GREVILLE, JOSHUA, brother of Robert Greville (qv); b.; adm. 15 Jan 1782; KS 1786 (aged 15); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1790, adm. pens. 8 Jun 1790, aged 19, scholar 6 May 1791, matr. Mich. 1790; BA 1794; MA 1797; ordained deacon 3 Jan 1795, priest 18 Dec 1795 (both Bristol); Curate, St. George’s, Hanover Square, London Jun 1793 [check] – Jun 1820; Vicar of Duston, Northants., from 19 Jul 1811; Rector of Morborne, Hampshire 24 Apr 1827-31; Curate, Abingdon, Berks., from 1841; m.; d. 19 Feb 1851.

Grewcock, Douglas Derek, son of William James Grewcock LDS, of Beckenham, Kent, and Lilyan Alice, d. of Ernest Candy of Stratton, Somerset; b. 25 Jan. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (H); left July 1938; RE 1941-5 (Maj.), despatches (N. Africa) Apr. 1943, (Italy) Sept. 1944; MBE (Italy) June 1945; an investment banker, partner Loeb, Rhodes & Co., Barbados; m. 25 Apr. 1952 Janne Maud, d. of Maj. Hubert Martineau of Holyport, Berks; d. 31 Dec. 1977 in Barbados.

GREY (or GRAY), NICHOLAS; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1606, matr. 5 Dec 1606, aged 16, Westminster Student to 1618/9; BA 1610; MA 1613 (incorp. Cambridge 1614); DD Cambridge 1631/2; ordained; Head Master, Charterhouse Sch. 3 Dec 1614-24, when he forfeited his post by marrying contrary to the statutes; Head Master, Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 29 Jan 1624/5 – Midsummer 1632; Rector of Castle Camps, Cambs., 1630-44; Head Master and Fellow, Eton Coll. Midsummer 1632; ejected both from Eton and from his rectory during Civil War; Headmaster, Tonbridge Sch., from 1649; Rector of Saffron Walden, Essex, 1652; restored to Fellowship at Eton and to Rectory of Castle Camps 12 Jul 1660; wrote some additions to Rider’s Dictionary and added testimonies from scripture to Grotius’s Baptizatorum Puerorum Institutio, 1655; m. Isabella ---; buried Eton College Chapel 5 Oct 1660. DNB.

GRICE (or GRYS), HENRY; b.; adm.; QS in 1569; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1573, adm. scholar 1574, matr. Easter 1574; BA 1577/8; MA 1581; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1579 – c. 1588.

GRIFFES, CHARLES, son of William Griffes, Stepney, Middlesex, shipowner, and Hannah ---; b. 31 Jul 1733; in school list 1744; KS (aged 15) 1749; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1753, matr. 27 Jun 1753, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1753 – void 1767; BA 1757; MA 1760; ordained deacon (Oxford) 2 Mar 1760, priest 15 Feb 1761 (Lichfield, lit. dim. from Lincoln). [Russell Barker & Stenning give father’s Christian name as Richard, in error]

Griffin, Thomas Noel Rathbone, son of Thomas Henry Griffin, of Streatham, by Jane Frances, daughter of James Carter, of Surbiton, Surrey; b. Dec. 25, 1875; adm. Sept. 1889 (A); left (with a Triplett gratuity) July 1894; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1894; B.A. 1897; M.A. 1902; ord. deacon 1899, priest 1900 (Winchester); Curate of Hale, Rants, 1899-1901, of Basing 1901-12, and of Crofton with Lee-on-the-Solent, in the same co., 1913-21; served with the 48th Division in France, Belgium, and Italy as temp. Chaplain to the Forces 1917-9; Rector of Draughton and Maidwell, Northants 1921-8; Vicar of Alton, Rants 1928; m. June 18, 1903, Mary, daughter of Frederick Rose, of Streatham; d. April 16, 1940. Griffiths, Brian Pinckstone, son of Willian Edward Bertram Griffiths, of Blackheath, Kent, by Emily Pinckstone, daughter of Walter Williams, of Plymouth; b. June 1, 1935; adm. from the Under School Sept. 22, 1948 (B); left Dec. 1953.

GRIFFITH, DAVID HANMER, second son of Rev. Charles Griffith, Vicar of St. David’s, Brecon, and Anne --- (IGI); b. 14 Jan 1813; adm. 20 Jan 1826 (G); Jesus Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 Dec 1831; BA 1835; MA 1838; ordained deacon (Gloucester) 6 Jun 1836, priest (Ely) 4 Jun 1837; Vicar of Cadoxton juxta Neath, Glamorgan, from 1837; m. 1836 Mary, dau. of Rev. Glynn Bodvel Lewis, Caernarfon; d. 11 May 1875.

GRIFFITH, GEORGE, third son of Robert Griffith, Carreglwyd, Anglesey; b. 30 Sep 1601; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1619, matr. 12 Nov 1619, Westminster Student; BA 1623; MA 1626; BD 1632; DD 1634; an original scholar of Pembroke Coll. Oxford 1624; ordained; licensed to preach 1633; Chaplain to Right Rev. John Owen, Bishop of St. Asaph; Rector of Newtown, Montgomeryshire 1631 [check preferments]; Canon and Archdeacon of St. Asaph 1631/2; Rector of Llanymynech, Shropshire 1634; deprived of all preferments except the last during Civil War; described himself as an”episcopal presbyterian”; disputed with the itinerant preacher Vavasor Powell 1652-3; consecrated Bishop of St. Asaph 28 Oct 1660; one of the three bishops who drew up the form of baptism for adults; is said to have undertaken the translation of the revised prayer book into Welsh; author, Plain Discourses on the Lord’s Supper, 1684, and other works; m. Anne, dau. of Thomas Cobbe, The Grange, Micheldever, Hampshire; d. 28 Nov 1666. DNB.

GRIFFITH, GLYN WILLIAM EVAN, son of David Hanmer Griffith (qv); b. 11 Dec 1847; adm. 30 May 1861 (James'); QS 1862; left Apr 1866; Vice-Consul, Tampico, Mexico 5 Dec 1893; acting Consul-Gen., Havana 1899; Vice-Consul, Havana 8 Feb 1905; chargé d’affaires, Havana, 1905, 1906-7, Tunis 1 Nov 1907; Consul for Paraguay at Asuncion 10 Sep 1908; transferred to Quito, Ecuador, with rank of First Secretary, 13 Dec 1910, also acting as chargé d’affaires there; retd. 12 Dec 1912; acting Consul at Asuncion 1914.