Gordon, Douglas Julian Strachan, son of Douglas William Gordon, HM Colonial Service, of Putney, and Clarice Mary Briggs of Willerby, Yorks; b. 3 Apr. 1931; adm. Sept. 1944 (B); left July 1947; Cornell Univ., NY, USA BSc 1952; asst. man. The London Hilton Hotel; proprietor, Shepperton Hotels Ltd; d. Jan. 2018

GORDON, CHARLES; b.; adm. (aged 15) Jan 1738/9 (Hawkins'); left Sep 1739.

GORDON, ARTHUR PITMAN, youngest son of Charles Gordon (in school list 1801, qv); b. 3 Mar 1837; adm. 6 Jun 1849 (Rigaud's); at Eton 1851-5; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 May 1855; BA 1859; MA 1862; ordained deacon 24 Feb 1861, priest 1862 (both Salisbury); Curate, Pitton and Farley, Wilts., 1861-3; Rector of Newtimber, Sussex, from 1863; m. 12 Jan 1865 Harriet Anne, dau. of Rev. William Hicks, Rector of Coberley and Whittington, Gloucs.; d. 16 Oct 1904.

Gordon, Alexander John Maxwell, younger brother of Richard Edward Clifton Gordon (q.v.); b. Nov. 4. 1894; adm. Sept. 26, 1907 (R); left July 1913; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1914; 2nd Lieut. 16th (Co. of London) Batt. the London Regt. (Queen's Westminster Rifles) Nov. 16, 1914; Lieut. Sept. 13, 1916, Capt. Nov. 14, 1916; went out to the western front in Sept. 1917; killed in action at Moeuvres Nov. 27, 1917; unm.

Gordon, Alan Muspratt, son of Frank Gordon-Brown, asst sec. British Linen Bank, and Hildegarde, d. of Edmund Knowles Muspratt LLD, chemical manufacturer, of Seaforth Hall, Lancs; b. 25 Mar. 1908; adm. Sept. 1920 (H); left Apr. 1925; an actor under the stage name of Alan Gordon; RAF 1942-6; d. 24 Nov. 1956.

GORDON, ---; in school list Dec 1788; at school 1791-3 (Clapham), described as “Gordon senior”.

GOOLDEN, CHARLES, son of Richard Goolden MRCS, Maidenhead, Berks., and Mary Anne, dau. of Edmund Fleming, Marlow Place, Bucks.; b. 14 May 1824; adm. 2 Oct 1837; QS 1839; rowed against Eton 26 Jul 1842; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1843, adm. pens. 29 May 1843, scholar 1844, matr. Mich. 1843; BA 1848; MA 1853; assistant master, City of London School 1847-8; on staff of Smyrna Civil Hospital as Chief Clerk, Resident Engineer and RMO 1853-5; engineering staff, Scinde Railway 1858; AMICE 1866; Treasurer, Elizabethan Club 1866-9; went to live in Germany; m. 21 Jun 1871 Mariana Hermine Theresa von Renan; d. 14 Mar 1904.

GOOLD, WYNDHAM HENRY, third son of Thomas Goold, Dromadda and Rosbrien, co. Limerick, Master in Chancery (I), and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Brinsley Nixon, Rector of Painstown, co. Meath; b. 8 Jul 1812; adm. 14 Jan 1824 (Stelfox's); Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 6 Dec 1830; BA 1834; adm. King’s Inns 1833, called to Irish bar 1837; adm. Gray’s Inn 8 May 1835; Munster circuit; Crown Prosecutor, Limerick 1843; MP Co. Limerick from Dec 1850; d. unm. 27 Nov 1854.

GOODWYN, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS in 1570; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1573, Westminster Student to 1611 [or to marriage, if sooner ?]; BA 1577; MA 1580 (incorp. Cambridge 1583); BD and DD 1602; ordained; Rector of Upton Scudamore, Wilts., 1587; Prebendary of Salisbury from 2 Aug 1587; Prebendary of York 7 Sep 1590- Oct 1605, Chancellor of York 24 Oct 1605- Sep 1611; Sub-Almoner to Queen Elizabeth I 1590; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, from 13 Sep 1611, Vice-Chancellor Oxford Univ. 1614-6, 1617-9; Rector of All Hallows the Great, London, 31 Oct 1614-7; Archdeacon of Middlesex from 23 Sep 1616; held other ecclesiastical preferments; a remarkable preacher; when delivering the funeral sermon on Prince Henry at St. Mary’s, Oxford, Nov 1612, “he was not only moved himself, but also moved the whole University and City to shed fountains of tears” (Thompson, Christ Church, 48); an interesting account of “monies payd out for Willm. Goodwyn” Dec 1571 – Nov 1573 is preserved in the Chapter Muniments; m.; d. 11 Jun 1620, aged 64. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.