GOLDIE, BRUCE MORTON, son of Bruce Goldie, Tedworth Square, Chelsea, Middlesex, brewery manager, and Mary Agnes, dau. of Alexander Morton, St. George’s Road, Glasgow; b. 4 Jan 1869; adm. 16 Jun 1881 (H); QS 31 May 1883; elected to Christ Church, Oxford July 1887; BA 1891; MA 1909; engaged in tutorial work; a university coach at Oxford 1904-14; assistant master, St. Edward’s School, Oxford 1915-25; again a university coach, Oxford, from 1925; d. Jan 1959.

GOLDFRAP, GEORGE ALFRED, son of John George Goldfrap, St. Kitts, West Indies, and Sarah, dau. of William Wharton; b. 18 Oct 1789; in school list 1803; KS (aged 14) 1805; left 1809; Ensign, 70th Foot 1 Mar 1809; Lieut., 3 Oct 1811; Capt., 3 Sep 1829; Paymaster, 1 Mar 1832; d. on passage from West Indies 25 Jul 1839.

GOLDFINCHE, THOMAS, of London; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1606, adm. scholar 1607; BA 1610/1; MA 1614; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1612 – c. 1621; ordained; Vicar of Marsworth, Bucks., to res. 1630; described by Cole as “poeta Lat. elegantissimus”.

GOLD, ROBERT, son of Edward Gold, Melbury, Dorset, “pleb. ”; b.; adm.; KS 1664; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1667, matr. 12 Jul 1667, aged 18, Westminster Student 14 Sep 1668 – void 1691; BA 1671; MA 1674; ordained deacon (Oxford) 20 Sep 1674.

GOFFE, THOMAS, son of Rev. Christopher Goffe, Vicar of Great Waltham, Essex; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1609, matr. 3 Nov 1609, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1624; BA 1613; MA 1616 (incorp. Cambridge 1617); BD 1623; ordained; Rector of East Clandon, Surrey from 1621; “a quaint preacher, and a person of excellent language and expression” (Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, ed. Bliss, ii, 463); author of Latin orations delivered by him at Oxford 1620, 1622, of three tragedies performed at Christ Church during his lifetime (although published posthumously), and of a tragi-comedy, The Careless Shepherdess, performed with great applause before the King and Queen at Salisbury; m. “a meer Xantippe, the widow of his predecessor [at East Clandon, Rev. Alexander Adames]” (Wood, ibid. ); d. 26 Jul 1629. DNB.

GODWIN, EDWARD; b. ; adm. ; KS 1676.

Godson, Rufus John, son of Lieut. -Col. Charles Aubrey Godson MC MRCS LRCP DTM, Indian Med. Service, and Olive Mary Morgan, d. of Rev. James Bone Hawkesford, Rector of Rodmell, Sussex; b. 9 July 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (R); left July 1943; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1943, BA 1947 (1st class hons PPE), MA 1950; Univ. of Oxf. Inst. of Statistics 1948-50; commercial officer, Brit. Coking Industry Assn. 1953-66; sen. economist, Brit. Iron and Steel Fedn., later Brit. Steel Corpn., 1966-9; sen., later chief economist, Brit. Gas Corpn. 1969-87; dir. of economic planning, Brit. Gas Plc 1988-; MBE Jan. 1988; m. 1947 Barbara Jean Fletcher; d. 23 Sept. 2008.

GODSALVE, JOHN; b. ; adm. ; KS 1 Feb 1547/8 (Acts of Chapter).

Godsal, Charles Philip Lloyd, son of Herbert Godsal, barrister-at-law, and Helen Margaret, d. of Henry Scrymgeour Scrymgeour-Wedderburn DL, Hereditary Royal Standard-Bearer for Scotland, of Wedderburn, Forfar; b. 26 Oct. 1907; adm. May 1922 (R); left Apr. 1924; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1926, BA 1930; chairman Air Carriers Ltd; dir. Firedoors Ltd; d. 4 May 1965.

GODOLPHIN, SIR WILLIAM, brother of Francis Godolphin (qv); bap 2 Feb 1634/5; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1648; KS 1650; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1651, matr. 21 Jun 1651, Westminster Student; MA 14 Jan 1660/1; DCL 28 Sep 1663; Under-Secretary, Secretary of State’s Office Oct 1662 – Dec 1665; FRS 2 Nov 1664; MP Camelford 17 Oct 1665-79; Secretary to Earl of Sandwich, Ambassador in Spain Dec 1665; employed in negotiations at Madrid in 1666-7 which led to a commercial treaty with Spain; knighted 28 Aug 1668; Envoy Extraordinary to Spain, 1669-71; Ambassador at Madrid 1671- Nov 1678; recalled under suspicion of having become a Roman Catholic, but preferred to remain in Spain and soon afterwards openly professed himself a Catholic; his “notarial act”, providing for a posthumous will by the Procurator-General of the Jesuits and others, was declared null and void by Act of Parliament 1698; d. at Madrid, Spain 11 Jul 1696. DNB.