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GRIFFITH, GLYN WILLIAM EVAN, son of David Hanmer Griffith (qv); b. 11 Dec 1847; adm. 30 May 1861 (James'); QS 1862; left Apr 1866; Vice-Consul, Tampico, Mexico 5 Dec 1893; acting Consul-Gen., Havana 1899; Vice-Consul, Havana 8 Feb 1905; chargé d’affaires, Havana, 1905, 1906-7, Tunis 1 Nov 1907; Consul for Paraguay at Asuncion 10 Sep 1908; transferred to Quito, Ecuador, with rank of First Secretary, 13 Dec 1910, also acting as chargé d’affaires there; retd. 12 Dec 1912; acting Consul at Asuncion 1914.

GREEN, JOHN FRANCIS, son of Thomas Green (adm. 1832, qv); b. 8 Dec 1856; adm. 24 Jan 1868 (James'); left Aug 1873; entered Army from the militia; Lieut., 5th Dragoon Guards 26 Aug 1876; Capt., 1 Jul 1881; Maj., 16 Mar 1885; Adjutant, Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry, from 21 Jun 1883; d. 20 Dec 1887.

GRANTHAM, HERBERT PAYNE DAWSON, son of Thomas Payne James Grantham MRCP MRCS LSA, Burgh-le-Marsh, Lincs., and Sarah Ashlin (IGI); b. 21 Jan 1852; adm. 28 Jun 1866 (James'); BB 30 Jun 1866; left Dec 1867; mariner; living at York in 1881 (1881 Census); m. (by 1881) Annie ---.

GOODEVE, LOUIS ARTHUR, only surviving son of Joseph Goodeve, barrister, Prof. of English Law, Presidency College, and Master in Equity, Supreme Court, Calcutta, India [mother probably Louisa Stuart Barker (IGI)]; b. 11 Jan 1841; adm. 20 Jan 1853 (James'); QS 1855; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1859, matr. 16 Jun 1859; BA 1862; appointed Indian Civil Service Jul 1861, but had to resign because of ill health; adm. Inner Temple 19 Nov 1862, called to bar 9 Jun 1865; went out to India, where he practised as an advocate, Supreme Court, Calcutta; editor and secretary, Bengal Law Reports 1868; Superintendent of Law and Legislation, Presidency College 1871; Examiner of Pleaders for Bengal Government 1872-3; Assistant Secretary, Bengal Government 1873; returned to England; Western Circuit; Lecturer in Law, Univ. Coll. Bristol 1878-80; author, The Modern Law of Real Property, 1883, and other works; m. 23 Nov 1869 Florence Everilda, youngest dau. of Thomas John Knowlys, Heysham Tower, Lancs.; d. 13 Mar 1888.

GILES, ROBERT, eldest son of Rev. Robert Giles, Vicar of Horncastle, Lincs., and Agnes, second dau. of Rev. Felix Laurent, Vicar of Saleby, Lincs.; b. 13 Jul 1855; adm. 12 Jun 1868 (James'); BB 20 Jun 1868; QS 1870; left Dec 1873; Non-Coll., Oxford, matr. 10 Feb 1874; emigrated to USA; m. 24 Jul 1901 Frederica Louisa, dau. of Rear-Adm. John Rodgers, US Navy; d. in USA c. 1922.

GIDLEY, BARTHOLOMEW CHARLES, fifth son of John Gidley, Bradnish, Devon, solicitor and Town Clerk of Exeter, and Elizabeth Caroline, dau. of Robert Cornish, Exeter; b. 21 Sep 1839; adm. 26 May 1853 (James'); St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 29 Jun 1857; BA 1862; MA 1865; adm. solicitor Easter 1866; Mayor of Exeter 1870-1; Town Clerk of Exeter from 1874; m. 5 Jun 1866 Mary Elizabeth, only surviving child of John James Russell, Handsworth, Staffs.; d. 1 Oct 1888.

GIBSON, ARTHUR BUXTON CUMMINGS, son of T[homas ?] C. Gibson, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, and his second wife; b. 29 Apr 1855; adm. 16 Apr 1868 (James'); left May 1870; practised as an architect in Newcastle upon Tyne; of Newborough Hall, Northumberland; m. 29 Nov 1882 Annie Power, dau. of George H. Carbutt, Ladbroke Gardens, Notting Hill, London; d. 28 Nov 1894, from the effects of a fall from his horse.

GERMAN, HANWAY, son of James German, Sevenoaks, Kent, barrister, and Marion E. --- (1881 Census); b. 18 Nov 1861; adm. 24 Sep 1874 (James'); left Dec 1878; King’s Coll. Hospital; LSA 1884; emigrated to Virginia, USA; m. 11 Mar 1890 Emma Clarence, dau. of George Samuel Major Payne; d. at Rixeyville, Virginia, USA 13 Jul 1911.

GARD, RICHARD SOMMERS; b. 9 Mar 1845; adm. 27 Jan 1859 (James'); left Dec 1861. [Presumably son of, or close kin to, Richard Sommers Gard MP, Rougemont House, Exeter, Devon, and Mary Eliza, dau. of Richard Parr, Kirton, Lincs. (they m. 1829)]

GAMBLE, ALFRED FRANCIS MORGAN, second son of Henry Gamble, Bombay, barrister, and Sarah S. --- (1881 Census); b. India 8 May 1859; adm. 26 Jan 1872 (James'); left Aug 1877; Edinburgh Univ.; assistant actuary, Equity and Law Life Assurance Society; Fellow, Institute of Actuaries; adm. Middle Temple 15 Jan 1892; Trinity Hall, Camb., adm. pens. 1892, matr. Mich. 1892; m. 6 Mar 1882 Amy Blanche Irvine, dau. of Charles Connors, Stafford House, Chiswick, Middlesex, formerly Indian Civil Service [check]; d. on board ship 20 Feb 1894.