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GEALE, RICHARD, son of John Geale, Sandhurst, Berks.; bapt. Sandhurst, Berks. 14 Dec 1619 (IGI); adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1636; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1638, matr. 23 Nov 1638, aged 18, Westminster Student; BA 1642; MA 1645; refused to submit to Parliamentary Visitors; appears in list of those expelled by Committee of Lords and Commons 15 May 1648, but not ejected until 31 May 1649; ordained; Vicar of East Garston, Berks., 16 Oct 1662; living at Sandhurst, Berks. 1665/6.

Geare, Henry Leslie, elder son of Henry Cecil Geare, of Hampstead, solicitor, by Caroline Isabella, daughter of the Rev. William Brown Galloway, Vicar of St. Mark's, Regents Park; b. Aug. 31, 1886; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 27, 1900; left Easter 1905; adm. a solicitor May 1909; in practice in London; 2nd Lieut. Inns of Court O. T. C. Oct. 18, 1914; Lieut. June 8, 1915; temp. Capt. July 31, 1915, Capt. June 1, 1916; served in Home Guard 1940-5; m. Jan. 8, 1916, Marjory Violet, youngest daughter of James Henry Watherston, of Hampstead, London.

Geare, John Wilding Arundel, only son of Edward Arundel Geare, of Lincoln's Inn, barrister­at-law, by Agnes Maria, daughter of the Rev. Charles James Wilding, of Penbryn Hall, co. Montgomery; b. Jan. 6, 1890; adm. Jan. 14, 1904 (G); left July 1908; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1908; B.A. 1911; called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn Nov. 17, 1913; director of Messrs. Pawsons and Leafs, Ltd., St. Paul's Churchyard; 2nd Lieut. 1st Co. of London Yeomanry Oct. 1, 1914; Capt. Nov. 1, 1917; served in France 1916-7, and at Salonika 1917; mentioned in despatches L. G. May 20, 1918; m. Jan. 31, 1923, Winifred, daughter of Sir Charles Mordaunt, Bart, of Walton Hall, Warwick.; d. 11 Feb. 1983.

Geare, John Duncan Watherston, son of Henry Leslie Geare (qv); b. 27 Mar. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (H), KS Sept. 1933; left July 1937; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1937, BA 1945, MA 1946; RA 1939-46 (Maj.), despatches (N. W. Europe) Apr. 1946; Malayan Civil Service 1946-57; asst master Waitaki Boys HS, Oamaru, NZ, dep. Rector 1971-83, boarding hostel manager 1983-; m. 1st 5 Sept. 1946 Mary Fern, d. of George Edwin King MB ChB of Lanchow, N. China; 2nd 3 Jan. 1975 Mary Theodora Webb, sister of Sir David Charles Watherston (qv); d. 16 Jun 2011.

Geary, Mary, d. 1796; Dame of 3 Dean’s Yard c.1780; Mary (née Smith) married Stephen Geary in 1744. [Note “Stephen Geary” listed Dean’s Yard, Boyle’s Court Guide 1808 : he d. 1 Aug 1810, aged 91, having been “a house-keeper in Dean’s Yard near 70 years” ; he was on electoral register as of Dean’s Yard, 1774-1806] [She would have been his first wife if he was her husband, since he m. as widower at Marylebone Parish Church 5 May 1796 Ann Pittman (she is said to have been aged 49 and her husband aged 84 in 1797, when she gave birth to twins)]

GEAST, HENRY, son of Nicholas Geast, Handsworth, Staffs., and Phoebe Downing; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1709; QS 1710; Matthew Prior (qv) begged Francis Atterbury (KS 1674, qv) to elect Geast to “our beloved Christ Church” in vain (Memoirs and Correspondence of Francis Atterbury, i, 252), but although elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1714, he went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 May 1714; Canoneer Student, Christ Church 25 Jul 1717 - void 1725; BA 1718; MA 22 Mar 1720/1; ordained deacon 12 Jun 1720, priest 18 Dec 1720 (both Oxford); Rector of Seaton, Rutland, from 26 Aug 1724; also Perpetual Curate of Market Harborough, Leics., 1725; d. 12 Oct 1749.

Geddes, Alistair Wilshire, brother of Rex Wilshire Geddes (q.v.); b. Sept. 16, 1903; adm. Jan. 17, 1918 (A); left July 1921; adm. a solicitor July 1928; in practice in London; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. Aug. 9, 1940; Sqdn.-Ldr. India Command; m. May 2, 1931, Adeline Winifred Joan, only daughter of Dr. Frederick Charles Knight; d. April 23, 1962.

Geddes, John Robertson, brother of Rex Wilshire Geddes (q.v.); b. Sept. 14, 1888; adm. Jan. 16, 1902 (A); left July 1905; sometime sales manager to George Newnes Ltd; m. Sept. 23, 1912, Inez, daughter of Edward McCarthy, of Adderbury, co. Oxon.