George, Griffith Owen, son of John Owen George of Hirwaun, Glam., and Emiah Jane, d. of Griffith William John of Glynneath, South Wales; b. 5 Dec. 1902; adm. Sept. 1916 (KS); left July 1921; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1921, BA 1925, MA 1968; called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) Jan. 1927; RA 1939-43 (Maj.); staff of Judge Advocate General North Africa, Middle East and India 1943- 5; contested (Nat. C) Llanelly 1945; JP (Glam.) 1952-72; DL (Glam.) 1970; Dep. Chairman Glamorgan Quarter Sessions 1956-66, Chairman 1966-71; Nat. Insurance Commissioner (Wales) 1960-7; Recorder, Crown Court, 1972-4; retd 1974; m. 28 July 1937 Anne Elinor, d. of Charles E. Edwards of Llandaff; d. 6 Dec. 1994.

George, Gerald Francis William, son of Eng.-Capt. Francis Thomas George, R. N., of Streatham, by Evangeline, daughter of William Grimmett, of Plymouth; b. Oct. 6, 1894; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (A); left Easter 1911; joined the City of London Yeomanry Aug. 4, 1914, served at Gallipoli April - Dec. 1915; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Jan. 8, 1916; Lieut. July 8, 1917; a chartered accountant 1920; F. C. A. 1927; employed with the British Tabulating Machine Co., Birmingham, 1936-59; served in Great War II 1939-45; Lieut. R. A. Jan. 5, 1941; Capt.; m. Sept. 1, 1921, Clarice Rosalie, daughter of Percy G. Gush, of Westcliff, Essex; d. 1980.

GELL, ROBERT, son of Rev. William Gell, Rector of Frindsbury, Kent; b. 19 Feb 1594/5; at school under Camden and Wilson eight years (Notes and Queries, 8th series, xii, 401); KS ; Christ’s Coll. Cambrtdge, sizar, matr. Easter 1615; BA 1617/8; MA 1621; BD 1628; DD 1641; Fellow of Christ’s Coll. before Christmas 1623 - after 1638; held several college offices; ordained; preached frequently before the University; Chaplain to Archbishop of Canterbury; Rector of St. Mary Aldermary, London, from 27 Jan 1640/1; bequeathed £5 to the King’s Scholars “to buy them bookes”; author, An Essay towards the Amendment of the last Translation of the Bible, 1659; his Remaines were “collected and set in order” by R. Bacon 1676; m. 7 Nov 1641 Elizabeth Lowvenir, Pampisford, Cambs.; d. 25 Mar 1665, aged 69. DNB.

Geikie-Cobb, Bayard, son of the Rev. William Frederick Geikie-Cobb, D.D., Rector of St. Ethelburga's, Bishopsgate, London, by Harriette Emily White, of High Barnet, Herts; b. Nov. 5, 1885; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 28, 1899; left Easter 1902; a mining engineer in Toronto.

Geidt, Mervyn Bernard, son of Capt. Edward Wollaston Geidt, Bombay Pioneers, of Oxford, and Anna Dorothy Margaret, d. of William Reginald Partridge of Starcross, Devon; b. 9 June 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (B); left July 1944; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1944, BA 1950; called to the Bar, Middle Temple June 1953; legal asst., Min. of Housing and Local Govt.; clerk to Torbay Justices; m. 10 July 1954 Diana Cecil, d. of Alastair J. MacKenzie OBE DSC, Provost of Stornoway, I. of Lewis; d. 9 Feb. 1991.

GEFFERSON, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1553/4 (Chapter Muniments).

Geffen, Ivan Ernest, son of Maximilian Walter Geffen MRCS and May Florence, d. of lsaac Spero of Southsea, Hants; b. 24 Mar. 1920; adm. Sept. 1932 (H); left July 1936; LLB (Lond.) 1940; adm. a solicitor Mar. 1942; RA and RAEC in WW2; contested (Lab.) parly elections 1950, 1951, Feb. and Oct. 1974, 1979; NEC Nat. Council for Civil Liberties 1952; NEC Brit. Legal Assn 1970-4; m. 1st 2 Apr. 1947 Pauline Kyra, d. of Cecil Gray; 2nd 14 Aug. 1952 Sybil, d. of Joseph William Gray of Pelton, Co. Durham; 3rd 10 Aug. 1968 Mary, d. of Harry Shawcross of Manchester; d. 2013.

Gedye, Basil Nicholas, son of Nicholas George Gedye OBE MICE, and Vera Gladys Emeline, d. of John Templeton; b. 24 Jan. 1914; adm. Sept. 1926 (G); left July 1932; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1932, BA 1935, MA 1972; London Passenger Transport Board 1935-41; RAFVR 1942-5 (Flt Lieut.); Montreal Urban Community Transport Commission 1946, Project Superintendent 1972; m. 12 Aug. 1947 Netta, d. of William Cheyne of Montreal; d. 1987.

Geddes, Rex Wilshire, son of John Henry Geddes, of Westminster, by Haidee Ione, daughter of Frederick Robertson Wilshire, of Berrima, New South Wales; b. Aug. 23, 1886; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (A); left July 1904; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1904; a brewery manager; served in France and with the Salonika Force; Major 6th Batt. Royal Scots Fusiliers. July 11, 1917; Lieut.-Col. commanding the 8th Batt. Royal Scots Fusiliers (T. F.); mentioned in despatches L. G. June 11, 1918; O.B.E. June 3, 1919; m. Nov. 26, 1920, Lucy Gladys, daughter of Louis Bagot, of Catterick Camp, Yorks; d. Feb. 15, 1936.