GASCOYGNE, ---; b.; in under school lists 1715, 1716.
GASCOYGNE, ---; b.; in under school lists 1715, 1716.
GASCOYNE, JOSEPH, son of Joseph Gascoyne, London, and Sarah Chandler (IGI); bapt. St. Andrew’s, Holborn, London 7 May 1756 (IGI); adm. 24 Jan 1770; KS (aged 14) 1771; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1774, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1774, scholar 5 May 1775, matr. 1774; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1778; Ensign, 4th Bengal Native Infantry 1778; Lieut., 28 Oct 1778; sailed for India 16 Jun 1779; present at OWW dinner at Calcutta 1783 (Hickey, Memoirs, iii, 245-6); Capt., 1 Jun 1796; Maj., 29 May 1800; Lieut. -Col., 21st Bengal Native Infantry 8 Sep 1803; retd. 23 Jun 1809; m. 1st, at Berhampore, India 13 Sep 1787 Sarah Evance; m. 2nd, 3 Dec 1808 Arabella Denton, widow, Tavistock Square, London; d. 21 Mar 1830.
Gascoyne-Cecil, John Arthur, brother of Randle William Gascoyne-Cecil (q.v.); b. March 28, 1893; adm. May 4, 1905 (A); left July 1912; entered Vickers' works; 2nd Lieut. 5th Kent (Howitzer) Battery R. F. A., 4th Home Counties Brigade, July 27, 1913; Lieut. Oct. 17, 1914; went out to the western front with his brigade, which was converted into a Divisional Ammunition Column in Dec. 1914; attached to a Regular Battery of the R. F. A. and given a section; Adjutant Oct. 31, 1915; joined the Salonika Expeditionary Force Jan. 1916; Capt. May 1917; Brigade Major; returned to the western front Aug. 10, 1918; mentioned in des patches; M.C. Jan. 1, 1918; killed in action Aug. 27, 1918; unm.
Gascoyne-Cecil, Randle William, son of the Right Rev. Lord Rupert William Ernest GascoyneCecil, Bishop of Exeter, by Lady Florence Mary Bootle-Wilbraham, daughter of Edward, 1st Earl of Lathom; b. Nov. 28, 1889; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (A); left Dec. 1905; Univ. Coll. Oxon., rnatric. Michaelmas 1908; successively a secretary, a journalist, and an actor; emigrated to Vancouver; enlisted in the Mountain Rangers, and arrived in this country with the second Canadian contingent in Feb. 1915; went out to the western front with the Scottish Canadians in April; 2nd Lieut. Warwickshire R. H. A. June 13, and returned to England on obtaining his commission; went out again to the western front in Feb. 1916; Lieut. July 17, 1917; attached to a Trench Mortar Battery; was thrice slightly wounded in July and Sept. 1916, and in July 1917; m. 1916 Elizabeth Claire Turner, of Birmingham; killed in action at Masnieres Dec. 1, 1917.
Gascoyne-Cecil, Rupert Edward, brother of Randle William Gascoyne-Cecil (q.v.); b. Jan. 20, 1895; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (A); left July 1913; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1913; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. (Extra Reserve) Beds Regt. Aug. 15, 1914; was attached to 1st Batt. and went out to the western front May 11, 1915; wounded May 28; Lieut.; killed in action near Ypres July 11, 1915; unm.
Gascoyne-Cecil, Victor Alexander, brother of Randle William Gascoyne-Cecil (q.v.); b. May 21, 1891; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (A); left Dec. 1907; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. Hampshire Regt. March 4, 1911; Lieut. Oct. 8, 1913; went out to the western front in Aug. 1914, and was severely wounded in the same month; returned to the front in Dec. and was again severely wounded in March 1915; Capt. May 4, 1915; Tank Corps Nov. 26, 1921 - Dec. 12, 1922; half-pay Dec. 13, 1922; rejoined 1939 and served in Great War II until 1944; director Peruvian Corporation; High Sheriff of Essex 1949; D.L. Essex 1951; m. Nov. 25, 1915, Estelle, daughter of Lieut.-Col. Arthur Watson, Suffolk Regt.; d. 17 Jan. 1977.
Gaskell, Herbert Stuart, son of Lieut.-Col. Thomas Gaskell, R. A., of Colinsburgh, Fife, by Katharine Anne Walker, of Harrogate, Yorks; b. April 24, 1882; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 24, 1896; left Aug. 1899; R.M.A. Woolwich 1900; 2nd Lieut. R.E. Aug. 18, 1900; Lieut. Aug. 18, 1903; Capt. Aug. 18, 1910; Major Nov. 2, 1916; acting Lieut.-Col. Feb. 14, 1918 - Dec. 16, 1920; Brevet Lieut.-Col. Jan. 1, 1919; Lieut.-Col. Jan. 13, 1926; served in France Sept. 1914 - Dec. 1915, in Mesopotamia Dec. 1915 - Sept. 1918, in Persia Sept. 1918 - Aug. 1920, and in Mesopotamia during the Arab rebellion Aug.- Oct. 1920; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916, Aug. 15, 1917, June 5, 1919; D. S. O. Jan. 1, 1916, bar Aug. 10, 1921; Col. Dec. 23, 1928; Chief Engineer, Northern Command, India, 1932-5; Major-General June 30, 1935; Engineer-in-Chief, H. Q. India, 1936-9; C. B. Feb. 1, 1937; retired Oct. 1, 1939; Col. Commandant R.E. May 17, 1940; re-employed as Chief Engineer May 25 to June 8, 1940; m. Oct. 21, 1906, Sybil Anne Louise, daughter of Charles Edward Mogridge Hudson, of Pershore, Worcs; d. Dec. 24, 1957.
GASKELL, THOMAS KYNASTON, son of Charles Thomas Gaskell, Fulmer House, Slough, Bucks., and Charlotte, adopted dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Robert Bruce, EICS Bengal; b. 15 Feb 1840; adm. (G) 29 Jan 1852; QS 1854; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1858, adm. pens. 19 May 1858, matr. Mich. 1858; coxed Cambridge eight against Oxford 1861; BA 1863; MA 1866; ordained deacon 1864, priest 1865 (both Oxford); Curate, Buckingham, Bucks., 1864-8, Little Drayton, Shropshire 1868-70, Bramley, Yorks., 1870-2, Caverswall, Staffs., 1872-4, West Felton, Shropshire 1874-6, Digswell, Herts., 1876-8; Rector of Folksworth, Hunts., 1878-85; Rector of Leaton, Shropshire 1887-91; Rector of Longthorpe, Northants, 15 Jun1891-1901; m. 17 Sep 1878 Horatia Octavia, younger dau. of William Henry Hugo MD, Sheldon, Devon; d. 13 Sep 1915.