Gover, Charles Cecil, son of Charles Sydney Gover, of St. Marylebone, by Constance Helen Montgomery, daughter of George Anderson, of New York, U. S. A.; b. May 22, 1890; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (H); K.S. (non-resident) Sept. 28, 1905; left July 1907; a civil engineer; managing director and subsequently chairman of a civil engineering and marine contracting company; served in France 1915-6; temp. Lieut. R.E. Aug. 30, 1915; severely wounded near Messines Aug. 30, 1916, and invalided home; Capt. Oct. 1, 1917; was transferred to the R.A.F. May 1918, and qualified as Aeroplane Pilot (Night Flying); returned to France in 1918; demob. as Hon. Capt. R.A.F. Feb. 1919; m. 1st Nov. 7, 1912, Maud Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Philipson, of Chelsea; 2nd 1929, Dorothy Mary, daughter of Henry Francis Dorey.

Gover, Patrick Montgomery, brother of Charles Cecil Gover (q.v.); b. July 8, 1904; adm. April 26, 1918 (H); left July 1921; an actor; d. Jan. 17, 1939

Gow, Charles Humphry, only son of the Rev. Henry Gow, of Hampstead, Unitarian Minister, by Edith, daughter of Dr. Charles Beard, of Liverpool; b. May 26, 1891; adm. May 4, 1905 (R); left July 1908; Emann. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1912; a student at St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1912-5; Surgeon Probationer R. N. V. R. Aug. 8, 1914; served for eight months on the destroyer H. M. S. Laforey; returned to the Hospital and qualified as M.R.C.S. (Eng.) and L.R.C.P. (Lond.) 1915; joined the R. N. D. as temp. Surgeon July 19, 1915, and served in the Gallipoli Peninsula, at Salonika, and for the last eight months of his life on the western front; killed while attending to the wounded near Beaucourt-sur-Ancre Nov. 13, 1916; unm.

Gow, James Fitzjames Cuthbert, second son of the Rev. James Gow, LL. D., Head Master of Westminster School, by Gertrude Sydenham, daughter of G. P. Everett Green; b. Aug. 6, 1890; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1904; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1909, matric. Michaelmas 1909; played football (Assoc.) against Cambridge 1912; B.A. 1913; M.A. 1920; served in France in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. York and Lancaster Regt. (T. F.) Sept. 14, 1914; Lieut. Aug. 25; 1916; was in the employ of Cammell Laird & Co., Sheffield; m. June 19, 1919, Katherine, elder daughter of B. George Wood, of Sheffield, Yorks; d. on a voyage to America, April 1929.

GOWER, GRANVILLE LEVESON, 1ST MARQUIS OF STAFFORD, third son of John Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv), and his first wife; b. 4 Aug 1721; adm. Sep 1731; KS 1736; left 1740; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Apr 1740; MP Bishops Castle 6 Dec 1744-7, Westminster 1747-54, Lichfield 15 Apr – 25 Dec 1754; a Lord of the Admiralty 18 Nov 1749 – Jun 1751; styled Viscount Trentham 1746-54; succ. father as 2nd Earl Gower 25 Dec 1754; Lord Lieut., Staffordshire 22 Jan 1755 – Oct 1799; Lord Privy Seal 22 Nov 1755 – Jun 1757; Privy Councillor 22 Dec 1755; Master of the Horse 1 Jul 1757 – Nov 1760; Master of the Great Wardrobe 27 Nov 1760 – Apr 1763; Lord Chamberlain Apr 1763 – Jul 1765; Lord President of the Council 23 Dec 1767 – Nov 1779, 19 Dec 1783 – Nov 1784; KG 11 Feb 1771; Lord Privy Seal 24 Nov 1784 – Jul 1794; cr. Marquis of Stafford 1 Mar 1786; FSA 29 Apr 1784; a Busby Trustee from 27 Mar 1770; m. 1st, 23 Dec 1744 Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas Fazakerly, Prescot, Lancs.; m. 2nd, 28 Mar 1748 Lady Louisa Egerton, eldest dau. of Scroope Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater; m. 3rd, 25 May 1768 Lady Susannah Stewart, second dau. of Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway (S); d. 26 Oct 1803. DNB.

GOWER, HON. RICHARD LEVESON, fourth son of John Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv), and his first wife; b. 30 Apr 1726; adm. Sep 1735 (Edwards'); KS (Capt. ) 1739; Capt. of the School 1743; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1744, matr. 28 May 1744, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1744 – void 30 Jun 1750; MP Lichfield from 1747; joint Secretary with Edward Wortley Montagu (qv) to Plenipotentiaries at Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle 1748; Under-Secretary of State 1749-51; d. unm. 19 Oct 1753.

Grace, Edward Nathaniel, son of Edward Nathaniel Grace FSI, of Eastbourne, and Helen Lemprière, d. of John Henry Deane, med. practitioner, of Eastbourne; b. 6 Dec. 1914; adm. Sept. 1928 (B); left Dec. 1933; 6 Bn Gordon Highlanders 1940-5 (Maj.), wounded (Anzio beach­head) Feb. 1944, MC June 1944; adm. a solicitor May 1946; sec. Faculty of Music McGill Univ., Canada, 1947-9; solicitor Brit. Transport Legal Service 1950-; HM Coroner W. district of E. Sussex 1977-88; m. Sept. 1946 Ivy Lavinia, d. of Thomas Danskin Henderson of Newcastle-on­-Tyne; d. 13 Jan. 2011.

GRADON, ROBERT, second son of Robert Gradon, St. James, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS (aged 11) 1687; left 1687; adm. Middle Temple 13 May 1689, called to bar 22 May 1696. [Presumably Robert Grayden (sic), son of Robert Grayden and Elizabeth --- (?Lane), bapt. St. Paul’s, Covent Garden 2 May 1674 ].

GRAFTON, ---; b.; adm.; KS; left 1550 (Acts of Chapter).

GRAHAM (or GRAHME), WILLIAM, brother of Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1670; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1674, matr. 3 Jul 1674, aged 18, Westminster Student 6 Dec 1674 – void 1684; BA 1678; MA 11 Mar 1680/1; DD 1686 [or 1687 ?]; ordained; Rector of Kirkandrews upon Esk, Cumberland 1682; Prebendary of Durham from 16 Aug 1684; Rector of Whickham, co. Durham, from 10 Aug 1685; Dean of Carlisle 23 Jun 1686-1704; Dean of Wells from 28 Jul 1704; Joint Clerk of the Closet (and Chaplain) to Queen Anne from 26 Nov 1702; lic. to m. 26 Sep 1688 Mary Offaly, The Strand, London, spinster; ? m. Allice, dau. of John Walcot, Walcot, Shropshire; d. 4 Feb 1712/3.