Geare, John Duncan Watherston, son of Henry Leslie Geare (qv); b. 27 Mar. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (H), KS Sept. 1933; left July 1937; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1937, BA 1945, MA 1946; RA 1939-46 (Maj.), despatches (N. W. Europe) Apr. 1946; Malayan Civil Service 1946-57; asst master Waitaki Boys HS, Oamaru, NZ, dep. Rector 1971-83, boarding hostel manager 1983-; m. 1st 5 Sept. 1946 Mary Fern, d. of George Edwin King MB ChB of Lanchow, N. China; 2nd 3 Jan. 1975 Mary Theodora Webb, sister of Sir David Charles Watherston (qv); d. 16 Jun 2011.

GEAST, HENRY, son of Nicholas Geast, Handsworth, Staffs., and Phoebe Downing; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1709; QS 1710; Matthew Prior (qv) begged Francis Atterbury (KS 1674, qv) to elect Geast to “our beloved Christ Church” in vain (Memoirs and Correspondence of Francis Atterbury, i, 252), but although elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1714, he went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 May 1714; Canoneer Student, Christ Church 25 Jul 1717 - void 1725; BA 1718; MA 22 Mar 1720/1; ordained deacon 12 Jun 1720, priest 18 Dec 1720 (both Oxford); Rector of Seaton, Rutland, from 26 Aug 1724; also Perpetual Curate of Market Harborough, Leics., 1725; d. 12 Oct 1749.

Geddes, Alistair Wilshire, brother of Rex Wilshire Geddes (q.v.); b. Sept. 16, 1903; adm. Jan. 17, 1918 (A); left July 1921; adm. a solicitor July 1928; in practice in London; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. Aug. 9, 1940; Sqdn.-Ldr. India Command; m. May 2, 1931, Adeline Winifred Joan, only daughter of Dr. Frederick Charles Knight; d. April 23, 1962.

Geddes, John Robertson, brother of Rex Wilshire Geddes (q.v.); b. Sept. 14, 1888; adm. Jan. 16, 1902 (A); left July 1905; sometime sales manager to George Newnes Ltd; m. Sept. 23, 1912, Inez, daughter of Edward McCarthy, of Adderbury, co. Oxon.

Geddes, Noel Wilshire, brother of Rex Wilshire Geddes (q.v.); b. June 8, 1892; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (A); left Easter 1908; a clerk in Chancery Chambers, Supreme Court of Justice; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. A. S. C. May 25, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; 2nd Lieut. R. A. S. C. Oct. 2, 1939; Capt.; m. June 30, 1927, Eva, daughter of Col. Frederick William George Gordon-Hall, C. B., of Tonbridge, Kent.

Geddes, Rex Wilshire, son of John Henry Geddes, of Westminster, by Haidee Ione, daughter of Frederick Robertson Wilshire, of Berrima, New South Wales; b. Aug. 23, 1886; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (A); left July 1904; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1904; a brewery manager; served in France and with the Salonika Force; Major 6th Batt. Royal Scots Fusiliers. July 11, 1917; Lieut.-Col. commanding the 8th Batt. Royal Scots Fusiliers (T. F.); mentioned in despatches L. G. June 11, 1918; O.B.E. June 3, 1919; m. Nov. 26, 1920, Lucy Gladys, daughter of Louis Bagot, of Catterick Camp, Yorks; d. Feb. 15, 1936.

Gedye, Basil Nicholas, son of Nicholas George Gedye OBE MICE, and Vera Gladys Emeline, d. of John Templeton; b. 24 Jan. 1914; adm. Sept. 1926 (G); left July 1932; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1932, BA 1935, MA 1972; London Passenger Transport Board 1935-41; RAFVR 1942-5 (Flt Lieut.); Montreal Urban Community Transport Commission 1946, Project Superintendent 1972; m. 12 Aug. 1947 Netta, d. of William Cheyne of Montreal; d. 1987.

Geffen, Ivan Ernest, son of Maximilian Walter Geffen MRCS and May Florence, d. of lsaac Spero of Southsea, Hants; b. 24 Mar. 1920; adm. Sept. 1932 (H); left July 1936; LLB (Lond.) 1940; adm. a solicitor Mar. 1942; RA and RAEC in WW2; contested (Lab.) parly elections 1950, 1951, Feb. and Oct. 1974, 1979; NEC Nat. Council for Civil Liberties 1952; NEC Brit. Legal Assn 1970-4; m. 1st 2 Apr. 1947 Pauline Kyra, d. of Cecil Gray; 2nd 14 Aug. 1952 Sybil, d. of Joseph William Gray of Pelton, Co. Durham; 3rd 10 Aug. 1968 Mary, d. of Harry Shawcross of Manchester; d. 2013.