Gerrish, William Ewart Ebenezer, elder son of William Albert Gerrish, of Surbiton, Surrey, by Fanny, daughter of Ebenezer Gammon, of Godalming, Surrey; b. June 18, 1898; adm. May 4, 1911 (A); left Dec. 1916; Lieut. R.G.A. Oct. 20, 1918; served in France May 1917 - Jan. 1919; a clothing manufacturer; sec., O. W. Games Committee 1935-47; chairman, Clothing Manufacturers' Fedn. of G. B., 1943-4; president, Clothing Institute 1954-6; president of the Royal Philatelic Society 1956-61; president of the Elizabethan Club 1958-61; O.B.E. June 9, 1949; m. Jan. 7, 1924, Marian, only child of John Gray, of Melbourne, Australia; d. 7 June 1978.

Gerrish, William Jack, son of William Ewart Ebenezer Gerrish (qv); b. 10 Jan. 1927; adm. Sept. 1939 (B); left July 1944; dir. Gerrish Ames & Simpkins Ltd., wholesale clothing manufacturers, 1950-70; dir. sports and leisure co. 1970-5; vice-pres. and man. dir. internat. leisure co. 1975-; gen. man., Levi Strauss (UK) Ltd.; m. 12 June 1948 Ann, d. of Reginald Eustace Greensmith, Control Commn., Germany; d. 8 Jan. 2011.

GERVIS (or JARVIS), ROBERT; b.; adm.; QS in 1566; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1570, adm. scholar 1571, matr. Easter 1571; 5th in “ordo” 1574/5; BA 1574/5; MA 1578.

Gery, Reginald Vivian, son of Alfred Robert Orton Gery, of Regent's Park, solicitor; b. July 25, 1889; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (A); left July 1906; Magd. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1908; B.A. 1912; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. London Regt. Aug. 9, 1914; Lieut. Feb. 16, 1915; Capt. June 1, 1916; seconded for duty with Brigade Machine Gun Co.

GERY, ROBERT, son of Ven. William Gery DD, Archdeacon of Norwich, Prebendary of Lincoln, and Rector of Market Bosworth, Leics., and Mary, dau. of Right Rev. Robert Sanderson DD, Bishop of Lincoln; b.; adm.; KS 1668; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1671, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1671, scholar 1672, matr. 1674/5; BA 1674/5; MA 1678; ordained deacon (London) 24 Dec 1676; Perpetual Curate of Northaw, Herts., 1677-83; Rector of Abinger, Surrey 1685-89/90; Rector of All Hallows the Great, London, from 24 Jan 1689/90; Vicar of St. Mary’s, Islington, from 4 May 1691; Prebendary of Lincoln from 9 Dec 1701; lic. to m. 14 Nov 1689 Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. William Cave DD, Canon of Windsor; d. 1 Oct 1707, aged 55.

GERY, THOMAS, son of Robert Gery (qv); b.; adm.; QS 1704; left 1708; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 3 Jun 1708, matr. 1708. [Check if this was Thomas Gery, MA, Prebendary of Lincoln from 28 Jul 1733, buried Buckden, Hunts., 9 Sep 1737].

GIBBARD, WILLIAM, son of William Gibbard, Parliament Street, Westminster, and Sharnbrook Grange, Beds.; b.; adm. 8 Sep 1777; KS (aged 14) 1783. [Whitmore notes d. at siege of Seringapatam 1799, but not found in EI Kalendar 1793, and he is not mentioned in his father’s will dated 31 Jan 1797]

Gibbens, Trevor Charles Noel, son of George Gibbens of Reigate, Surrey, and Sarah Jane, d. of Sir William Pickles Hartley, jam manufacturer, of Southport, Lancs; b. 28 Dec. 1912; adm. Jan. 1927 (R); left July 1931; Emmanuel Coll. Camb., matric. 1932, BA 1935, MA 1939; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch. 1935-9, MRCS LRCP 1938; MB 1939; RAMC 1939-45, attached 1 Battn Oxf. & Bucks LI (Capt.); p.o.w. 1940-5 (escaped but later recaptured); MBE Feb. 1946; Nuffield Travelling Fellow in Psychological Medicine 1948-50; hon. consult. psychiatrist Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hosps 1950-83; Prof. of Forensic Psychiatry Univ. of London; member Roy. Commn on Penal Reform 1964-6; Pres. Brit. Acad. of Forensic Sciences 1967; Vice-Chair­man Howard League for Penal Reform; FRCP, FRCPsych 1974; CBE 1977; m. 24 Aug. 1950 Patricia Margaret, sister of Derek Rivers Mullis (qv); d. 27 Oct. 1983.

GIBBON, EDWARD ANACLETO; b. 13 Jul 1845; adm. (G) 12 Apr 1861; left Whitsun 1862.

GIBBON, EDWARD, only son of Edward Gibbon (qv), and his first wife; b. 27 Apr 1737; adm. Jan 1747/8 (Porten's); left Aug 1750, on account of ill-health; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, adm. fellow commoner 3 Apr 1752; received into Roman Catholic church 8 Jun 1752, but returned to Protestantism at Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1753; became attached to Susanne Curchod (afterwards Mme Necker), but at his father’s wish the engagement was broken off; adm. to Academy, Lausanne 1 Dec 1756; officer in Hampshire Militia 12 Jun 1759-70; author, Essai sur l’Etude de la Litterature, 1761; met John Baker Holroyd (afterwards Lord Sheffield) at Lausanne 1764; in Italy 1764-5; the idea of writing on the decline and fall of the Roman Empire first occurred to him when in Rome on 15 Oct 1764; author, Mémoires Littéraires de la Grande Bretagne, 1767-8, jointly with his Swiss friend Deyverdun; author, Critical Observations on the Sixth Book of the Aeneid, 1770, attacking Warburton; settled in London 1772; elected to The Club 1774; MP Liskeard 1774-80, Lymington 25 Jun 1781-4; a Commissioner for Trade and Foreign Plantations 6 Jul 1779 - Jun 1782; Professor of Ancient History, Royal Academy, from 1787; FSA 20 Nov 1788, FRS 27 Nov 1788; author, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1776-87, 4 vols.; defended the chapters on Christianity in a Vindication, 1779; retired to Lausanne 1783; his Miscellaneous Works, edited by his friend Lord Sheffield, and including his Memoirs of My Life and Writings, were published in 1796; d. unm. 16 Jan 1794. DNB.