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, 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.

GUTHRIE, LOWRY, elder son of George James Guthrie FRCS FRS, Surgeon to Westminster Hospital and President, Royal College of Surgeons, and his first wife Margaret, dau. of Walter Paterson, Lieut. -Gov. Prince Edward Island; b. 10 Oct 1814; adm. 10 Jan 1825 (G); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 15 Mar 1831, matr. Mich. 1832; BA 1837; MA 1840; ordained; Rector of Cranley, Surrey, from 1844; m. 23 Feb 1846 Katherine Blanche, dau. of Thomas Starkie QC, Downing Prof. of Laws of England, Cambridge Univ.; d. 2 Jan 1848.

GUTHRIE, CHARLES WILLIAM GARDINER, brother of Lowry Guthrie (qv); b. 20 Apr 1816; adm. 16 Jan 1826 (G); MRCS 1838; FRCS 1853; Surgeon, Royal Ophthalmic Hospital; practised in Pall Mall East, London; m. 3 Oct 1855 Annie Bassett, eldest dau. of Rev. William Hewson DD, Vicar of Swansea, Glamorgan; d. 13 Aug 1859.

GUMBLETON, GEORGE, younger son of Rev. George Gumbleton, Belgrove, near Queenstown, co. Cork, and his second wife Frances Anne, dau. of James Penrose, Woodhill, co. Cork; b. 4 Jun 1843; adm. 30 Jul 1857 (G); QS 1858; Capt. of the School 1861; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1862, matr. 12 Jun 1862; BA 1866; MA and BCL 1869; DCL 1886; adm. Inner Temple 6 May 1867, called to bar 26 Jan 1870; migr. to Middle Temple; Oxford Circuit; a law reporter for The Times; founded Gumbleton English Verse Prize at the School 1874; author, Sketches in Sunny Climes; m. 18 Jul 1889 Jessie Ramsay, eldest dau. of Thomas Skinner, Roland Gardens, South Kensington; d. 25 May 1894.

In 1874 he gave a prize of £5 for the encouragement of English verse composition. This gift he continued annually until 1881, when he gave £100 as a permanent endowment for the prize. The endowment is now held in the School’s Gumbleton Fund (terms varied by schemes of 16 Apr 1959 and 8 Nov 1965).

GUEST, EDWARD PERCIVAL, son of Edward Percival Guest, High Street, Brentwood, Essex, pharmaceutical chemist, and Frances, dau. of John Boys, Rochester, Kent; b. 21 Jun 1860; adm. 4 Jun 1874 (G), exhibitioner; QS 1875; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Triplett) 1879, adm. pens. 9 Oct 1879, sizar 1881; BA 1883; MA 1889; Assistant Master for forty-three years at various schools; d. unm. 14 Jul 1935.

GROVES, HENRY GAGE DE LANCEY, son of Maj. John Richard Groves, Governor of Millbank Prison, Westminster; b. 9 Sep 1840; adm. 29 Jan 1852 (G); Cadet, EICS Madras 1856; Cornet, unattached, 20 Nov 1856; 7th Madras Light Cavalry 30 Jan 1857; Lieut., 2 Sep 1858; Capt., 4th Light Cavalry 20 Nov 1868; d. at Secunderabad, India 26 Dec 1872.

GROSVENOR, RICHARD DE AQUILA, 1ST BARON STALBRIDGE, fourth son of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquis of Westminster (qv); b. 28 Jun 1837; adm. 24 Jan 1849 (G); an intimate school friend of Francis Markham (qv); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 21 Feb 1855, fellow commoner 15 Oct 1855, matr. Mich. 1855; MA 1858; MP (Liberal) Flintshire May 1861 – 22 Mar 1886; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Mar 1872 - Feb 1874; Privy Councillor 19 Mar 1872; Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Liberal Whip, House of Commons 1880-5; created Baron Stalbridge 22 Mar 1886; took Liberal Unionist whip, House of Lords; Chairman, London and North Western Railway Co. 1891-1911, having been a director since 1870; a Governor of the School 1875-1880 and from 1889; Busby Trustee from 1 Jun 1875; President, Elizabethan Club 1885-91, Vice-President from 1891; an intimate friend of Francis Markham (qv), who frequently mentions him in his Recollections; m. 1st, 5 Nov 1874 Hon. Beatrix Charlotte Elizabeth Vesey, third dau. of Thomas Vesey, 3rd Viscount De Vesci (I); m. 2nd, 3 Apr 1879 Eleanor Frances Beatrice, dau. of Robert Hamilton Stubber, Moyne, Queen’s Co.; d. 18 May 1912. DNB Supp.

GROSVENOR, RANDOLPH LEA, eldest son of George Fox Grosvenor MD MRCS, Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, London, and Eliza Frances, eldest dau. of Thomas Lea, London; b. 29 Jul 1867; adm. (G) 27 May 1880; left May 1884; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. 10 Oct 1805, matr. Mich. 1885; BA 1888; St. Mary’s Hospital; MRCS LRCP London 1896; practised in London; killed in air raid 14 Sep 1940.

Randolph Lea Grosvenor was born at Notting Hill, London on the 29th of July 1867 the eldest son of Dr George Fox Grosvenor MD and Eliza Frances (nee Lea) Grosvenor of 121, Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill in London. He was christened at the Church of St John the Evangelist, Notting Hill on the 2nd of November 1867. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from the 27th of May 1880 to May 1884. He matriculated for Clare College, Cambridge on the 10th of October 1885 where he achieved a BA in 1888 and a MA in 1926. He attended St Mary’s Hospital, Chelsea and achieved MRCS LRCP in 1896. He practised medicine at 75, Oakley Street, Chelsea.
On the 14th of September 1940 the Luftwaffe continued operations against London at was by now the height of the Battle of Britain. A number of separate raids, made up of small formations, crossed the south coast of England during the later afternoon flying at heights of between 17,000 and 20,000 feet. Although many were turned back by Royal Air Force fighters in a running battle, some got through and were able to drop their bombs on London.
Randolph Grosvenor had heeded the sound of the sirens as the enemy raiders approached the city and, having no air raid shelter in his own house, he and his brother Edward and their housekeeper, Mrs. Elizabeth Parke, walked to 5, Upper Cheyne Row, Chelsea. It was the home of Mrs. Mabel Price-Jones and her daughter where she had constructed a small air raid shelter in the basement which was strengthened with sandbags. At around 6.30pm a high explosive bomb struck the house and passed through all of its floors before exploding in the basement. All five of those sheltering there were killed instantly.
Those who died were: -
Randolph Lea Grosvenor
Edward Moberley Grosvenor
Elizabeth Sarah Parke
Mabel Edith Price-Jones
Eileen Price-Jones
His place of burial is not known.

Groner, Bernard George, son of Percy Groner, of London, merchant, by Katherine Mary, daughter of John Napier, of Bedford; b. Feb. 29, 1904; adm. Jan. 18, 1917 (G); left Easter 1922; a travel agent; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. March 14, 1939; Flying Officer July 9, 1939; temp. Flight-Lieut. Dec. 1, 1941; demobilised as Sqdn.-Ldr. Nov. 1945.