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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.

Gwyer, Sir Maurice Linford, son of John Edward Gwyer, of Kensington, by Edith, daughter of William Linford, of Finchley; b. April 25, 1878; adm. from Highgate School as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1892; Mure Scholar 1895; Captain of the School 1896; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1897, matric. Oct. 1897; Fell exhibitioner 1897, Slade exhibitioner 1899; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1899, 2nd class Lit. Hum. 1901; B.A. 1901; M.A. 1904; B.C. L. 1908; Fellow of All Souls Coll. 1902; Lecturer on Private International Law at Oxford Univ. 1912-5; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Jan. 26, 1903, after obtaining a 1st class, and special prize for Constitutional and Legal History in 1901, a 1st class, and special prize for Common Law in 1902, and a 1st class, and Certificate of Honour in the final exam. in Jan. 1903; joined the Western Circuit; solicitor to the National Health Insurance Commissioners (England) 1912-6; Legal Adviser, Ministry of Shipping, 1917-9; Solicitor and Legal Adviser to the Ministry of Health 1919-26; King's Proctor and Solicitor to the Treasury 1926; C. B. Jan. 1, 1921; edited Anson's Law of Contract (14th, 15th, and 16th editions) and Anson's Law of the Constitution; author of the conception, and draftsman, of the Statute of Westminster after the Imperial Conference 1926; K.C. B. 1928; a Busby Trustee 1929; First Parliamentary Counsel 1934; K.C. S. I. June 3, 1935; first Chief Justice of India Oct. 1, 1937-43; Vice­ Chancellor of Delhi Univ. 1938-50; Hon. Student of Ch. Ch. Oxon. 1938; G. C. I. E. Jan. 1, 1948; m. Dec. 18, 1906, Alsina Helen Marion, elder daughter of Sir Henry Burdett, K.C. B., of Bayswater; d. Oct. 12, 1952.

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, Lansannwr, 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; d. 6 Jun 1741.

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., 1720-6].

GYDDON, ----; b. ; adm. ; KS 1663.

GYLE, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).

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.

HACKET, SIR ANDREW, eldest son of John Hacket (elected to Camb. 1608, qv), and his first wife; b.; adm.; KS 1642; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1645, adm. pens. 30 Jun 1645, scholar 1645, matr. Easter 1646; 9th in “ordo” 1648/9; BA 1648/9; MA 1652; adm. Gray’s Inn 24 Jan 1652/3, called to bar 11 Nov 1659; a Master in Chancery 10 Dec 1670 – 28 Jun 1680; knighted 16 Jan 1670/1; MP Tamworth 1679-81; of Moxhull Hall, Warwickshire; High Sheriff, Warwickshire 1684-5; m. 1st, Mary, dau. of Right Rev. Joseph Henshaw DD, Bishop of Peterborough; m. 2nd, 19 Apr 1664 (IGI) Mary, eldest dau. of John Lisle, Moxhull, Warwicks.; d. 19 Mar 1709/10.

HACKET, JOHN, son of Andrew Hacket, Westminster, tailor; b. 1 Sep 1590; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1608, adm. scholar 1609, matr. Easter 1609; 6th in “ordo” 1612/3; BA 1612/3; MA 1616 (incorp. Oxford 9 Jul 1616); BD 1623; DD 1628; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1614 – c. 1621; ordained deacon and priest 20 Dec 1618 (London); Rector of Stoke Hammond, Bucks., 30 Sep 1618 [sic : check]-24; Chaplain to Right Rev. John Williams DD, Bishop of Lincoln, also Chaplain to James I; Rector of Kirkby Underwood, Lincs., 23 Feb 1623; Prebendary of Lincoln 10 Dec 1623 - 1661; Rector of Cheam, Surrey 1624-62; Rector of St. Andrew’s, Holborn, London 31 Dec 1624 – sequestered 13 Dec 1645; Archdeacon of Bedford 4 Oct 1631 - 1661; President, Sion Coll. 1633; attempted to moderate Laud’s zeal; member of Committee for Religion, appointed by House of Lords, and as such pleaded for the retention of Deans and Chapters before House of Commons 1641; Prebendary of St. Paul’s 28 Mar 1642-61; refused to join the parliamentary side, and retired to Cheam during the rebellion and Commonwealth; consecrated Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield 22 Dec 1661; restored Lichfield Cathedral; bequeathed £1200 to Trinity Coll. Cambridge and all his books to Cambridge Univ. Library; he and Ben Jonson (qv) translated Bacon’s Essays into Latin; author of Loyola, a Latin comedy acted twice before James I, first published 1648, and Scrinia Reserata, a Memorial offered to great Deservings of John Williams DD, 1693; m. 1st 14 Sep 1625 Elizabeth, dau. of William Stebbing, Earl Soham, Suffolk; m. 2nd, Frances, widow of Rev. Dove Bridgeman DD, Prebendary of Chester, and dau. of William Bennet, Yeoman of the Pastry to Queen Elizabeth I; d. 28 Oct 1670. DNB.