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GERARD, PHILIP, son of William Gerard, London; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1645, matr. 29 Jan 1646/7, aged 13, Westminster Student; BA 1649; MA 1652. [Presumably Philip Gerard, son of William Gerard and Judith ---, bapt. St. Andrew’s, Holborn 13 Oct 1632 (IGI)].

GERARD, WILLIAM, son of Rev. John Gerard, Rector of Drayton Beauchamp, Bucks., and his first wife Mary, dau. of Rev. John Vintner, Rector of Weston Turville, Bucks.; bapt. 11 Oct 1642; at school in 1656, a boarder; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1661, matr. 22 Aug 1661, aged 19, Westminster Student 10 Feb 1662 - void 1671; BA 1665; MA 1668; ordained; Rector of Westwell, Oxfordshire, from 18 Jan 1670/1; Rector of Aston Clinton, Bucks., from 6 Dec 1676; d. 10 Jun 1706.

GERMAIN, HON. GEORGE, younger son of George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (qv); b. 7 Dec 1770; adm. 15 Sep 1779; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 3 Jul 1789; Assay Master of Tin, Duchy of Cornwall; of Drayton, Northants; m. Dec 1814 Harriet Pearce; d. 31 May 1836.

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.

GERRARD, ---; b.; in school lists 1656 (also appears as Garrard and Garret).

GERRARD, JOHN; b. c. 1754; at school under Markham (Memoirs of William Hickey iii, 326); E. I. Maritime Service; Midshipman, 1774; 5th Mate 1776; 3rd Mate 1778 (approved 21 Oct 1778, aged 24); 2nd Mate 1781; Capt. of ships Deptford 1784 -93, and Pitt 1795-6; taken prisoner with wife by French, and interned at Verdun 1803; m. Elizabeth Magdalen, dau. of Richard Turner, and sister of Gen. Sir Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner GCH, Groom of the Bedchamber and Secretary to Prince Regent, subsequently Governor of Bermuda.

Gerrish, William Ewart Ebenezer, elder son of William Albert Gerrish, of Surbiton, Surrey, by Fanny, daughter of Ebenezer Gammon, of Godalming, Surrey; b. June 18, 1898; adm. May 4, 1911 (A); left Dec. 1916; Lieut. R.G.A. Oct. 20, 1918; served in France May 1917 - Jan. 1919; a clothing manufacturer; sec., O. W. Games Committee 1935-47; chairman, Clothing Manufacturers' Fedn. of G. B., 1943-4; president, Clothing Institute 1954-6; president of the Royal Philatelic Society 1956-61; president of the Elizabethan Club 1958-61; O.B.E. June 9, 1949; m. Jan. 7, 1924, Marian, only child of John Gray, of Melbourne, Australia; d. 7 June 1978.

Gerrish, William Jack, son of William Ewart Ebenezer Gerrish (qv); b. 10 Jan. 1927; adm. Sept. 1939 (B); left July 1944; dir. Gerrish Ames & Simpkins Ltd., wholesale clothing manufacturers, 1950-70; dir. sports and leisure co. 1970-5; vice-pres. and man. dir. internat. leisure co. 1975-; gen. man., Levi Strauss (UK) Ltd.; m. 12 June 1948 Ann, d. of Reginald Eustace Greensmith, Control Commn., Germany; d. 8 Jan. 2011.

GERVIS (or JARVIS), ROBERT; b.; adm.; QS in 1566; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1570, adm. scholar 1571, matr. Easter 1571; 5th in “ordo” 1574/5; BA 1574/5; MA 1578.