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Gwatkin, Frederick Ambrose Stapleton, son of Alexander George Stapleton Gwatkin, of Fulham, by Alice Jane, daughter of Andrew Thompson, of Keele, Staffs; b. July 3, 1880; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 27, 1894; left July 1897; adm. a solicitor Aug. 1904; practised in London; m. Hilda Muriel Bannerman Ramsey, youngest daughter of the Rev. John Wilson, of Liff, Fife; d. Oct. 24, 1953.

GWILT, CHARLES EVELYN, eldest son of Charles Gwilt, Icklingham, Suffolk, solicitor, and Frances, dau. of Edward Thompson; b. 12 Oct 1858; adm. 23 Sep 1871 (G); left Aug 1875; adm. solicitor Apr 1882; practised in London; m. 15 Jun 1904 Florence Fraser, youngest dau. of George Pimm, Wandsworth, Surrey, miller; d. 25 Oct 1940.

Charles Evelyn Gwilt was born at Chelsea, London on the 12th of October 1858 the eldest son of Charles Gwilt, a solicitor, and Frances (nee Thompson) Gwilt of 18, Markham Street, Chelsea and of Ickenham in Suffolk. He was christened at the Church of St Mary’s Le Strand on the 4th of December 1859.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from the 23rd of September 1871 to August 1875. He qualified as a solicitor in April 1882 and practiced in London. He was initiated as a Freemason and as a member of the Old Westminster’s Lodge on the 1st of February 1893. He was married at St Luke’s Church, Battersea on the 15th of June 1904 to Florence Fraser (nee Pimm) and they lived at 39, Dryburgh Road Putney and later at 42, Park Hill Road, Wallington in Surrey. He was killed when his house was hit by a bomb during an air raid.
His place of burial is not known.

GWILT, CHARLES PERKINS, eldest son of Joseph Gwilt FSA, Abingdon Street, Westminster, architect, and Louisa, third dau. of Samuel Brandram, London, merchant; b. 4 Jan 1809; adm. 8 Apr 1818; KS 1823; left 1827; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 May 1827; BA 1831; adm. Middle Temple 26 Apr 1827; devoted himself to heraldic and literary pursuits; d. 22 Dec 1835. DNB (s. v. Joseph Gwilt).

GWILT, FRANCIS DOMINIC, brother of Charles Perkins Gwilt (qv); b. 4 Feb 1816; adm. 26 Apr 1824; emigrated to Canada; m. at Toronto, Canada, 8 Mar 1845 Emma Sophia, only dau. of Benjamin Sweetapple, Basingstoke, Hampshire.

GWILT, JOHN DANIEL, brother of Charles Evelyn Gwilt (qv); b. 11 Aug 1861; adm. 24 Sep 1874 (G); left Aug 1875; a tea planter at Tukvar, Darjeeling, Bengal; m. 14 Sep 1897 Dora Campion Walker; d. at Calcutta 3 Nov 1906.

GWILT, JOHN SEBASTIAN, brother of Charles Perkins Gwilt (qv); b. 19 Feb 1811; adm. 11 Jan 1819; KS 1825; left 1826; an architect; assisted his father in the preparation of A Project for a New National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, 1838, and The Encyclopaedia of Architecture, 1842; living at Fingest, Hambleden, Bucks., in 1881; m. (by 1881) Emma --- (b. Cadiz, Spain); d. 4 Mar 1890. DNB (s. v. Joseph Gwilt).

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.

Gwinner, Dudley Harry, son of Harry Ernest Gwinner, stockbroker, and Muriel Beatrice Maud, d. of Arthur Treat Fitch of Wilton, Conn., USA; b. 13 Dec. 1903; adm. Sept. 1917 (A); left July 1921; Roy. Sch. of Mines, Imp. Coll. Lond.; tech. asst Nat. Oil Refineries 1926-7; district man. lime divn ICI 1927-39; Sherwood Foresters (TA) 1937-40, RA 1940-1 (temp. Maj.), invalided Nov. 1941; a consult. geologist from 1943; m. 1st 13 Jan. 1925 Veronica Mary, d. of F. H. Foun­tain of Brussels; 2nd Mary, d. of Charles Flint, architect, of Buxton, Derbyshire; 3rd Hilda Phyllis, d. of F. H. Phippen of Plymouth; d. 6 Mar. 1990.

GWINNER, HERMAN GEORGE, son of Herbert Gwinner, of Maitland House, Church Street, Kensington; b. Dec. 6, 1863; adm. Sept. 22, 1876; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with a Triplett gratuity) 1882 (adm. pensr. Oct. 10, 1882), matric. 1882; played chess against Oxford 1884-7; B.A. 1885; LL.B. 1886; called to the bar at the Inner Temple July 7, 1886; Northern Circuit; d. Nov. 22, 1907.