GODFREY, EDWARD, brother of Richard Godfrey (qv); b. 16 Jul 1627; adm. ; KS May 1640 (“Domestic Chronicle of Thos. Godfrey”, Topog. and Gen. ii, 463); “puer optimae spei, et indolis dux et decus 5 classis huius Scholae”; d. at school 8 Jun 1640. Buried East Cloister, Westminster Abbey, where there is a tablet in his memory.

GODFREY, EDWARD LEE, son of Thomas Spragging Godfrey, Balderton Hall, Notts., banker, and Emily Mary Lee (IGI); grandson of Thomas Spragging Godfrey (qv); b. 15 Dec 1867; adm. (G) 25 Sep 1879; left May 1880; at Haileybury Sch. 1880-4; proprietor, Gloucester Incubator Co. Ltd., Woodchester, Gloucs.

GODFREY, SIR EDMUND BERRY, brother of Richard Godfrey (qv); b. 23 Dec 1621; adm.; KS; a contributor to the congratulatory verses to Charles I on the birth of Princess Amelia 1636/7, written by KSS while at Chiswick; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Nov 1638; adm. Grays Inn 3 Dec 1640; became a woodmonger, and in 1658 acquired a wharf at Hartshorn Lane, near Charing Cross; JP Westminster; knighted 18 Sep 1666, for “his eminent service done in helping to suppress the late fire in the City” (London Gazette, 17-20 Sep 1666); offended the Court by causing the arrest of the King’s Physician for a debt due to him for firewood, and was imprisoned for six days in the porter’s lodge at Whitehall 1669; a zealous Protestant, and “esteemed the best justice of the peace in England”; received the first depositions of Titus Oates concerning the Popish Plot 16 Sept 1678; found dead in a ditch on the south side of Primrose Hill, near Hampstead 17 Oct 1678, three probably innocent persons subsequently being hanged at Tyburn for his murder. Memorial tablet in East Cloister, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

Godfray, Basil Hugh Edmund, son of Basil Collins Godfray, of Hampstead, solicitor; b. Aug. 2, 1890; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (G); left Easter 1908; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. A. S. C. Nov. 30, 1914; Lieut. July 1, 1915; d. May 7, 1929.

Goddard, Philip Wilton Duncan, son of Philip Henry Goddard, solicitor, and Muriel Frances Hinton of Wem, Shropshire; b. 18 Sept. 1911; adm. Sept. 1925 (B), (R) Sept. 1926; left Apr. 1927; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1936; a med. practitioner in Templecombe, Somer­set; m. 3 Dec. 1938 Margaret Kathleen, d. of Thomas Branches Williams of Raynes Park; d. 8 Jan. 1982.

Godber, Greville Noel Lambert, son of Noel Lambert Godber of Nottingham, and Ann Eliza­beth, d. of George Brunsden of Rugby; b. 20 Apr. 1914; adm. Jan. 1928 (H); left July 1932; Guy's Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1938, MB 1940; RAFVR (Med.) 1940-5 (Sqdn Ldr); a med. practitioner in Derby, retd 1984; m. 1940 Gwendoline Ursula, d. of Harrison Petit; d. May 2006.

Goatly, Peter, son of Cyril Reginald Alban Goatly, incorporated accountant, of Calcutta, and Maude Aileen, d. of Charles William Barnett of Penang; b. 27 June 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (A); left July 1939; BNC Oxf., matric. 1939; Sherwood Foresters and Duke of Wellington's Regt 1940-5 (Capt.); Stewarts & Lloyds (S. Africa) Ltd; m. 23 Aug. 1941 Judith Clare Elizabeth Mason, d. of Thomas William Harris of Croughton, Northants; d. 26 Aug. 1975.

GOATE, EDWARD, son of Edward Goate, Brent Eleigh, Suffolk, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Barnardiston, Wyverston and Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1750 (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 23 May 1758; Lieut. and Capt., 23 Sep 1762; retd. 26 Aug. 1769; Col., East Suffolk Militia, from 14 Jan 1779, with rank Col. in Army from 2 Jul 1779; m. (by c. 1787); d. 25 May 1803.

GLYN, THOMAS CLAYTON, eldest son of Thomas Glyn (qv); b. 9 Nov 1789; in school list 1801; KS 1803; Capt. of the School 1807; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1808, matr. 27 May 1808, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Mathematics and 3rd cl. Classics 1811; BA 1812; MA 1814; ordained; Rector of Widford, Herts., 17 Mar 1826-31; m. 20 Jul 1820 Jemima Julia, dau. of William Hammond, St. Alban’s Court, Kent; d. 17 Jun 1860.

GLYN, ROBERT SPENCER, youngest son of Thomas Glyn (qv); b. 23 May 1798; adm. 30 Mar 1808; KS 1813; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1817, matr. 22 May 1817, Westminster Student; BA 1820; MA 1823; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 Nov 1821; d. 3 Jan 1857.