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GAWTON, THOMAS, son of Thomas Gawton, Long Ditton, Surrey; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1722/3; Min. Can. 1726; KS 1727; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1732, adm. pens. 20 May 1732, scholar 20 Apr 1733; BA 1735/6; MA (from King’s Coll. Camb. ) 1739; ordained deacon Jan 1737/8, priest Feb 1737/8 (both lit. dim. from York); Rector of Bisley, Surrey 1739-48; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1748; Vicar of Godalming, Surrey, from 12 May 1757; Vicar of Shelford, Surrey, from 21 Mar 1760; Chaplain, 62nd Foot, from 1755; buried Godalming 21 Oct 1761.

GAY, ---; b.; in under school list 1715.

GAY, ---; b.; in under school list 1728.

GAY, ROBERT; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1720; in under school list 1724.

Gaye, Sir Arthur Stretton, brother of Russell Kerr Gaye (q.v.); b. May 22, 1881; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 28, 1893; Mure Scholar 1897; Captain of the School 1899; obtained a minor scholarship at Trin. Coll. Camb. while at the school; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with senior Samwaies) July 1900 (adm. pensr. June 25, 1900, major scholar 1901); Powis Medal for Latin Verse 1901; 1st class, div. 2, Classical Tripos, part 1, 1902; 2nd class Law Tripos 1904; B.A. 1903; M.A. 1907; called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn May 9, 1906; Western Circuit; temp. Major A. S. C. May 16, 1916; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 24, 1917, and July 10, 1919; O.B.E. June 3, 1919; Secretary, Woods, Forests and Land Revenues; Permanent Commissioner and Secretary 1924; U. K. Representative on the British Phosphates Commission 1934; C. B. Jan. 1, 1928; knighted 1941; m. 1st July 5, 1911, Dulcibella Chester, youngest daughter of Col. William Bernard Wilson, of Minehead, Somerset; 2nd Mary Baird, only daughter of Sir David Wilson, Bart.; d. Sept. 22, 1960.

Gaye, Peter Howard, son of Sir Arthur Stretton Gaye (qv); b. 12 May 1913; adm. Sept. 1926 (G); left Apr. 1928; a boundary rider in Queensland, Australia; Merchant Navy in WW2; farmed in Argentina 1948-52, in Devon from 1952; d. 19 July 1987.

Gaye, Russell Kerr, eldest son of Arthur Gaye, of Ealing, by Rosa, daughter of Charles Bright, of Bishop's Castle, Salop; b. Nov. 14, 1877; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 24, 1891; Mure Scholar 1893; Capt. of the School 1895; obtained a minor scholarship at Trin. Coll. Camb. while at school; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with senior Samwaies) July 1896 ladm. pensr. June 30, 1896, major scholar 1897, fellow 1901; 1st class, div. 1, Classical Tripos, part 1, 1898, 1st class, part 2, 1900; divided the second Parson Prize for Greek Verse 1898; Sir William Browne's Medal for Greek Epigram 1899; second Chancellor's Classical Medal 1900; Parson Prize 1900; Hare Prize 1903; B.A. 1900; M.A. 1903; d. April 12, 1909.

Gayer, Houston Courtenay, son of Ernest Conway Gayer, civil engineer, and Margery, d. of William Milford Norsworthy of Teignmouth, Devon; b. 20 Feb. 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (B); left July 1944; FCMA 1967; man. dir. Joseph Gardner & Sons (Holdings) Ltd. 1967-83; m. 6 Jan. 1951 Pamela June Edna, d. of Charles Thomas Reach, civil servant, of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex; d. 5 June 2001.