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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; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 19 Sep 1742, priest (Norwich) Apr 1745; Vicar of Eaton Bray, Beds.; Vicar of Marsworth, Bucks. (disp. to hold with Eaton Bray 1749/50 and with St. James, Garlickhithe 1766); Chaplain, 23rd Foot 30 Oct 1760 – still 1773; 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, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).

GREGORIE, CHARLES FREDERICK, son of David William Gregorie, Westminster, police court magistrate, and Eleanor St. Barbe, eldest dau. of Rev. Charles Henry White, Rector of Shalden, Hampshire; b. 24 Nov 1834; adm. 4 Feb 1848 (Rigaud's); 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, 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, DAVID, eldest son of David Gregory MD FRS, Savilian Prof. of Astronomy, Oxford Univ., and Elizabeth Oliphant, Langtoun, Scotland; 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; Rector of Semley, Wilts. 1735; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford 8 Jun 1736 – May 1756, Dean from 18 May 1756; Master of Sherborne 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.

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, FRANCIS, son of Francis Gregory, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, and Anne Smart, Wendlebury, Oxfordshire; b. ; adm. ; Min. Can. 1636 (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 c. 1650; Head Master, Woodstock Grammar School 1654, subsequently Head Master Witney Grammar School; ordained; Rector of Wick Rissington, Gloucs. 1670; Rector of Hambleden, Bucks. , from 8 Jul 1671; Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II 1672; author of a Greek-Latin lexicon, 1654, and of two other books for the use of Westminster School, also of several theological treatises; m. five times, his fifth wife, who he m. 28 Oct 1679 (IGI), being Mary, dau. of John Wallis, London, citizen and goldsmith ; d. Jun 1707. DNB.

GREGORY, HENRY, third son of Francis Gregory (qv), by his fifth 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; Reader of Moral Philosophy 5 Jan 1722; ordained deacon 8 Jun 1718, priest 20 Sep 1719 (both Oxford); Vicar of Staverton, Northants., from 22 Sep 1726; d. 2 Mar 1727/8.

Greig, Geoffrey George Fenner, son of the Right Rev. James Harold Greig, Bishop of Guildford, by Lilian Sophia, daughter of William Owen Robinson; b. Aug. 15, 1897; adm. as K.S. Sept. 28, 1911; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1916, matric. Hilary term 1919: served in France in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. Rifle Brigade March 1, 1917; Lieut. Sept. 1, 1918; wounded and taken prisoner March 21, 1918; played association football for Oxford 1921; B.A. and M.A. 1928; joint Head Master of Wixenford School, Wokingham; 2nd Lieut. Royal Hampshire Regt. Sept. 9, 1940; Capt.; relinquished his commission with hon. rank of Major Aug. 29, 1948; Warden of the Blue Coat School, Birmingham, 1949; ordained deacon 1953, priest 1954 (Guildford); Curate of Bramley, Surrey 1953-5; Vicar of Walton-on-Thames 1955; m. July 31, 1928, Esme, only child of Stephen Langton, of Charterhouse, Godalming, Surrey; d. Oct. 24, 1960.

GRENEFFYLD, GENTYLL, son of John Greneffyld, Exeter, Devon, and Lettice, dau. of Thomas Lucas; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542 (Chapter Muniments); left Midsummer 1544.