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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Gourlay, Arthur Bellyse, son of Thomas Gourlay of Putney and Edith May, d. of Frederick Bellyse of Coleford, Gloucs; b. 24 Mar. 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (A), non-res. KS Sept. 1921; left July 1925; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1929, MA 1932; asst master Sherborne Sch., OC Sherborne OTC (Capt.), housemaster 1946-61, retd 1971; TD; d. 18 July 1976.

GOULSTON, FRANCIS, second son of Francis Goulston, Wyddial, Herts., and his first wife Sarah Stebbing, Brandeston, Suffolk; b. 8 May 1727; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1741/2 (Durand's); left 1744; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 15 Sep 1744, matr. 1744; LLB 1752; ordained priest (London) 22 Sep 1751; Rector of Wyddial, Herts., from 1752; R. Great Sampford, Essex (disp. to hold with Wyddial 1767); m.; d. 14 Jul 1797.

GOULD, RICHARD; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1624, adm. scholar 1625, matr. Easter 1625; d. unm. 1628.

GOULD, PASTON, brother of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart. (adm. 1735, qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1741/2; KS 1745; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1749, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1749, but did not matr.; Ensign, 40th Foot 30 Jan 1745/6; Lieut., 27 Mar 1753; Capt., 23rd Foot 16 Oct 1755; Maj., 68th Foot 1 Mar 1762; Lieut. -Col, 30th Foot 2 Mar 1764; Brevet Col., 29 Aug 1777, with rank of Brig. -Gen. in South Carolina; m. Anne, dau. of Benjamin Holloway, Boston, Massachusetts, North America; d. 14 Aug 1782.