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Gould, Richard, d. 1628
GB-2014-WSA-08067 · Person · d. 1628

GOULD, RICHARD; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1624, adm. scholar 1625, matr. Easter 1625; d. unm. 1628.

GB-2014-WSA-08075 · Person · 1890-1929

Gow, James Fitzjames Cuthbert, second son of the Rev. James Gow, LL. D., Head Master of Westminster School, by Gertrude Sydenham, daughter of G. P. Everett Green; b. Aug. 6, 1890; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1904; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1909, matric. Michaelmas 1909; played football (Assoc.) against Cambridge 1912; B.A. 1913; M.A. 1920; served in France in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. York and Lancaster Regt. (T. F.) Sept. 14, 1914; Lieut. Aug. 25; 1916; was in the employ of Cammell Laird & Co., Sheffield; m. June 19, 1919, Katherine, elder daughter of B. George Wood, of Sheffield, Yorks; d. on a voyage to America, April 1929.

GB-2014-WSA-08078 · Person · 1721-1803

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 Fazakerly, 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. DNB.

GB-2014-WSA-08081 · Person · 1726-1753

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 (Edwards'); 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 1749-51; d. unm. 19 Oct 1753.

Gradon, Robert, ca. 1676-?
GB-2014-WSA-08086 · Person · ca. 1676-?

GRADON, ROBERT, second son of Robert Gradon, St. James, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS (aged 11) 1687; left 1687; adm. Middle Temple 13 May 1689, 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, ---, fl. 1550
GB-2014-WSA-08087 · Person · fl. 1550

GRAFTON, ---; b.; adm.; KS; left 1550 (Acts of Chapter).

GB-2014-WSA-08093 · Person · ca. 1656-1713

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; Rector of Kirkandrews upon Esk, Cumberland 1682; 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 Offaly, The Strand, London, spinster; ? m. Allice, dau. of John Walcot, Walcot, Shropshire; d. 4 Feb 1712/3.

Graham, ---, fl. 1653
GB-2014-WSA-08094 · Person · fl. 1653

GRAHAM, ---; b.; adm.; KS ; left 1653, having failed to obtain his election to either University (Buttery Book).

GB-2014-WSA-08107 · Person · 1785-1849

GRAHAM, JAMES WILLIAM, son of Joseph Graham, London, 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., 12th Bombay Native Infantry 1 May 1826 – 21 Nov 1828, cashiered in India; returned to England; d. 22 Jun 1849.

GB-2014-WSA-08115 · Person · 1929-2012

Graham-Dixon, Anthony Philip, brother of Michael Stuart Graham-Dixon (qv); b. 5 Nov. 1929; adm. Sept. 1943 (KS); Capt. of the Sch. 1947; left July 1948; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1948, BA 1952 (1st class hons Litt. Hum. ), MA 1956; called to the Bar, Inner Temple Feb. 1956, Bencher 1982-6; QC 1973; board member, PHLS 1987-96, dep. chmn. 1988-96; m. 15 Dec. 1956 Margaret Suzanne, d. of Edgar Hurmon Villar; d. 6 Mar. 2012.