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            1548 People & Organisations results for Grant's

            GB-2014-WSA-08428 · Person · 1854-1923

            HAGGARD, ANDREW CHARLES PARKER, fifth son of William Meybohm Rider Haggard, West Bradenham Hall, Norfolk, barrister and landowner, and Ella, elder dau. of Bazett Doveton, EICS Bombay; b. 7 Feb 1854; adm. 26 Jan 1866 (G); Lieut., King’s Own Scottish Borderers 12 Nov 1873; Capt. 31 Jan 1883; with Egyptian Army 1 Feb 1883 – 13 Jul 1886; served at battle of Tamai, investment of Suakin, reconnaissance to Hasheen and battle of Giniss; despatches LG 27 Mar 1884 and twice afterwards; DSO 25 Nov 1886; Orders of Medjidie, 3rd class, and Osmanieh, 4th class; emigrated to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada; author, Sidelights on the Court of France, 1903, and other works; m. 1st, 3 May 1883 Emily Isabella, dau. of Peter Chirnside, Newham, Belford, Northumberland, farmer; m. 2nd, Jeanette Ethel, widow of Edward Fowler; d. 13 May 1923.

            GB-2014-WSA-08426 · Person · 1889-1946

            Hadley, Wilfred Arthur Roy, son of Tom Hadley, of New Beckenham, Kent, solicitor, by Florence Mary, daughter of George Benjamin Tolkien, of Moseley, Birmingham; b. April 20, 1889; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (G); left. July 1907; emigrated to Canada; lived in Victoria, British Columbia; served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Great War I, at first in the ranks of the 3rd Canadian Pioneers and afterwards as Lieut. 4th Batt. Canadian Machine Gun Corps; wounded 1917; m. June 11, 1926, Leslie Martin, only daughter of David Warnock, of Victoria, B.C.; d. about Feb. 1946.

            GB-2014-WSA-08422 · Person · 1850-1918

            HADEN, FRANCIS SEYMOUR, eldest son of Sir Francis Seymour Haden FRCS, Hertford Street, Mayfair, London, surgeon and President, Royal Society of Painter Etchers, and Dasha Delano, dau. of Maj. George Washington Whistler, US Army, and half-sister of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, artist; b. 7 Mar 1850; adm. 23 Jan 1862 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1865; Capt. of the School 1868; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1869, matr. 19 May 1869; BA 1873; Assistant Private Secretary to Sir Henry Bulwer, Lieut. -Gov. Natal 1876-7, Private Secretary 1877-80; Chief Clerk, Colonial Secretary’s Office, Natal 1880-1, Assistant Colonial Secretary 1881-7, Colonial Secretary 1887-93, retiring on adoption by Natal of responsible government; member, Executive and Legislative Councils, Natal 1885-93; chairman, Natal Trade Commission 1885-6; Deputy Governor of Natal and Zululand on several occasions; CMG 21 May 1890; m. 27 Jan 1885 Ethel, second dau. of Lieut. -Col. Benjamin Aylett Branfill, Upminster Hall, Essex, late 10th Light Dragoons (Hussars); d. 21 Mar 1918.

            GB-2014-WSA-08413 · Person · 1916-2003

            Hadden, Alan Edwin Robert, son of Archibald Robert Hadden (qv); b. 29 Aug. 1916; adm. Sept. 1929 (G); left July 1933; Spanish Med. Aid Committee 1937-9; attaché HM Embassies Santiago, La Paz, Buenos Aires, Bogota, 1939-47; Shell Internat. Petroleum Co. Venezuela and UK 1947-65· vice-pres. Asiatic Petroleum Corpn New York 1966-74; resident in Andorra; m. 1st 7 Aug. 1942 Renée Frances, d. of Nelson Dickinson of Buenos Aires; 2nd 14 May 1953 Carmen Clare, d. of Basil Masters of Buenos Aires; 3rd 8 Aug. 1978 Karen Irene, d. of Eugene Bush, electrical engineer, of New York; d. 4 Feb. 2003.

            GB-2014-WSA-08385 · Person · 1861-1906

            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.

            GB-2014-WSA-08382 · Person · 1858-1940

            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, 1814-1848
            GB-2014-WSA-08375 · Person · 1814-1848

            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.

            GB-2014-WSA-08370 · Person · 1816-1859

            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, 1843-1894
            GB-2014-WSA-00726 · Person · 1843-1894

            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).

            GB-2014-WSA-08354 · Person · 1860-1935

            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.