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GAGE, H. H.; b.; adm.; name up school, with accompanying date 1782. Russell Barker & Stenning insert this as a separate entry, but it seems likely that the name is that of Henry Hall Gage, 4th Viscount Gage, with an erroneous date (cf. GAGE, W. H., below)]

GAGE, JOHN WILLIAM, son of John Gage (qv); bapt. St. Mary, St. Marylebone Road Apr 1802 (IGI); adm. 21 Jun 1813; left Easter 1817; Ensign and Lieut., 3rd Foot Guards 6 Nov 1817; half-pay 25 Dec 1818; Lieut., 14th Light Dragoons 3 Feb 1820; Capt., 1 Apr 1824; retd. 22 Mar 1833; m. 4 Aug 1832 Mary Elizabeth, eldest dau. of William Lushington; d. 10 Jan 1849.

GAGE, JOHN, son of Hon. Thomas Gage (qv); b. 23 Dec 1767; adm. 11 Apr 1776; of Rogate Lodge, Hampshire; Clerk of the Signet from 19 Mar 1807; m. 20 May 1793 Mary, only dau. of John Milbanke (qv); d. 24 Dec 1846.

GAGE, THOMAS WENTWORTH, son of John Gage (qv); b.; adm. 21 Jun 1813; left Whitsun 1817; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 Apr 1817, aged 17; migr. to Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 17 Jul 1819, matr. Lent 1820; BA 1824; MA 1827; ordained; Perpetual Curate of North Hykeham, Lincs., from 1824; Vicar of Higham Ferrers, Northants., from 29 Nov 1830; m. 17 Feb 1831 Lady Mary Elizabeth Douglas, dau. of Charles Douglas, 5th Marquis of Queensberry (S); d. 19 Mar 1837.

GAGE, HON. THOMAS WILLIAM, younger son of Henry Gage, 3rd Viscount Gage (qv); b. 4 Aug 1796; adm. 10 Apr 1806; left 1812; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1815; m. 12 Jun 1824 Arabella Cecil, sister of William Thomas St. Quintin (qv); d. 26 Jan 1855.

GAGE, HON. THOMAS, brother of William Hall Gage, 2nd Viscount Gage (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1727/8; left 1736; clerk, Southern Dept., Secretary of State’s Office, Nov 1737- c. 1741; Lieut., Col. Cholmondeley’s Regt. (afterwards 48th Foot), 30 Jan 1741; Capt. -Lieut., Battereau’s Foot (63rd Foot) 10 May 1742; Capt., 1 Jan 1743; ADC to 2nd Earl of Albemarle in Flanders 1747-8; Maj., 55th Foot (afterwards 44th Foot) 23 Feb 1748; Lieut. -Col., 2 Mar 1751; served under Braddock in North America 1751-6, wounded at Fort Duquesne; Lieut. -Col. commandant, 80th Foot 5 May 1758; commanded light infantry in Abercromby’s expedition to Ticonderoga 1758; commanded Amherst’s rear guard, with rank of Brig. -Gen., 1759-60; Governor of Montreal 1759; Maj. -Gen., 5 Mar 1761; Col., 22nd Foot, 29 Mar 1762 – Apr 1782; Commander-in-Chief, North America 1763-72; Col. in Chief, 60th Foot (Royal American Regt. ), 27 Sep - Nov 1768; Lieut. -Gen., 30 Apr 1770; returned to England 1772; again in North America as Governor of Massachusetts May 1774- Oct 1775; did not secure obedience of colonists, with whom he fought battle of Bunker’s Hill 17 Jun 1775; reappointed Commander-in-Chief, North America Aug 1775, but soon afterwards resigned and embarked for England 10 Oct 1775; Col., 17th Light Dragoons 18 Apr 1782 – Feb 1785; Gen., 20 Nov 1782; Col., 11th Light Dragoons, from 4 Feb 1785; m. 8 Dec 1758 Margaret, dau. of Peter Kemble, President of Council, New Jersey; d. 2 Apr 1787. DNB.

GAGE, W. H.; name up School, with accompanying date 1796. Treated by Russell Barker and Stenning as a separate W. H. Gage, but it seems more probable that the W. H. Gage concerned was Sir William Hall Gage (qv), with an erroneous date appended : see also GAGE, H. H. ]

GAGE, WILLIAM HALL, 2ND VISCOUNT GAGE (I), son of Thomas Gage, 1st Viscount Gage (I) MP FRS, and his first wife Benedicta Maria Theresa, only dau. of Henry Benedict Hall, High Meadow, Gloucs.; b. 1 Jan 1718; adm. Jan 1727/8; left 1735; Grand Tour (Italy) 1739-40; Equerry to Frederick, Prince of Wales 29 Oct 1742-51; MP Seaford 9 May 1744-7, 1754-80; succ. father as 2nd Viscount Gage (I) 21 Dec 1754; Paymaster of the Pensions 22 Dec 1755 – Jun 1763, 27 Jul 1765 - Mar 1782 (when post was abolished); created Baron Gage (GB) 17 Oct 1780 and, with remainder, 1 Nov 1790; member Society of Dilettanti 1740/1; m. 3 Feb 1757 Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel Gideon, Stepney, Middlesex, financier, and sister of Sampson Gideon, 1st Baron Eardley (I); d. 11 Oct 1791.

GAGE, SIR WILLIAM HALL, sixth son of Hon. Thomas Gage (qv); b. 2 Oct 1777; adm. 17 Sep 1787; First Class Volunteer, Royal Navy 21 Nov 1789; Midshipman 1 Sep 1790; served in actions off Toulon 1795 and at battle of Cape St. Vincent 1797; Lieut., 11 Mar 1796; Commander 13 Jun 1797; Post Captain 26 Jul 1797; Rear Adm., 19 Jul 1821; Commander-in-Chief, East Indies 1825-30, in the Downs 1833; GCH 19 Apr 1834; Vice-Adm., 10 Jan 1837; Commander-in-Chief, Lisbon Apr - Dec 1837; a Lord of the Admiralty 8 Sep 1841 - Jul 1846; Adm., 9 Nov 1846; Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth 1848-51; Rear-Admiral of UK 24 Oct 1853; Vice-Adm. of UK 6 Nov 1854; GCB 18 May 1860; Admiral of the Fleet 20 May 1862; d. 4 Jan 1864. DNB.