Equerry to King George III from 29 Mar 1778, First Equerry and Clerk Marshal of the Royal Mews from 14 Mar 1788 ; MP Wilton 2 Feb 1785 – Jan 1788, and from 15 Feb 1794 ; references to him and to his sister, Sub-Governess at the Palace, will be found in the Diary and Letters of Madame D’Arblay ; d. unm. 4 Jan 1801.
GOLDWELL, HENRY, son of Henry Goldwell, London ; bapt.St.Bartholomew the Great, London 18 Nov 1617 (IGI) ; adm. ; Min.Can. (aged 11) 1629 ; KS 1630 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1634, but never adm.
GOOCH, CHARLES JOHN, second son of Sir Thomas Sherlock Gooch, Bart. (qv) ; b. 17 Jul 1803 ; adm. 17 Jan 1816 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.24 Nov 1821 ; BA 1826 ; MA 1828 ; ordained deacon 15 Oct 1826, priest 7 Oct 1827 (both Norwich) ; Rector of South Cove, Suffolk, from 12 Apr 1828 ; Rector of Toppesfield, Essex, from 12 Dec 1828 ; m. 17 Jul 1832 Agatha, younger dau. of Charles Hanbury, Sloe Farm, Halstead, Essex ; d. 25 Jun 1876.
GOOCH, SIR EDWARD SHERLOCK, BART., eldest son of Sir Thomas Sherlock Gooch, Bart. (qv) ; b. 6 Jun 1802 ; adm. 10 Jan 1815 ; left Bartholomewtide 1817 ; Cornet, 14th Light Dragoons 27 May 1819 ; Lieut., 12 Oct 1820 ; Capt., 30 Dec 1824 ; retd. 19 Apr 1827 ; MP (Cons) East Suffolk from Feb.1846 ; Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons from 1851 ; succ.father as 6th baronet 18 Dec 1851 ; m. 1st, 23 Jan 1828 Louisa Anna Maria, second dau. of Sir George Beeston Prescott, Bart. ; m.2nd, 1 Mar 1839 Harriet, third dau. of James Joseph Hope-Vere MP, Craigie Hall, Linlithgowshire ; d. 9 Nov 1856.
GOOCH, HENRY EDWARD, brother of John Lewis Gooch (qv) ; b. 25 Dec 1793 ; adm. ; left 1808 ; RMC Marlow ; Ensign, 2ndFoot Guards 23 Jul 1812 ; Lieut. and Capt., 28 Oct 1819 ; Capt. and Lieut.-Col., 26 Nov 1832 ; retd. 11 Jun 1842 ; m. 23 Jan 1857 Frances, dau. of Robert Knight MP, Studley, Warwicks. ; d. 18 Jan 1867.
GOOCH, JOHN JOSEPH, brother of Sir Thomas Sherlock Gooch, Bart. (qv) ; b. 16 Apr 1772 ; adm. 14 Sep 1785 ; Oriel Coll.Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1791 ; d. 3 May 1794.
GOOCH, JOHN LEWIS, eldest son of Ven.John Gooch, Saxlingham, Norfolk, Archdeacon of Sudbury and Prebendary of Wells, and Barbara, sister of Walter Sneyd (qv) ; b. 18 Nov 1792 ; adm. ; left 1809 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Feb 1811 ; BA 1814 ; ordained deacon 10 Dec 1815 (Norwich), priest 21 Dec 1816 (Bath and Wells) ; Rector of Binegar, Suffolk, from 23 Dec 1816 ; also Perpetual Curate, Emborough, Somerset 19 Apr 1817 ; d. unm. 19 Jul 1846.
GOOCH, THOMAS, brother of Sir Thomas Sherlock Gooch, Bart. (qv) ; b. 25 Apr 1773 ; adm. 14 Sep 1785 ; Cornet, 10th Light Dragoons 23 Feb 1791 ; Lieut., 21 Feb 1793 ; Capt., 19 Jun 1794 ; Maj., 25 Oct 1798 ; Lieut.-Col., 4th Dragoons 31 Jul 1801 ; 5th Foot, 3 Sep 1801 ; retd. 23 Jul 1802 ; m. Sep 1801 Hannah, widow of Philip Smith Webb, Milford House, Surrey, and dau. of Brig.-Gen.Sir Robert Barker, Bart., MP, EICS Bengal ; d. 14 Mar 1849.
GOOCH, SIR THOMAS SHERLOCK, BART., eldest son of Sir Thomas Gooch, Bart., Benacre Hall, Suffolk, and Anna Maria, only dau. of William Hayward, Weybridge, Surrey ; b. 2 Nov 1767 ; adm. 22 Jun 1781 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.24 Oct 1785 ; BA 1789 ; continental tour ; MP Suffolk 20 Feb 1806-30 ; succ. father as 5th baronet 7 Apr 1826 ; High Sheriff, Suffolk 1833 ; chairman, Suffolk Quarter Sessions (by 1824, res 1843) ; m. 11 May 1796 Marianne, dau. of Abraham Whittaker, Stratford, Essex, and Lyston House, Herefs. ; d. 18 Dec 1851.
GOOCH, WILLIAM, brother of Sir Thomas Sherlock Gooch, Bart. (qv) ; b. 11 Dec 1769 ; adm. 11 Sep 1783 ; left Dec 1785 ; Cornet, 4th Dragoons 10 Aug 1785 ; Lieut., 16 Jul 1788 ; Capt., 18 Feb 1793 ; Maj., 24 Feb 1794 ; Lieut.-Col., 2 Mar 1794 ; Col. in the Army 1 Jan 1800 ; retd. 31 Jul 1801 ; m. Dec 1797 Jane Bridget, dau. of James Wilkinson, Newcastle upon Tyne, banker ; d. 14 Oct 1851.
GOOCH, WILLIAM, son of William Gooch (qv) ; b. 18 Sep 1798 ; adm. Christmas 1814 ; Clare Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 23 Dec 1816, matr.Mich.1817 ; LLB 1823 ; ordained deacon 14 Oct 1821, priest 29 Sep 1822 (both Gloucester) ; Curate, Binegar, Suffolk 31 Dec 1821 ; Rector of Benacre, Suffolk (with Easton Bavant and Northales) from 22 Nov 1823 ; Vicar of Stainton in Cleveland, Yorks., from 20 May 1833 ; Prebendary of York from 9 Oct 1845 ; m. 9 Jul 1822 Anne, sister of Herbert Newton Jarrett (qv) ; d. 27 Feb 1876.
GOODAIR, WILLIAM HENRY, younger son of William Henry Goodair, Ashton Lodge, Lancs., cotton manufacturer, Mayor of Preston, and his first wife Sarah Anne, dau. of Samuel Phelps, Canonbury Square, Islington, actor-manager ; b. 2 Jan 1862 ; adm. 27 Jan 1876 (R) ; left Aug 1877 ; Lieut., 5thLancers 27 Jan 1883 ; Capt., 9 Mar 1892 ; Liverpool Regt., 12 Sep 1894 ; served Sudan expedition 1885 ; m. Mary Bessie, formerly wife of Lieut.-Col.John Tulloch Whish, Bengal Staff Corps, and dau. of — Thompson (marriage registered Kingston second quarter 1889) ; d. 21 Jan 1896.
GOODAKER, BEDE ; b. ; at school under Nowell (Oxford, Brasenose Coll., MS 31, f.35a) ; d. Jun 1544.
GOODALL, JAMES ; b. ; adm. ; Min.Can.1640 ; KS 1642 (Chapter Muniments 43114 ; Oxford, Bodleian Library, Tanner MS lxix, f.140).
GOODCHILD, CECIL WRAY, son of John Goodchild, London and Teddington, Middlesex, linen draper and philanthropist, and Isabella, dau. of William Wray, and sister of Sir John Wray, Bart. ; b. 1 Aug 1729 ; adm. Jan 1737/8 ; KS 1743 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1747, adm.pens. 17 Jun 1747, scholar 6 May 1748, matr.1748 ; BA 1750/1 ; MA 1754 ; ordained priest 23 Sep 1753 (London) ; Curate, Teddington, Middlesex 1753-60 ; Rector of St.John’s, St.Croix, Danish West Indies, from 1761 ; m. (by 1767) Rebecca — ; d. at St.Croix 14 Dec 1785.
GOODCHILD, J. ; adm. 15 Jun 1808 ; left Bartholomewtide 1809.
GOODCHILD, ROBERT, brother of Cecil Wray Goodchild (qv) ; b. 18 Aug 1730 ; adm. Jan 1737/8 ; left 1743 ; linen draper, Charing Cross, London ; m. 11 Mar 1754 Ann, dau. of John Biscoe, Hatton Garden, London, and Twickenham, Middlesex ; will proved PCC 7 Jul 1761
GOODDAY, WILLIAM, son of William Goodday, Northampton, and Mary, dau. of John Thynne MP, Egham, Surrey, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber ; b. 29 Feb 1703/4 ; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1719/20 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 5 Jul 1721, scholar 3 May 1723 ; BA 1724/5 ; MA 1728 ; ordained deacon 5 Jun 1726, priest 17 Mar 1727/8 (both Lincoln) ; Rector of Strelley, Notts., from 1 Jun 1728 ; Rector of Bilborough, Notts., from 9 Jul 1728 ; m. 4 Jul 1727 Ruth, sister of William Thomson (qv) ; d. 21 May 1783.
GOODENOUGH, ARTHUR CYRIL, son of Robert Philip Goodenough (qv) ; b. 21 Feb 1815 ; adm. 22 May 1826 (G) ; KS 1829 ; left 1833 ; Ensign, 34th Foot 8 Apr 1834 ; Lieut., 25 Nov 1836 ; Capt., 26 Oct 1841 ; Maj., 27 Mar 1848 ; Brevet Lieut.-Col., 6 Jan 1855 ; Lieut.-Col. commanding a depot battalion 1 Oct 1856 ; Col., 24 Jun 1858 ; Maj.-Gen., 6 Mar 1858 ; Lieut.-Gen., 1 Oct 1877 ; CB 2 Jan 1857 ; distinguished service pension ; served in Crimean War ; d. unm. 29 Nov 1879.
GOODENOUGH, EDMUND, brother of Samuel Goodenough (qv) ; b. 27 May 1744 ; adm. ; KS (aged 13) 1758 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1762, matr.9 Jun 1762, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1762 – void 20 Apr 1771 (expiry year of grace as R.Hinton on the Green, Gloucs., from 3 Mar 1770) ; BA 1766 ; MA 1769 ; an Usher at the School c.1770 ; ordained deacon 18 Jan 1767, priest 18 Dec 1768 (both Oxford) ; Curate, Broughton Poggs, Oxfordshire ; Perpetual Curate of North and South Littleton, Worcs., from 30 Jun 1772 ; Rector of Hinton on the Green, Gloucs., 7 Mar 1774 (sic) – Sep 1783 ; Domestic Chaplain to John, Earl of Chatham 14 Nov 1780 ; Rector of Lasborough, Gloucs., 23 Sep 1789 – May 1803 ; Vicar of Swindon, Wilts.. from 10 Jun 1790 ; Rector of Long Newnton, Wilts., from 31 Jan 1803 ; m. 20 Nov 1770 (IGI) Ann Juliana, dau. of Rev.Elias Taunton, Rector of Sowton, Devon ; d. 8 Nov 1807.
GOODENOUGH, EDMUND, son of Samuel Goodenough (qv) ; b. 6 Apr 1785 ; adm. ; KS (Capt.) 1797 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1801, matr. 15 May 1801, Westminster Student, Tutor, Censor ; BA 1805 ; MA 1807 ; BD 1819 ; DD 1820 ; Public Examiner 1811-3 ; Proctor 1816 ; Select Preacher 1817 ; Whitehall Preacher 1818-9 ; ordained deacon 12 Jun 1808, priest 28 May 1809 (both Oxford) ; Perpetual Curate of Cowley, Oxfordshire 7 Nov 1810 – Dec 1814 ; Vicar of Warkworth, Northumberland, 18 Jun 1818 – May 1820 ; Sub-Almoner to the King c.1820 – c.1833 ; Head Master of the School Sep 1819 – Aug 1828 ; Vicar of Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorks., 1 May 1822 – Nov 1832 ; Prebendary of York from 23 Jun 1824 ; Prebendary of Carlisle from 27 Apr 1826 ; Prebendary of Westminster 2 Jun 1826 – res Sep 1831 ; Dean of Wells from 6 Sep 1831 ; FRS 1 Apr 1824 ; a Busby Trustee from 27 May 1823 ; m. 31 May 1821 Frances, sister of Charles Robert Cockerell (qv) ; d. 2 May 1845. ODNB.
GOODENOUGH, EDMUND, son of Samuel James Goodenough (qv) ; b. 19 Aug 1802 ; adm. 4 Jul 1816 (G) ; KS 1817 ; left 1818 ; EIC Maritime Service [but not in Farrington]. [perhaps m. at Greenwich 1 Apr 1827 Sarah Hayes (IGI)]
GOODENOUGH, EDMUND, eldest son of Rev.John Joseph Goodenough DD, Rector of Broughton Poggs, Oxfordshire, and his first wife Margaret, dau. of John Ward, Marlborough, Wilts. ; grandson of Edmund Goodenough (KS 1758, qv) ; b. 2 Apr 1808 ; adm. 14 Jan 1820 (G) ; Cadet, EICS Madras 1826 ; Ensign, 25th Native Infantry 22 Dec 1827 ; res. in India 27 Jun 1830 ; settled in Malta ; bookseller, also editor and publisher, The Malta Mail ; m. 1st, 14 Jan 1828 Sophia Harriet, dau. of Gen. Richard Collyer Andrée, EICS Bengal ; m.2nd, Giuseppina Cortozzi ; d. at Malta 23 May 1855.
GOODENOUGH, FREDERICK ADDINGTON, eldest son of Edmund Goodenough (KS 1797, qv) ; b. 6 Jul 1827 ; adm. 18 Sep 1839 ; QS 1841 ; rowed against Eton 1 Aug 1843, 29 Jul 1845 ; Capt. of the School 1845 ; left 23 Jan 1846 ; a merchant at Calcutta ; m. 17 Oct 1861 Mary, eldest dau. of Rev.Anthony Lewis Lambert, Rector of Chilbolton, Hampshire ; d. on his voyage home from Calcutta 13 Sep 1869.
GOODENOUGH, JAMES GRAHAM, third son of Edmund Goodenough (KS 1797, qv) ; b. 3 Dec 1830 ; adm. 9 Jun 1841 (G) ; left Whitsun 1844 ; entered Royal Navy 7 May 1844 ; Lieut. 23 Jun 1851 ; Commander 26 Feb 1858 ; Capt. 9 May 1863 ; served in Baltic during Crimean War 1854-6, and in Chinese wars 1857-8, 1860-1 ; went to North America to report on naval gunnery 1862-4 ; on French Peasant Relief Fund 1870-1 ; naval attaché, Maritime Courts of Europe 1871-3 ; Commodore, Australian Station, from 22 May 1873 ; CMG and CB 24 May 1873 ; his Journal during his last command was edited by his widow, 1876 ; m. 31 May 1864 Victoria Henrietta, eldest dau. of William John Hamilton FRS MP ; d. of tetanus on board HMS Pearl 20 Aug 1875, from a wound at Santa Cruz caused by a poisoned arrow. ODNB.
GOODENOUGH, ROBERT PHILIP, son of Samuel Goodenough (qv) ; b. 19 Oct 1775 ; adm. 7 Jun 1784 ; KS (aged 13) 1788 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1792, matr. 6 Jun 1792, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1792 – void 30 Mar 1807 (expiry year of grace as R.Carlton in Lindrick), Tutor 1800-7 ; BA 1796 ; MA 1799 ; Public Examiner 1802-3, 1807-9 ; ordained deacon 23 Dec 1798, priest 22 Dec 1799 (both Oxford) ; Curate, Drayton, Oxfordshire 1803 (still 1812), Binsey, Oxfordshire 29 Jan 1805 ; Chaplain to William Markham, Archbishop of York (adm.1733, qv), and afterwards to his own father, the Bishop of Carlisle ; Rector of Carlton in Lindrick, Notts., from 29 Mar 1806 ; Prebendary of Southwell from 5 Apr 1806 ; Prebendary of Carlisle from 30 Aug 1811 ; Rector of Beelsby, Lincs., from 31 Mar 1819 ; m. 6 Dec 1808 Cecilia, seventh dau. of William Markham (adm.1733, qv) ; d. 20 Apr 1826.
GOODENOUGH, ROBERT WILLIAM, son of Robert Philip Goodenough (qv) ; b. 2 Sep 1809 ; adm. 17 Sep 1821 (G) ; KS (Capt.) 1822 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1826, matr. 3 May 1826, Westminster Student ; BA 1830 ; MA 1832 ; ordained deacon 23 Dec 1832 (Rochester), priest 17 Nov 1833 (York) ; Vicar of Whittingham, Northumberland, from 8 Jul 1835 ; m. 30 Jun 1836 Elizabeth Anne, eldest dau. of Anthony Littledale, Liverpool, Lancs. ; d. 21 Oct 1880.
GOODENOUGH, SAMUEL, third son of Rev.William Goodenough, Rector of Broughton Poggs, Oxfordshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Serle, Winchester, Hampshire ; b. 29 Apr 1743 ; adm. ; KS 1756 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1760, matr. 9 Jun 1760, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1760 – void 26 Jul 1770, expiry year of grace as V.Brize Norton from 7 Aug 1769 ; BA 1764 ; MA 1767 ; DCL 1772 ; ordained deacon 27 Oct 1765, priest 14 Jun 1767 (both Oxford) ; an Usher at the School 1766-70 ; Rector of Broughton Poggs, Oxfordshire, 14 Jul 1769 – Nov 1798 ; Vicar of Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, 18 Jul 1769 – May 1805 ; conducted a preparatory school at Ealing, Middlesex 1772-96 ; V.Cropredy, Oxfordshire, 26 Apr 1797- Dec 1804 (disp. to hold with Brize Norton) ; Canon of Windsor 3 Feb 1798 – Aug 1802 ; Dean of Rochester 27 Aug 1802-8 ; Vicar of Boxley, Kent 7 Dec 1804 – Jun 1808 ; consecrated Bishop of Carlisle 13 Mar 1808 ; first Treasurer and Vice-Pres., Linnean Society 1787 ; FRS 14 May 1789 ; the first to cultivate sea-kale (see Lusus Alt.Westm., 2nd series, 12) ; m. 17 Apr 1770 Elizabeth, sister of Thomas Ford (qv) ; d. 12 Aug 1827. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey. ODNB.
GOODENOUGH, SAMUEL JAMES, son of Edmund Goodenough (KS 1758, qv) ; b. 3 Jan 1774 ; adm. 7 Jun 1784 ; Wadham Coll.Oxford, matr. 27 Jun 1791, Goodridge exhibitioner 1791, scholar 1792-8, Hody (Hebrew) exhibitioner 1793-8 ; BA 1795 ; MA 1802 ; ordained deacon 25 Mar 1797 (Chester), priest 3 Jun 1798 (Oxford) ; Rector of Broughton Poggs, Oxfordshire 27 Nov 1798 ; Vicar of Hampton upon Thames, Middlesex 18 Feb 1803-44 ; Prebendary of Carlisle from 28 Aug 1810 ; Rector of Aikton, Cumberland, from 1844 ; bankrupt 1835 ; m. 14 Dec 1797 Anne, dau. of Giles Prickett [Oxford, attorney ?] ; d. 15 Mar 1858, aged 84.
GOODENOUGH, WILLIAM, son of Edmund Goodenough (KS 1758, qv) ; bapt.Broughton Poggs, Oxfordshire 24 Jan 1773 (IGI) ; adm. 15 Jan 1785 ; KS 1785 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1790, matr. 9 Jun 1790, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1790 – void by marriage 7 Jun 1797 ; BA 1794 ; MA 1797 ; ordained deacon 19 Jul 1795 (Salisbury), priest 18 Mar 1797 (Peterborough) ; an Usher at the School 1796-7 ; succeeded his uncle Samuel Goodenough (qv) as Master of the Preparatory School at Ealing ; Vicar of Warkworth, Northumberland, 25 Sep 1811 – May 1818 ; Rector of Mareham-le-Fen, Lincs., from 22 Apr 1818 ; Archdeacon of Carlisle and Rector of Great Salkeld, Cumberland, from 20 Jun 1827 ; m. 1 June 1797 his cousin Mary Anne, eldest dau. of Samuel Goodenough (qv) ; d. 13 Dec 1854, aged 82.
GOODENOUGH, SIR WILLIAM HOWLEY, fourth son of Edmund Goodenough (KS 1797, qv) ; b. 5 Apr 1833 ; adm. 28 Mar 1845 (G) ; Gentleman Cadet, Royal Artillery 8 Jul 1847 ; 2nd Lieut., 19 Dec 1849 ; 1st Lieut., 1 Apr 1851 ; 2nd Capt., 23 Feb 1856 ; 1stCapt., 22 Feb 1863 ; Maj., 20 Jul 1858 ; Lieut.-Col., 25 Mar 1869 ; Col., 5 Jul 1877 ; Maj.-Gen., 1 Apr 1886 ; Lieut.-Gen., 19 May 1891 ; served in Indian Mutiny 1857-8, severely wounded at capture of Fort Bisrah ; Military Attaché, Vienna 31 May 1871 – Feb 1874 ; Assistant Adj.-Gen., Woolwich Garrison 5 Apr 1874 – 5 Feb 1876 ; Brig.-Gen. commanding Royal Artillery, Expeditionary Force, Egypt, 1882 ; Inspector-Gen. of Artillery 17 Aug 1886 – July 1890 ; Commander-in-Chief, British Forces, Cape of Good Hope, from 1894 ; CB 17 Nov 1882 ; KCB 22 Jan 1897 ; m. 1 Sep 1874 Anna, Gräfin Kinsky, third dau. of Eugen, Graf Kinsky, Vienna, Austria ; d. at Cape Town, South Africa 24 Oct 1898.
GOODERE, EDWARD ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1727/8 ; left 1731.
GOODEVE, LOUIS ARTHUR, only surviving son of Joseph Goodeve, barrister, Prof. of English Law, Presidency College, and Master in Equity, Supreme Court, Calcutta, India, and his first wife Louisa Stuart, dau. of Francis Eccles Barker, 2nd Class Clerk, Admiralty ; b. 11 Jan 1841 ; adm. 20 Jan 1853 ; QS 1855 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1859, matr. 16 Jun 1859 ; BA 1862 ; appointed Indian Civil Service Jul 1861, but had to resign because of ill health ; adm.Inner Temple 19 Nov 1862, called to bar 9 Jun 1865 ; went out to India, where he practised as an advocate, Supreme Court, Calcutta ; editor and secretary, Bengal Law Reports 1868 ; Superintendent of Law and Legislation, Presidency College 1871 ; Examiner of Pleaders for Bengal Government 1872-3 ; Assistant Secretary, Bengal Government 1873 ; returned to England ; Western Circuit ; Lecturer in Law, Univ.Coll.Bristol 1878-80 ; author, The Modern Law of Real Property, 1883, and other works ; m. 23 Nov 1869 Florence Everilda, youngest dau. of Thomas John Knowlys, Heysham Tower, Lancs. ; d. 13 Mar 1888.
GOODHEED, RICHARD ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Aug 1735. [but see GREATHEED, JOHN]
GOODISON, BENJAMIN, son of Benjamin Goodison, St.Martin in the Fields, London, cabinet maker, and Sarah Cooper ; bapt.St.Martin’s in the Fields 26 Feb 1734/5 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1749/50 ; left 1750 ; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm.pens.10 Oct 1755, scholar 1756, matr.Mich.1758 ; LLB 1764 ; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1 Jan 1750/1 ; carried on father’s cabinet making business after 1767 in partnership with Benjamin Parran ; undertook a collected edition of the works of Henry Purcell, of which instalments were published in 1788-90, but this was never completed ; of Kensington Square, London ; his collection of prints and drawings was sold at auction by Leigh and Sotheby in May 1793 (he had been obliged “from an ill state of health … to give up the pursuit of collecting”) ; m. 17 Apr 1766 Ann Smith, Croft, Herefs.
GOODLAD, — ; b. ; actor in Town Boy play King John Dec 1789.
GOODMAN, —– ; b. ; adm.1656 (School Lists 1656, last two quarters).
GOODMAN, CARDELL, third son of John Goodman, Ware, Herts. ; b. ; at school under Wilson ; Emmanuel Coll.Cambridge, matr.Easter 1622 ; migr. to St.John’s Coll., adm. Bishop Williams scholar 12 Nov 1624 ; BA 1625/6 ; MA 1629 ; BD 1636 ; Fellow of St.John’s Coll. 31 Mar 1626 – Midsummer 1641 (elected on Bishop Williams’ foundation, and therefore educated at the School) ; ordained ; Rector of Brook, Isle of Wight, to ejection for delinquency 1646 ; Rector of Freshwater, Isle of Wight, 6 Mar 1640/1 – removed by order of the Council of State 18 Mar 1650/1 ; m. Katherine —- ; dead by 8 Mar 1653/4.
GOODMAN, EDWARD ; b. ; adm. ; QS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1577, Westminster Student to 1581 ; did not matr. [maybe eldest brother of Godfrey Goodman (elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1581, qv) ; Sacrist (“sextonship in the vestrie”), Westminster Abbey 15 May 1598] [If eldest brother of Godfrey Goodman, he was a legatee under will of Gabriel Goodman, Dean of Westminster, dated 2 Mar 1600/1, and was then m. to a “cousin” of Dean Goodman, identifiable as Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Morys, and sister of Edward Thelwall]
GOODMAN, GEORGE ; b. ; adm. ; a pensioner 1563-7 (tutor, the Dean) ; charges for books supplied to him occur in a bookseller’s bill, “delyvered for Mr.Deane of Westminster sence the 12th of Januarye 1562” preserved among the Chapter Muniments.
GOODMAN, GODFREY, second son of Gawen Goodman, Ruthin, Denbighshire, and Elen, dau. of Thomas Griffith, Pant y Llongdu ; first cousin of Godfrey Goodman (elected to Ch.Ch.Oxford 1599, qv) ; b ; adm. ; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1581, adm.scholar 1582, matr.Lent 1581/2 ; BA 1585/6 ; ordained deacon 17 Jul 1586, priest 25 Mar 1587 (both Bangor [or Chester ?]) ; Rector, Llanelidan (mediety), Denbighshire 18 Jul 1586 ; living 1604.
GOODMAN, GODFREY, second son of Godfrey Goodman, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Chapter Clerk and Registrar, Westminster Abbey, and his second wife Jane, third dau. of Simon Croxton (or Cruxson), citizen and mercer, London, and of Merllyn, Ruthin ; nephew of Very Rev.Gabriel Goodman, Dean of Westminster ; b. 28 Feb 1582/3 ; adm. 1592 ; chorister ; QS ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1599, adm.scholar 1600 ; BA 1603/4 ; MA 1607 ; BD 1614 (incorp.Oxford 11 Jul 1615) ; DD 1619 ; ordained deacon 1 Nov 1603 (Bangor), priest 20 Dec 1606 (London) ; Rector of Llansannan, Denbighshire (first portion) 18 Nov 1603 – Oct 1605 ; Vicar of Stapleford Abbots, Essex 20 Dec 1606 – Jun 1620 ; Rector of Llandyssil, Montgomeryshire 28 Sep 1607-15 ; Rector of Llansannan, Denbighshire (second portion) 1615 – Mar 1615/6 ; Rector of Ysceifiog, Flintshire 24 Mar 1615/6-21 ; Canon of Windsor from 20 Dec 1617, apparently dismissed or suspended c.1639 but no successor was appointed and Goodman may have remained in office de iure until death ; Rector of West Ilsley, Berks., 19 Jun 1620-46, sequestered ; Dean of Rochester 4 Jan.1620/1 -5 ; Rector of Llanarmon-yn-Ial, Denbighshire 31 Jul 1624 – Jan 1625 ; consecrated Bishop of Gloucester 6 Mar 1624/5 ; reprimanded by Convocation for a sermon on the real presence 1628 ; charged with ritualistic practices by Prynne and others ; Rector of Kemerton, Gloucs., 22 Sep 1631 – Oct 1636 ; his election to the see of Hereford c. Sep 1633 was annulled Dec 1633 by the advice of Laud ; refused to sign the new canons of 1640, and was deprived “a beneficio et officio” by the two houses of Convocation 9 May 1640 ; committed to the Gatehouse, but released on signing the canons and restored to his see 10 Jul 1640 ; imprisoned in the Tower by order of the House of Commons in winter of 1641-2 for having signed the canons ; his palace at Gloucester was sacked 1643 ; spent the last few years of his life in poverty in London ; he stated in his will that he had always been “most constant … in all the doctrine of God’s Holy Catholick and Apostolick Church, whereof I do acknowledge the Church of Rome to be the Mother Church” ; author, The Fall of Man, 1616, and other works ; see G.I.Soden, Godfrey Goodman, Bishop of Gloucester 1583-1656, 1953 ; d. unm. 19 Jan 1655/6. ODNB.
GOODMAN, HUGH ; b. ; adm. ; a pensioner 1564-9 (tutor, the Dean) ; his name appears in the bookseller’s bill referred to above under George Goodman (qv) ; QS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1570, Westminster Student to 1586 ; BA 19 Feb 1573/4 ; MA 1577 ; Master of the Free School, Ruthin, Denbighshire ; ordained deacon and priest 20 Mar 1580/1 (Chichester for Canterbury) ; Rector of Llanelidan (mediety), Denbighshire 1581 [check] – May 1584 ; Vicar of St.Mary Magdalen, Oxford Jul 1584 – Sep 1588 ; Vicar of Marcham, Berks., from 28 Jul 1585 ; Prebendary of Westminster 10 May 1607 – res by 23 Jul 1623 ; Vicar of Stanford in the Vale, Berks., 2 Sep 1587 – 9 Jun 1620, and from 10 Jul 1622 ; m. 13 Oct 1597 Elizabeth Wiott ; buried Stanford in the Vale 23 Aug 1625.
GOODMAN, JOHN ; b. ; adm. ; Min.Can.1636. [perhaps Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 19 Oct 1637, matr.1637, scholar 1638 ; BA 1641/2]
GOODRICK, JOHN, only son of John Goodrick, Claxby, Lincs., farmer, and Margaret — (IGI) ; b. 21 Jun 1830 ; adm. 6 Jul 1841 ; BB 1842 ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 16 Jun 1848, scholar on Bishop Williams’s foundation 7 Nov 1848, matr.Mich.1848 ; BA 1852 ; d. 27 Mar 1852.
GOODRICK, RICHARD, son of Richard Goodrick, St.Bride’s, London ; b. ; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1715/6 ; Wadham Coll.Oxford, matr.23 Feb 1720/1 ; ordained deacon 1 Jun 1729 (Norwich), priest 22 Sep 1734 (Bath & Wells) ; Curate, Coggeshall, Essex 26 Mar 1730 ; Vicar of Kilmersdon, Somerset, from 18 Jan 1742/3 ; d. Jan 1763. [perhaps Chaplain, Royal Navy 1732] [Richard Goodrick, adm. Inner Temple 23 Oct 1722, was illegitimate son of Harcourt Goodrick, Inner Temple ; Harcourt Goodrick had a brother Richard, of Richmond, Surrey, and Middle Temple, barrister, who d. unm. 1719] [The ordinand of 1734 is stated to have been at Wadham Coll., so that part of the identification would seem certain]
GOODWIN, see also GODIN, GODWIN and GOODWYN.
GOODWIN, GEORGE, son of James Goodwin, Shirland, Derbs. ; b. 20 Aug 1666 ; adm. ; KS 1681 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Camb.1685, adm.pens. 16 June 1685, aged 18 ; migrated to Peterhouse, adm.pens. 15 Feb 1685/6, North Scholar 10 Mar 1685/6, Hale Scholar 7 Jan 1686, matr.1687 ; BA 1688/9 ; MA 1698 ; ordained deacon 22 May 1692 (Rochester), priest 20 Mar 1697/8 (Chichester) ; Rector of Graffham, Sussex, 17 Jun 1698 -1708/9 ; Prebendary of Chichester from 1 May 1708 ; Rector of Methley, Yorks., from 16 Mar 1708/9 ; m. 26 Jun 1695 Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Styles (or Stiles), Tillington, Sussex ; d. 11 Sep 1750.
GOODWIN, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1750 ; in school list 1754.
GOODWIN, JOHN ; b. ; adm. 23 Jan 1786.
GOODWIN, JOSEPH ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1673 ; buried in Cloisters, Westminster Abbey 11 Mar 1675/6.
GOODWIN, NICHOLAS, son of Nicholas Goodwin, Camberwell, Surrey, and St.Mary Woolnoth, London, scrivener, and Elizabeth, dau. of Owen Mayfield, Mitre Inn, Cambridge, vintner ; b. 25 Jan 1695/6 ; adm. ; Min.Can. (aged 15) 1712 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.4 Dec 1714 ; adm.Middle Temple 12 Nov 1714. [note will Nicholas Goodwin, Hammersmith, Middlesex, proved PCC 12 Apr 1728, also will Nicholas Goodwin, Bombay, East Indies, proved PCC 9 Oct 1740 (he was Senior Merchant, EICS Bombay)]
GOODWIN, WILLIAM, see GOODWYN, WILLIAM.
GOODWYN, —- ; b. ; adm. ; a pensioner 1567-8 (tutor, the Dean).
GOODWYN, WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. ; QS in 1570 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1573, Westminster Student to 1611 [or to marriage, if sooner ?] ; BA 1577 ; MA 1580 (incorp.Cambridge 1583) ; BD and DD 1602 ; ordained ; Rector of Upton Scudamore, Wilts., 1587 – Oct 1590 ; Prebendary of Salisbury from 2 Aug 1587 ; Prebendary of York 7 Sep 1590- Oct 1605, Chancellor of York 24 Oct 1605- Sep 1611 ; Rector of Stonegrave, Yorks., 15 Sep 1590 – Jun 1603 ; Rector of Etton, Yorks., 8 Feb 1590/1 – Oct 1605 ; Rector of Escrick, Yorks., 13 Aug 1603 – Dec 1613 ; Rector of Wheldrake, Yorks., 26 Oct 1605 – Jun 1612 ; Chaplain to Archbishop Piers of York 17 Apr 1594 ; Sub-Almoner to Queen Elizabeth I 1590 ; Chaplain in Ordinary to James I (occurs 1603/4) ; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, from 13 Sep 1611, Vice-Chancellor Oxford Univ. 1614-6, 1617-9 ; Rector of All Hallows the Great, London, 31 Oct 1614-7 ; Archdeacon of Middlesex from 23 Sep 1616 ; Rector of Staunton St.John, Oxford, from 27 Mar 1616/7 ; Vicar of Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, from 11 Jul 1617 ; a remarkable preacher ; when delivering the funeral sermon on Prince Henry at St.Mary’s, Oxford, Nov 1612, “he was not only moved himself, but also moved the whole University and City to shed fountains of tears” (Thompson, Christ Church, 48) ; an interesting account of “monies payd out for Willm.Goodwyn” Dec 1571 – Nov 1573 is preserved in the Chapter Muniments (WAM 39272) ; m. Mary — ; d. 11 Jun 1620, aged 64. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. ODNB.
GOOLD, WYNDHAM HENRY, third son of Thomas Goold, Dromadda and Rosbrien, co.Limerick, Master in Chancery (I), and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev.Brinsley Nixon, Rector of Painstown, co.Meath ; b. 8 Jul 1812 ; adm. 14 Jan 1824 ; Trinity Coll.Dublin, adm.fellow commoner 6 Dec 1830 ; BA 1834 ; adm.King’s Inns 1833, called to Irish bar 1837 ; adm.Gray’s Inn 8 May 1835 ; Munster circuit ; Crown Prosecutor, Limerick 1843 ; MP (Whig) Co.Limerick from Dec 1850 ; d.unm. 27 Nov 1854.
GOOLDEN, CHARLES, son of Richard Goolden MRCS, Maidenhead, Berks., and Mary Anne, dau. of Edmund Fleming, Marlow Place, Bucks. ; b. 14 May 1824 ; adm. 2 Oct 1837 ; QS 1839 ; rowed against Eton 26 Jul 1842 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1843, adm.pens. 29 May 1843, scholar 1844, matr.Mich.1843 ; BA 1848 ; MA 1853 ; assistant master, City of London School 1847-8 ; on staff of Smyrna Civil Hospital as Chief Clerk, Resident Engineer and RMO 1853-5 ; engineering staff, Scinde Railway 1858 ; AMICE 1 May 1866 ; Treasurer, Elizabethan Club 1866-9 ; went to live in Germany ; m. 21 Jun 1871 Mariana Hermine Theresa von Renan ; d. 14 Mar 1904.
GORDON, —- ; b. ; in school lists 1764 ; left Dec 1764.
GORDON, — ; in school list Dec 1788 ; at school 1791-3 (Clapham), described as “Gordon senior” ; perhaps “Gordon”, actor in Town Boy play Tamerlane Dec 1791.
GORDON, — ; b. ; in school list Dec 1788.
GORDON, ARTHUR ; b. ; adm. (aged 13) Nov 1751 ; in school list 1752.
GORDON, ARTHUR PITMAN, youngest son of Charles Gordon (in school list 1801, qv) ; b. 3 Mar 1837 ; adm. 6 Jun 1849 ; at Eton 1851-5 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.31 May 1855 ; BA 1859 ; MA 1862 ; ordained deacon 24 Feb 1861, priest 1862 (both Salisbury) ; Curate, Pitton and Farley, Wilts., 1861-3 ; Rector of Newtimber, Sussex, from 1863 ; m. 12 Jan 1865 Harriet Anne, dau. of Rev.William Hicks, Rector of Coberley and Whittington, Gloucs. ; d. 16 Oct 1904.
GORDON, CHARLES ; b. ; adm. (aged 15) Jan 1738/9 ; left Sep 1739.
GORDON, CHARLES, son of Charles Gordon, Braco, Jamaica, and Berkhamstead House, Herts., and Mary, eldest dau. of Thomas Howorth, Worcester ; b. ; in school list 1801 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1802, aged 18 ; of Newtimber Place, Sussex ; m. 28 Jul 1827 Anne Sarah, third dau. of James Pitman, Dunchideock, Devon ; d. 28 Apr 1839.
GORDON, DANIEL ; b. ; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1741/2 ; left 1743. [Christian name perhaps David]
GORDON, GEORGE ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1721/2 ; left 1723.
GORDON, GEORGE TOMLINE, eldest son of Rev.John Gordon, Vicar of Edwinstowe, Notts., previously MP, and Sarah Matthews, actress ; b. 8 Aug 1823 ; adm. 10 Oct 1831 ; Clare Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 5 Dec 1841, matr. Mich.1842 ; migr. to Jesus Coll. 20 Nov 1843 ; BA 1848 ; of Cuckney, Notts. ; Capt., Nottinghamshire Militia Nov 1854 ; having been co-respondent in a divorce case, found it necessary to emigrate to Canada ; member Vancouver Island Council for Esquimalt Mar 1860 – Dec 1861 ; Treasurer, Vancouver Island Nov 1860- Dec 1861 ; misappropriated colony funds and convicted for embezzlement Jan 1862, but acquitted on appeal ; remained in debtors’ prison, Vancouver ; escaped from prison May 1862 and crossed border into USA ; joined Confederate army 1862 ; Maj., 34th North Carolina Infantry 13 Dec 1862, Lieut.-Col., 6 May 1863 ; served with distinction in American Civil War 1862-5 ; wounded at battle of Gettysburg Jul 1863 ; Inspector General, Confederate Army Oct 1864 ; m. 15 Jun 1847 Harriet, dau. of Rev.Thomas Harrison, Firby Hall, Yorks. ; d. at New Orleans, USA, 26 Feb 1868.
GORDON, HUGH, son of John Gordon, Chelsfield Lodge, Kent, barrister, Master of High Court of Justice, and his second wife Maria Jane, dau. of Capt. Henry Foskett, 15th Light Dragoons ; b. 7 Feb 1863 ; adm. 4 Apr 1877 (G) ; left Aug 1881 ; King’s Coll.London ; New Coll.Oxford, matr. 4 Dec 1882 ; BA 1886 ; MA 1890 ; Science Instructor, London School Board Jan 1891 ; HM Inspector of Schools 13 May 1901 ; Inspector of Science Schools, Science and Art Department ; a HM Inspector of Elementary Schools (in 1923) ; a pioneer in educational psychology ; author, Mental and scholastic tests among retarded children (pamphlet), 1923 ; m. 23 Jul 1895 Katherine Emily Margaret, younger dau. of Col.William Alexander Battine, 2nd Dragoon Guards.
GORDON, JOHN, son of John Gordon, St.Martin’s, Ludgate, London, citizen and watchmaker, and Lucretia — (IGI) ; b. 26 Mar 1702 ; adm. ; KS 1716 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1720, adm.pens. 18 Jun 1720, scholar 21 Apr 1721, matr.1720 ; resided to 1 Jun 1722 ; adm.Grays Inn 9 Nov 1718, called to bar 10 Feb 1725 ; Professor of Music, Gresham College, London, from 16 Jan 1723/4 ; d. 12 Dec 1739. ODNB.
GORDON, JOHN, brother of William James Gordon (qv) ; b. 8 Mar 1810 ; adm. 2 Jul 1822 ; a home-boarder in 1826 ; adm. Inner Temple 22 May 1829 ; Official Assignee, Calcutta (having previously been in Sydney, New South Wales) ; m. 15 Jul 1834 Caroline Augusta, eldest dau. of Charles Augustus Tulk (qv) ; d. 21 Feb 1849.
GORDON, JOHN GEORGE ; b. ; adm. 15 Jan 1793 (Clapham) ; in school list 1795 ; left Midsummer 1796.
GORDON, JOSEPH ; b. ; adm. 12 Jun 1781 ; left 1782.
GORDON, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1734/5 ; left 1738. [Perhaps Thomas Gordon, son of Thomas Gordon, Hornsey, Middlesex, adm.Middle Temple 24 Apr 1740, called to bar 24 Oct 1746]
GORDON, WILLIAM, son of Rev.William Gordon, Rector of Speldhurst, Kent, and Ann, dau. of William Lutman, Hastings, Sussex ; bapt.28 Oct 1788 ; adm. 1 Jul 1800 (Clapham) ; KS (aged 14) 1803 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1808, adm. pens.28 May 1808, scholar 1809, matr.Mich.1808 ; BA 1812 ; MA 1815 ; ordained deacon 11 Jun 1812 (Rochester), priest 13 Jun 1813 (Salisbury, lit.dim. from Rochester) ; Minor Canon (Priest Vicar), Lichfield 26 Apr 1819 ; Vicar of Christ Church, West Bromwich, Staffs., 18 Apr 1829-49 ; m. 24 Jun 1816 Louisa, sister of Sir John Jervis (qv) ; d. 30 Oct 1857.
GORDON, WILLIAM, brother of Charles Gordon (in school list 1801, qv) ; b. 30 Sep 1792 ; adm. 20 Oct 1806 ; left 1810 ; Exeter Coll.Oxford, matr. 16 Dec 1813 ; BA 1817 ; ordained deacon 20 Dec 1817, priest 2 Oct 1819 (both Bath and Wells) ; Curate, Spaxton, Somerset 1817, Rector 18 Oct 1820 – Jul 1833 ; Rector of Newtimber, Sussex 11 Jul 1833-46 ; d. 8 Jan 1879.
GORDON, WILLIAM JAMES, eldest son of William Gordon, Earlstown, Hanover, Jamaica, and Ann Carr Mowat ; b. 16 Nov 1808 ; adm. 2 Jul 1822 ; left Christmas 1824 ; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm.pens. 25 Jan 1828, then of 10 Fludyer Street, Westminster, but did not matr. ; adm. Inner Temple 10 May 1825 ; d. at Penzance, Cornwall 29 Oct 1828.
GORDON-LENNOX, CHARLES, 5th DUKE OF RICHMOND AND GORDON, eldest son of Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond and Lennox KG PC, Lord Lieut.Ireland and Governor-General of Canada, Gen. in the Army, and Lady Charlotte Gordon, eldest dau. of Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon KT ; grandson of Lord George Henry Lennox (qv) ; b. 3 Aug 1791 ; styled Earl of March 1806-19 ; adm. (Glover) ; left 1809 ; Trinity Coll.Dublin, adm.nob. 28 Oct 1809 ; BA 1813 ; Ensign, 8thGarrison Battalion 8 Jun 1809 ; Lieut., 13th Light Dragoons 21 Jun 1810 ; Capt., 92nd Foot 9 Jul 1812 ; 52nd Foot 8 Apr 1813 ; Brevet Maj., 15 Jun 1815 ; Brevet Lieut.-Col., 25 Jul 1816 ; half-pay 25 Jul 1816 ; ADC and Assistant Military Secretary to Duke of Wellington in Peninsular War 1810-4 ; wounded at Orthes ; ADC to Prince of Orange at battle of Waterloo ; MP Chichester 1812 – 28 Aug 1819 ; succ.father as 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox 28 Aug 1819 ; as MP and peer a supporter of Tory governments to 1828, but opposed Catholic Emancipation and went into opposition after the passage of the Catholic Emancipation Bill in 1829 ; KG 13 May 1829 ; offered and accepted Cabinet office in the incoming Whig government Nov 1830 ; Postmaster-General Nov 1830 – May 1834 ; Privy Councillor 22 Nov 1830 ; resigned office over Whig government’s Irish Church policy May 1834, moving to cross-benches in House of Lords ; inherited Scottish estates of his cousin 5th Duke of Gordon 1836, assuming additional surname of Gordon before Lennox, 9 Aug 1836 ; became a vocal advocate of agricultural protection in the 1840s, strongly opposing Sir Robert Peel’s repeal of the corn laws ; Col., Sussex Militia, from 4 Dec 1819 ; Extra ADC to William IV 9 May 1832 ; Lord Lieut. of Sussex from 19 Jun 1835 ; Chancellor, Marischall College, Aberdeen, from 1836 ; FRS 2 Apr 1840 ; President, Royal Agricultural Society, from 1845 ; DL Banffshire 1846 ; Steward, Jockey Club 1831 ; horses of his won the Oaks 1827, 1845, and the One Thousand Guineas 1845 ; Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons, Sussex, from 1823 ; several details of his school life, including his fight with an overgrown bully, will be found in a Memoir of him published in 1862 ; Busby Trustee from 19 May 1827 ; m. 10 Apr 1817 Lady Caroline Paget, eldest dau. of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (qv) ; d. 21 Oct 1860. ODNB.
GORDON-LENNOX, CHARLES HENRY, 6th DUKE OF RICHMOND AND LENNOX, and 1stDUKE OF GORDON, eldest son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox (qv) ; b. 27 Feb 1818 ; styled Earl of March 1819-60 ; adm. 6 May 1830 ; Ch.Ch.Oxford, matr.20 Oct 1836 ; BA 1839 ; DCL 1870 ; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards 24 May 1839 ; Lieut., 27 Sep 1842 ; Capt. on half-pay 27 Sep 1844 ; MP (Cons) West Sussex 1841 – 21 Oct 1860 ; President, Poor Law Board Mar – Jun 1859 ; Privy Councillor 3 Mar 1859 ; succ.father as 6th Duke of Richmond and Lennox 21 Oct 1860 ; KG 6 Feb 1867 ; President, Board of Trade 8 Mar 1867 – Dec 1868 ; Leader of Conservative Peers in House of Lords 1870-6 ; Lord President of the Council 21 Feb 1874 – Apr 1880 ; created Duke of Gordon 13 Jan 1876 ; President, Board of Trade 24 Jun – Aug 1885 ; Secretary of State for Scotland 17 Aug 1885 – Feb 1886 ; a recoognised authority on agricultural affairs, serving as Chairman, Royal Commission on Agriculture 1879 ; DL Banffshire 1846, Lord Lieut. from 25 Aug 1879 ; DL Aberdeenshire 1864 ; LLD Cambridge 1894 ; LLD Aberdeen 1895 ; Busby Trustee from 21 May 1867 ; m. 28 Nov 1843 Frances Harriet, eldest dau. of Algernon Frederick Greville, Bath King of Arms and private secretary to Duke of Wellington ; d. 27 Sep 1903. ODNB.
GORDON-LENNOX, LORD FITZROY GEORGE CHARLES, second son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox (qv) ; b. 11 Jun 1820 ; adm. 14 Feb 1834 ; Ensign, 43rd Foot 15 Sep 1837 ; Lieut., 11 Sep 1840 ; 10th Hussars 16 Feb 1841 ; 13th Light Dragoons 16 Feb 1841 ; lost in SS President on his passage home from from New York, USA 13 Mar 1841.
GORDON-LENNOX, LORD HENRY CHARLES GEORGE, third son of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox (qv) ; b. 2 Nov 1821 ; adm. 1 Jun 1836 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.21 Oct 1840 ; BA 1843 ; MA 1847 ; precis writer, Foreign Office Feb 1845 – Feb 1846 ; MP (Cons) Chichester Feb 1846 – 85 ; a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury Mar – Dec 1852, Mar 1858 – Mar 1859 ; Secretary to the Admiralty Jul 1866 – Dec 1868 ; First Commissioner of Works Feb 1874 – Jul 1876, when he was compelled to resign owing to involvement in a financial scandal ; Privy Councillor 7 Jul 1874 ; m. 25 Jan 1883 Amelia Susannah, widow of Richard Archibald Brooman, Neville House, Twickenham, Middlesex, patent agent, and subsequently of John White, Arddarroch, Dumbartonshire, chemical manufacturer, and dau. of —- Smith ; d. 28 Aug 1886. ODNB.
GORDON-SHORT, CHARLES HENRY, eldest son of Mayow Short (adm.1809, qv), and his second wife ; b. 16 Apr 1848 ; adm. 30 May 1861 ; QS 1863 ; left Whitsun 1865 ; Ensign, 104th Foot 1 Aug 1868 ; Lieut., 28 Oct 1871 ; Capt., 27 Jul 1879 ; Maj., Munster Fusiliers 29 Aug 1883 ; South Staffs. Regt. 4 Oct 1884 ; assumed additional surname of Gordon 18 Jun 1878 ; m. 16 Apr 1873 Sophia Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Edward Kent Parson MD, Southsea, Hampshire ; d. 26 Jan 1885.
GORE, —- (adm.1659), see GORE, GERARD
GORE, CHARLES, brother of Francis Gore (qv) ; bapt. All Hallows, Bread Street, London 5 (or 15) Nov 1711 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 7) Jun 1719 ; Min.Can.1724 ; KS 1725 ; left 1728 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Mar 1728 ; BA 1731 ; MA 1734 ; ordained deacon 19 Sep 1736, priest 25 Sep 1737 (both Bath & Wells) ; Vicar of Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire, from 19 Oct 1743 ; d. before 23 Feb 1756.
GORE, CHARLES, third son of Charles Gore, Horkstow, Lincs., director English Factory at Hamburg, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir James Dolliffe, Kt, Mitcham, Surrey, Turkey merchant, director South Sea Company ; b. 5 Dec 1729 ; adm. Feb 1742/3 ; entered counting house of his uncle John Gore, banker, but left it on his marriage ; devoted himself to shipbuilding and mechanical construction ; High Sheriff, Lincolnshire 1757 ; living in Italy 1773-9, 1782-3 ; settled at Weimar, Germany, in 1791, and became a close friend of Goethe ; member, Society of Dilettanti 1781 ; m. 15 Aug 1751 Mary, dau. of —- Cockerill, Scarborough, Yorks., rope maker ; d. at Weimar 22 Jan 1807.
GORE, FRANCIS, elder surviving son of Francis Gore, All Hallows Bread Street, London, distiller, and Margaret Seabrooke (IGI) ; bapt.All Hallows, Bread Street, London 3 or 30 Mar 1710 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1719 ; Min.Can.1722 ; KS (Capt.) 1723 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1727, matr. 8 Jun 1727, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1727 – void 1740 ; BA 1732 ; MA 1734/5 ; adm.Middle Temple 14 Oct 1727, called to bar 14 Jun 1734 ; buried All Hallows, Bread Street, London 17 May 1740. [perhaps adm.Inner Temple 17 Sep 1736]
GORE, GERARD, fourth son of William Gore, Morden, Surrey, and Barrow Court, Somerset, merchant, and Jane, dau. of Thomas Smith, Tedworth, Wilts. ; b. ; adm. 23 Jun 1659 (as Gore, Christian name not stated) ; a boarder ; at school 1659-64 (Busby’s Account Book, Christian name again not stated) ; Gerard Gore’s “school fees at Westminster under Dr Busby” are included in accounts of his father’s estate prepared by his brother Sir Thomas Gore, Kt, as William Gore’s executor (preserved with Gore family papers in Somerset County Record Office) ; Trinity Coll.Oxford, matr. 11 May 1664, aged 17 ; adm. Grays Inn 1663 [check date] ; of Northampton and of Brampton, Northants. ; m. 9 Jul 1674 Jane Hall, Kettlethorpe, Lincs. ; d. 2 Feb 1711/2 (will proved PCC 6 Aug 1712).
GORE, HENRY, brother of Humphry Gore (qv) ; bapt.Fetcham, Surrey 10 Jan 1739 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 11) Mar 1749/50 ; left 1751.
GORE, HUMPHRY, son of Henry Gore, Leatherhead, Surrey, and Hannah (?Benson or ?Scudamore) (IGI) ; bapt.Fetcham, Surrey 4 Nov 1736 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1749 ; in school list 1752 ; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 2 Feb 1753 ; ret.1756. [father Lieut.-Col.Horse Guards ?]
GORE, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 7) Jan 1728/9 ; left 1732. [Perhaps John Gore, son of Wllliam Gore, and Mary —, bapt.St.Andrew Holborn 10 Feb 1720 (IGI)]. [Note John Gore, second son of William Gore MP, Tring, Herts., director Bank of England and South Sea Co., and Lady Mary Compton, dau. of George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton (they m. May 1709) ; b. ; Cornet, 11thDragoons 1739 ; Capt., 9thMarines 1741 ; Capt. and Lieut.-Col., 3rd Foot Guards 1 Apr 1750 ; 2nd Maj. 1759, 1st Maj. 1 Sep 1760, Lieut.-Col.1761-8 ; Col. in Army 23 Oct 1759 ; Major-Gen. 1762 ; Col., 61st Foot 1768-73, 6th Foot from 1773 ; Lieut.-Gen.1772 ; MP Cricklade 1747-54 ; m. Ann, dau. of Sir Emmanuel Moore Bart., MP (I), Rosscarbery, co.Cork ; d. 12 Nov 1773]
GORE-BOOTH, SIR ROBERT, BART., eldest son of Sir Robert Newcomen Gore-Booth (formerly Gore), Bart., Lissadell, co.Sligo, Ireland, and Hannah, dau. of Henry Irwin, Streamstown, co.Sligo ; b. 25 Aug 1805 ; adm. 7 Aug 1820 ; left Christmas 1821 ; Queen’s Coll.Cambridge, adm. 21 May 1823, matr.Mich.1823 ; MA 1826 (incorp. Trinity Coll.Dublin 1834) ; succ.father as 5th baronet 23 Oct 1814 ; of Lissadell, co.Sligo ; High Sheriff, co.Sligo 1830 ; DL co.Sligo 1841, Lord Lieut. from 7 Dec 1871 ; MP (Cons) Co.Sligo from 12 Mar 1850 ; m. 1st, 23 Mar 1827 Hon.Caroline King, second dau. of Robert King, 1st Viscount Lorton (I) ; 2nd, 2 Apr 1830 Caroline Susan, sister of Wyndham Goold (qv) ; d. 21 Dec 1876.
GORGES, —- ; b. ; in under school list 1722.
GORGES, HAMILTON, brother of Richard Gorges (adm.1721, qv) ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1721 ; left 1728 ; Brasenose Coll.Oxford, matr. 14 Jun 1728 ; MA 1732 ; of Catherine’s Grove, co.Dublin ; MP (I) Coleraine 1757-60, Swords 1761-8 ; High Sheriff Meath 1770, Tyrone 1771 ; m. 27 Apr 1734 Catherine, dau. of John Keatinge ; d. 8 Apr 1786.
GORGES, RICHARD, elder son of Lieut.-Gen.Richard Hamilton Gorges MP (I), Kilbrew, co.Meath, and his first wife Hon.Nicola Sophia Hamilton, widow of Sir Tristram Beresford, Bart., and youngest dau. of Hugh Hamilton, 1st Baron Hamilton of Glenawley (I), Col. in Swedish army ; b. ; Kilkenny Coll., adm. 22 Jul 1716, aged 7 ; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1721 ; left 1721 ; Brasenose Coll.Oxford, matr. 20 Mar 1724/5 ; of Kilbrew, co.Meath ; High Sheriff, co.Meath 1731 ; MP (I) Aughter 1739-60, Enniskillen 1761-8 ; m. 1727 [check] Elizabeth, dau. of John Fielding, Governor of Jamaica ; d. Mar 1778.
GORGES, RICHARD ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1721/2 ; in under school list 1722.
GORGES-FETTIPLACE, RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Gorges DCL MP, Eye, Herefs., and Frances, eldest dau. of Thomas Fettiplace (formerly Bushell), Swinbrook, Oxfordshire ; bapt. Eye, Herefs., 23 Dec 1757 ; adm. 17 Feb 1772 ; left Whitsun 1774 ; of Childrey, Berks., and Swinbrook, Oxfordshire ; assumed additional surname of Fettiplace 13 Jan 1806 ; d. unm.21 May 1806.
GORGES-MEREDYTH, SIR RICHARD, BART., only son of Hamilton Gorges (qv) ; b. 7 May 1735 ; adm. Jan 1745/6 ; left 1748 ; Brasenose Coll.Oxford, matr.11 Jul 1752 ; MA 1756 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 12 Nov 1756 ; MP (I) Enniskillen Feb 1768-76, Naas 1787-90 ; assumed additional surname of Meredyth 15 Apr 1775 ; created baronet 5 Sep 1787 ; m. 2 Mar 1775 Mary, dau. of Arthur Francis Meredyth, Dollardstown, co.Meath ; d. Sep 1821.
GORING, CHARLES, brother of Sir Harry Dent Goring, Bart. (qv) ; b. 17 May 1805 ; adm. 15 Sep 1817 ; Sidney Sussex Coll., Cambridge, adm.pens.1 Jan 1825, matr. Lent 1825 ; BA 1829 ; MA 1832 ; ordained deacon 1 Jan 1829, priest 1 Jan 1830 (both Chichester) ; Rector of Twineham, Sussex, from 16 Jan 1830 ; m. 2 Oct 1832 Maria Arabella, eldest dau. of Gen.Hon.Frederick St.John ; d. 4 Aug 1859.
GORING, SIR CHARLES MATHEW, BART., eldest son of Sir Harry Goring, Bart., MP, and Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Sir George Mathews, Kt MP, Twickenham, Middlesex, director East India Company ; b. 15 May 1706 ; adm. Jan 1716/7 ; in under school list 1721 ; Magdalen Coll.Oxford, matr.4 May 1725 ; succ.father as 5th baronet 12 Nov 1731 ; m. 1st, 15 Jul 1731 Mary, youngest dau. of William Blackburn, Morton Ash and High Ongar, Essex ; m.2nd, 20 Apr 1743 Elizabeth, elder dau. of Sir Robert Fagg, Bart., MP ; buried Wiston, Sussex 2 Sep 1769.
GORING, EDWARD, brother of Sir Charles Mathew Goring, Bart. (qv) ; b. 15 Aug 1712 ; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1721 ; in under school list 1725 ; Balliol Coll.Oxford, matr. 20 Nov 1730 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 5 Jun 1729 ; d. unm.
GORING, SIR HARRY DENT, BART., eldest son of Sir Charles Forster Goring, Bart., and Bridget, dau. of Henry Dent, Canterbury, Kent [Collector of Excise ?] ; b. 30 Dec 1802 ; adm. 29 Jan 1816 ; Magdalen Coll.Oxford, matr. 10 Nov 1820 ; BA 1824 ; MA 1829 ; MP (Whig) Shoreham 1832-41 ; succ. father as 10th baronet 26 Mar 1844 ; High Sheriff Anglesey 1848 ; m.1st, 2 Aug 1827 (divorced 1841) Augusta, dau. of John Harvey, Thorpe Lodge, Norwich, textile merchant ; m.2nd, 11 May 1842 Mary Elizabeth, widow of Jones Panton, Plas Gwyn, Anglesey, and dau. of John Griffith Lewis, Llanddyfnan, Anglesey ; d. at Paris 19 Apr 1859.
GORING, HENRY, brother of Sir Charles Mathew Goring, Bart. (qv) ; b. 11 Apr 1707 ; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1716/7 ; in under school list 1721 ; Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Young Pretender, with whom he was in Italy c.1737 ; entered Austrian service ; for his travels in Germany and elsewhere with the Young Pretender see A Letter from H— G—g, Esq., London, 1750 (although this is essentially fictitious) ; left service of Young Pretender in May 1754 ; went to Berlin and entered Prussian officer corps shortly before his death ; m. Susanna, dau. of Prince — Stanever, Transylvania ; d. in Berlin 1755.
GORING, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1718 ; left 1722. [Possibly John Goring, son of Henry Goring, and Anne —, bapt.King’s Bromley, Staffs., 17 Sep 1711 (IGI)].
GORING, WILLIAM, brother of Sir Charles Mathew Goring, Bart. (qv) ; b. 7 Jun 1708 ; adm. (aged 8) Jul 1716 ; left 1720 ; a Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the Old Pretender ; d. unm. at Rome, of influenza, 3 Feb 1742/3.
GORMANSTON, VISCOUNT, see PRESTON, JENICO, 10th VISCOUNT GORMANSTON (I).
GORRINGE, PETER ROLLINS, second son of William Pennington Gorringe, Kingston House, Shoreham, Sussex, and Rebecca Pinnick ; b. 28 Aug 1842 ; adm. 24 Jan 1856 (G) ; Brasenose Coll.Oxford, matr. 19 Nov 1863 ; BA 1867 ; MA 1870 ; ordained deacon 1868, priest 1869 (both Chichester) ; Curate, Southwick, Sussex 1868-70, Orsett, Essex 1870-2 ; Rector of Manston, Dorset 1872-1910 ; Diocesan Inspector of Schools, Salisbury 1901-10 ; m. 2 Sep 1869 Fanny Eliza, only dau. of Edward David Sweet, Hillersden, Nelson, New Zealand, latterly of Lymington, Hampshire, farmer ; d. 12 Jul 1931.
GOSLIN, JOHN ; b. ; adm. ; BB 1709-13 (Chapter Muniments 33741-6).
GOSLING, —– ; b. ; in school lists May and Oct 1803.
GOSLING, JAMES, son of Joseph Gosling [or Gostling ?], St.Margaret’s, Westminster, and Chalfont St.Peter’s, Bucks., ironmonger ; b. ; adm. ; BB 1714 ; Min.Can. (aged 14) 1715 ; St.John‘s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 21 May 1716 ; BA 1719.
GOSSET, FRANCIS RUSSELL, fourth son of Sir Ralph Allen Gosset KCB, Serjeant at Arms to the House of Commons, and Arabella Sarah, dau. of Sir Thomas Butler, Bart. ; b. 2 Jun 1849 ; adm. 19 Jun 1862 ; left Whitsun 1865 ; Lieut., Army Service Corps 15 Jul 1871 ; Capt. [check] ; retd 1881 ; Assistant Serjeant at Arms, House of Commons 1881-5, Deputy Serjeant at Arms 1885-1929 ; CBE 3 Jun 1928 ; m. 4 Jan 1876 Mary Snell, dau. of Robert Dalglish MP, Kilmordinny, Dumbartonshire ; d. 8 Jul 1930.
GOSSIP, WILLIAM, elder son of Thomas Gossip, Leicester, hosier, and Joanna, widow of Richard Cooke, Leicester, apothecary, and dau. of Richard Cartwright, Everington, Leics. ; bapt.St.Martin’s, Leicester 16 Sep 1770 (IGI) ; adm.19 Jan 1779, having been at Manchester GS ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.20 Jun 1789 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 30 May 1789 ; of Thorp Arch, Yorks. (estate inherited from uncle 1790) ; m. twice ; d. 21 Aug 1833, aged 63.
GOSTWYCKE ( or GOSTWYKE), WILLIAM, son of William Gostwycke, St.Mary Bothaw, London, merchant, and Sibylla —- ; b. 8 Jul 1650 ; at Merchant Taylors’ School 1656-9 ; adm. ; KS 1664 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1668, adm.pens.5 Jun 1668, scholar 1669 ; BA 1671/2 ; MA 1675 ; Fellow, Trinity Coll., from 1674, Junior Dean 1695-7, 1701-2 ; the first Reader in Philosophy, King’s William Coll., Isle of Man 1676 ; ordained deacon 26 May 1678 (London), priest 21 Sep 1678 (Ely); Vicar of St.Michael’s, Cambridge 7 Oct 1681-93, Great St.Mary’s, Cambridge from 1693 ; also Vicar of Bottisham, Cambs., 1693-6 ; d. 4 Feb 1702/3. Buried Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge.
GOTT, HENRY, elder son of Sir Henry Thomas Gott (formerly Greening), Kt, Chalfont St.Giles, Bucks., and Ann, dau. of Richard Hooper, The Whittern, Lyonshall, Herefordshire ; b. ; adm. 19 Jan 1775 ; Ensign, 54th Foot 28 Nov 1779 ; Lieut., 23 Dec 1782 ; half-pay 1783, but restored to active list 26 Jun 1783 ; d. 12 Jan 1792.
GOTT, RICHARD, brother of Henry Gott (qv) ; b. ; adm. 19 Jan 1775 ; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1780 ; Ensign, Bombay Native Infantry 21 Nov 1782 ; 54th Foot 24 Sep 1787 ; Lieut. 13 Oct 1792 ; retd. 1794 ; latterly of Maize Hill, Greenwich, Kent ; m. 1810 Amelia, dau. of W[illiam ?] Miell [actor ?] ; d. 27 Apr 1844, aged 77.
GOTTO, DONALD, fifth son of Henry Jenkin Gotto, Highgate Road, London, stationer, and Rosetta Jones, only dau. of John Gaisford, Warminster, Wilts. ; b. 6 Aug 1862 ; adm. 25 Jul 1878 (H) ; left May 1881 ; St.John’s Coll.Oxford, matr. 21 Jan 1882 ; BA 1887 ; MA 1895 ; ordained deacon 1888, priest 1892 (St Albans) ; Curate, Holy Trinity, Barking Road, 1888-9, All Saints, Maldon, Essex 1890-1901 ; Rector of Shenley, Herts., from 1901 ; m. 29 Sep 1893 Mary Louisa Theophila, dau. of Rev.Edward Russell Horwood, Vicar of All Saints, Maldon, Essex ; d. from effects of fall when alighting at Radlett Station 12 Jan 1917.
GOUGH, see also GOFFE.
GOUGH, CHARLES, youngest son of Sir Henry Gough, Kt., MP, Perry Barr, Staffs., and Mary, eldest dau. of Sir Edward Littleton, Bart., MP, Pillaton, Staffs. ; b. 18 Jul 1693 ; adm. ; Min.Can. (aged 15) 1709 ; QS 1710 ; left 1712 ; went to sea before the mast and subsequently joined EIC Maritime Service ; 3rd Mate, ship Hertford 1717 ; ship Bridgwater 1720 ; 2nd Mate 1722 ; Capt., ships Princess Anne 1726 and Richmond 1731-5 ; director, East India Company 1749-52, 1754-7, 1759-62 ; d. unm. 11 Feb 1774.
GOUGH, GEORGE GWINNETT, son of George Gwinnett (afterwards Gough), Great Shurdington, Gloucs., and Mary, dau. of Jeremy Gough, Bread Street, London, grocer ; bapt.St.John, Friday Street, London 9 May 1722 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1732/3 (as George Gwinnet) ; left 1738 ; assumed surname of Gough ; Oriel Coll.Oxford, matr. 11 Nov 1738, aged 16 (as George Gough) ; MA 18 Jun 1743 ; adm.Middle Temple 15 Jan 1739/40 (as George Gough) ; latterly known as George Gwinnett Gough ; d. 27 May 1756 (MI Badgeworth, Gloucs.).
GOUGH, KEDGWIN ELLIOTT KAYE, son of Kedgwin Hoskins Gough, Parliament Street, Westminster, solicitor and parliamentary agent, and Lalla Sarah Heath, youngest dau. of William John Kaye, HM Foreign Service Messenger ; b. 27 Jan 1853 ; adm. 20 Feb 1865 ; left Aug 1865 ; a clerk in Customs Office Feb 1872 ; transferred to Solicitor’s Department, Board of Trade Aug 1875 ; Principal Clerk there from Apr 1885 ; of Beaconsfield House, Wotton under Edge, Gloucs. ; m. Frances Temperance, dau. of William Handcock Parkinson MD FRCS (I), Brussels, Belgium (marriage registered Cookham third quarter 1877) ; d. 7 Apr 1903.
GOUGH, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1740/1.
GOULD, CHARLES (adm.1735), see MORGAN, SIR CHARLES, BART.
GOULD, CHARLES (adm.1771), see MORGAN, SIR CHARLES, BART.
GOULD, JOHN, son of Richard Gould, Somerset ; b. ; at school (aged 14) 2 Jul 1582 (Chapter Muniments 43050).
GOULD, JOHN ; b. ; adm. 15 Jan 1773 ; left 1775. [Perhaps Ensign, 85th Foot 14 Sep 1779 ; Lieut., 12 Dec 1780].
GOULD, JOHN, only surviving son of John Gould MD, St.Austell, Cornwall, and Rachel, dau. of Jonathan Rashleigh MP, Menabilly, Cornwall ; b. 16 Aug 1769 ; adm. 2 Apr 1784 ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 5 Jul 1787, Riplingham scholar 6 Nov 1787, matr.Mich.1787 ; BA 1791 ; Platt Fellow, St.John’s Coll. 7 Apr 1794-5 ; resided at Amberd House, Pitminster, Somerset ; four letters written by him in 1793-4 to Jakob Samuel Wyttenbach are printed in The Eagle, xxxiii, 178-203 ; m. 21 Sep 1795 Jane, dau. of Rev.Nutcombe Nutcombe (formerly Quicke), Chancellor of Exeter and Rector of Morchard Bishop, Devon ; d. 19 May 1854.
GOULD, PASTON, brother of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart. (adm.1735, qv) ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1741/2 ; KS 1745 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1749, adm.pens. 1 Jun 1749, but did not matr. ; Ensign, 40th Foot 30 Jan 1745/6 ; Lieut., 27 Mar 1753 ; Capt., 23rd Foot 16 Oct 1755 ; Maj., 68th Foot 1 Mar 1762 ; Lieut.-Col, 30th Foot 2 Mar 1764 ; Brevet Col., 29 Aug 1777, with rank of Brig.-Gen. in South Carolina ; m. Anne, dau. of Benjamin Hallowell, Boston, Massachusetts, North America, Commissioner of Customs at Boston ; d. 14 Aug 1782.
GOULD, RICHARD ; b. ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Trin.Coll.Camb.1624, adm.scholar 1625, matr.Easter 1625 ; d.unm.1628.
GOULSTON, see also GULSTON.
GOULSTON (or GULSTON), FRANCIS, second son of Francis Goulston (or Gulston), Wyddial, Herts., and his first wife Sarah, dau. of John Stebbing, Brandeston, Suffolk, and St.Bride’s, London, druggist ; b. 8 May 1727 ; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1741/2 ; left 1744 ; Pembroke Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 15 Sep 1744, matr.1744 ; LLB 1752 ; ordained deacon 11 Mar 1749, priest 22 Sep 1751 (both London) ; Rector of Wyddial, Herts., from 27 Sep 1752 ; Rector of Great Sampford, Essex, from 5 Mar 1767 ; m. 6 Dec 1752 (IGI) Mary, dau. of John Turvin ; d. 14 Jul 1797.
GOULSTON, MORRIS ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1714/5 ; in under school list 1719 ; Ensign, 12thFoot 12 Apr 1723 ; Lieut., 19 Jan 1735/6 ; Capt.-Lieut., 14 Jul 1743 ; Capt., 29 May 1745 ; half-pay, Fleming’s Foot 19 Jan 1748/9 (still in Army List 1769) ; served at battle of Fontenoy. [note Maurice Russell Gulston who m. 4 Nov 1741 Ann Laurence (IGI)]
GOUNTER, CHARLES, see NICOLL, SIR CHARLES GOUNTER.
GOUNTER, GEORGE, elder son of George Gounter MP, Racton, Sussex, and his second wife Judith, dau. of Richard Nicoll, Norbiton, Surrey ; bap. 28 Nov 1703 ; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1716/7 ; left 1717 ; buried Racton, Sussex Nov 1718.
GOWER, HON.BAPTIST LEVESON, brother of John Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv) ; b. ; adm. (aged 13) May 1717 ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 22 Apr 1720 ; MP Newcastle under Lyme 1727-61 ; a Commissioner of Trade and Foreign Plantations 7 May 1745 – Jun 1749 ; d.unm. 4 Mar 1782.
GOWER, GEORGE GRANVILLE LEVESON, 1ST DUKE OF SUTHERLAND, eldest son of Granville Leveson Gower, 1stMarquis of Stafford (qv), and his second wife ; b. 9 Jan 1758 ; styled Viscount Trentham 1758-86, Earl Gower 1786-1803 ; adm. 5 Dec 1767 ; left 1774 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 May 1775 ; MA 1777 ; MP Newcastle under Lyme 26 Jan 1779-84, Staffordshire 15 May 1787 – 25 Feb 1799 ; travelling in Norther Europe 1781, Italy 1786-7 ; Privy Councillor 28 May 1790 ; Ambassador to Paris 11 Jun 1790 – Sep 1792 ; summoned to House of Lords as Baron Gower 25 Feb 1799 ; Joint Postmaster-General 27 Feb 1799 – Mar 1801 ; succ. father as 2nd Marquis of Stafford 26 Oct 1803 ; one of the leaders in the attack on the Addington administration 1804 ; he and his family had been consistent supporters of Pitt, but after Pitt’s death he generally acted with the Whigs ; KG 22 Mar 1806 ; a supporter of Roman Catholic Emancipation and of the Reform Bill of 1832 ; cr.Duke of Sutherland 14 Jan 1833 ; possessed great wealth and extensive landed estates ; between 1812 and 1832 he had 450 miles of roads and 134 bridges built on his estates in Sutherlandshire, brought to him by marriage in 1786 ; inherited estates of his uncle, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, 1803 ; purchased Stafford House, London 1827 ; Lord Lieut. Sutherlandshire 1794-1831, also Staffordshire 21 Oct 1799 – 6 Jun 1801 (DL Staffordshire 1786) ; Trustee, British Museum, from 1806 ; member, Society of Dilettanti 1815 ; m. 4 Sep 1785 Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland (S), only child and heiress of William Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland (S) ; d. 19 Jul 1833. ODNB.
GOWER, GRANVILLE LEVESON, 1ST MARQUIS OF STAFFORD, third son of John Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv), and his first wife ; b. 4 Aug 1721 ; adm. Sep 1731 ; KS 1736 ; left 1740 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Apr 1740 ; MP Bishops Castle 6 Dec 1744-7, Westminster 1747-54, Lichfield 15 Apr – 25 Dec 1754 ; a Lord of the Admiralty 18 Nov 1749 – Jun 1751 ; styled Viscount Trentham 1746-54 ; succ.father as 2nd Earl Gower 25 Dec 1754 ; Lord Lieut., Staffordshire 22 Jan 1755 – Oct 1799 ; Lord Privy Seal 22 Nov 1755 – Jun 1757 ; Privy Councillor 22 Dec 1755 ; Master of the Horse 1 Jul 1757 – Nov 1760 ; Master of the Great Wardrobe 27 Nov 1760 – Apr 1763 ; Lord Chamberlain Apr 1763 – Jul 1765 ; Lord President of the Council 23 Dec 1767 – Nov 1779, 19 Dec 1783 – Nov 1784 ; KG 11 Feb 1771 ; Lord Privy Seal 24 Nov 1784 – Jul 1794 ; cr. Marquis of Stafford 1 Mar 1786 ; FSA 29 Apr 1784 ; a Busby Trustee from 27 Mar 1770 ; m.1st, 23 Dec 1744 Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas Fazakerley MP, Prescot, Lancs. ; m. 2nd, 28 Mar 1748 Lady Louisa Egerton, eldest dau. of Scroope Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater ; m. 3rd, 25 May 1768 Lady Susannah Stewart, second dau. of Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway (S) ; d. 26 Oct 1803. ODNB.
GOWER, JOHN LEVESON, 1st EARL GOWER, eldest son of John Leveson Gower, 1st Baron Gower PC, Chancellor Duchy of Lancaster, and Lady Catherine Manners, eldest dau. of John Manners, 1st Duke of Rutland PC ; b. 10 Aug 1694 ; at school under Knipe (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1751) ; succ.father as 2nd Baron Gower 31 Aug 1709 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Feb 1709/10 ; DCL 19 Aug 1732 ; Custos Rotulorum, Staffordshire, from 9 Jul 1742, Lord Lieut. from 23 July 1742 ; Lord Privy Seal 13 Jul 1742 – 10 Dec 1743, and from 27 Dec 1744 ; Privy Councillor 13 Jul 1742 ; Recorder of Lichfield 15 Sep 1743 ; raised 77th Foot on outbreak of Jacobite rebellion, acting as its Col. 4 Oct 1745 until regiment’s disbandment 17 Jun 1746 ; cr. Earl Gower 8 Jul 1746 ; on five occasions one of the Lord Justices during King George II’s absence abroad ; m. 1st, 13 Mar 1711/2 Lady Evelyn Pierrepoint, third dau. of Evelyn Pierrepoint, 1st Duke of Kingston ; m.2nd, 31 Oct 1733 Penelope, widow of Sir Henry Atkins, Bart., and dau. of Sir John Stonhouse, Bart., MP ; m.3rd, 16 May 1736 Mary, widow of Anthony Grey, Earl of Harold, and fourth dau. of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet ; d. 25 Dec 1754. ODNB.
GOWER, HON.JOHN LEVESON, eldest son of John Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv), and his first wife ; b. 27 Nov 1712 ; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1721/2 ; d. of smallpox 15 Jul 1723.
GOWER, HON.RICHARD LEVESON, fourth son of John Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv), and his first wife ; b. 30 Apr 1726 ; adm. Sep 1735 ; KS (Capt.) 1739 ; Capt. of the School 1743 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1744, matr. 28 May 1744, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1744 – void 30 Jun 1750 ; MP Lichfield from 1747 ; joint Secretary with Edward Wortley Montagu (qv) to Plenipotentiaries at Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle 1748 ; Under-Secretary of State Jun 1749 – Jun 1751 ; d.unm. 19 Oct 1753.
GOWER, HON.WILLIAM LEVESON, second son of John Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv), and his first wife ; bapt. St.Anne, Soho 20 Mar 1715/6 ; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1727 ; left 1733 ; Brasenose Coll.Oxford, matr. 13 Apr 1733 ; Grand Tour (left England Feb 1736) ; d. unm. 14 Apr 1739.
GOWLAND, RALPH SKINNER, only son of Ralph Gowland MP, Eppleton, co.Durham, and Ann, dau. of John Darby, Foots Cray, Kent ; b. 6 May 1758 ; adm. 19 Jun 1770 ; left Whitsun 1775 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 16 Nov 1775 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 11 Dec 1775, but did not matr. ; of Durham ; m. 3 Jan 1805 Emily, dau. of William Smith, Ashling, Chichester, Sussex, Secretary to Duke of Richmond ; d. at Caen, France 10 Nov 1821 [but will proved PCC 27 Oct 1828 (sic)]
GOWRAN, LORD, see FITZPATRICK, JOHN, 1st EARL OF UPPER OSSORY.
GRACE, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 15) Feb 1753 ; in school list 1754 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 14 Jun 1754 (described as “of Westminster School”). [Possibly John Grace, son of Thomas Grace, and Elizabeth —, bapt.St.John’s, Smith Square 24 Dec 1738].
GRADON, ROBERT, second son of Robert Gradon, St.James, Westminster ; b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 11) 1687 ; left 1687 ; adm.Middle Temple 13 May 1689 (as Robert Graydon), called to bar 22 May 1696. [Presumably Robert Grayden (sic), son of Robert Grayden and Elizabeth — (?Lane), bapt.St.Paul’s, Covent Garden 2 May 1674 ].
GRAFTON, —– ; b. ; adm. ; KS ; “latly gonne awaye” at 1 Apr 1550 (Acts of Chapter).
GRAHAM, —- ; b. ; adm. ; KS ; left 1653, having failed to obtain his election to either University (Buttery Book).
GRAHAM, ALEXANDER ; b. ; adm. 16 Jan 1800 ; in school lists 1801, 1803 ; left 1806.
GRAHAM, C. ; b. ; in school list 1797.
GRAHAM, CAROLUS JAMES HOME, brother of Thomas James Graham-Stirling (qv) ; b. 24 May 1812 ; adm. 22 Sep 1824 ; at Haileybury Coll.1830-1 ; Writer, EICS Bengal 1831 ; arrived India 14 Sep 1831 ; Assistant to Commissioner of Revenue and circuit, Cuttack 27 Dec 1832 ; held various subsequent appointments ; Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector, Rajeshahy May 1837 ; resigned in India 1 May 1846 and returned home ; d. unm. 30 Oct 1877.
GRAHAM (or GRAHME), CHARLES, elder son of William Graham (qv) ; b. 25 Nov 1708 ; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1717 ; left 1717 ; went to Charterhouse Sch., foundation scholar 1719-24 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Mar 1723/4 ; migrated to Magdalen Hall, Oxford ; ordained deacon 19 Dec 1731 (Rochester, as Grahme), priest 24 Jun 1733 (Ely, lit.dim. from Canterbury, as Graham) ; Rector of Southchurch, Essex, from 25 Jun 1733 ; m. 6 Jan 1728/9 Priscilla, dau. of Case Billingsley, Tottenham, Middlesex, merchant and financial speculator ; buried 12 Apr 1734.
GRAHAM, FERGUS JAMES, eldest son of Rev.Fergus Graham LLD, Prebendary of Ripon and Rector of Arthuret and Kirkandrews-upon-Esk, Cumberland, and his first wife Johanna, dau. of Robert Gale, Carlisle ; grandson of Robert Graham (qv) ; b.1792 ; adm.Lady Day 1808 ; Magdalene Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 26 Apr 1811, aged 18, matr. Easter 1811 ; Cornet, 2nd Dragoon Guards 27 Jan 1814 ; Lieut., 30 May 1816 ; half-pay 10 Apr 1817 ; Lieut., 2nd Dragoon Guards 26 Mar 1818 ; retd. 12 Feb 1833 ; Postmaster at Carlisle 11 Nov 1831 ; HBM Consul at Bayonne 19 Aug 1842 – 1 Oct 1874 ; m.1st, 18 Apr 1818 Alethea, only dau. of William Evans James, Liverpool ; m.2nd, 18 Nov 1851 Frances, dau. of William Ellis, Castle Field, Yorks. ; d. 16 Jan 1881.
GRAHAM, GEORGE ; b. ; at school 1792 (Clapham from 24 Oct 1795) ; in school lists 1795, 1797 ; probably “Graham” who played cricket v.Charterhouse in 1794 and v.Eton at Lord’s 8 Aug 1799.
GRAHAM (or GRAHME), JAMES, brother of Richard Graham (or Grahme), 1st Viscount Preston (S) (qv) ; b. Mar 1649/50 ; at school 1662-5 (as James Grimes) (Busby’s account book) ; a boarder ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Jul 1666, aged 16 ; adm. Inner Temple 20 Jun 1666 ; commissioned in French army 15 May 1671 as Capt., Douglas’s Regt. of Scottish Infantry ; Capt. in British Army, Earl of Carlisle’s Foot, 29 Mar 1673 ; served in the Netherlands under Turenne and Monmouth ; Lieut.-Col., Lord Morpeth’s Regt. of Foot, 23 Feb 1677/8 ; Keeper of Privy Purse to Duchess of York Dec 1679, soon afterwards to Duke of York (the future King James II) ; MP Carlisle 1685-7 ; Keeper of Privy Purse and Master of the Buckhounds to James II as King 31 Mar 1685 – 11 Dec 1688 ; assisted James II in his flight from Whitehall Dec 1688 and corresponded with him at St.Germain ; outlawed 1691 and although subsequently pardoned continued his visits to James ; arrested 1 Jun 1692, released on bail ; again arrested 3 Mar 1696 and sent to Fleet prison ; retired to his estate at Levens, near Kendal, Westmorland ; took oaths to Government Sep 1701 ; MP Appleby 1702-8, Westmorland 1708-27 ; m. 1st, 23 Nov 1675 Dorothy, Maid of Honour to Queen Catherine, eldest dau. of Hon.William Howard, Rivensby, Lincs. ; m.2nd, 5 Mar 1701/2 Elizabeth, widow of George Bromley, Middle Temple, London, barrister, and dau. of Isaac Barton, All Hallows, Barking, London, merchant ; d. 26 Jan 1729/30 (M.I.Charlton, Wilts.). ODNB.
GRAHAM, SIR JAMES ROBERT GEORGE, BART., eldest son of Sir James Graham, Bart. MP, Netherby, Cumberland, and Lady Catherine Stewart, sister of George Stewart, 8th Earl of Galloway (S) (qv) ; grandson of Robert Graham (qv) ; b. 1 Jun 1792 ; adm. (fag to Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5thDuke of Richmond and Gordon (qv), so presumably boarded with Mother Glover) ; left 1809 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1810 ; continental tour 1812-5 ; MP Hull 1818-20, St.Ives 1820 – Mar 1821, Carlisle 1826- Jan 1829, Cumberland 16 Jan 1829-32, East Cumberland 1832-7, Pembroke District 30 Feb 1838-41, Dorchester 1841-7, Ripon 1847-52, Carlisle from 1852 ; succ.father as 2nd baronet 13 Apr 1824 ; First Lord of the Admiralty 25 Nov 1830 – Jun 1834, when he resigned owing to his opposition to the Whig government’s policy on the Irish Church ; Privy Councillor 22 Nov 1830 ; Home Secretary 6 Sep 1841 – Jul 1846 ; First Lord of the Admiralty 30 Dec 1852 – Mar 1855 ; FRS 22 Dec 1831 ; LLD Cambridge 1835 ; Rector, Glasgow University 1838-40 ; GCB 15 Apr 1854 ; DL JP Cumberland ; Trustee, National Gallery, from 1835 ; as a politician sat as a Whig in House of Commons to 1834 ; one of the committee of four which prepared the first Reform Bill 1830 ; after a short period of independence, crossed the floor of the house to join Conservatives Jun 1835 ; followed Sir Robert Peel in 1846 and his subsequent political career was initially as a Peelite, then as a Liberal ; a highly unpopular Home Secretary, and his tampering with the letters of foreign refugees in 1844 caused general indignation ; author, Corn and Currency 1826 ; m. 8 Jul 1819 Fanny, youngest dau. of Col. James Campbell (formerly Callander), of Ardkinglas and Craigforth, Stirlingshire, adventurer ; d. 25 Oct 1861. ODNB.
GRAHAM, JAMES WILLIAM, eldest son of Joseph Graham, London, medical practitioner, and Johanna Lomax, Sleaford, Lincs. ; b. 16 Jul 1785 ; adm. ; KS 1799 ; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1800 ; Ensign, 6th Bombay Native Infantry 22 May 1801 ; Lieut., 18 Dec 1803 ; Capt., 8 Jan 1816 ; 12th Bombay Native Infantry 5 Jun 1817 ; interpreter and translator, Supreme Court of Justice, Bombay ; Maj., 12thBombay Native Infantry 1 May 1826 – 21 Nov 1828, cashiered in India ; returned to England in 1832 ; Muslim convert ; his Treatise on Sufism, or Mahomedan Mysticism, published in Transactions of Literary Society of Bombay, I, 1819, was the first published study of the subject by an European ; m. 25 Aug 1819 Mary Austen (IGI) ; d. 22 Jun 1849.
GRAHAM, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1739 (in school lists 1739-40 as “Grimes”).
GRAHAM, JOHN ; b. ; adm. 24 Oct 1790 (Clapham) ; at school 1793 ; in school lists 1795, 1797 ; left Mich.1799.
GRAHAM, JOHN, eldest son of John Smith Graham, Bernard Street, Bloomsbury, London, Paymaster of Greenwich Hospital Out-Patients, and Anne Elliott, Brentford Butts, Middlesex ; b. 12 Dec 1812 ; adm.10 Jan 1825 ; went to Winchester Coll. (scholar 1827) ; Wadham Coll.Oxford, matr.27 Oct 1831 ; Newdigate Prize for English Verse 1833 ; migr. to New Inn Hall ; BA 1837 ; ordained deacon 12 Jun 1840 (London), priest 6 Jun 1841 ; Curate, St.John’s, Hackney ; his poem Staffa, written for the Newdigate Prize in 1832, when he was defeated by Roundell Palmer (afterwards Earl of Selborne) was published in Blackwood’s Magazine, 1832 ; d. unm. 28 Nov 1845.
GRAHAM (or GRAHME), RICHARD, 1ST VISCOUNT PRESTON (S), eldest son of Sir George Graham, Bart., Netherby, Cumberland and Norton Conyers, Yorkshire, and Lady Mary Johnstone, second dau. of James Johnstone, 1st Earl of Hartfell (S) ; b. 24 Sep 1648 ; succ. father as 3rd baronet 19 Mar 1657/8 ; at school 1660-4 (as Richard Grimes) (Busby’s account book) ; a boarder ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Jun 1664 ; MA 4 Feb 1666/7 ; adm.Inner Temple 28 Apr 1664 ; MP Cockermouth Jun 1675 – Mar 1681, Cumberland 1685-7 ; although a Protestant, was a zealous advocate of the right of the Duke of York (James II) to the succession ; created Viscount Preston (S) 12 May 1681 ; Envoy Extraordinary to France 1682-5 ; he and Lord Middleton managed the House of Commons for James II ; Privy Councillor 21 Oct 1685 ; Master of the Great Wardrobe 11 Dec 1685 – 11 Dec 1688 ; Lord Lieut., Cumberland and Westmorland 29 Aug 1687 – 8 Apr 1689 ; Secretary of State Oct – Dec 1688 ; one of the Council of Five left by James II in London Nov 1688 ; created an English baron by James II at St.Germain 21 Jan 1689, but his claim was subsequently disallowed by the House of Lords ; arrested and sent to the Tower for planning the restoration of James II 1689 ; rearrested while carrying treasonable papers on board a smack bound for Calais 1 Jan 1691 ; sentenced to death at the Old Bailey 19 Jan 1691, but pardoned after making confessions implicating William Penn and others ; committed to Newgate for refusing to give evidence at a trial Aug 1691, but soon released on bail ; retired to his Yorkshire estate and revised his translation of Boethius, published posthumously ; m. 2 Aug 1670 Lady Anne Howard, second dau. of Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle ; d. 22 Dec 1695. ODNB.
GRAHAM (or GRAHME), RICHARD, son of James Graham (qv) ; b. 8 Feb 1678 ; adm.1690 (E.H.Plumptre, Life of Thomas Ken, 1890, ii, 155-9, which does not however evidence 1690 as the date of Graham’s admission) ; University Coll.Oxford, matr.11 Oct 1693 ; a fictionalised account of his short life will be found in A Student Penitent, 1875, written by Francis Edward Paget (qv) ; d. Jul 1696, from the effects of a fall some months before his death while trying to get out of his college to see a cock-fight.
GRAHAM (or GRAHME), ROBERT, younger son of William Graham (qv) ; b. 28 Jul 1711 ; adm. (aged 7) Sep 1718 ; left 1718 ; went to Charterhouse Sch., foundation scholar 1721-7 ; Magdalen Hall, Oxford, matr.11 Mar 1726/7 ; demy, Magd.Coll.Oxford 1727-35 ; BA 1730 ; MA 1733 ; BD and DD 1777 ; ordained deacon 2 Mar 1734/5 (London), priest 21 Sep 1735 (Carlisle) ; Rector of Arthuret, Cumberland, from 23 Sep 1735 ; Rector of Wiston, Sussex 27 Dec 1736 – Oct 1742 ; Rector of Ashtead, Surrey 8 Oct 1742 – Nov 1754 ; Rector of Kirkandrews upon Esk, Cumberland, from 13 Apr 1759 ; inherited Netherby estate, Cumberland 1757 ; m. 1 Jun 1752 Frances, dau. of Sir Reginald Graham, Bart., Norton Conyers, Yorks. ; d. 2 Feb 1782.
GRAHAM, T. ; b. ; in school list 1797.
GRAHAM (or GRAHME), WILLIAM, brother of Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston (qv) ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1670 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1674, matr. 3 Jul 1674, aged 18, Westminster Student 6 Dec 1674 – void 1684 ; BA 1678 ; MA 11 Mar 1680/1 ; DD 1686 [or 1687 ?] ; ordained deacon 19 Dec 1680, priest 27 Feb 1680/1 (both Oxford) (as Graham) ; Rector of Kirkandrews upon Esk, Cumberland 27 Mar 1682-5 ; Prebendary of Durham from 16 Aug 1684 ; Rector of Whickham, co.Durham, from 10 Aug 1685 ; Dean of Carlisle 23 Jun 1686-1704 ; Dean of Wells from 28 Jul 1704 ; Joint Clerk of the Closet (and Chaplain) to Queen Anne from 26 Nov 1702 ; lic. to m. 26 Sep 1688 Mary, dau.of Rev.Gabriel Offley DD, Rector of Abinger, Surrey, and of Worplesdon, Surrey, Prebendary of Lichfield ; [? also m. Alice, dau. of John Walcot, Walcot, Shropshire] ; d. 4 Feb 1712/3.
GRAHAM, WILLIAM RICHARDSON, eldest son of James Graham, Barrock Lodge, Rickerby, Cumberland, and Harriet, dau. of James Simpson, Rickerby, Cumberland ; b. 9 Apr 1796 ; adm. 20 Feb 1809 ; left 1812 ; Cornet, 2nd Dragoon Guards 10 Feb 1814 (but no longer in Army List by 1819) ; m. 5 Jan 1815 Joan Crawford Cuningham, dau. of Sir William Cuningham Fairlie, Bart. ; d. 11 Apr 1827.
GRAHAM-STIRLING, THOMAS JAMES, second son of Thomas Graham-Stirling (formerly Graham), Airth, Stirlingshire, Convener of Stirlingshire, and Caroline Mary, only dau. of Maj.James Home, EICS Bengal ; b. 11 Jun 1811 ; adm. 22 Sep 1824 ; left Nov 1827 ; Ensign, 42nd Foot 8 Nov 1827 ; Lieut., 16 Nov 1832 ; retd. 15 Dec 1837 ; of Strowan, Perthshire ; DL JP Perthshire ; m.1st, 4 Jul 1844 Mary, eldest dau. of William Stirling, Kenmure House, Lanarkshire ; m.2nd, 3 Feb 1858 Jane, youngest dau. of William Hugh Hunter, Auchterarder, Perthshire ; d. 15 Aug 1896.
GRAHAME, JAMES CUNNINGHAM, brother of John Anthony Grahame (qv) ; b. 10 Jul 1830 ; adm. 20 Oct 1841 ; left 1844 ; Edinburgh Univ. ; Gonville & Caius Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 11 Oct 1849, matr. Mich.1849 ; BA 1854 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 1 Nov 1851 ; adm.advocate 10 Mar 1855 ; practised at Scottish bar 1855-73 ; Sheriff Substitute, Argyll 1860-5 ; bankrupt 1867 ; m. 13 Mar 1855 Elizabeth, dau. of John Inglis, Hilton, Lasswade, Midlothian ; d. Mar 1887.
GRAHAME, JOHN ANTHONY, second son of Archibald Grahame, Great George Street, Westminster, parliamentary agent, and Barbara Loriston, dau. of John Dixon, Knightswood, Dunbartonshire, coal owner ; b. 16 Nov 1824 ; adm. 20 Oct 1841 ; parliamentary agent, firm Grahame, Curry and Spens, Great George Street, Westminster ; m. 25 Mar 1856 Margaret Caldwell, dau. of John Crum, Thornliebank, Eastwood, Renfrewshire ; d. at Cannes, France 27 December 1888.
GRAHAME, THOMAS WILLIAM, brother of John Anthony Grahame (qv) ; b. 19 Aug 1828 ; adm. 20 Oct 1841 ; Addiscombe Coll.1846-7 ; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1847 ; 2nd Lieut., unattached 10 Dec 1847 ; Bombay Horse Artillery, 8 Jan 1849 ; d. at Colabah, India 4 Oct 1853.
GRAHME, see GRAHAM.
GRAINGER, JOHN CECIL, eldest son of Thomas Cecil Grainger, Bridge House, Cuckfield, Sussex, and Euphemia, eldest dau. of Thomas Bannerman, Aberdeen, merchant ; b. 7 Nov 1801 ; adm. 16 Sep 1816 ; Pembroke Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 1 Dec 1819, matr. Lent 1820 ; migr. to Downing Coll., adm.fellow commoner 16 Apr 1825 ; BA 1827 ; ordained deacon 25 Mar 1827, priest 1 Jul 1827 (both Salisbury) ; Perpetual Curate, Burcombe, Wilts., 3 Jul 1827 – Dec 1828 ; Vicar of St.Giles, Reading, Berks., from 17 Dec 1834 ; m. 23 Dec 1834 Margaret Bewicke, youngest dau. of John Smart, Trewhitt House, Northumberland ; d. 6 May 1857.
GRANGES, JAMES ; b. ; adm. 13 Sep 1784.
GRANT, —- ; b. ; in under school list 1718. [But Whitmore notes “my transcript reads Grimes”]
GRANT, —– ; b. ; in school lists 1743-7.
GRANT, — ; b. ; in school list 1801.
GRANT, CHARLES, brother of Richard Grant (adm.Jan 1750/1, qv) ; b. 2 May 1746 ; in school list 1754 ; KS (aged 14) 1760 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1764, adm.pens.20 Jun 1764, scholar 3 May 1765, matr. Mich.1767 ; BA 1768 ; MA 1780 ; ordained deacon 6 Nov 1768 (Norwich, lit.dim. from Winchester), priest 14 Jun 1772 (London) ; Curate, Streatham, Surrey, and Covent Garden, London 1768 ; subsequently Curate, Hampstead, Middlesex ; for more than thirty years proprietor of the Chapel in Well Walk, Hampstead ; Vicar of Hinton Parva, Dorset, from 6 Mar 1800 ; lic. to m. 12 Apr 1769 Susanna, dau. of Daniel Blachford, Lambeth, Surrey, and Fordingbridge, Hampshire ; d. 20 Feb 1811.
GRANT (or GRANTE), EDWARD ; b. ; at school under Passey and Randal (Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, i, 711) ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, sizar, matr. 22 Feb 1563/4 ; migrated to Exeter Coll., Oxford ; BA 27 Feb 1571/2 ; MA 1572 (incorp.Cambridge 16 Dec 1573) ; BD Cambridge 1578/9 (incorp.Oxford 19 May 1579) ; DD Cambridge 1588 ; preacher at Cambridge Univ.1580 ; Assistant Master at the School 1570-2, Head Master 1572 – Feb 1592/3 ; ordained deacon and priest 24 Jan 1576/7 (Rochester) ; Prebendary of Westminster from 26 May 1577, subsequently Sub-Dean ; Rector of Shenley, Herts., Mar 1580/1 ; Rector of South Benfleet, Essex 22 Dec 1584-5 ; Rector of Bintree and Foulsham, Norfolk 20 Nov 1586-94 ; Prebendary of Ely from 1589 (first documented mention 10 Dec 1590) ; Prebendary of Salisbury Jan 1592 – Jun 1593 or later ; Rector of East Barnet, Herts., from 3 Nov 1586 ; Rector of Algarkirk, Lincs., from Jan 1593/4 ; Rector of Toppesfield, Essex, from 22 Apr 1598 ; Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Elizabeth I from c.1586 (occurs 1594, 1598) ; “the most noted Latinist and Grecian of his time” (Wood, ibid.) ; an intimate friend of Roger Ascham, and responsible for the first published collection of Ascham’s letters, issued in 1576 ; his will, dated 25 Apr 1601, is printed Cass, History of East Barnet, 1885, 212-4 ; author, Graecae Linguae Spicilegium, 1575, afterward epitomised by William Camden as Institutio Graecae Grammaticae Compendiaria in Usum Scholae Regiae Westmonasteriensis,1597, the book becoming known in later years as the Eton Greek Grammar ; m. Susan — ; d. 4 Aug 1601. Buried Westminster Abbey. ODNB.
GRANT, FREDERICK JOHN, son of Richard Grant (adm.1786, qv) ; b. 1803 ; adm.Mich.1810 ; in school list Feb 1816 ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 31 Aug 1819, matr.Mich.1820 ; BA 1824 ; MA 1829 ; ordained deacon 13 Jun 1824 (London), priest 15 Jun 1828 (Lichfield), to curacy of Wetton, Staffs. ; d. 13 Mar 1837, aged 34. [Perhaps Frederic Grant, b. 27 Dec 1802, bapt.St.Pancras Old Church 8 Feb 1803, son of Richard Grant, and Susan — (IGI)].
GRANT, G. ; b. ; adm. 9 Jan 1809 ; in school list Oct 1814.
GRANT (or GRANTE), GABRIEL, son of Edward Grant (qv) ; bapt.St.Margaret, Westminster 1 Mar 1575/6 ; adm. ; QS ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1592, adm.scholar 1593 ; BA 1596/7 (supplication to be incorp.Oxford 26 Nov 1597) ; MA 1600 ; DD 1612 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 15 Jun 1598 ; ordained deacon 7 Dec 1600, priest 1 Mar 1600/1 (both Rochester) ; Rector of Layer Marney, Essex 1602-4 ; Rector of St.Leonard, Foster Lane, London 14 Apr 1604-22 ; Vicar of Walthamstow, Essex, from 28 Oct 1612 ; Prebendary of Westminster from 20 Jan 1612/3, Archdeacon 1617-30 ; Vicar of Plumstead, Kent 16 Jan 1617/8 – May 1619 ; Rector of Sutton, Surrey 3 Sep 1621 – May 1624 ; Rector of Boxford, Suffolk, from 16 Sep 1624 ; m. 1st, — (the marriage, by 1601, was against his father’s “expresse wyll”) ; m.2nd, 11 Feb 1633/4 Anne, widow of Morgan Senior, Ashton, Dorset ; d. by 28 Aug 1638.
GRANT, GEORGE ; b. ; adm. 19 Jan 1796 (Clapham) ; in school lists 1797 ; left Michaelmas 1798.
GRANT, HENRY JOHN, eldest son of Henry Grant, The Gnoll, Neath, Glamorgan, previously a free merchant in Calcutta, India, and Maria, dau. of John Camac, Greenmount, co.Louth, Ireland ; b. 28 Feb 1780 ; adm. ; at school 1791 ; Min.Can.1793 ; KS (aged 14) 1794 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1798, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr.19 May 1798 ; BA 1802 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 27 Jan 1802, called to bar 2 May 1807 ; of The Gnoll, Neath, Glamorgan ; DL JP Glamorgan, High Sheriff 1833-4 ; m. 25 May 1822 Mary, sister of George Warde (qv) ; d. 17 Apr 1861.
GRANT, SIR JAMES, BART., only son of Sir Ludovick Grant, Bart., MP, advocate, and his second wife Lady Margaret Ogilvie, elder dau. of James Ogilvie, 5th Earl of Findlater and 2nd Earl of Seafield (S) ; b. 19 May 1738 ; in school lists 1747-52 ; Christ’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 13 Jan 1756, matr. Easter 1756 ; MA 1757 ; Grand Tour (Italy, Switzerland, Germany) 1758-60 ; MP Elgin Burghs 1761-8, Banffshire 1790 – Jun 1795 ; succ.father as 8th baronet and as chief of clan Grant 18 Mar 1773 ; an original office-bearer on foundation Highland Society 1784 ; raised 1st Strathspey Fencible Infantry 1793, and 97th Foot 1794, both of which he commanded to 1802, with rank of Col.in Army, 1 Mar 1793 ; Lord Lieut., Inverness-shire 1794-1809 ; Cashier of the Excise, Scotland, from 1795 ; FRS (Ed) 17 Nov 1783 ; m. 4 Jan 1763 Jean, only dau. of Alexander Duff, Hatton, Aberdeenshire ; d. 18 Feb 1811. ODNB.
GRANT, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1744 ; in school list 1754 (“exempt from payment”).
GRANT, LEWIS, see OGILVY-GRANT, LEWIS ALEXANDER, 5TH EARL OF SEAFIELD (S).
GRANT, RICHARD, son of John Grant, London, and Margaret — ; b. 4 Mar 1743 [or 1743/4 ?] (bapt.Holy Trinity the Less, London 15 Mar 1743 [or 1743/4 ?]) ; adm. (aged 6) Jan 1750/1 ; KS (Capt.) 1757 ; Capt. of the School 1761 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1762, matr. 9 Jun 1762, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1762 – void 1 Jun 1772, expiry year of grace as V.Black Bourton ; BA 1766 ; MA 1770 ; an Usher at the School 1764-72 ; ordained deacon 6 Nov 1768 (Norwich), priest 26 May 1771 (Oxford) ; Vicar of Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, from 30 May 1771 ; probably Rev.Richard Grant MA, licensed by Bishop of Rochester as schoolmaster, Greenwich Grammar School 9 Apr 1772 ; Chaplain, Island of St.John, Nova Scotia (later Prince Edward Island) 12 Dec 1775 – still 1808 ; Rector of Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, from 24 Jan 1782 ; he and his wife kept the boarding house, 2 Little Dean’s Yard, previously owned by Mrs Mary Grant, for many years to 1813 ; Chaplain to Duke of York 26 Feb 1812 ; Rector of Wennington, Essex, from 14 Mar 1812 ; m. Mary — ; d. 13 Aug 1826.
GRANT, RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Grant (qv) ; b. ; adm. 16 Jan 1786 (G) (“exempt from payment”) ; ordained ; Minister of St.George’s Chapel, Albemarle Street, London ; he and his wife took over the boarding house at 2 Little Deans Yard 1813, and he carried it on until his death ; m. ; d. 22 May 1837.
GRANT, RICHARD BULKELEY PHILIPPS, see PHILIPPS, RICHARD BULKELEY PHILIPPS, 1st BARON MILFORD.
GRANT, THOMAS ; b. ; in school list 1738 ; BB 1740-5. [probably Thomas Grant, son of Thomas Grant, apprenticed to Richard Varley, apothecary, St.Margaret’s, Westminster 11 Mar 1746, who was evidently Thomas Grant, son of Thomas Grant, College Butler and Clerk of Works, Westminster Abbey, and Susanna [dau. of John Bradford ? and niece of Right Rev.William Bradford DD, Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster ?] ; bapt.Westminster Abbey 20 Apr 1729 ; m. Elizabeth —] [“Mr Thomas Grant, apothecary” a subscriber to 1758 edition of Milton’s Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained] [will proved PCC 22 Apr 1763, of St.Margaret’s, Westminster, apothecary]
GRANT, TURNER, brother of Henry John Grant (qv) ; b. 14 Sep 1786 ; adm. ; at school 1800 ; Min.Can.1801 ; in school list 1803 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Oct 1804 ; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 13 Jun 1805 ; Lieut. and Capt., 20 Feb 1811 ; Capt. and Lieut.-Col., 26 Dec 1816 ; Brevet Col., 10 Jan 1837 ; Maj., 17 Feb 1837 ; Lieut.-Col., 11 Sep 1840 ; retd. 3 Nov 1844 ; served at Corunna, on Walcheren expedition 1809 and in Peninsular War 1812-4 ; d. 28 Mar 1845.
[GRANT, WILLIAM, son of Thomas Grant, College Butler and Clerk of Works, Westminster Abbey, and Susanna [Bradford ?] ; b. 30 Oct 1735 ; perhaps at school under Nicoll, but not in admission book (note however Grant, first name not specified, in school lists 1743-7) ; described by his nephew Samuel Hawkins (probable OW, qv) as “a good Grecian, an excellent classical scholar (having been bred up at Westminster), & always intended for the Church” ; surgeon and apothecary, New Palace Yard, Westminster ; medical attendant, Grey Coat Hospital ; d. c. 18 Dec 1813] [probably younger brother of Thomas Grant (qv)]
GRANTE, — ; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1619 (Chapter Muniments 32451).
GRANTHAM, 1st AND 2nd BARON, see ROBINSON.
GRANTHAM, HERBERT PAYNE DAWSON, son of Thomas Payne James Grantham MRCP MRCS LSA, Burgh-le-Marsh, Lincs., and [his second wife ?] Sarah Ashlin (IGI) ; b. 21 Jan 1852 ; adm. 28 Jun 1866 ; BB 30 Jun 1866 ; left Dec 1867 ; mariner ; living at York in 1881 (1881 Census) ; Deputy Harbour Master, Scarborough (1901 Census) ; m. 1st, Annie Watson (marriage registered Scarborough fourth quarter 1877) ; m.2nd, Louisa, kitchen maid, dau. of Margaret Stainsby, Leeds, cook (marriage registered Malton second quarter 1896) ; death registered Scarborough second quarter 1906, aged 54.
GRANVILLE, BEVIL, younger son of Bernard Granville MP, Lieut.-Col. in Army, and Mary, dau. of Sir Martin Westcomb, Bart., British Consul at Cadiz ; b. 1705 ; in under school lists 1716-8, still at the School 1721 (Autobiography and Letters of Mrs Delany, i, 59) ; living in France in 1727 ; ordained (by Feb 1729/30) ; officiating as clergyman in North Carolina in Mar – May 1732, having landed there on way from England to Maryland ; Rector of William and Mary, Charles County, Maryland, to resignation 25 Jan 1732/3 ; “afterwards quitted the Gown for the Sword, and had a commission” ; “volunteer cadet in Capt.Carally’s company going to Jamaica” at 31 Oct 1734, then recommended for promotion as Lieutenant in same company (commissioned as Lieut. by Jul 1735) ; unsuccessfully endeavoured to negotiate a peace with the Maroon insurgents in Jamaica ; m. 24 Jul 1722 [check date : marriage had happened by May 1728] Mary Ann, dau. of Richard Rose, Weedon, Bucks. ; death reported “lately” in Jamaica (Grub Street Journal 29 Apr 1736).
GRANVILLE, CHARLES ROBERT BOZZI, son of Augustus Bozzi Granville (formerly Bozzi) MD MRCS LRCP FRS, London, formerly Surgeon, Royal Navy, and Mary Ann, only dau. of Joseph Kerr, Blackheath, Kent ; b. 14 Jan 1814 ; adm. 26 Mar 1828 (as Charles Robert Granville) ; subsequently at St.Paul’s Sch. ; Ludwigsburg Military Coll, Württemberg ; Ensign, 89th Foot 29 Mar 1833 ; Lieut. and Adjutant, 5 Jun 1835 ; drowned while bathing 1 Sep 1836.
GRANVILLE, EARLS, see CARTERET.
GRAVES, —- ; b. ; adm.1803 ; in school list Oct 1803 ; left 1805.
GRAVES, GEORGE GOLDING, see GOLDING, GEORGE GOLDING
GRAY, see also GRAYE and GREY.
GRAY, —- ; b. ; in under school lists 1728, 1729 ; left 1729.
GRAY, CHARLES ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1738/9 ; left 1740.
GRAY, JOHN ; b. ; adm. 10 Jul 1778.
GRAY, JOHN, only son of John Gray, Fenchurch Street, London, and Streatham Park, Surrey, and Amelia — (IGI) ; b. 18 Jul 1837 ; adm. 17 Jan 1850 (G) ; left Whitsun 1855 ; University Coll.Oxford, matr. 30 May 1855 ; d. 1 Dec 1861.
GRAY, JOHN EDWARD, fifth son of Right Rev.Robert Gray DD, Bishop of Bristol, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Camplin, Trinity Street, Bristol ; b. 4 Nov 1801 ; adm. 29 Jan 1812 ; KS 1816 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1820, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 May 1820 ; BA 1824 ; ordained deacon 21 Dec 1824, priest 19 Dec 1825 (both Peterborough) ; m. 31 Jul 1841 (IGI) Essex, dau. of Lieut.-Gen.Walter Ker, Littledean Tower, Roxburghshire ; d. 2 Aug 1881.
GRAY, RICHARD ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) May 1737 ; left 1742. [Maybe Richard Gray, father of Richard Gray (at school under Markham, qv), who was Deputy Auditor of the Recipt of Exchequer from 1767, and Deputy Auditor, Duchy of Cornwall, and who d. 16 Sep 1781 (will proved PCC 1 Oct 1781, of parish St.John’s, Westminster ; and living in Marsham Street, Westminster both when his wife died in 1775 and at death)] [Richard Gray, Chief Clerk, Auditor’s Office, Duchy of Cornwall for 17 years, died 24 Sep 1737, and could well have been the father of Richard Gray (adm.1737, qv)]
GRAY, RICHARD, son of Richard Gray, Marsham Street, Westminster, Deputy Auditor of the Receipt of Exchequer ; b. ; at school under Markham (Steward of Anniversary Dinner, 1790, when his address was given as “Somerset Place, Strand”, the office address of the Receipt of Exchequer) ; in office of Receipt of Exchequer by 1777 ; Deputy Auditor of the Receipt of Exchequer 1781-1805, Auditor from 7 May 1805 ; Joint Deputy Auditor and Joint Deputy to Surveyor-General, Duchy of Cornwall ; Surrey Steward for Duchy of Cornwall (by 1797) ; FSA 15 Apr 1790 ; of Ealing, Middlesex ; m. (by c.1778) Jane — ; d. 16 Oct 1825, aged 71. [“Richard Gray, Esq., of the Exchequer” married “Miss Molly Howard, of the Strand” at Lincoln’s Inn Chapel Jun 1749 (Whitehall Evening Post27 Jun 1749)]
GRAY, ROBERT, see GREY, ROBERT.
GRAY, ROBERT HENRY, eldest son of Robert Gray, Michael’s Place, Brompton, Middlesex, and New Inn, London, solicitor, and Susannah Elizabeth Povah ; b. 14 Jun 1817 ; adm. 17 Jan 1831 ; KS (Capt.) 1832 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1836, matr. 13 May 1836, Johnson’s Theological Scholar 1841 ; BA 1840 ; MA 1842 ; ordained deacon 20 Dec 1840, priest 19 Dec 1841 (both Oxford) ; Curate, Knowsley, Lancs. 1846-50 ; Vicar of Kirkby, Walton on the Hill, Lancs., 1850-77 ; Rector of Wolsingham, co.Durham, from 1877 ; Hon.Canon Chester from 1867 ; JP co.Durham ; m. Oct 1848 Kate Middleton, youngest dau. of Daniel Ball, Brompton Square, London ; d. 19 May 1885.
GRAY, ROBERT WEBSTER, son of James Gray, The Shrubberies, Whitby, Yorks., steamship owner, and Alice, dau. of John Webster, Whitby, Yorks. ; b. Whitby, Yorks. 28 Sep 1859 ; adm. 23 Jan 1873 (G) ; left Christmas 1875 ; shipowner’s clerk, Tynemouth, Northumberland (1881 Census) ; a shipbroker ; m. 2 Apr 1885 Martha Hannah, dau. of Matthias Holroyd, Manchester, Lancs, manufacturer ; d. 17 Oct 1895.
GRAYE, —– ; b. ; adm. ; a pensioner 1566-8 (tutor, the Dean) (Chapter Muniments 54009-17). [probably Sir Ralph Grey, younger brother of Thomas Grey (see below) ; described as a “servant” of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, in 1570, and was doubtless brought up by Cecil together with his brother Thomas ; Constable of Dunstanburgh Castle 1578 – c.1602 ; Sheriff, Northumberland 1582-3, 1591-2, 1593-4, 1611-2 ; inherited Chillingham estate 1590 ; knighted 6/8 Apr 1603 ; MP Northumberland 1604 ; m.1st, before 6 Oct 1581 Jane, dau. of William Ardington, Ardington, Berkshire ; m.2nd, by 1609 Dorothy, widow of Sir Thomas Palmer, Kt, Fairfield, Somerset, and dau. of Thomas Malet, Enmore, Somerset ; d. 7 Sep 1623].
GRAYE, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. ; a pensioner 1566-7 (tutor, the Dean) (Chapter Muniments 54009-16) ; an allowance of one servant in commons was granted him by Act of Chapter 20 Dec 1567 (as Thomas Grey), indicating that he was a person of superior social status. [evidently Grey, Sir Thomas, eldest son of Sir Ralph Grey, Kt, Chillingham, Northumberland, and Isobel, dau. of Sir Thomas Grey, Kt MP, Horton, Northumberland ; b. 1549 ; brought up in household of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, after his father’s death in 1564 ; one of the Queen’s wards, simultaneously with James Butler, 2nd Baron Dunboyne (I) (qv), who was also a pensioner boarding with the Dean of Westminster and who occurs as such in 1567-8 ; of Chillingham, Northumberland ; knighted 28 Aug 1570 ; Sheriff, Northumberland 1574-5 ; MP Northumberland 1586 ; m. Nov 1585 Lady Catherine Neville, dau. of Charles Neville, 6thEarl of Westmorland ; d. Apr 1590]
GREATHED, SIR EDWARD HARRIS, eldest son of Capt.Edward Harris Greathed (formerly Harris), 3rd Dragoon Guards, Uddens, Dorset, and Mary Elizabeth, only dau. of Sir Richard Carr Glyn, Bart. (qv) ; b. 8 Jun 1812 ; adm. 7 Jul 1825 (G) ; left Dec 1828 (but still sat school 1829) ; Head Town Boy 1828-9 ; Ensign, 8th Foot 22 Jun 1832 ; Lieut., 10 May 1833 ; Capt., 27 Apr 1838 ; Maj., 3 Apr 1846 ; Brevet Lieut.-Col., 20 Jun 1854 ; Lieut.-Col., 8th Foot 26 Jun 1854 ; Brevet Col., 19 Jan 1858 ; half-pay 28 Oct 1859 ; Maj.-Gen., 6 Mar 1868 ; Lieut.-Gen., 1 Oct 1877 ; Col., 108th Foot, from 28 Jan 1880 ; Gen. 1 Jul 1880 ; served Indian Mutiny, commanding 3rd Brigade of Lord Clyde’s army Nov 1857 – Jan 1858 ; in command Eastern District, England 1872-7 ; CB 1 Jan 1858 ; KCB 28 Mar 1865 ; DCL Oxford 6 Jul 1859 ; m.1st, 16 Mar 1854 Louisa Frances, widow of George Archer MD, Surgeon, 64th Foot, and dau. of Rev.Francis Brodrick Hartwell, Vicar-Gen. Isle of Man ; m.2nd. 19 Dec 1860 Ellen Mary, second dau. of Rev.George Tufnell, Thornton Watlass, Yorkshire, Rector of Wormingford, Essex ; m.3rd, 4 Aug 1869 Charlotte Frederica Caroline, eldest dau. of Sir George Robert Osborn, Bart. (qv) ; d. 19 Nov 1881.
GREATHED, JOHN, see GREATHEED, RICHARD.
GREATHEED, RICHARD ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Aug 1735 (as Richard Goodheed) ; left 1742 (said to appear in school lists as John Greathed 1735-42, but presumably the forename John only occurs in the list for Dec 1736, unreliable as regards given names). [presumably Richard Greatheed, son of John Greatheed, St.Kitts, West Indies, plantation owner, Chief Justice of St.Kitts, and Frances — ; b. 18 Mar 1724 [1723/4 or 1724/5 ?] ; University Coll.Oxford, matr. 13 May 1742, aged 17 ; of St.Kitts, West Indies ; m. at St.Thomas, St.Kitts 13 Nov 1762 Priscilla, widow of — Morphy, and dau. of James Weatherill ; d. 23 Dec 1763]
GREATOREX, ANTHONY ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1746. [will Anthony Greatorex, St Albans Street, St.James’s, Westminster, dated 15 Oct 1808, proved PCC 7 Nov 1808] [perhaps father of next] [perhaps Assistant Permit Writer, Excise Office]
GREATOREX, JOHN ANTHONY, son of Anthony Greatorex, St Albans Street, St.James’s, Westminster, and Rebecca Windsor (IGI) ; b. 30 Mar 1770 (IGI) ; adm. 23 Jun 1782 ; left Whitsun 1786 ; of Upper Rupert Street, St.James’s, Westminster ; m. 4 Dec 1797 Anne Mason ; will dated 30 Jul 1829, proved PCC 28 Jun 1831. [note also John Anthony Greatorex who m. at St.Martin’s in the Fields 31 Oct 1795 Mary May (IGI)]
GREEN, — ; b. ; in school lists 1656.
GREEN, ALEXANDER, of Middlesex ; b. ; at school under Busby (T.A.Walker, ed., Admissions to Peterhouse, Camb., 122) ; Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm.pens. 30 Apr 1663, aged 16, Ramsey Scholar 25 Sep 1663 ; BA 1666/7 ; d. 11 Mar 1666/7.
GREEN, ANDREW PELLET SCRIMSHIRE, eldest son of Vice-Adm.Sir Andrew Pellet Green KCH, Royal Navy, and Harriet, dau. of Samuel Cutting, Poplar Hall, Debenham, Suffolk ; b. 8 Nov 1821 ; adm. 19 Jan 1831 ; Gentleman Cadet, Royal Artillery 30 Jul 1838 ; 2nd Lieut., 1 Jan 1842 ; 1st Lieut., 1 Nov 1842 ; 2nd Capt., 1 Nov 1848 ; 1st Capt., 20 Jun 1854 ; Brevet Maj., 17 Jul 1860 ; Lieut.-Col., 20 Jun 1862 ; Brevet Col., 20 Jun 1867 ; Col., 7 Oct 1870 ; Maj.-Gen., 8 Oct 1873 ; ret. 1 May 1885 ; [unm., 1881 Census] ; d. 14 Mar 1899.
GREEN, CHRISTOPHER, second son of Christopher Green, Army officer, [Lieut., 37th Foot ?] and Britannia, dau. of Charles Hamilton, Monaghan, Ireland ; brother of Lieut.-Gen.Sir Charles Green, Bart., Col.37th Foot ; b. ; at school under Markham (inference from presence at OW dinner, Calcutta, 22 Sep 1801, Hickey, Memoirs, iv, 494 ) ; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1769 ; Lieut.Fireworker, Bengal Artillery 3 Dec 1771 ; 1st Lieut., 16 Jun 1774 ; Capt.-Lieut., 29 Sep 1779 ; Capt., 2 Jul 1782 ; Maj., 24 Nov 1786 ; Lieut.-Col., 1 Mar 1794 ; Brevet Col., 1 Jan 1798 ; Col., 21 Apr 1800 ; Maj.-Gen., 1 Jan 1805 ; m. Anne, sister of Lieut.-Col.John Fortnom, EICS Bengal, Bengal Engineers ; d. at Fort William, Bengal 31 Jul 1805.
GREEN, CLAUDE EDMESTON, son of Col.Andrew Green, Capt. of Invalids, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, and Emily, second dau. of Philip Rickman ; b. Lexden, Essex 2 Mar 1865 ; adm. 24 Jan 1878 ( J) ; left May 1880 ; went to Eton Coll. ; Lieut., 57th Foot 10 Nov 1886 ; 2nd Lieut., Rifle Brigade 5 Oct 1887 ; Lieut., 14 Dec 1890 ; accidentally shot dead on the range at Raniket, North Western Provinces, India 2 Sep 1892.
GREEN, EDWARD, eldest son of Edward Green, Lawford Hall, Essex, and Catherine, only child of Charles Dent (qv) ; b. ; at school under Markham (W.W.R.Ball & J.A.Venn, Admissions to Trin.Coll.Camb., iii, 203) ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 1 Nov 1763, aged 19, matr. Mich.1763, but did not graduate ; adm.Middle Temple 23 Apr 1765 ; of Lawford Hall, Essex ; m. 6 Sep 1768 Elizabeth, dau. of Rev.Henry Crossman, Rector of Little Cornard, Suffolk ; d. 16 Jun 1814, in 70th year.
GREEN, EDWARD HENRY, only son of Edward Green (qv) ; b. ; adm. 17 Jun 1786 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 16 Apr 1791 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 21 Nov 1791, aged 21, but did not matr. ; ordained deacon 21 Dec 1794, priest 9 Jul 1797 (both Norwich) ; Rector of Little Birch, Essex, from 7 Apr 1813 ; m. 23 Apr 1795 Mary, dau. of James Strange, St Lawrence Pountney, London, cheesemonger ; d. 14 Nov 1844.
GREEN, FRANCIS, second son of Francis Green, Denmark Hill, Camberwell, Surrey, and Dorking, Surrey, and Sarah, d. of J.Maperley, Northants ; b. 4 Apr 1781 ; at school under Vincent (Francis Green of Denmark Hill, Surrey, and his descendants, 1926, 2) ; d. 24 Mar 1803.
GREEN, FRANCIS JOHN ; b. (St.Margaret’s, Westminster) 1 Apr 1831 ; adm. 12 Feb 1844 ; Ensign, 3rd West India Regt., 22 Nov 1855 ; Lieut., 1st West India Regt., 15 Apr 1856 ; 3rd West India Regt., 17 Oct 1856 ; Capt., 10 Dec 1858 ; 61st Foot, 6 Sep 1861 ; 58thFoot, 3 Oct 1862 ; Brevet Maj., 5 Jul 1872 ; retd. 7 Jun 1880, with rank of Lieut.-Col. ; m. 24 Jun 1868 Mary Collison Tabor, dau. of James Tabor, Earls Hall, Prittlewell, Essex ; d. 6 Dec 1896.
GREEN, FREDERICK GEORGE, brother of William Graham Green (qv) ; b. 2 Jul 1829 ; adm. 19 Jan 1844 ; a clerk, House of Lords, 31 Jul 1846 – 31 Mar 1869 ; d. 1 Dec 1869.
GREEN, GEORGE, son of John Green, Dalton, Lancs. ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1730 (as Greene) ; left 1737 ; Queen’s Coll.Oxford, matr.9 Jul 1739 ; BA 1743 ; MA 1747 ; ordained deacon 23 Sep 1744, priest 22 Sep 1745 (both Bath & Wells) ; Rector of Poole Keynes, Wilts. (now Gloucs.) from 6 Dec 1760, also Curate Somerford Keynes, Wilts., from c.1755 ; Domestic Chaplain to Edward Southwell, 20thBaron De Clifford (qv), 8 Apr 1777 ; Rector of East Shefford, Berks., from 4 Jun 1777 ; m. 1765 Finette Harvey, Chippenham, Wilts. ; d. 16 Jul 1792.
GREEN, GEORGE ; b. ; adm.Mich.1814, chorister ; left Whitsun 1819.
GREEN, GEORGE FRANCIS ; b. 9 Oct 1822 ; adm. 28 May 1834.
GREEN, GEORGE WADE, brother of Francis Green (qv) ; b. 2 Jun 1785 ; adm. 9 Apr 1796 ; in school list 1797 ; KS 1800 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1803, adm.pens. 12 May 1803, scholar 13 Apr 1804, matr. Lent 1804 ; BA 1807 ; MA 1810 ; ordained deacon 29 Sep 1808, priest 24 Sep 1809 (both Winchester) ; Curate, Seale, Surrey 1808 ; Vicar of Tytherington, Gloucs., 14 Aug 1817 – 17 Apr 1830 ; purchased Court Henry estate, Carmarthenshire 1830 ; m. 20 Jul 1813 Mary Anne, eldest dau. of John Key, Denmark Hill, Surrey, wholesale stationer, and sister of Sir John Key, Bart., MP, Lord Mayor of London ; d. 12 Mar 1868.
GREEN, HORACE GEORGE EGERTON, brother of Vernon Thomas Green (qv) ; b. 23 Jan 1838 ; adm. 17 Jan 1850 (G) ; QS 1853 ; left 1857 ; Trin.Coll.Camb., adm.pens. 15 Jun 1857, but did not reside or matr. ; partner Round, Green, Hoare & Co., bankers, Colchester 1861-91 ; Alderman, Colchester Borough Council, Mayor 1887, 1897; DL JP Essex, High Sheriff 1894 ; m. 15 Nov 1899 Mary, eldest dau. of Hon. and Rev.Francis Sylvester Grimston, Rector of Wakes Colne, Essex ; d. 17 Sep 1905.
GREEN, JAMES ; b. ; adm. 13 Jan 1783 (“no payments”).
GREEN, JOHN, son of John Green, Ravenstone, Bucks. ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1681 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1685, adm.pens. 18 Jun 1685, aged 18, scholar 1685 ; migr. to Christ’s Coll., adm.pens. 13 Feb 1685/6 ; BA 1688/9. [Perhaps John Greene (sic), bapt.Stone, Bucks. 6 May 1667 (IGI)].
GREEN, JOHN CRANSTON, son of George Green, East Grinstead, Sussex, and Catherine, sister of Edward Cranston (qv) ; b. 25 Feb 1793 ; adm. ; left Whitsun 1806 ; Cornet, 10th Light Dragoons (Hussars) 13 Jan 1814 ; Lieut., 23 Jun 1814 ; 8th Light Dragoons 12 Nov 1814 ; 6th Dragoons 27 Apr 1815 ; Staff Corps of Cavalry 22 Feb 1816 ; Capt., 1st Dragoons, half-pay 24 Oct 1821 ; Capt., 56th Foot 30 Dec 1842 ; brevet Maj., 10 Jan 1837 ; m. Margaret Ann, third dau. of Adm. John McDougall, Royal Navy ; d. 11 Jun 1864.
GREEN, JOHN FRANCIS, son of Thomas Green (adm.1832, qv) ; b. 8 Dec 1856 ; adm. 24 Jan 1868 ; left Aug 1873 ; entered Army from the militia ; Lieut., 5th Dragoon Guards 26 Aug 1876 ; Capt., 1 Jul 1881 ; Maj., 16 Mar 1885 ; Adjutant, Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry, from 21 Jun 1883 ; d. 20 Dec 1887.
GREEN, RICHARD MEAD, brother of Claude Edmeston Green (qv) ; b. 6 Jul 1869 ; adm. 25 Sep 1879 (H) ; left 1880 ; at Wellington Coll.1883-5 ; 2nd Lieut. (from militia), Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 21 Dec 1889 ; Rifle Brigade 6 Aug 1890 ; d. at Ranikhet, India 11 Nov 1891.
GREEN, THOMAS, only son of Rev.Thomas Green DD, Rector of Bramber, Sussex, and Ann — ; b. 13 May 1788 ; adm. 7 Apr 1796 (Clapham) ; KS 1801 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1805, matr. 25 May 1805, Westminster Student (still 1814) ; BA 1809 ; MA 1811 ; ordained deacon 8 Jun 1811 (Oxford), priest 31 May 1812 (Salisbury, lit.dim. from Canterbury) ; Curate, Hunton, Kent 1812 ; Perpetual Curate of Hawkhurst, Kent 6 Jan 1815-6 ; Vicar of Badby-cum-Newnham, Northants, from 18 Jul 1816 ; m. 28 Sep 1818 Elizabeth Ann, only dau. of Rev. Matthew William Peters RA, Brasted Place, Kent, artist and Church of England clergyman ; m.2nd, 21 Jul 1830 Mary Ann, dau.of Samuel Stubbs, Wolverhampton, Staffs. ; d. 14 Jul 1871.
GREEN, THOMAS, son of Thomas Green, St.Thomas Apostle, London, and Lucy — (IGI) ; b. 25 Oct 1808 ; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1817-21 ; adm. 15 Jan 1822 ; d. 8 Jan 1874. [If date of death correct, presumably Thomas Green, death registered Berkhampstead first quarter 1874, aged 67 (sic)]
GREEN, THOMAS, only son of Thomas Green (KS 1801, qv) ; b. 10 May 1821 ; adm. 31 Jan 1832 ; KS 1835 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1839, matr. 15 May 1839, Westminster Student ; migr. to New Inn Hall ; BA 1843 ; adm.Inner Temple 3 Nov 1845, called to bar 4 May 1849 ; m. 28 May 1851 Laura Anne, fourth dau. of Cdr.Thomas Pickering Clarke, Royal Navy ; d. May 1874.
GREEN, VERNON THOMAS, son of John William Egerton Green, Colchester, Essex, banker, and Harriet Anne Sibylla, sister of George William Brooks (qv) ; b. 20 Jun 1833 ; adm. 22 Jan 1846 (G) ; QS 1848 ; elected head to Trin.Coll.Camb.1852, adm.pens. 21 May 1852, scholar 1853, matr.Mich.1852 ; BA 1856 ; MA 1860 ; ordained deacon 1857, priest 1860 (both Oxford) ; Curate, Milcombe, Oxfordshire 1858-60, Bloxham, Oxfordshire 1860-72 ; Vicar of Littlemore, Oxfordshire, from 1872 ; d.unm. 22 Nov 1896.
GREEN, WILLIAM GRAHAM, son of William Atkinson Green, Eccleston Square, London, a clerk, House of Lords, and Maria Elizabeth Graham (IGI) ; b. 29 Sep 1827 ; adm. 31 Mar 1842 ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 9 Jul 1846, matr. Mich.1846 ; BA 1850 ; ordained deacon 1850, priest 1851 ; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1852-65 ; Chaplain of St.Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London 1860-76 ; Vicar of Holy Trinity, Minories, London 1 Apr 1865-77 ; Rector of Mavesyn Ridgware, Staffs., 1876-83 ; Vicar of Leaton, Shropshire 1886-7 ; Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria at Kensington Palace from 1886 ; m. 3 Sep 1862 Laura Isabella Louisa, youngest dau. of Hugh Mavesyn Chadwick, Mavesyn Ridgware, Staffs. ; d. 19 Jan 1901.
GREEN, WILLIAM THOMAS, son of Edwin Green, King Henry’s Road, Hampstead, Middlesex, linen draper, and Mary — (1881 Census) ; b. 4 Oct 1867 ; adm. 26 Jan 1881 (D) ; left Aug 1884 ; adm.solicitor Feb 1889 ; living Finchley, Middlesex (1901 Census, then unm.).
GREENE, — , brother of John Greene (adm.1657, qv) ; b. ; at school 1661-2 (Busby’s Account Book).
GREENE, JOHN, son of John Greene, Lincoln’s Inn, barrister, Recorder, City of London, and Mary, eldest dau. of Philip Jermyn, Puisne Justice, Court of King’s Bench ; b. 8 Mar 1643 ; adm.Nov.1657 (Busby’s Account Book) ; a boarder ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 25 Aug 1659, aged 16, matr.1660 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 2 May 1659, called to bar 12 Nov 1667, Bencher 5 Nov 1685, Treasurer 1693 ; Serjeant-at-law 1700 ; of Bois Hall, Essex ; d. unm. 19 Dec 1725.
GREENE, JOHN, illegitimate son of John Greene (qv) ; b. ; at school under Knipe (J.E.B.Mayor, ed, Admissions to St.John’s Coll.Camb., ii, 201) ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, matr.1710, adm.fellow commoner 28 Jun 1711, aged 16 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 20 Jun 1709, called to bar 21 Apr 1716, Bencher 10 May 1740 ; of Bois Hall, Essex ; d. unm. 14 Jan 1752.
GREENE, THOMAS ; b. ; in school lists 1731, 1732/3, 1733, Dec 1736 ; a reference to “Tommy” Greene will be found in C.L.Sayer, ed., Correspondence of Mr John Collier, i, 71 ; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm.scholar 7 Jan 1737/8, matr.1738.
GREENFIELD, see also GRENEFFYLD.
GREENFIELD, —-, see GRINFIELD, WILLIAM.
GREENHILL, CHARLES ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1739/40 ; left 1740. [perhaps b. 2 Sep 1731, bapt. 8 Sep 1731 St.James, Piccadilly, son of Samuel Greenhill and Elizabeth —, and therefore a younger brother of John Russell Greenhill (qv) ; not mentioned in John Russell Greenhill’s father’s will, proved 1749, but he may have been dead by then]
GREENHILL, JAMES, elder son of John Greenhill, Watford, Herts., and Lincoln’s Inn, attorney, and Mary Richardson, St.Dunstan’s in the West, London, sister of Benjamin Richardson ; nephew of Joseph Greenhill (qv) ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1742 ; left 1750 ; articled to father 17 Jan 1752 ; transferred to Thomas Handley, Rolls Buildings 17 Jun 1752, on father’s death ; living 1784.
GREENHILL, JOHN, brother of James Greenhill (qv) ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1747/8 ; in school list 1754 ; articled to Daniel Fox, a Sworn Clerk in Chancery, 1 Feb 1755 ; adm. Gray’s Inn 21 Jun 1762 ; a Sworn Clerk in Chancery, adm. 9 Jun 1763, succeeding Richard Ivatt (qv) ; living 1785.
GREENHILL, JOHN RUSSELL, son of Samuel Greenhill, EICS Bengal, later of Swincombe, Oxfordshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Russell, EICS Bengal, Governor of Fort William ; bapt.Calcutta 11 Dec 1729 ; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1738 ; left 1746 ; Trinity Coll.Oxford, matr. 6 Jun 1746 ; BCL 1754 ; DCL 1759 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 21 Nov 1747 ; ordained deacon 9 Jun 1754, priest 25 May 1755 (both Oxford) ; Rector of Cottisford and Fringford, Oxfordshire, from 25 Nov 1756 ; Rector of Marsh Gibbon, Bucks., from 11 Dec 1779 ; inherited Chequers Court estate, Ellesborough, Bucks., on death of cousin Mary Russell in Jun 1813 ; his diary for 1780-7 is in Bodleian Library, Oxford ; m. 5 Jul 1753 Elizabeth, only child of Matthew Noble, Sunderland, co.Durham ; d. 20 Dec 1813.
GREENHILL, JOSEPH, son of William Greenhill, Abbots Langley, Herts., barrister [check], and Mary, dau. of Thomas Sheriffe, St Brides, London, laceman ; bapt. 21 Feb 1703/4 ; adm. Apr 1718 ; Sidney Sussex Coll.Cambridge, adm..scholar 12 Feb 1722/3, matr.1723 ; 2nd in “ordo” 1726/7 ; BA 1726/7 ; MA 1731 ; ordained deacon 24 Sep 1727 (London), priest 11 Feb 1727/8 (Chichester, lit.dim. from Canterbury) ; Rector of East Horsley, Surrey, from 23 Mar 1727/8 ; Rector of East Clandon, Surrey, from 27 Mar 1732/3 ; Domestic Chaplain to Duke of Buccleuch ; author, An Essay on the Prophecies of the New Testament, 1755, and author of published sermons on The Millenium and The Presumptuous and Sinful Practice of Inoculation ; d. unm. 10 Mar 1788. ODNB.
GREENHILL-RUSSELL, SIR ROBERT, BART., only surviving child of John Russell Greenhill (qv) ; bapt.Great Missenden, Bucks. 24 Feb 1763 (IGI) ; adm. 23 Jun 1773 ; KS 1776 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1780, matr. 24 May 1780, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1780 – Dec 1791, Faculty Student from 24 Dec 1791 ; BA 1784 ; MA 1787 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 16 Nov 1780, called to bar 14 Jun 1790 ; equity draftsman ; MP Thirsk 1806-32 ; inherited Chequers Court estate, Ellesborough, Bucks. ; assumed additional surname of Russell 27 May 1815 ; created baronet 15 Sep 1831 ; d.unm. 12 Dec 1836, aged 73.
GREENING, ROBERT, son of Robert Greening, Streatham, Surrey, solicitor, and Adela, dau. of Thomas Willis, Clapham, Surrey ; b. 22 Aug 1869 ; adm. 31 May 1883 ; left 1885 ; adm.solicitor 1895 ; “went out to the colonies, where he engaged in legal practice for some years”, until suspended in Jun 1904 from practice in Cape Colony and Natal, for professional misconduct ; subsequently a journalist at Penang, Malaya ; assistant editor, Penang Gazette ; d. unm. at Penang 4 Mar 1929.
GREENLAW, ROBERT JOHN, son of Rev.William Greenlaw, Rector of Woolwich, Kent, and Frances, second dau. of Sir Robert Baker, Kt, barrister and Bencher, Inner Temple, Police Magistrate at Great Marlborough Street and subsequently at Bow Street, London ; b. 10 Nov 1822 ; adm. 23 Jan 1837 ; KS (Capt.) 1837 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1840, adm.pens. 28 May 1840, scholar 1841, matr.Mich.1840 ; killed on Woolwich Common by the accidental discharge of a gun, 28 Dec 1841.
GREENLEAF, —- ; b. ; in school lists 1656.
GREENSILL, FRANCIS, second son of Thomas Greensill, Strand, London, lamp manufacturer, and Ann — ; b. 16 Apr 1811 ; adm. 17 Sep 1821 (Home Boarder) ; Corpus Christi Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 3 Jul 1828, scholar 1830, matr.Mich.1829 ; BA 1833 ; adm.Inner Temple 18 Apr 1833, Middle Temple 21 Jan 1836 ; practised as a special pleader in Essex Court, Temple 1836-45 ; Assistant Clerk, Metropolitan Commissioners for Sewers Jan 1849 ; living Bexley, Kent, in 1881 (1881 Census) ; buried Bexley, Kent 12 Jan 1899.
GREENWOOD, —– ; b. ; adm.1656 (school list 1656, last quarter).
GREENWOOD, HENRY, of Somerset ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1641 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1645, adm.pens. 4 Jun 1645, scholar 1645, matr.Mich.1646 ; BA 1648/9 ; MA 1651 ; Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1649 – c.1655. [maybe Henry Greenwood MA, Vicar of South Benfleet, Essex from 11 Feb 1660/1 ; dead by 13 Feb 1662/3]
GREENWOOD, JOHN BESWICKE, eldest son of William Greenwood, Dewsbury, Yorks., and Budge Row, London, merchant, and Mary, dau. of John Beswicke, Charleston, South Carolina, and London, merchant ; bapt.St.Antholin, Budge Row, London 25 Feb 1763 (IGI) ; adm. 3 Feb 1779 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 4 Jul 1780, aged 17, matr. Mich.1780 ; BA 1784 ; MA 1787 ; adm.Middle Temple 5 Jul 1780, Lincoln’s Inn 24 Apr 1784 ; d. unm. at Lisbon 1 Feb 1788.
GREENWOOD, THOMAS, of Somerset ; b. ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1650, adm.pens.25 May 1650, scholar 1650 ; BA 1653/4.
GREET, THOMAS, son of John Greet, Jamaica ; b. ; adm. ; Min.Can. (aged 13) 1728 ; KS 1729 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1733, adm.pens. 31 May 1733, scholar 17 May 1734 ; BA 1736/7 ; MA 1740 ; Minor Fellow, Trin.Coll. 2 Oct 1739, Major Fellow 2 Jul 1740 ; an Usher at the School 1740-5 (listed as such Chamberlayne 1741) ; ordained deacon 19 Sep 1742 (Lincoln), priest 21 Apr 1745 (Norwich) ; Lecturer, St.Margaret, Westminster Jun 1748 ; Vicar of Eaton Bray, Beds., 21 Feb 1749 [or 1749/50] ; Vicar of Marsworth, Bucks., from 25 Sep 1749 (disp. to hold with Eaton Bray 1749/50 and with St.James, Garlickhithe 1766) ; Domestic Chaplain to Frederick, Viscount St.John 26 Jan 1749/50 ; Chaplain, 23rd Foot from 30 Oct 1760 ; Rector of St.James’s, Garlickhithe, London, from 27 Nov 1766 ; m. 4 Nov 1766 (IGI) Ann, fourth dau. of George Jenney, Hetherset, Norfolk ; d.1776 (will proved PCC 13 Jan 1777).
GREFFYTH, see also GRIFFITH.
GREFFYTH, —- ; b. ; adm. ; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).
GREGG, WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Oct 1718 ; left 1720.
GREGORIE, CHARLES FREDERICK, son of David William Gregorie, police court magistrate, Queen Square, London, and Eleanor St.Barbe, eldest dau. of Rev.Charles Henry White, Rector of Shalden, Hampshire ; b. 24 Nov 1834 ; adm. 4 Feb 1848 ; QS 1849 ; left 1853 ; a clerk in the Post Office 1853 ; Ensign, 23rd Foot 12 Feb 1855 ; Lieut., 30 Jun 1855 ; Adjutant, 22 May 1857 – 2 Jun 1859 ; Capt., 4 Nov 1859 ; Adjutant, Depot battalion 8 Oct 1861 ; Maj., half-pay, unattached 8 Oct 1867 ; 18th Foot, 31 Oct 1871 ; Brevet Lieut.-Col., 24 Nov 1876 ; Lieut.-Col., 14 Sep 1878 ; Brevet Col., 1 Jul 1881 ; AAG South-Eastern Command 17 Nov 1885 ; Maj.-Gen., 18 Jun 1890 ; in command infantry brigade at Aldershot 1891-4 ; retd. as hon.Lieut.-Gen., 12 Dec 1894 ; Col., Royal Irish Regt., from 31 Dec 1897 ; served Indian Mutiny 1857-8, Egyptian expedition 1882 ; mentioned in despatches LG 2 Nov 1882 ; CB 17 Nov 1882 ; m. 20 Oct 1879 Henrietta Amy, third dau. of George Lawrence, Moreton Court, Herefs. ; d. 18 Apr 1918.
GREGORY, —- ; b. ; adm. Jun or Jul 1716 ; in under school lists 1716-8.
GREGORY, —- ; b. ; in school list Jun 1764 ; left 1764. [probably David Gregory, son of David Gregory (qv), Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 May 1764, aged 16, Canoneer Student 28 Jun 1764 – void 21 Dec 1771, Cornet, 1st Dragoon Guards 21 Nov 1766-71 ; d. at Madras, India 18 Feb 1780. Whitmore notes that David Gregory (qv) died at his house at Abingdon Buildings, Westminster ; so he would have been easily able to send sons to the School] [“The waywardness of the sons however was a constant theme in family correspondence” (James Collett–White, Bedfordshire County Record Office)]
GREGORY, —- ; b. ; in school lists 1764, 1765, 1767 ; left Whitsun 1767. [evidently Henry Gregory, son of David Gregory (qv) ; said to have been “educated at Westminster” (P.S.Gregory, Records of the Family of Gregory, 1886, 37) ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.12 May 1768, aged 17, Canoneer Student 1 Jul 1769 – res 7 Apr 1773, admonished for disregarding authority of college officers and neglect of exercises and chapel 19 Feb 1772, summoned before Chapter for misdemeanours 31 Mar 1773 ; d. from a fall from his horse during the Spring race meeting at Newmarket, Cambs., Apr 1773 (“Saturday fell over the rails of the betting post, by the Ditch Inn Mile, at Newmarket, Mr.Gregory, brother to the member for that county [sic, incorrectly] ; his horse fell upon him and killed him on the spot”, London Evening Post 17 Apr 1773)]
GREGORY, —- ; b. ; in school lists 1765,1767,1769-71 ; left Aug 1771. [probably George Gregory, son of David Gregory (qv), Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Sep 1771, aged 16, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1772 – void 25 Jun 1777, admonished for disregard of college officers and neglect of duties 19 Feb 1772, leave to lodge in town because of ill-health 13 Jan 1773 ; m. ; d. at Dumfries, Scotland 16 Nov 1785].
GREGORY, ARTHUR, son of Arthur Gregory, Stivichall, Warwicks., and Prudence, dau. of Edward Hill, The Charter House, near Coventry, Warwicks. ; b. ; adm. (aged 12) May 1729 ; left 1733 ; University Coll.Oxford, matr. 23 May 1733 ; of Stivichall, Warwicks. ; a Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber from 31 May 1773 ; m. 3 Mar 1749/50 Ann, dau. of Sir John Chaplin, Bart., Tathwell and Blankney, Lincs. ; d. 21 Oct 1791.
GREGORY, ARTHUR WILLIAM, son of Arthur William Gregory, Veranda, Swansea, Glamorgan, formerly EICS Madras, and Mariana, dau. of Andrew Grote, Blackheath, Kent, merchant ; b. 19 Jul 1803 ; adm. 9 Jun 1817 (as William Gregory) ; Min.Can.1818 ; Cadet, EICS Madras 1821 ; Cornet, 13 Feb 1821 ; Lieut., 3rd Light Cavalry 24 Nov 1826 ; d. at Nagpur, India 11 Nov 1833.
GREGORY, CHARLES, brother of David Gregory (qv) ; b. ; in under school list 1715 ; KS (aged 14) 1720 ; d. 2 Nov 1724. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
GREGORY, CHRISTOPHER, son of James Christopher Gregory, solicitor, Registrar Chertsey County Court, and Anne, dau. of John Read, Hadley, Middlesex ; b. 4 Jul 1853 ; adm. 24 Sep 1868 (G) ; left Aug 1869 ; Lincoln Theol.College 1874 ; ordained deacon 1876, priest 1877 (both Lincoln) ; Curate, St.Swithun, Retford, Notts. 1876-9, Folkestone, Kent 1879-85, Woolverstone, Suffolk 1889-93 ; Chaplain, St.Andrew’s Home, Folkestone, Kent 1893-1911, St.Mark’s, Regents Park, London, from 1912 ; m.1892 Annie Gertrude, fourth dau. of John Nisbet, Easington Grange, Northumberland, corn factor ; d. Dec 1919.
GREGORY, DAVID, eldest son of David Gregory MD FRS, Savilian Prof. of Astronomy, Oxford Univ., and Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Oliphant, Langton, Scotland, Clerk of Session ; bapt. 15 Jul 1696 ; adm. ; QS (aged 14) 1710 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1714, matr. 4 Jun 1714, Westminster Student 28 Mar 1715 – void 18 May 1736 (expiry year of grace as R.Semley) ; BA 1718 ; MA 1721 ; BD 13 Mar 1731/2 ; DD 1732 ; Professor of Modern History and Languages, Oxford Univ. 18 Aug 1724 – 21 May 1736, the first to hold the chair ; ordained deacon 16 Jun 1728 (Oxford) ; Rector of Semley, Wilts., 15 May 1735 – Nov 1759 ; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford 8 Jun 1736 – May 1756, Dean from 18 May 1756 ; Master of Sherburn Hospital, Durham, from 15 Sep 1759 ; Prolocutor, Lower House of Convocation 1761 ; a good modern linguist ; bequeathed many valuable books to Christ Church Library ; m. 1 Mar 1743/4 Lady Mary Grey, youngest dau. of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent KG ; d. 16 Sep 1767. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. ODNB.
GREGORY, EDMUND ; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1650 (Chester, Westminster Abbey Registers, 144) ; drowned with Southwell Peacock (qv) ; buried Westminster Abbey Cloisters 13 Aug 1650. [Perhaps son of Nicholas Gregory, bapt.Wandsworth, Surrey 4 Dec 1642].
GREGORY, EDWARD, son of Edward Gregory, Middlesex ; b. ; at school by Jun 1654, aged 14 (WAM 43112).
GREGORY, FRANCIS (NASH), son of Francis Gregory, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, and Anne Smart, Wendlebury, Oxfordshire ; b. ; adm. ; Min.Can.1636 (as Francis Nash Gregory), 1637 ; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1641, adm.pens.16 Jun 1641, scholar 1642, matr.Easter 1642 ; BA 1644/5 ; MA 1648 ; DD Oxford 22 Sep 1661 (then of St.Mary Hall, Oxford) ; an Usher at the School in the early 1650s ; Head Master, Woodstock Grammar School 1654-64 ; ordained (by 1661) ; Head Master Witney Grammar School 1664-71 ; Rector of Wick Rissington, Gloucs. 25 Nov 1670 – Aug 1671 ; Rector of Hambleden, Bucks., from 8 Jul 1671 (instituted as “Franciscus Nash Gregory”) ; Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II 12 Jan 1673 – c.1679 ; a variant printing of Richard Busby (qv)’s Short Institution of Grammar, 1647, has a dedication by Gregory to Osbaldeston and Busby ; author of Onomastikon Brachu(a Greek-Latin-English vocabulary for the use of Westminster School), 1651, Etymologikon Mikron (a Greek-Latin etymological dictionary, also for the use of Westminster School), 1654, and also of several theological treatises ; his Doctrine of the Glorious Trinity, 1695, is again dedicated to Richard Busby (qv), Gregory stating there that Busby was to him “not only a Master, but even as a Father, and, which is a Relation more rarely found, a real Friend” ; m. 1st, by c.1659, Catherine — ; m. 2nd, 28 Oct 1679 Mary, dau. of John Wallis, London, citizen and goldsmith ; d. Jun 1707. ODNB.
GREGORY, GEORGE ; b. ; adm. 11 Jan 1773 ; left 1775.
GREGORY, HENRY, third son of Francis (Nash) Gregory (qv), by his second wife ; b. ; adm. ; QS 1703 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1707, matr. 17 Jun 1707, aged 18, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1707 – void 1727, Tutor 1712-26, Junior Censor 1715-9, Senior Censor 1720-1 ; BA 1711 ; MA 19 Jan 1713/4 ; Proctor 1721-2 ; Whyte’s Professor of Moral Philosophy, Oxford University 5 Jan 1721/2 – Jan 1727 ; ordained deacon 8 Jun 1718, priest 20 Sep 1719 (both Oxford) ; Vicar of Staverton, Northants., from 22 Sep 1726 ; d. 2 Mar 1727/8.
GREGORY, ROBERT, brother of William Cope Gregory (qv) ; b. ; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1737 ; left 1740 ; Balliol Coll.Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1742 ; BA 1746 ; ordained ; buried How Caple, Herefs. 22 Jun 1748.
GREGORY, WILLIAM, see GREGORY, ARTHUR WILLIAM
GREGORY, WILLIAM COPE, eldest son of William Gregory, How Caple, Herefs., and Wessington Court, Woolhope, Herefs., and Susan, eldest dau. of William Brydges, Serjeant at Law ; b. 1721 ; adm. (aged 15) Oct 1736 ; left 1739 ; Balliol Coll.Oxford, matr. 30 Jun 1739 ; of How Caple and Wessington, Herefs. ; High Sheriff, Herefordshire 1758 ; m. 1st, 3 Nov 1750 Beatrice, dau. of Samuel Smith, Ruckley, Shropshire ; m.2nd, Dec 1761 Jane, dau. of Rev.Edward Stillingfleet, Rector of Hartlebury, Worcs. ; d. 10 Feb 1789.
GREISLEY, HENRY, see GRESLEY, HENRY.
GRENEFFYLD, GENTYLL, son of John Greneffyld, Exeter, Devon, and Lettice, dau. of Thomas Lucas ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542 (Chapter Muniments) ; left Midsummer 1544.
GRENEFFYLD, THOMAS, brother of Gentyll Greneffyld (qv) ; b. ; adm.pens. Midsummer 1544 (tutor, the Headmaster) (Chapter Muniments 37044).
GRENVILLE-MURRAY, DOUGLAS NUGENT WYNDHAM EUSTACE CLARE, younger son of Eustace Clare Grenville-Murray, Brook Street, Westminster, sometime Consul at Odessa, Paris correspondent of The Daily News, and editor, The Queen’sMessenger, latterly fictitiously styled by himself Comte de Rethel d’Aragon, and Sarah Clara Lake, widow, allegedly only dau. of “Count Reickhart Usedom” ; b. 1 Jan 1848 ; adm. 24 Jan 1861 (G) ; QS (Capt.) 1862 ; Capt. of the School 1865 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1866, matr. 23 May 1866 ; BA 1870 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 28 Jan 1871, called to bar 17 Nov 1873 ; living 1882 ; still in Law List 1900 but without address.
GRESLEY, ANDREW ROBERT, brother of William Gresley (qv) ; b. 22 Jan 1814 ; adm. 18 Sep 1826 ; KS 1828 ; rowed v.Eton 12 May 1831 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1832, adm.pens. 11 Jun 1832, but did not matr. and probably never resided ; d. 10 Mar 1833.
GRESLEY, FRANCIS, brother of William Gresley (qv) ; b. 5 May 1807 ; at Shrewsbury Sch. 1816-7 ; adm. 14 Jan 1818 ; left Whitsun 1822 ; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1822 ; Lieut., 14th Bengal Native Infantry 13 May 1828 ; Capt. (in the army) 11 Jul 1838 ; 14th Bengal Native Infantry 8 Oct 1839 ; seconded to Nizam’s service from 1827 ; retd. 1 Mar 1844 ; returned to England ; Brevet Maj., retd. list, 28 Nov 1854 ; m. 19 Sep 1848 Mary, widow of Francis Russell Kendall, Walthamstow, Essex, and dau. of Rev.Thomas Thorp, Rector of Burton Overy, Leics. ; d. 10 Dec 1880.
GRESLEY (or GREISLEY), HENRY, second son of John Gresley, Shrewsbury, and Joan, dau. of Jasper More, Larden, Shropshire ; b. 9 Nov 1613 ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1634, matr.1 Sep 1634, Westminster Student to 1654 ; BA 1638 ; MA 1641 (incorp. Camb.1651) ; seemingly absent from Oxford during the Parliamentary Visitation of 1648, but appears to have made submission and to have been resident at Christ Church in Mar 1650/1 (Burrows, ed., 1881, 329) ; travelled in France ; ordained ; Rector of Severn Stoke, Worcs., 1 May 1654, reinstituted 28 Sep 1661, holding living until death ; Prebendary of Worcester from 19 Apr 1672 ; translated Balzac’s Prince, 1648 and Senault’s Christian Man, 1650 ; m. 1st, 5 Jun 1655 Eleanor, dau. of Edward Allye, Hatfield, Worcs. ; m.2nd, 16 Apr 1667 Eleanor, dau. of Gervase Buck, Kempsey, Worcs. ; d. 8 Jun 1678. ODNB (s.v.Greisley, Henry).
GRESLEY, RICHARD NEWCOMBE, brother of William Gresley (qv) ; b. 30 Jun 1804 ; adm. 26 May 1815 ; KS 1818 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1822, matr. 18 May 1822, Westminster Student ; BA 1826 ; MA 1828 ; adm.Middle Temple 1 Feb 1826, called to bar 3 Jul 1829 ; equity draftsman, Midland Circuit ; three of his letters, written while he was at school, describing the Coronation of King George IV, are printed Elizabethan xii, 65-6 ; author, A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, 1836 ; d. 10 Jun 1837.
GRESLEY, WILLIAM, eldest son of Richard Gresley, Meriden Hall, Warwicks., barrister, Bencher Middle Temple, and his first wife Caroline, youngest dau. of Andrew Grote, Blackheath, Kent, banker ; b. 16 Mar 1801 ; adm. 14 Jan 1811 ; KS 1815 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1819, matr. 21 May 1819, Westminster Student ; BA 1823 ; MA 1825 ; Select Preacher, Oxford Univ. 1836 ; ordained deacon 28 May 1825, priest 21 May 1826 (both Oxford) ; Curate, Drayton Bassett, Warwicks., 1828-30, Stowe, Staffs. 1830 ; Lecturer, St.Mary’s, Lichfield, Staffs. ; Prebendary of Lichfield from 27 Nov 1840 ; Assistant Priest, St.Paul’s, Brighton, Sussex c.1850 ; Perpetual Curate of Boyne Hill, near Maidenhead, Berks., from 1857 ; a high churchman and a strenuous supporter of the Tractarian Movement of 1839 ; author, Portrait of an English Churchman, 1838, and of other religious and social tales, also of other works against dissent and scepticism ; m. 28 Oct 1828 Anne Wright, dau. of John Barker Scott, Lichfield, Staffs., banker ; d. 19 Nov 1876. ODNB.
GRESLEY, SIR WILLIAM NIGEL, BART., only son of Rev.William Gresley, Rector of Netherseal, Leics., and his first wife Louisa Jane, dau. of Sir Nigel Gresley, Bart. ; b. 25 Mar 1806 ; adm. 15 Jan 1817 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 May 1824 ; migr. to St.Mary’s Hall ; BA 1829 ; ordained deacon 7 Mar 1830, priest 19 Sep 1830 (both Lincoln) ; Rector of Netherseal, Leics., from 25 Sep 1830 ; succ.as 9thbaronet 12 Oct 1837 ; m. 25 Mar 1831 Georgina Ann, sister of George Reid (qv) ; d. 3 Sep 1847.
GREVILLE, CHARLES, brother of Henry Francis Greville (qv) ; b. 2 Nov 1762 ; adm. 8 Jul 1773 ; left Whitsun 1775 ; Ensign, 39thFoot 6 Nov 1778 ; Lieut., 90th Foot 29 Nov 1779 ; 48th Foot 10 Jan 1781 ; Capt., 45th Foot 6 Jan 1783 ; half-pay 1783-9 ; Capt., 58thFoot 30 Dec 1795 ; retd.1796 ; travelling in Italy 1792-3 ; MP Petersfield 12 Jan 1795 – 1796 ; Under-Secretary, Home Office 14 Mar 1796 – 1 Mar 1798 ; Comptroller of Cash, Excise Office, from 1799 ; Naval Officer, Demerara and Essequibo 1798-1827 ; Secretary, Island of Tobago, West Indies, 1801-27 ; Receiver-Gen. of Taxes, Nottinghamshire, from Aug 1809 ; DCL Oxford 4 Jul 1793 ; father of Charles Greville, the diarist ; m. 31 Mar 1792/3 Lady Charlotte Cavendish-Bentinck, eldest dau. of William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (qv) ; d. 26 Sep 1832.
GREVILLE, HENRY FRANCIS, fourth son of Fulke Greville MP, Wilbury House, Wilts., and Frances, third dau. of James Macartney MP (I), Longford, co.Longford, Ireland ; b. 10 Aug 1760 ; adm. 8 Jul 1773 ; left Whitsun 1775 ; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 17 Jan 1777 ; Lieut. and Capt., 12 Feb 1781 ; Lieut.-Col. in Army 24 Mar 1790 ; 4th Dragoon Guards 6 Oct 1790 ; retd. 31 Mar 1793 ; m. 1st, 18 Aug 1791 Catherine, dau. of Sir Bellingham Graham, Bart. ; m.2nd, 25 Feb 1805 Sophia, widow of Sir Henry Lambert, Bart. (and mother of Sir Henry John Lambert, Bart. (qv) ), and dau. of Francis Xavier Whyte ; d. at Port Louis, Isle de France (i.e.Mauritius) 13 Jan 1816.
GREVILLE, HENRY WILLIAM, youngest son of Charles Greville (qv) ; b. 28 Oct 1801 ; adm. 3 Feb 1813 ; left 1814 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.11 Dec 1819, Canoneer Student 1820-7 ; BA 1823 ; present at Duchess of Richmond’s ball at Brussels on eve of battle of Waterloo 15 Jun 1815 ; private secretary to Earl Bathurst, Secretary of State for Colonies 5 Jan 1826 – 30 Apr 1827, and to Lord Francis Egerton, Chief Secretary for Ireland 1828-30 ; precis writer, Foreign Office 17 Nov 1834 – 17 Apr 1835 ; attaché, British Embassy, Paris Apr 1835 – Jul 1844 ; a Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter to William IV and Queen Victoria from 1 May 1833 ; Leaves from the Diary of Henry Greville, ed. Lady Enfield, were published 1883-4 ; d.unm. 12 Dec 1872. ODNB.
GREVILLE, JOSHUA, brother of Robert Greville (qv) ; b. ; adm. 15 Jan 1782 ; KS 1786 (aged 15) ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1790, adm.pens.8 Jun 1790, aged 19, scholar 6 May 1791, matr. Mich.1790 ; BA 1794 ; MA 1797 ; ordained deacon 3 Jan 1795, priest 18 Dec 1795 (both Bristol); Curate, St.George’s, Hanover Square, London Jun 1793 [check] – Jun 1820 ; Preacher, Paul Street Chapel, London 23 Feb 1801 ; Vicar of Duston, Northants., from 19 Jul 1811 ; Rector of Morborne, Hunts., 24 Apr 1827- Dec 1831 ; Curate, Abingdon, Berks., from 1841 ; m. (by 1801) Mary — ; d. 19 Feb 1851.
GREVILLE, ROBERT, son of Caleb Greville, parish clerk, St.James’s, Westminster, and his first wife Esther Paterson (IGI) ; b. 26 Jul 1759 ; adm. 12 Jun 1770, chorister ; left Dec 1773 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.13 Jul 1779, aged 19 ; BA 1783 ; BCL from Pembroke Coll.Oxford 1794 ; ordained deacon 27 Jul 1783 (York, lit.dim. from Winchester), priest 18 Jul 1784 (York) ; Curate, Tatsfield, Surrey 1783, Kirkby in Ashfield, Notts., 1784 ; Rector of Edlaston, Derbs., from 7 Oct 1789 ; Vicar of Orston, Notts., 11 Dec 1794 – Sep 1795 ; Rector of Bonsall, Derbs., 22 Aug 1795-1827 (disp. to hold with Edlaston) ; Rector of Buckworth, Hunts., from 24 Apr 1827 ; m. 12 May 1792 Dorothy, sister of John Chaloner (qv) ; d. 1 May 1830.
GREY, see also GRAY and GRAYE.
GREY, —- ; b. ; in school lists 1764,1765,1767.
GREY, ARTHUR JOHN, fourth son of Hon. and Right Rev.Edward Grey DD, Bishop of Hereford, and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Robert Adair (qv) ; b. 10 Sep 1829 ; adm. 15 Mar 1838 ; at Charterhouse Sch., foundation scholar 1840-4 ; entered Royal Navy Jan 1845 ; Mate 11 Jul 1850 ; Lieut., 3 May 1853 ; served in operations on River Plate and in Naval Brigade at Colonia 1845-7 ; engaged in suppression of piracy in China Seas 1849 ; d. at Lyon, France 19 Apr 1854.
GREY, HARRY, 4TH EARL OF STAMFORD, eldest son of Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford, and Dorothy, dau. of Right Hon.Sir Nathan Wrighte PC, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal ; b. 18 Jun 1715 ; at Rugby Sch. 1722-6 ; adm. Nov 1726 ; in school list 1731 ; MP Leicestershire 16 Feb 1737/8 – 16 Nov 1739 ; succ.father as 4th Earl of Stamford 16 Nov 1739 ; DL Lincolnshire, Staffordshire 1744 ; m. 18 May 1736 Lady Mary Booth, only dau. of George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington ; d. 30 May 1768.
GREY, HON.JOHN, brother of Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford (qv) ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1733 ; left 1740 ; Emmanuel Coll.Cambridge, adm.fellow commoner 16 Jun 1740 ; one of the Clerk Comptrollers, Board of Green Cloth, Royal Household, from 6 Apr 1754 ; MP Bridgnorth 1754-68, Tregony 1768-74 ; m. 26 May 1748 Lucy, dau. of Sir Joseph Danvers, Bart., MP ; d. 25 Feb 1777.
GREY (or GRAYE), NICHOLAS, born St.Dunstan the West parish, London (so stated in ordination papers) ; b. ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1606, matr. 5 Dec 1606, aged 16, Westminster Student to 1618/9 ; BA 1610 ; MA 1613 (incorp.Cambridge 1614) ; DD Cambridge 1631/2 ; Head Master, Charterhouse Sch. 3 Dec 1614-24, when he forfeited his post by marrying contrary to the statutes ; ordained deacon 25 Sep 1616, priest 22 Dec 1616 (both London, as Graye) ; Head Master, Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 29 Jan 1624/5 – Midsummer 1632 ; Rector of Castle Camps, Cambs., from 1630 (ejected and sequestrated 1644-60) ; Rector of Saffron Walden, Essex 4 Aug 1632 – Jul 1643 ; Master of Saffron Walden GS 1632 ; Head Master, Eton Coll. 1647-9 ; Headmaster, Tonbridge Sch., from 1649 ; Rector of Saffron Walden, Essex, 1652 ; restored to Rectory of Castle Camps 1660 ; Fellow of Eton Coll. from 12 Jul 1660 ; wrote some additions to Rider’s Dictionary and added testimonies from scripture to Grotius’s Baptizatorum Puerorum Institutio, 1655 ; m. Isabella — ; buried Eton College Chapel 5 Oct 1660. ODNB.
GREY, ROBERT ; b. ; adm. 15 Jan 1770 ; left 1777 (“nearly always spelled Gray both in accounts and lists”). [Maybe Robert Gray, brother of Richard Gray (at school under Markham, qv) ; Deputy Surveyor, Duchy of Cornwall ; Deputy Auditor, Duchy of Cornwall (jointly with brother) ; Joint Clerk of Council, Duchy of Cornwall (with brother) ; employed in Duchy of Cornwall Office for thirty-one years by 1815 ; also Vice-Treasurer and Commissioner of Accounts to Prince of Wales (Deputy Commissioner of Accounts 29 Jan 1800) ; FSA 1790 ; m. ; d. 30 Jul 1823] [maybe Robert Gray (“of Surrey Street”) who m. 30 Jun 1787 Mary Ann, dau. of [John ?] Clarke (“Miss Clarke, of Barbican”)] [maybe Robert Gray, son of Richard Gray, and Mary — . bapt.St.Martin’s in the Fields 25 Apr 1760]
GREY, THOMAS ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1725/6 ; left 1726.
GREY, WILLIAM ROBINSON, see ROBINSON, WILLIAM ROBINSON.
GRICE, see also GRISE.
GRICE (or GRYS), HENRY ; b. ; adm. ; QS in 1569 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1573, adm.scholar 1574, matr.Easter 1574 ; BA 1577/8 ; MA 1581 ; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1579 – c.1588.
GRICE, NICHOLAS, son of Henry Grice, citizen and merchant taylor, London, and Mary — ; bapt.St.Botolph without Aldersgate 1 Feb 1646 (IGI) ; at school c.1660 (Busby’s Account Book) ; St.John’s Coll.Oxford, matr. 22 Jul 1664, aged 17 ; migrated to St.Catherine’s Hall, Camb., adm.pens. 1665/6 ; adm.Gray’s Inn 13 May 1664 ; lic. to m. 28 Jul 1668 Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Child, Hayes, Middlesex.
GRIFFES, see also GRIFFIES, GRIFFIS,GRIFFISE and GRIFFYSE.
GRIFFES, —- ; b. ; in school list 1741.
GRIFFES, CHARLES, son of William Griffes, Stepney, Middlesex, shipowner, and Hannah — ; b. 31 Jul 1733 ; in school list 1744 ; KS (aged 15) 1749 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1753, matr. 27 Jun 1753, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1753 – void 1767 ; BA 1757 ; MA 1760 ; ordained deacon 2 Mar 1760 (Oxford), priest 15 Feb 1761 (Lichfield, lit.dim. from Lincoln). [Russell Barker & Stenning give father’s Christian name as Richard, in error]
GRIFFES, EDWARD ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1738 ; left 1740.
GRIFFIES, GEORGE, son of John Griffies, Coed, Carmarthenshire, and Mary, sister of Erasmus Lewis (qv) ; b. ; in school lists Jan 1732/3, Aug 1733 (sixth form) ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 8 Oct 1733, aged 17, matr.1733 ; buried All Saints, Cambridge 2 Nov 1734.
GRIFFIN, —- ; b. ; adm. 1656 ; left 1656 (School List 1656, second quarter).
GRIFFIN, EDWARD WILLIS, son of Edward Griffin, St.John the Evangelist, Westminster, Secretary, Sun Fire Office, and Elizabeth Devis, St.Paul’s, Deptford, Kent ; b. 14 Dec 1784 ; in school lists 1795, 1797 ; Secretary to Sun Fire Office Apr – Oct 1821, when he retired through ill-health ; m. Jane — ; buried Brighton, Sussex 14 Jan 1832.
GRIFFIN, GOLDSMITH EDMUND ; b. Dec 1772 (bapt.St.Mary le Strand 1773) ; adm. 17 Sep 1781 ; in school lists 1786 ; entered Army Medical Dept. as Surgeon’s Mate 21 Aug 1794 ; Assistant Surgeon, 46th Foot 19 Dec 1799 ; Surgeon, 12 Nov 1803 ; Staff Surgeon, 23 Jun 1808 ; Deputy Inspector of Hospitals, brevet, 27 May 1825 ; retd. on half-pay 25 Dec 1829 ; subsequently practised medicine in St Kitts ; served in Helder expedition 1799 ; m. (by 1828) Margaret Jane — ; d. at St.Kitts, West Indies 15 Feb 1845.
GRIFFIN, ROBERT, brother of Edward Willis Griffin (qv) ; b. 17 Apr 1786 ; at school 1796 ; in school lists 1797, 1801. [perhaps Robert Griffin who d. 21 Jan 1847, in 61st year, at Church Street, Camberwell Green]
GRIFFIS, GEORGE HARRIS ; b. ; adm. 3 Apr 1769 ; left Easter 1770.
GRIFFIS, RICHARD ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) Feb 1748/9 ; in school list 1754.
GRIFFISE, CHARLES ; b. ; adm. (aged 14) Feb 1731/2 ; left 1733.
GRIFFITH, see also GREFFYTH, GRIFFITHS and GRYFFYTH.
GRIFFITH, —- ; b. ; adm. ; a pensioner Lady Day quarter 1564/5 (tutor, the Dean) (Chapter Muniments 54005).
GRIFFITH, —- ; b. ; adm. ; BB 1680 (Chapter Muniments 33715).
GRIFFITH, —- ; b. ; in under school lists 1715,1716 (spelled Gryffith on both occasions).
GRIFFITH, —- ; b. ; adm.Mich.1806 ; left 1807.
GRIFFITH, CHARLES PAGE ; b. ; in school lists May and Oct 1803 (as Griffiths) ; left 1803.
GRIFFITH, DAVID HANMER, second son of Rev.Charles Griffith, Vicar of St.David’s, Brecon, and Anna Jane, dau. of Ven. John Williams, Abercamlais, Breconshire, Archdeacon of Cardigan and Canon Residentiary of St Davids ; b. 14 Jan 1813 ; adm. 20 Jan 1826 (G) ; Jesus Coll.Oxford, matr. 8 Dec 1831 ; BA 1835 ; MA 1838 ; ordained deacon 6 Jun 1836 (Gloucester), priest 4 Jun 1837 (Ely) ; Vicar of Cadoxton juxta Neath, Glamorgan, from 1837 ; m. 8 Nov 1836 Mary, dau. of Rev.Glynn Bodvel Lewis, Caernarfon ; d. 11 May 1875.
GRIFFITH, EDWARD ; b. ; in school lists Feb 1727/8 (second form), 1729.
GRIFFITH, ENDYMION, son of John Griffith ; b. ; adm. ; BB May 1656, in place of Thomas Knipe (BB 1652, qv) ; left 1657 ; the Chapter Muniments contain two undated petitions to the Governors relating to him, one from Alice Sanchye, widow, who “hath kept the said Endimion all this while with her own chardge”, the other from his father, stating that his son has been a Bishop’s Boy for about fourteen months and that he had “contracted with a West India merchant to take him for a tearme of years”, as his boy “by indisposition to learning, arising from the wildness of his nature, cannot easily be adapted and brought to the manners and discipline of this great schoole” (Chapter Muniments 43088, 43096). [perhaps “Mr Endymion Griffith a former voyager in India, now living at the ffort [Fort St George, Madras]”, there as a “freeman” in Jan 1687, “married to a Castees”, i.e. to a woman born in India of Portuguese parents]
GRIFFITH, GEORGE, third son of Robert Griffith, Carreglwyd, Anglesey, and Ann, dau. of Owen ap Hugh Griffith, Gwnwog ; b. 30 Sep 1601 ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1619, matr. 12 Nov 1619, Westminster Student ; BA 1623 ; MA 1626 ; BD 1632 ; DD 1634 ; an original scholar of Pembroke Coll.Oxford 1624 ; subscribed for ordination as deacon or priest 30 May 1629 (Oxford) ; licensed to preach 1633 ; Chaplain to Right Rev.John Owen, Bishop of St.Asaph ; Rector of Newtown, Montgomeryshire 3 Jun 1631 ; Canon of St.Asaph 1631/2 – 60 ; Rector of Llandrinio, Montgomeryshire Jan 1632/3-50, and from 1660 ; Rector of Llanvethen, Montgomeryshire, disp. to hold with Llandrinio Nov 1633 ; Rector of Whitford, Flintshire 3 Sep 1632 – Feb 1633/4 ; Rector of Llanymynech, Shropshire, from 1634 ; Proctor in Convocation for Diocese of St.Asaph 1640 ; deprived of all preferments except Rectory of Llanymynech during Civil War ; described himself as an ”episcopal presbyterian” ; disputed with the itinerant preacher Vavasor Powell 1652-3 ; consecrated Bishop of St.Asaph 28 Oct 1660 ; one of the three bishops who drew up the form of baptism for adults ; is said to have undertaken the translation of the revised prayer book into Welsh ; author, Plain Discourses on the Lord’s Supper, 1684, and other works ; m. Anne, dau. of Thomas Cobbe, The Grange, Micheldever, Hampshire ; d. 28 Nov 1666. ODNB.
GRIFFITH, GLYN WILLIAM EVAN, son of David Hanmer Griffith (qv) ; b. 11 Dec 1847 ; adm. 30 May 1861 (from Sherborne School) ; QS 1862 ; left Apr 1866 ; bank clerk ; Vice-Consul, Tampico, Mexico 5 Dec 1893 ; acting Consul-Gen., Havana 1899 ; Vice-Consul, Havana 8 Feb 1905 ; chargé d’affaires, Havana, 1905, 1906-7, Tunis 1 Nov 1907 ; Consul for Paraguay at Asuncion 10 Sep 1908 ; transferred to Quito, Ecuador, with rank of First Secretary, 13 Dec 1910, also acting as chargé d’affaires there ; retd. 12 Dec 1912 ; acting Consul at Asuncion 1914 ; still in Foreign Office list 1921 ; d. abroad c.1929 [check]
GRIFFITH, GUYON, youngest son of Rev.Guyon Griffith DD, Rector of St.Mary at Hill, London, and Frances, eldest dau. of Rev.John Harrison BD, Rector of Stoke Charity, Hampshire ; bapt. St.Mary at Hill, London 31 Jul 1778 ; adm. 27 Jun 1788 ; d. at school 21 Oct 1789, aged 11. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
GRIFFITH, JOHN, second son of Rev.Richard Griffith, Senior Vicar of Bangor Cathedral, Caernarvonshire, and Rector of Trefdraeth, Anglesey, and Anne, dau. of William Edwards, Bangor, Caernarvonshire ; b. 22 Sep 1789 ; in school list May 1803 ; KS 1804 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1808, adm.pens. 28 May 1808, scholar 1809, matr. Mich.1808 ; Second Bell University Scholar (third year man) 1810 ; 8th Wrangler 1812 ; BA 1812 ; MA 1815 ; BD 1822 ; DD 1831 (adm. ad eundem Oxford 1848) ; migr. to Emmanuel Coll. 3 Jul 1814, Fellow 3 Apr.1814, Tutor 1817-28 ; ordained deacon 18 Dec 1814 (Norwich), priest 17 Jun 1815 (Bristol) ; Curate, Babraham, Cambs. ; Chaplain to William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (qv), on his embassy to China 1816 ; wrecked on his return journey and introduced to Napoleon at St.Helena ; Whitehall Preacher 1825-9 ; Prebendary of Rochester 26 Nov 1827 – Jul 1872 ; Vicar of Aylesford, Kent 25 Jan 1831-2 ; Vicar of Boxley, Kent 17 Apr 1832-53 ; Vicar of Thornton Curtis, Lincs., 13 Apr 1832-51 ; endowed St.Mary’s church, Strood, Kent, and contributed towards restoration of Rochester Cathedral ; undertook at his own expense the prosecution of Sir John Dean Paul, Bart. (qv) and his partners for forgery ; m. 9 Oct 1830 Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Rev.James Barker, Vicar of Great Abington, Cambs. ; d. 29 May 1879.
GRIFFITH, JOHN DELANE, brother of Philip Griffith (qv) ; b. (Harrow, Middlesex) 1 Jun 1812 ; adm. 18 Sep 1820 ; brewer and wine merchant at Whittington, Staffs. ; Sheriff of Lichfield 1856 ; m. 17 Oct 1838 Georgiana Elizabeth, dau. of William Smith, Hemel Hempstead, Herts. (IGI) ; death registered Lichfield fourth quarter 1886, aged 74.
GRIFFITH, OWEN, son of Rev.Alexander Griffith, Vicar of Glasbury, Radnorshire, and Gaynor Goodman ; b. 18 Oct 1632 (sic, Trefeglwys parish register) ; adm. ; Min.Can. (aged 14) 1648 ; Queen’s Coll.Oxford ; BA 1653 ; MA 13 Dec 1656 ; adm. Gray’s Inn 6 Dec 1654.
GRIFFITH, PHILIP, son of Philip Griffith, Pall Mall, London, wine merchant, and Frances Barker, Hemel Hempstead, Herts. ; b. 7 Nov 1808 (or 8 Dec 1808 (IGI)) ; adm. 18 Sep 1820 ; partner, Belvedere Brewery, Lambeth (firm Philip Griffith junior and Company), to 1844 ; m. 18 Aug 1839 Cecilia Zoffany, second dau. of Thomas Horne (adm.1784, qv) ; d. at Stoke Damerel, Devon 27 Feb 1871, aged 62.
GRIFFITH, RICHARD, son of Thomas Griffith, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London, apothecary ; b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 14) 1755 ; apprenticed to father 4 Jan 1757 ; an apothecary, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London ; Assistant, Society of Apothecaries, from 30 Jun 1801, Master 1811-12 ; d. 11 Aug 1817 (will proved PCC 20 Sep 1817).
GRIFFITH, ROBERT JOHN, brother of Philip Griffith (qv) ; b. 13 Nov 1809 ; adm. 18 Sep 1820 ; d. 12 Nov 1827.
GRIFFITH, ROGER ; b. ; adm. 29 Jan 1662/3 ; a boarder ; still at school 1667 (Busby’s Account Book). [perhaps adm. Inner Temple 28 Nov 1670, of Chelsea, Middlesex]
GRIFFITH, ROWLAND, son of Griffith Griffith, Caernarvonshire ; b. ; at school (aged 12) 2 Jul 1582 ; QS ; a contributor to verses written by QSS to Queen Elizabeth c.1586 (Salisbury MSS, Hatfield) ; Exeter Coll.Oxford, matr. 8 Dec 1587 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 20 Nov 1594 (then of Furnival’s Inn).
GRIFFITH, THOMAS (alias MUTTON), youngest son of Evan Griffith, Pengwern, Flintshire, and Eleanor, dau. of Edmund Williams, Cochwillan, Caernarvonshire, and sister of Most Rev.John Williams DD, Archbishop of York ; stepson of Sir Peter Mutton, Kt. MP, Chief Justice of North Wales ; b. ; adm. ; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1632, adm.scholar 3 May 1633, matr.Mich.1633 ; BA 1635/6 ; MA 1639 ; Librarian of Trinity Coll. from 15 Dec 1641 (except for a short period in 1646), also Tutor and (from 1666) Registrar ; d. 21 Mar 1673/4.
GRIFFITH, WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1619 (Chapter Muniments 33673).
GRIFFITH-WYNNE, CHARLES WYNNE, eldest son of Hon.Charles Finch (qv) ; b. 4 Mar 1780 ; adm. 19 Feb 1790 (as Finch) ; in school list 1795 ; Brasenose Coll.Oxford, matr. 5 May 1797 ; BA 1801 ; MA 1808 ; Fellow, All Souls Coll. 1800-12 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 31 May 1799 ; assumed surname of Griffith-Wynne instead of Finch by royal licence 26 Jun 1804 ; inherited mother’s estates at Voelas, Denbighshire, and Cefnamlwch, Caernarvonshire ; High Sheriff, Denbighshire 1815 ; MP Caernarvonshire 1830-2 ; m. May 1812 Sarah, dau. of Rev.Henry Hildyard, Stokesley, Yorks. ; d. 22 Mar 1865.
GRIFFITHS, —- ; b. ; in school lists 1764, 1765.
GRIFFITHS, —- (in school lists 1803), see GRIFFITH, CHARLES PAGE.
GRIFFITHS, CHARLES ; b. ; adm. Christmas 1814.
GRIFFITHS, HOLLAND, eldest son of John Griffiths, Llanvethen, Anglesey, and Mary, dau. of Richard Trygarn, Trygarn, Anglesey ; b. ; adm. 7 Oct 1771 ; left Dec 1774 ; Oriel Coll.Oxford, matr. 24 Feb 1776, aged 19 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 17 Mar 1778 ; of Carreglwyd, Anglesey ; High Sheriff, Anglesey 1780 ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Rev.John Potter DD, Rector of Badgeworth, Gloucs. ; d. 12 Apr 1839.
GRIFFITHS, ROBERT STEPHENS ; b. ; adm. 22 Jan 1781 ; BB ; left Whitsun 1781.
GRIME, EDWARD HATTON HALL, only son of Rev.Edward Grime DD, Rector of Marston Bigott, Somerset, and Anne, third dau. of Thomas Hall, Llanigon, Breconshire ; b. 22 Feb 1809 ; adm. 19 Jan 1820 ; in under second form list 1821 ; Queen’s Coll.Oxford, matr. 18 Nov 1827 ; living Stainland, Yorks., in 1871 (1871 Census) ; m. 16 Jun 1832 Elizabeth Holroyd, Halifax, Yorks. ; m.2nd, Catherine Ellen Montague (marriage registered St.Marylebone first quarter 1858) ; d. by 1881 (second wife described as “widow” in 1881 Census).
GRIMES, — (at school 1662-4), see GRAHAM (or GRAHME), JAMES.
GRIMES, —- (in school lists 1739,1740), see GRAHAM, JOHN.
GRIMES, JAMES (at school 1664-5), see GRAHAM (or GRAHME), JAMES.
GRIMES, RICHARD (at school 1660-4), see GRAHAM (or GRAHME), RICHARD, 1stVISCOUNT PRESTON (S).
GRIMKE, JOHN FAUCHERAUD, son of John Paul Grimké, Charleston, South Carolina, North America, and Mary, dau. of Gideon Faucheraud, Huguenot settler in South Carolina ; b. 16 Dec 1752 ; adm.31 Jul 1765 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 1 Jul 1769, fellow commoner 12 Jan 1770, matr. Easter 1770 ; BA 1774 ; adm.Middle Temple 7 Jan 1769 ; one of the thirty Americans in London who signed a petition against the Boston Port Bill Mar 1774 ; returned to America on outbreak of American War of Independence ; Capt., South Carolina Continental Artillery ; fought a duel with Henry Laurens, father of Henry Laurens (qv) Oct 1775 ; raised a company of cavalry in Charleston, and was attached to Lafayette’s brigade ; Judge of Supreme Court, South Carolina, from 1783 ; member, House of Representatives, South Carolina, Speaker 1785-6 ; LLD Princeton 1789 ; m. 12 Oct 1784 Mary, dau. of Thomas Smith, Charleston, South Carolina, banker ; d. 9 Aug 1819.
GRIMSTON, —- ; b. ; adm. 13 Jan 1662/3 ; at school 1663-5 (Busby’s Account Book, as “Mr.Grimston”).
GRIMSTON, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 16) Apr 1742 (Preston) ; left 1744. [Probably John Grimston, only surviving son of Thomas Grimston, Grimston Garth, Yorks., and Jane, dau. of John Close, Richmond, Yorks., adm. Middle Temple 31 May 1745, although Burke LG gives this John Grimston’s date of birth as 17 Feb 1724/5 (maybe date should be 1725/6 ?). He was of Grimston Garth, Yorks. ; DL Yorkshire North Riding 1757, East Riding 1779 ; m. 12 Mar 1753 Jane, sister of Sir Digby Legard, Bart. (qv) ; d. 21 Jun 1780]. [perhaps John Grimston, son of Thomas Grimston, bapt. South Stainley, Yorks., 10 Mar 1728 (sic) (IGI)] [“John Grimstone, Esq., of the Middle Temple”, subscriber to T.Francklin, ed., The Epistles of Phalaris, 1749]
GRINFIELD, WILLIAM, second son of Edward Grinfield, Salisbury, Wilts., and Anne, dau. of Rev.Thomas Goddard DD, Canon of Windsor ; b. ; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1787) ; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 1 Sep 1760 ; Lieut. and Capt., 9 Dec 1767 ; Capt. and Lieut.-Col., 3 Feb 1776 ; 2nd Major, 18 Apr 1786 ; 1st Major, 13 Sep 1791 ; Lieut.-Col., 31 Jul 1793 ; Col. in the Army 20 Nov 1782 ; Maj.-Gen., 12 Oct 1793 ; Col., 86th Foot, from 25 Mar 1795 ; Lieut.-Gen., 1 Jan 1798 ; Gen., 25 Sep 1803 ; served in North America 1781, taken prisoner at York Town ; Commander in Chief, British Forces, Windward and Leeward Islands ; m. 12 Aug 1773 (IGI) Emma Maria, dau. of Very Rev.John Brocas DD, Dean of Killala ; d. of yellow fever in Barbados 19 Oct 1803.
GRISE, —- ; b. ; at school under Vincent ; played cricket against Eton on Hounslow Heath 25 Jul 1796 (Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores, i, 205).
GROJAN, —- ; b. ; in school list 1795. [probably a son of Francis Grojan, attorney, Deputy High Bailiff of Westminster in 1795, will proved PCC 10 Sep 1806 as of Vine Street, Piccadilly] [maybe therefore Edward Carey Grojan, son of Francis Grojan, and Elizabeth —, born 1781, since Grojan’s other recorded sons would have been too old to have been at the School in 1795 ; adm.solicitor ; practised in Golden Square, London ; resident at St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, in 1841 (1841 Census) ; m.1st, 28 May 1808 Deborah Seamore ; m. 2nd, 18 Dec 1819 Jane Isabella, second dau. of Horatio Robson, Piccadilly ; d. 28 Jun 1855]
GROSVENOR, CHETWYND GEORGE, brother of Randolph Lea Grosvenor (qv) ; b. 8 Sep 1869 ; adm. (H) 8 Jun 1882 ; left Dec 1884 ; emigrated to Mexico ; living in Torreon, Mexico, in 1922 ; m. 6 May 1907 Francisca, widow of Juan Gutiesray [query spelling], and dau. of — Flores, Mexico ; d. 10 Nov 1931.
GROSVENOR, RANDOLPH LEA, eldest son of George Fox Grosvenor MD MRCS, Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, London, and Eliza Frances, eldest dau. of Thomas Lea, Notting Hill, London ; b. 29 Jul 1867 ; adm. (G) 27 May 1880 ; left May 1884 ; Clare Coll.Cambridge, adm. 10 Oct 1885, matr.Mich.1885 ; BA 1888 ; St.Mary’s Hospital ; MRCS LRCP London 1896 ; practised in London ; killed in air raid unm. 14 Sep 1940.
GROSVENOR, RICHARD (adm.1773), see ERLE-DRAX-GROSVENOR, RICHARD.
GROSVENOR, RICHARD, 2ND MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER, eldest son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquis of Westminster (qv) ; b. 27 Jan 1795 ; styled Viscount Belgrave 1802-31, Earl Grosvenor 1831-45 ; adm. 2 Jun 1806 (Glover) ; left 1812 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr.15 May 1812 ; BA 1815 ; MA 1818 ; European tour 1816-8 ; MP (Whig) Chester 1818-30, Cheshire 1830-2, South Cheshire 1832-4 ; succ.father as 2nd Marquis of Westminster 17 Feb 1845 ; DL Cheshire 1831, Lord Lieut. 20 May 1845 – 29 Jan 1868 ; Lord Steward of the Household Mar 1850- Jan 1852 ; Privy Councillor 22 Mar 1850 ; KG 6 Jul 1857 ; his horse Touchstone won the St.Leger 1834 ; Busby Trustee from 31 May 1831 ; m. 16 Sep 1819 Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson Gower, second dau. of George Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland (qv) ; d. 31 Oct 1869. ODNB.
GROSVENOR, RICHARD DE AQUILA, 1ST BARON STALBRIDGE, fourth son of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquis of Westminster (qv) ; b. 28 Jun 1837 ; adm. 24 Jan 1849 (G) ; an intimate school friend of Francis Markham (qv) ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens.21 Feb 1855, fellow commoner 15 Oct 1855, matr. Mich.1855 ; MA 1858 ; MP (Liberal) Flintshire May 1861 – 22 Mar 1886 ; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Mar 1872 – Feb 1874 ; Privy Councillor 19 Mar 1872 ; Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Liberal Whip, House of Commons 1880-5 ; created Baron Stalbridge 22 Mar 1886 ; took Liberal Unionist whip, House of Lords ; Chairman, London and North Western Railway Co. 1891-1911, having been a director since 1870 ; a Governor of the School 1875-1880 and from 1889 ; Busby Trustee from 1 Jun 1875 ; President, Elizabethan Club 1885-91, Vice-President from 1891 ; an intimate friend of Francis Markham (qv), who frequently mentions him in his Recollections ; m. 1st, 5 Nov 1874 Hon.Beatrix Charlotte Elizabeth Vesey, third dau. of Thomas Vesey, 3rd Viscount De Vesci (I) ; m.2nd, 3 Apr 1879 Eleanor Frances Beatrice, dau. of Robert Hamilton Stubber, Moyne House, Durrow, Queen’s Co. ; d. 18 May 1912. ODNB.
GROSVENOR, ROBERT, 1ST MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER, only surviving son of Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor, and Henrietta, dau. of Henry Vernon (qv) ; b. 22 Mar 1767 ; adm. 16 Apr 1777 ; at Harrow Sch. 1780 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.nob.14 Oct 1783, matr. Mich.1784 ; MA 1786 ; Grand Tour (Italy) 1786-8, 1789-90 ; styled Viscount Belgrave 1784-1802 ; MP East Looe 22 Apr 1788-90, Chester 1790 – 5 Aug 1802 ; a Lord of the Admiralty 1789-91 ; a Commissioner, Board of Control 1793-1801 ; Privy Councillor 21 Jun 1793 ; succ.father as 2nd Earl Grosvenor 5 Aug 1802 ; a supporter of the younger Pitt to 1806, afterwards joined Whig party ; cr.Marquis of Westminster 13 Sep 1831 ; KG 11 Mar 1841 ; Lord Lieut., Flintshire, from 1 Jun 1798 ; DL Cheshire 1803 ; commenced rebuilding Eaton Hall, Cheshire 1803 ; obtained an Act of Parliament to lay out Belgravia 1826 ; a great picture collector ; horses of his won the Oaks 1805 and 1841, the St.Leger 1834, 1840, 1841, and the Two Thousand Guineas 1810 ; m. 28 Apr 1794 Lady Eleanor Egerton, only dau. of Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton (qv) ; d. 17 Feb 1845. ODNB.
GROSVENOR, ROBERT, 1ST BARON EBURY, third son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquis of Westminster (qv) ; b. 24 Apr 1801 ; adm. 18 Jun 1810 (Glover) ; left Apr 1816 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Dec 1818 ; BA 1821 ; adm.Lincoln’s Inn 7 Jul 1821 ; MP (Whig) Shaftesbury Apr 1822-6, Chester 1826-47, Middlesex 1847 – 15 Sep 1857 ; Comptroller of the Household Nov 1830 – Dec 1834 ; Privy Councillor 1 Dec 1830 ; Treasurer of the Household 1846-7 ; created Baron Ebury 15 Sep 1857 ; took Whig/Liberal whip, House of Lords, to 1886, afterwards a Liberal Unionist ; a staunch Low Churchman, who made several attempts to obtain a revision of the Prayer Book ; his bill for the further restriction of Sunday trading in London, introduced by him in the House of Commons 18 Apr 1855, raised a storm of opposition, culminating in Sunday riots in Hyde Park ; President, Marylebone Cricket Club 1865 ; author, Leaves from my Journal during the Summer of 1851, and other works ; JP Flintshire 1864, JP Dorset ; m. 17 May 1831 Hon.Charlotte Arbuthnot Wellesley, eldest dau. of Henry Wellesley, 1stBaron Cowley PC GCB, diplomat ; d. 18 Nov 1893. ODNB.
GROSVENOR, THOMAS, younger son of Sir Robert Grosvenor, Bart., MP, and Jane, only surviving child of Thomas Warre, Shepton Beauchamp and Swell Court, Somerset ; bapt.St.John, Smith Square, Westminster 25 Mar 1734 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 15) May 1749 ; left 1751 ; Oriel Coll.Oxford, matr. 27 Jun 1751 ; MA 1754 ; adm.Inner Temple 11 Sep 1750 ; MP Chester from 10 Dec 1755 ; of Swell Court, Somerset ; m. 21 Sep 1759 Deborah, sister of Stephen Skynner (qv) ; d. 12 Feb 1795.
GROSVENOR, THOMAS, son of Thomas Grosvenor (adm.1749, qv) ; b. 30 May 1764 ; adm. 29 Nov 1773 ; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 1 Oct 1779 ; Lieut. and Capt., 20 Oct 1784 ; Capt. and Lieut.-Col., 25 Apr 1793 ; Col., 3 May 1796 ; Brig.-Gen., 27 Aug 1800 ; Maj.-Gen., 29 Apr 1802 ; Col., 97th Foot 25 Feb 1807 – Feb 1814 ; Lieut.-Gen., 25 Apr 1808 ; Col., 65th Foot, from 8 Feb 1814 ; Gen., 12 Aug 1819 ; Field Marshal 9 Nov 1846 ; served in Flanders 1793, Netherlands 1794-5, and on Helder expedition 1799, where he was wounded at Zuip ; commanded brigade in expeditions to Copenhagen 1807 and Walcheren 1809 ; MP Chester 20 Feb 1795-1826, Stockbridge 1826-30 ; horses of his won the Oaks 1807, 1825 ; m. 1st, 6 Apr 1797 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bart. MP ; m.2nd, 15 Oct 1831 Anne, dau. of George Wilbraham MP, Delamere, Cheshire ; d. 20 Jan 1851. ODNB.
GROSVENOR, HON.THOMAS, see EGERTON, THOMAS, 1ST EARL OF WILTON.
GROVE, —- ; b. ; adm. Lady Day 1809 ; left 1813.
GROVE, GEORGE WOODWARD, son of Thomas Grove, Andover, Hampshire, mercer, and Alicia, dau. of Rev.William Woodward, Rector of Baughurst, Hampshire ; maternal uncle of Jeremy Bentham (qv) ; bapt. Andover 4 Jun 1718 ; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1727 (as Woodward Grove) ; in school list Feb 1727/8 (as Georgius Wooddard Groves) ; left 1736 ; articled to John Howard, Inner Temple, attorney 17 Dec 1736 ; a Riding Surveyor, Hawkers and Pedlars Office, from 1759 ; of Whitchurch, Hampshire, in 1779 ; m. (in 1770s) Elizabeth Riley (or Ragg), his housekeeper ; buried Baughurst, Hampshire 14 May 1784 (will proved 3 Jun 1784, he of Chancery Lane, Middlesex).
GROVE, ISAAC, eldest son of Rev.Samuel Grove, Morning Preacher, Berwick Street Chapel, Westminster, and Madeleine, sister of Anthony Aufrere (qv) ; b. ; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1737 ; Min.Can.1738 ; left 1740 ; adm.Inner Temple 10 May 1737, called to bar 13 Jun 1746, tenant of chambers there 1746-9 ; of St.Catherine parish, Jamaica ; m. Elizabeth Charlotte, dau. of John Demetres, Assistant Judge, Jamaica ; d. in Jamaica 1754 (will proved PCC 8 Aug 1755).
GROVE, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 13) Apr 1722 ; in under school list 1723.
GROVE, RALPH, son of William Grove, London ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1690 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1693, matr.28 Jun 1693, aged 18, Westminster Student 14 Dec 1693 – void 1703 (expiry year of grace as V.Thornbury) ; BA 1697 ; MA 1700 ; ordained deacon 24 Sep 1698 (Oxford), priest 12 Nov 1699 (Chichester) ; Vicar of Thornbury, Gloucs., from 4 Sep 1701 ; m. 2 Mar 1703/4 Mary, dau. of Joseph Glover, Thornbury, Gloucs., apothecary ; d. 29 Sep 1728 (M.I.Thornbury, Gloucs.).
GROVE, WOODWARD, see GROVE, GEORGE WOODWARD.
GROVES, HENRY GAGE DE LANCEY, son of Maj.John Richard Groves, Essex Rifles, Governor of Millbank Prison, Westminster, subsequently Crown Equerry, and Elizabeth Louisa, younger dau. of Anthony Priaulx ; b. 9 Sep 1840 ; adm. 29 Jan 1852 (G) ; Cadet, EICS Madras 1856 ; Cornet, unattached, 20 Nov 1856 ; 7th Madras Light Cavalry 30 Jan 1857 ; Lieut., 2 Sep 1858 ; Capt., 4th Light Cavalry 20 Nov 1868 ; d. at Secunderabad, India 26 Dec 1872.
GRUBB, WILLIAM, son of Henry Grubb, St.James’s, Westminster, and Anne — [perhaps Poulter (IGI)] ; b. 2 Jun 1737 ; adm. (aged 14) Jun 1751 ; left 1751 ; Writer, EICS Bengal 1753 ; arrived in India 7 Jun 1754 ; Assistant in Export Warehouse, Calcutta ; served as a volunteer during siege of Calcutta ; smothered in Black Hole at Calcutta 20 Jun 1756.
GRUNDYE, — ; b. ; adm. ; QS 1553-6 (Chapter Muniments 37713).
GRUNE, EDWARD HATTON HULL, see GRIME, EDWARD HATTON HALL.
GRYLLS, MATTHEW, second son of William Grylls, and Martha Matthew [or Matthews ?] (IGI) ; bapt.St.Andrew, Holborn 11 Apr 1719 (IGI) ; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1730 ; left 1732. [Will, he of St.Marylebone, proved PCC 10 Nov 1781 ; he had d. 2 Nov 1781, as of Kensington Square] [probably Matthew Grylls, Clerk to Commissioners for Duties on Salt, Chamberlayne 1748] [“Matthew Grylls, Esq.”, subscriber to Peirson Lloyd, Sermons, 1765]
GRYMESDYCHE (or GRIMSDITCH), THOMAS , son of John Grymesdyche (or Grimsditch), Knottingley, Yorks. ; b. ; at school in 1638 ; KS 1639 ; see his father’s letter to Sir Francis Windebanke, 8 Mar 1638/9, thanking Windebanke and his wife for their favours “to our little Westminster scholar at Christmas, who we hear by Jack is now sick of an ague” (CSP Dom 1638-9, 548).
GUERNSEY, LORDS, see FINCH, HENEAGE, 3RD, 4TH and 5TH EARLS OF AYLESFORD.
GUEST, see also GEAST.
GUEST, EDWARD PERCIVAL, son of Edward Percival Guest, High Street, Brentwood, Essex, pharmaceutical chemist, and Frances, dau. of John Boys, Rochester, Kent ; b. 21 Jun 1860 ; adm. 4 Jun 1874 (G), exhibitioner ; QS 1875 ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge (with Triplett) 1879, adm.pens.9 Oct 1879, sizar 1881, matr. Mich.1879 ; BA 1883 ; MA 1889 ; Assistant Master for forty-three years at various schools, including King’s School, Canterbury 1895-1911 ; d.unm. 14 Jul 1935.
GUEST (or GESTE or GHEST), SIR LYONEL, only son of Alexander Guest, Tewkesbury, Gloucs., and Margery, dau. of John Meredeth, Upper Weld, Bucks. ; b. ; adm. ; QS ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1578, matr.20 Nov 1580, aged 20, Westminster Student to 1583 ; BA 30 Jan 1581/2 ; he explained in a letter of Jun 1600 to Robert Cecil that having been at Westminster School and Christ Church, “having spent too many years with too little profit, misled with the wandering error of youth, and a natural desire of novelties, I betook me to this thriftless occupation of the wars” ; Capt. in Army ; served in the Netherlands 1590 and subsequently in Ireland ; knighted by Lord Deputy of Ireland at Leixlip 5 May 1604 ; m. 1st, 14 Sep 1592 Elizabeth, dau. of Simon Love, Northants. ; m.2nd, Elinor, widow of David O’Dowde, Castle Connor, co.Sligo, and dau. of Patrick Lynch, The Knock, co.Meath ; d. c.1620.
GUIBERT, PHILIP ; b. ; adm. (aged 14) Oct 1719 ; left 1719. [perhaps m. 11 Dec 1728 Joyce Poulton (IGI)] [will of Philip Guibert, Clerk belonging to Clerk of Survey’s Office, Sheerness dockyard, Kent, proved PCC 23 May 1732 ; also Philip Guibert or Guibart, St.James, Westminster, PCC 15 May 1728, and Philip Guibert, Finchley, Middlesex, PCC 2 Nov 1790] [presumably kin to Philip Guibert, upholsterer, Jermyn Street, supplier to Royal family c.1692-1739]
GUILLAMORE, STANDISH, 2ND VISCOUNT, see O’GRADY, STANDISH DARBY, 2NDVISCOUNT GUILLAMORE.
GUION, ISAAC, son of Isaac Guion, City of London, and Lydia — ; b. 29 Oct 1704 ; adm. (aged 10) 10 Jan 1714/5 ; left 1716 ; Oriel Coll.Oxford, matr. 24 Mar 1719/20 ; BA 1723. [will of Isaac Guion, distiller, St.Martin in the Fields proved PCC 16 Feb 1733, also will of Isaac Guion, St.George, Hanover Square, dated 1 Feb 1745, proved PCC 5 May 1748]
GUISE, POWELL COLCHESTER, third son of Sir John Guise, Bart., Highnam Court, Gloucs., and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Wright, Lawrence Lane, London, merchant ; b. 18 Dec 1778 ; adm. ; Min.Can.1793 ; KS 1794 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1798, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 May 1798 ; BA 1802 ; MA 1804 ; ordained deacon 24 Aug 1803 (Gloucester), priest 2 Oct 1803 (Salisbury) ; Rector of Craike, co.Durham, from Jul 1805 ; Chaplain to Prince of Wales 1810 ; Perpetual Curate of Elmore, Gloucs., and Vicar of Longney, Gloucs., from 11 Mar 1818 ; m. 13 Oct 1808 Maria, dau. of Nathaniel Clifford (formerly Winchcombe), Frampton Court, Gloucs. ; d. 9 May 1835.
GULSTON, —- ; b. ; KS 1640 (Bodleian Library, Oxford, Tanner MSS, lxix, f.140).
GUMBLETON, GEORGE, younger son of Rev.George Gumbleton, Belgrove, near Queenstown, co.Cork, and his second wife Frances Anne, dau. of James Penrose, Woodhill, co.Cork ; b. 4 Jun 1843 ; adm. 30 Jul 1857 (G) ; QS 1858 ; Capt. of the School 1861 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1862, matr. 12 Jun 1862 ; BA 1866 ; MA and BCL 1869 ; DCL 1886 ; adm.Inner Temple 6 May 1867, called to bar 26 Jan 1870 ; migr. to Middle Temple 6 Nov 1890 ; Oxford Circuit ; a law reporter for The Times ; founded Gumbleton English Verse Prize at the School 1874 ; author, Sketches in Sunny Climes ; m. 18 Jul 1889 Jessie Ramsay, eldest dau. of Thomas Skinner, Roland Gardens, South Kensington, shipowner ; d. 25 May 1894.
GUNNING, JOHN, son of John Gunning, Castle Coote, co.Roscommon, and Hon.Bridget Bourke, dau. of Theobald Bourke, 6thViscount Mayo (I) ; b. ; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1751 ; in school list 1754 ; Ensign, 25th Foot 20 Dec 1757 ; Lieut., 50th Foot 5 Apr 1759 ; Capt., 92nd Foot 22 Jan 1760 ; 43rd Foot 30 Sep 1768 ; Brevet Lieut.-Col., 23 Jan 1775 ; Lieut.-Col., 82nd Foot 22 Dec 1777 ; Col., 15 Jun 1781 ; Col., 65th Foot, from 28 Jan 1788 ; Maj.-Gen., 28 Sep 1787 ; served in North America ; m. 8 Aug 1768 Susannah, novelist (ODNB), dau. of Rev.James Minifie, Rector of Staplegrove, Somerset ; d. at Naples 2 Sep 1797, having eloped there by 1792 with Mrs Rebecca Duberly.
GUNTER, EDMUND, son of — Gunter, Herts., originally from Gunterstown, Breconshire ; b. ; adm. ; QS in 1596 ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1599, matr. 25 Jan 1599/1600, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1616 ; BA 1603 ; MA 1606 ; BD 1615 ; ordained priest 20 Sep 1607 (Oxford) ; Vicar of St.Mary Magdalen, Oxford 1 Feb 1613/4 – Jan 1616/7 ; Rector of St.George’s, Southwark, Surrey, from 26 Jul 1615 ; Professor of Astronomy, Gresham College, London, from 6 Mar 1619/20 ; applied to navigation and other parts of mathematics his rule of proportion, known as “Gunter’s Line” ; discovered the variation of the magnetic needle by experiments at Deptford 1622 ; introduced “Gunter’s Chain”, used in land surveying, and was probably the inventor of the “decimal separator” ; author, Canon Triangulorum, or Table of Artificial Sines and Tangents, 1620, and other works, published in a collected edition 1624 ; d. 10 Dec 1626. ODNB.
GUNTHORP, JOHN ; b. ; adm. (aged 8) Sep 1721 ; in under school list 1725. [perhaps a member of the Gunthorp/Gunthorpe family, Antigua, West Indies]
GURNEY, THOMAS, son of John Gurney, and Amelia Laxton ; b. 7 Aug 1832 (bapt. St.Leonard’s, Shoreditch 26 Apr 1835, date of birth given in Record as 7 Aug 1833) ; adm. 28 Sep 1844, chorister ; left Christmas 1847 ; emigrated to USA after 1857 ; living as a clerk in Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA, in 1880 (US Census 1880) ; m. Isabella Thwaites, dau. of John Bannister (marriage registered Islington second quarter 1857).
GUTHRIE, CHARLES WILLIAM GARDINER, brother of Lowry Guthrie (qv) ; b. 20 Apr 1816 ; adm. 16 Jan 1826 (G) ; MRCS 1838 ; FRCS 1853 ; Surgeon, Royal Ophthalmic Hospital ; practised in Pall Mall East, London ; m. 3 Oct 1855 Annie Bassett, eldest dau. of Rev.William Hewson DD, Vicar of Swansea, Glamorgan ; d. 13 Aug 1859.
GUTHRIE, GEORGE ANDREW ; b. 24 Mar 1807 ; adm. 16 Jul 1819. [note George Andrew Guthrie, Sergeant-Major, EICS Bengal (57th Native Infantry), m. at Calcutta, India 15 Oct 1839 Harriet Higginbottom]
GUTHRIE, HENRY, eldest son of William Guthrie, Cowley Street, Westminster, author ; b. ; adm. (aged 9) Feb 1748/9 ; in a letter to his brother Harie Guthrie, dated from Cowley Street 28 Mar 1752, William Guthrie writes that “I live in Westminster where I have got a very good house for the benefit of my son and his cousins going to school there” (the “cousins” have not been identified) ; acted part of Chamont in The Orphan, performed by the Westminster boys in 1755 (Elizabethan xviii, 222).
GUTHRIE, JAMES, brother of Henry Guthrie (qv) ; b. ; at school in Feb 1755 (HMC Laing, ii, 414) ; acted with his brother in The Orphan. [perhaps bapt.St.James, Piccadilly 3 Jun 1740, son of William Guthrie, and Elizabeth — (IGI)]
GUTHRIE, JOHN, son of James Guthrie, Alderman and Mayor of Newark, Notts., postmaster, and Mary Wright Calcraft (IGI) ; bapt. Newark, Notts. 8 Sep 1795 ; adm. Christmas 1811 ; left 1813 ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens.12 Mar 1812, scholar 1815, matr. Lent 1814 ; 10th Wrangler 1817 ; BA 1817 ; MA 1820 ; ordained deacon 1820 (Chester, lit.dim. from York), priest 29 Jul 1821 (York) ; Rector of Thorpe, Notts., 6 Jun 1827-33 ; Rector of Calstone, Wilts., 28 Feb 1833-6 ; Vicar of Hillmarton, Wilts., 5 Mar 1833 – Feb 1835 ; Vicar of Calne, Wilts., from 7 Feb 1835 ; Chaplain to Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne (qv), 1834 ; Prebendary of Salisbury 16 Jun 1852 – res 16 Jan 1858 ; Canon Residentiary of Bristol from 1858 ; the first Chairman of Council, Clifton Coll. ; m. 21 Oct 1848 Caroline Beaty Manley, widow of Thomas Dickens, Vale Lodge, Leatherhead, Surrey, and dau. of William Stanley Clarke, Elm Bank, Leatherhead, Surrey, director and chairman, East India Company ; d. 6 Jul 1865.
GUTHRIE, LOWRY, elder son of George James Guthrie FRCS FRS, Surgeon to Westminster Hospital and President, Royal College of Surgeons, and his first wife Margaret, dau. of Walter Paterson, Lieut.-Gov. Prince Edward Island ; b. 10 Oct 1814 ; adm. 10 Jan 1825 (G) ; Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 15 Mar 1831, matr. Mich.1832 ; BA 1837 ; MA 1840 ; ordained priest 1839 (Rochester) ; Rector of Cranley, Surrey, from 1844 ; m. 23 Feb 1846 Katherine Blanche, dau. of Thomas Starkie QC, Downing Prof. of Laws of England, Cambridge Univ. ; d. 2 Jan 1848.
GUYDICKENS, see DICKENS, FREDERICK WILLIAM GUY and DICKENS, GUSTAVUS GUY.
GUYES, — ; b. ; adm. ; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).
GWILT, CHARLES EVELYN, eldest son of Charles Gwilt, Icklingham, Suffolk, solicitor, and Frances, dau. of Edward Thompson ; b. 12 Oct 1858 ; adm. 23 Sep 1871 (G) ; left Aug 1875 ; adm.solicitor Apr 1882 ; practised in London ; m. 15 Jun 1904 Florence Fraser, youngest dau. of George Pimm, Wandsworth, Surrey, miller ; d. 25 Oct 1940.
GWILT, CHARLES PERKINS, eldest son of Joseph Gwilt FSA, Abingdon Street, Westminster, architect, and Louisa, third dau. of Samuel Brandram, London, merchant ; b. 4 Jan 1809 ; adm. 8 Apr 1818 ; KS 1823 ; left 1827 ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 May 1827 ; BA 1831 ; adm.Middle Temple 26 Apr 1827 ; devoted himself to heraldic and literary pursuits ; d. 22 Dec 1835. ODNB (s.v.Joseph Gwilt).
GWILT, FRANCIS DOMINIC, brother of Charles Perkins Gwilt (qv) ; b. 4 Feb 1816 ; adm. 26 Apr 1824 ; emigrated to Woodside, Upper Canada ; m. at Toronto, Canada, 8 Mar 1845 Emma Sophia, only dau. of Benjamin Sweetapple, Basingstoke, Hampshire, paper manufacturer ; living 1863. [dead by 1881 ?]
GWILT, JOHN DANIEL, brother of Charles Evelyn Gwilt (qv) ; b. 11 Aug 1861 ; adm. 24 Sep 1874 (G) ; left Aug 1875 ; a tea planter at Tukvar, Darjeeling, Bengal ; m. 14 Sep 1897 Dora Campion Walker ; d. at Calcutta 3 Nov 1906.
GWILT, JOHN SEBASTIAN, brother of Charles Perkins Gwilt (qv) ; b. 19 Feb 1811 ; adm. 11 Jan 1819 ; KS 1825 ; left 1826 ; an architect ; assisted his father in the preparation of A Project for a New National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, 1838, and The Encyclopaedia of Architecture, 1842 ; Surveyor to Grocers’ Company 19 Dec 1860 ; living at Fingest, Hambleden, Bucks., in 1881 ; m. (by 1850) Emma — (b.Cadiz, Spain, still living 1881) [another marriage by a John Sebastian Gwilt, apparently to Ann Margaret Paynter, registered Chelsea second quarter 1861] ; d. 4 Mar 1890. ODNB (s.v.Joseph Gwilt).
GWILT, RICHARD BRANDRAM, brother of Charles Perkins Gwilt (qv) ; b. 14 Feb 1814 ; adm. 26 Mar 1821 ; KS 1827 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1831, adm.pens. 26 May 1831, scholar 1832, matr.Mich.1831 ; 2nd Lieut., Ceylon Rifle Regt. 30 Oct 1838 ; Lieut., 10th Foot 8 Apr 1842 ; d. at Meerut, North Western Provinces, India 3 Jun 1845.
GWINNET, GEORGE, see GOUGH, GEORGE GWINNETT.
GWYN, — ; b. ; in under school lists 1715-8 ; left 1718. [Whitmore believed that this was“no doubt” Francis Gwyn, an elder brother of John Gwyn (qv) ; but although Francis Gwyn could certainly have been educated at the School, it is very doubtful that he can be identified as the Gwyn who appears in under school lists 1715-8, for John Gwyn’s elder brother Francis Gwyn was already aged 18 when he matr. Christ Church, Oxford, 4 Jun 1717, so he is not likely still to have been in the Under School in 1717-8. He was Fellow, All Souls Coll. 1721-4 ; BA 21 Feb 1721/2 ; MA 1727 ; adm.Middle Temple 3 Mar 1717/8, called to the bar 12 May 1727 ; of Llansanwyr, Glamorganshire, and Ford Abbey, Dorset (properties inherited from elder brother Edward Prideaux Gwyn in 1736) ; MP Wells 1741-54 ; m.1st, May 1737 Lora, dau. of George Pitt, Strathfieldsaye, Hampshire ; m.2nd, 19 Dec 1751 Frances, dau. of Matthew Combe MD, Winchester ; d. 17 Nov 1777] [Perhaps therefore the OW was Edmund Gwyn, an intermediate brother, who was Lieut., Royal Navy, 11 Apr 1727, and d. 10 Jun 1733]
GWYN, EDWARD ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1700 ; d. when at school.
GWYN, JOHN, fourth son of Right Hon.Francis Gwyn PC (I) MP, Secretary at War, Llansanwyr, Glamorgan, and his cousin Margaret, dau. of Edmund Fraunceis (formerly Prideaux) MP, Ford Abbey, Thorncombe, Dorset ; bapt. 14 Mar 1708/9 ; adm. (aged 9) Nov 1718 ; KS 1723 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1727, matr. 8 Jun 1727, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1727 – void 1741 ; BA 1733 ; MA 1735 ; ordained deacon 21 Mar 1736 (Lincoln), priest 25 Sep 1737 (Bath & Wells) ; d. 6 Jun 1741.
GWYN, LEONARD ; b. ; adm. (aged 14) Feb 1743/4 ; left 1746. [Perhaps Leonard Bilson Gwyn, son of Thomas Gwyn, Gwempa, Carmarthenshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Middleton, Middleton Hall, Carmarthenshire ; of Gwempa and Glyn Abbey, Carmarthen ; proprietor, Kidwelly Tin Works ; Receiver-General of Taxes, Carmarthenshire ; High Sheriff, Carmarthenshire 1769 ; m. 26 Mar 1762 (IGI) Mary Bridget, dau. of Anthony Rogers, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire ; d. 1798 (will dated 25 Mar 1798, proved PCC 14 Jul 1798)] [alternatively, son of Leonard Gwyn and Frances Lloyd, who m. 10 Dec 1723 (IGI)] [Note also Leonard Gwyn, St.Margaret, Westminster, will proved PCC 10 Apr 1747 – but he seems to have been Capt.Leonard Gwyn, “Captain of a Company of Marines”, d. 23 Feb 1747 (London Evening Post 24 Feb 1747)]
GWYN, LEWIS, son of Rev.William Gwyn, Rector of Ingoldsby, Lincs. ; b. ; at school under Busby two years (J.E.B.Mayor, Admissions to St.John’s Coll.Camb., i, 152) ; St.John’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.sizar 1 Jul 1661, aged 17, Wood Scholar 5 Nov 1662 ; BA 1664/5 ; MA 1668 ; ordained priest 22 Sep 1667 (Peterborough) ; Rector of Normanton, Lincs. 12 Jun 1671-1720 (MA on institution, so this Lewis Gwyn) ; Vicar of Honington, Lincs., 19 May 1674-1720 ; m. 10 Apr 1685 Helen Porter, Sutton on Trent, Notts.
GWYN, LEWIS ; b. ; adm. ; KS ; elected head to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1666, adm.pens. 26 Jun 1666, scholar 1667, matr.1666/7 ; BA 1669/70. [Perhaps Rector of Normanton and Vicar of Honington, Lincs., 1 Jun 1720 – death by 7 Sep 1727, but the individual concerned was MA, and seems more likely to have been Lewis Gwyn (at school under Busby, qv), reinstituted to these livings].
GWYN, WILLIAM ; b. ; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1742 ; left 1746.
GWYNNE, — ; b. ; in school lists 1656.
GYBBS, —- ; b. ; adm.1656 ; left 1656 (School List 1656, second quarter).
GYDDON, —- ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1663.
GYLE, — ; b. ; adm. ; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).
GYLES, see also GILES
GYLES, THOMAS, of Worcestershire ; b. ; adm. ; KS 1639 ; elected to Trinity Coll.Cambridge 1641, adm.scholar 1642, matr.Easter 1642 ; BA 1644/5 ; MA 1648 ; Fellow, Trinity Coll.1647, Tutor 1648-52 ; intruded Minister of Trumpington, Cambs. 1649 ; Rector of Wentworth [query county] 6 Feb 1651/2 ; Rector of Downham, Cambs. 10 Nov 1653 – ejected 1660 ; Assistant to Commission for Approbation of Ministers for counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon 10 Dec 1657 ; m. 1st, 29 Aug 1654 Constantia, dau. of Thomas Bendyshe, Barrington, Cambs. ; m.2nd, 2 Jul 1668 Mary, widow of Edward Gray, Wicken, Cambs. ; living 1672.
GYLMAN, JAMES ; b. ; GS 1540 (British Library, Add MSS 40061).