SAMPSON, GERALD VICTOR, eldest son of Thomas Sampson, Ninfield, Sussex, landowner, and Julie, dau. of Victor de Méric, Brook Street, Hanover Square, London; b. 23 May 1864; adm. 24 Sep 1874 (G); QS 1879; left May 1883; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 May 1883; BA 1887; MA 1896; ordained deacon 1887 (Rochester for London), priest 1888 (London); Curate, St. Barnabas, Pimlico 1887-95; Vicar of France Lynch, Gloucs., 1895-7; Rector of Staunton Coleford, Gloucs., 1897-9; Diocesan Missioner, Gloucester 1899-1902; Canon Missioner and Residentiary, Truro 1902-11; Vicar of St. Winnow with St. Nectan, Cornwall 1911-5; Vicar of St. Paul’s, Beckenham, Kent, from 1915; m. 1st, 7 May 1887 Evelyn Harriet Mary, second dau. of Edward Walter Bonham, HM Consul, Calais and Boulogne; m. 2nd, 16 Jun 1890 Amy Constance, widow of Herbert Percy Alleyne, and dau. of George Bright, Clifton, Bristol, Bengal Civil Service (previously EICS Bengal); d. 27 Sep 1928.