GODSALVE, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; KS 1 Feb 1547/8 (Acts of Chapter).
GODWIN, EDWARD; b. ; adm. ; KS 1676.
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; Rector of East Clandon, Surrey from 1621; “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 Adames]” (Wood, ibid. ); d. 26 Jul 1629. DNB.
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 (Oxford) 20 Sep 1674.
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; 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, and Sarah, dau. of William Wharton; 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; 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, 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, Robin Mavesyn, son of Wilfred Mavesyn Golding of Rickmansworth, Herts, and Laetitia Helen Golding MBE, d. of Eustace Corrie Frere (qv); b. 4 June 1928; adm. Sept. 1941 (KS); left July 1946; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1951, MA 1953; librarian, Boyd Neel Orchestra 1952-6; admin. asst., Roy. Acad. of Music 1961, Registrar 1966-87; hon. ARAM 1965, hon. RCM 1971; hon. RAM 1976; m. 1st, 18 Aug. 1956 Claire Rosaline, d. of Frederick William Simpson, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 2nd, 22 Dec. 1973 Dame Felicity Ann Emwhyla Lott DBE FRAM FRCM, internat. singer, d. of John Albert Lott, of Cheltenham, Gloucs; d. 15 Oct. 2009.
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.
Gompertz, Geoffrey Haviland, son of Sir Henry Hessey Johnston Gompertz, Kt., Chief Justice of the Federated Malay States, by Rosalie Coutier, only daughter of the Rev. Louis Coutier Biggs, Vicar of Monkleigh, Devon; b. Oct. 10, 1901; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1915; left Dec. 1919; assistant in the employ of Jardine, Matheson Co. Ltd., at Shanghai; m. Oct. 15, 1947, Alexandra Jane, daughter of Hemsley Bell, of Curdridge, Hants.; d. 4 Sept. 1978.