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GENEST, JOHN, second son of John Genest, Dunkeswell, Devon, and his second wife Elizabeth, widow of John Samuel Longuet, Honiton, Devon, and of --- Shepheard, Army officer, and dau. of --- Hare, Honiton, Devon; b.; adm. 15 Jun 1774; left Whitsun 1780; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 May 1780, aged 17, scholar 19 Apr 1782, matr. Mich. 1780; BA 1784; MA 1787; ordained; for many years a curate in Lincolnshire; Domestic Chaplain to Duke of Ancaster; resided at Bath towards end of life; author, Some Account of the English Stage from the Restoration in 1660 to 1830, 1832; d. 15 Dec 1839. DNB.

GENEW, WILLIAM, son of John Van Genew, Westminster, originally of Venloo, Netherlands, and Elizabeth --- ; bapt. 30 Mar 1645; adm. ; Min. Can. 1660 (as William Vangenue); adm. Inner Temple 25 May 1661, called to bar 28 Nov 1669; Reader for Clifford’s Inn 1686; called to Bench, Inner Temple Nov 1687, but excused; discontinued use of Van as part of name about 1661; lic. to m. 22 Dec 1673 Mary, dau. of William Gladwin, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, citizen and girdler. [will William Genew, St. Paul, Covent Garden, gentleman, proved PCC 14 Feb 1704]

Patron of the School; He gave £1000 towards the cost of building the present College Dormitory.

Patron of the School; When Prince of Wales he gave £500 towards the cost of building the present College Dormitory.

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.

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, John Douglas, brother of Gerald Francis William George (q.v.); b. May 13, 1896; adm. Jan. 20, 1910 (A); left Easter 1912; junior clerk in the Civil Service July 1912 - Jan. 1914; A.C.A. 1923; sec. to Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd., 1926-32; F.C.A. 1938; a chartered accountant and company director; served with the City of London Yeomanry at Gallipoli, in Egypt, and the Balkans 1915-7; 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. Jan. 12, 1918, and served with the 3rd Army Corps in France and Belgium 1918-9; Lieut. R.F.A. Oct. 6, 1919 - March 1920; Capt. R.A., T.A., Aug. 23, 1939; transferred to Pioneer Corps March 26, 1942; temp. Lieut.-Col.; O.B.E. (Italy) Sept. 20, 1945; T.D. June 30, 1946, and clasp Dec. 8, 1950; mentioned in despatches (N. Africa) L.G. Sept. 23, 1943; retired with hon. rank of Lieut.-Col. Sept. 1, 1948; m. June 16, 1923, Hilda May Adams, of Rochester, Kent; d. 21 Oct. 1984.