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Grant-Wilson, Charles Westbrooke, son of George Grant-Wilson, of Streatham, by Lucy, daughter of Richard Squires, of Liverpool; b. Nov. 20, 1868; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (H); left July 1887; St. Thomas's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1895; practised at Sidmouth, Devon; founder of the O. W. Cricket Club; m. June 2, 1898, Lilian Frances, only daughter of the Rev. Albert Jenkin, of Harbridge, Rants; d. Nov. 1, 1943.

Grant, Alexander Dunnett St. Clair, son of Alexander Grant, O.B.E., of Streatham, by Margaret St. Clair, daughter of John Dunnett, of Edinburgh; b. July 17, 1903; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (H); left July 1920; a clerk in the British and Foreign Marine Insurance Co.; d. Jan. 2, 1960.

Graham, Stuart Douglas, second son of Major William Bannatyne Graham, of the Manchester Regt., by Mary Beatrice, daughter of the Rev. Edward Halifax Hansell, Rector of East Ilsley, Berks; b. Feb. 18, 1890; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (H); migrated up Grant's; left July 1908; R.M.A. Woolwich 1909; 2nd Lieut. R. A. July 23, 1910; Lieut. July 23, 1913; Capt. July 23, 1916; acting Major Dec. 30, 1916; served in Great War I 1914-9, on the staff on the western front and in Greek Macedonia, etc.; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916, and May 21, 1918; M.C. Jan. 1, 1916; p. s. c.; staff Capt. at the War Office 1926-8; Major May 1, 1927; Ede. Major, Aldershot, 1928-30, and in India 1934; Lieut.-Col. Jan. 1, 1937; Col. Jan. 9, 1939; Brigadier; wounded 1940; M.I. 11, War Office, 1941-3; chairman, Inter-Services Security Board; retired May 1946; Jurat of the Royal Court, Jersey, 1955-60; m. July 11, 1916, Marjorie Helen, elder daughter of George Harry Le Maistre, of London; d. 15 Dec. 1980.

Graham, Evelyn Ronald Brodrick Cloete, fifth son of Lawrence Graham, of Hardelot, Pas de Calais, France, by Edith Margaret, daughter of James Dickson Park, of London; b. June 21, 1885; adm. May 3, 1900 (H); left July 1902; adm. a solicitor Feb. 1909; in practice in London; joined the Inns of Court O. T. C. April 3, 1917; 2nd Lieut. 22nd Batt. the London Regt. May 28, 1918, attached to 1st Gurkhas and 74th Punjabis in Palestine and Egypt; president of the Elizabethan Club 1949-52; m. Dec. 2, 1916, Ada Nora, sister of Hardington Arthur Bartlett (q.v.); d. Oct. 13, 1961.

Gover, Patrick Montgomery, brother of Charles Cecil Gover (q.v.); b. July 8, 1904; adm. April 26, 1918 (H); left July 1921; an actor; d. Jan. 17, 1939

Gover, Charles Cecil, son of Charles Sydney Gover, of St. Marylebone, by Constance Helen Montgomery, daughter of George Anderson, of New York, U. S. A.; b. May 22, 1890; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (H); K.S. (non-resident) Sept. 28, 1905; left July 1907; a civil engineer; managing director and subsequently chairman of a civil engineering and marine contracting company; served in France 1915-6; temp. Lieut. R.E. Aug. 30, 1915; severely wounded near Messines Aug. 30, 1916, and invalided home; Capt. Oct. 1, 1917; was transferred to the R.A.F. May 1918, and qualified as Aeroplane Pilot (Night Flying); returned to France in 1918; demob. as Hon. Capt. R.A.F. Feb. 1919; m. 1st Nov. 7, 1912, Maud Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Philipson, of Chelsea; 2nd 1929, Dorothy Mary, daughter of Henry Francis Dorey.

Gough, Hugh Percival Henry, son of Rev. Percival Gough, Rector of Acton, Middx; b. 31 Jan. 1916; adm. Sept. 1929 (H); left July 1932; Univ. Coll. Lond., BSc 1937; sec. Sulgrave Manor Board 1939-50; a harpsichord maker; m. 1st Apr. 1945 Cynthia Mary Jefferys; 2nd May 1955 Jane Anne, d. of John Gordon Legg of Wethersfield, Essex; d. 14 Apr. 1997.

GOTTO, DONALD, fifth son of Henry Jenkin Gotto, Highgate Road, London, and Rosetta Jones Gaisford (IGI); b. 6 Aug 1862; adm. 25 Jul 1878 (H); left May 1881; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Jan 1882; BA 1887; MA 1895; ordained 1888 [but not in Crockford 1890]; Curate, Holy Trinity, Barking Road, 1888-9, All Saints, Maldon, Essex 1890-1911 [check]; Rector of Shenley, Herts., from 1901; m.; d. from effects of fall when alighting at Radlett Station 12 Jan 1917.

Gordon, Harold Hollocombe, son of John Gordon, of London, manager of the London and Brazilian Bank, Ltd., by Harriet, daughter of Edward Benn, of Ealing, Middlesex; b. Jan. 22, 1870; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (H); left July 1887; m. Sept. 28, 1901, Lilian Beatrice, eldest daughter of Edward Chetwynd-Stapylton, of Worcester Park, Surrey; d. July 24, 1945.

Gordon, Alan Muspratt, son of Frank Gordon-Brown, asst sec. British Linen Bank, and Hildegarde, d. of Edmund Knowles Muspratt LLD, chemical manufacturer, of Seaforth Hall, Lancs; b. 25 Mar. 1908; adm. Sept. 1920 (H); left Apr. 1925; an actor under the stage name of Alan Gordon; RAF 1942-6; d. 24 Nov. 1956.