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GOWLAND, RALPH SKINNER, son of Ralph Gowland MP, Eppleton, co. Durham, and Ann, dau. of John Darby, Foots Cray, Kent; b. 6 May 1758; adm. 19 Jun 1770; left Whitsun 1775; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 Nov 1775; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 11 Dec 1775, but did not matr.; of Durham; m. 3 Jan 1805 Emily, dau. of William Smith; d. at Caen, France 10 Nov 1821 [but will proved PCC 27 Oct 1828 (sic)]

Grace, Edward Nathaniel, son of Edward Nathaniel Grace FSI, of Eastbourne, and Helen Lemprière, d. of John Henry Deane, med. practitioner, of Eastbourne; b. 6 Dec. 1914; adm. Sept. 1928 (B); left Dec. 1933; 6 Bn Gordon Highlanders 1940-5 (Maj.), wounded (Anzio beach­head) Feb. 1944, MC June 1944; adm. a solicitor May 1946; sec. Faculty of Music McGill Univ., Canada, 1947-9; solicitor Brit. Transport Legal Service 1950-; HM Coroner W. district of E. Sussex 1977-88; m. Sept. 1946 Ivy Lavinia, d. of Thomas Danskin Henderson of Newcastle-on­-Tyne; d. 13 Jan. 2011.

GRACE, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 15) Feb 1753; in school list 1754; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Jun 1754. [Possibly John Grace, son of Thomas Grace, and Elizabeth ---, bapt. St. John’s, Smith Square 24 Dec 1738].

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

GRAHAM (or GRAHME), CHARLES, elder son of William Graham (qv); b. 25 Nov 1708; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1717; left 1717; went to Charterhouse Sch., foundation scholar 1719-24; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Mar 1723/4; migrated to Magdalen Hall, Oxford; ordained priest (lit. dim. from Canterbury) 1733; Rector of Southchurch, Essex, from 1733; m. 6 Jan 1728/9 Priscilla, dau. of Case Billingsley, Tottenham, Middlesex; buried 12 Apr 1734.

GRAHAM (or GRAHME), JAMES, brother of Richard Graham (or Grahme), 1st Viscount Preston (S) (qv); b. Mar 1649/50; at school 1662-5 (as James Grimes) (Busby’s account book); a boarder; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Jul 1666, aged 16; commissioned in French army 15 May 1671 as Capt., Douglas’s Regt. of Scottish Infantry; Capt. in British Army, Earl of Carlisle’s Foot, 29 Mar 1673; served in the Netherlands under Turenne and Monmouth; Lieut. -Col., Lord Morpeth’s Regt. of Foot, 23 Feb 1677/8; Keeper of Privy Purse to Duchess of York Dec 1679, soon afterwards to Duke of York (the future King James II); MP Carlisle 1685-7; Keeper of Privy Purse and Master of the Buckhounds to James II as King 31 Mar 1685 – 11 Dec 1688; assisted James II in his flight from Whitehall Dec 1688 and corresponded with him at St. Germain; outlawed 1691 and although subsequently pardoned continued his visits to James; arrested 1 Jun 1692, released on bail; again arrested 3 Mar 1696 and sent to Fleet prison; retired to his estate at Levens, near Kendal, Westmorland; took oaths to Government Sep 1701; MP Appleby 1702-8, Westmorland 1708-27; m. 1st, 23 Nov 1675 Dorothy, Maid of Honour to Queen Catherine, eldest dau. of Hon. William Howard; m. 2nd, 5 Mar 1701/2 Elizabeth, widow of George Bromley, Middle Temple, London, barrister, and dau. of Isaac Barton, All Hallows, Barking, London, merchant; d. 26 Jan 1729/30 (M. I. Charlton, Wilts. ). DNB.