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GEE, WILLIAM, only son of William Gee, Bishop Burton, Yorks., and his first wife Rachel Parker, 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; MP Kingston upon Hull Oct 1679- Mar 1681, 1689-90, Beverley1690 - 95, Dec 1701-5; m. 1st, 23 Feb 1663/4 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Hotham, 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.

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; 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.

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. DNB.

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 (Hutton's); in school list 1754; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Apr 1755; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Oct 1755, scholar 14 May 1756, matr. Easter1756; 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. 4 Jan 1801.

GOOCH, SIR THOMAS SHERLOCK, BART., eldest son of Sir Thomas Gooch, Bart., 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 1833-4; chairman, Suffolk Quarter Sessions; m. 11 May 1796 Marianne, dau. of Abraham Whittaker, Stratford, Essex, and Lyston House, Herefs.; d. 18 Dec 1851.

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 (Stelfox's); 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 Co. Limerick from Dec 1850; d. unm. 27 Nov 1854.

GORING, SIR HARRY DENT, BART., eldest son of Sir Charles Forster Goring, Bart., and Bridget, dau. of Henry Dent, Canterbury, Kent; b. 30 Dec 1802; adm. 29 Jan 1816 (Du Brieux's); 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 Augusta, dau. of John Harvey, Thorpe Lodge, Norwich; 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.

CURTEIS, EDWARD JEREMIAH, only son of Jeremiah Curteis, Tenterden, Kent, and Rye, Sussex, attorney and banker, Town Clerk of Rye, and Jane, dau. of Searles Giles, Biddenden, Kent; b. 6 Jul 1762; adm. 29 Jan 1776; left 17 Jul 1779; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Dec 1779; BA 1783; MA 1787; Fellow, Oriel Coll. Oxford 1784-9; adm. Inner Temple year 1777/8, called to bar 1788; MP Sussex 1820-30; partner, Curteis & Co, Rye, Sussex, bankers, to 1811; George Colman’s “honest, openhearted quondam friend Jerry Curteis, as we familiarly called him at Westminster and at Oxford” (Colman, Random Records, I, 305); m. 14 Apr 1789 Mary, only dau. of Rev. Stephen Barrett, Rector of Hothfield, Kent; d. 18 Mar 1835.

ABERCROMBY, JAMES, third son of Alexander Abercromby MP, Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, and Mary, dau. of Alexander Duff, Braco, Banffshire; bapt. Alloa, Clackmannanshire 24 Aug 1708; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1719/20; in under school list 1721; Leyden Univ. 1724-5; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 29 Jan 1725/6, called to bar 2 May 1738; resident in South Carolina 1730-44; Attorney-General, South Carolina 30 Nov 1730-45; agent, North Carolina 1748-57; agent, North Carolina Assembly 1758-60; agent, Virginia 1745-61; agent, Virginia government and council 1761-74; deputy auditor-general for plantations 1757-65; purchased Brucefield estate, Clackmannan, c. 1758-9; MP Clackmannanshire 1761-8; dead by Nov. 1775 (will proved PCC 20 Dec 1775). [Perhaps kin to William Duff, adm. Jan. 1719/20 (qv), same month]

AFFLECK, JOHN, second son of Gilbert Affleck MP, Dalham Hall, Suffolk, and Anne, dau. of John Dolben (at school in 1676, qv); b. 12 Feb 1710; adm. Jan. 1721/2; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 Oct 1727; adm. Inner Temple 26 Oct 1728; MP Suffolk 23 Mar 1743-61, Amersham 4 Dec 1767-8; m. Aug 1736 Sarah, only dau. of James Metcalfe, Roxton, Beds.; d. 17 Feb 1776.