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GB-2014-WSA-07927 · Person · ca. 1737-1801

GOLDSWORTHY, PHILIP, son of Burrington Goldsworthy, British Consul successively at Leghorn and Cadiz, and Philippia, dau. of Capt. Philip Vanbrugh, Royal Navy; b. Livorno, Italy; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1748/9 (Hutton's); in school list 1754; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Apr 1755; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Oct 1755, scholar 14 May 1756, matr. Easter1756; Cornet, 1st Royal Dragoons 17 Dec 1756; Adjt. and Sub-Lieut., Second Troop, Horse Grenadier Guards 7 Apr 1759; Lieut., 1st Royal Dragoons 29 Mar 1760; Capt., 18 Nov 1768; Maj., 4 May 1776; Lieut. -Col., 28 Apr 1779; Col. in the Army 20 Oct 1784; Maj. -Gen., 20 Dec 1793; Col., 1st Royal Dragoons, from 28 Jan 1794; Lieut. -Gen., 26 Jun 1799; served in Seven Years War; Equerry to King George III from 29 Mar 1778, First Equerry and Clerk Marshal of the Royal Mews from 14 Mar 1788; MP Wilton 2 Feb 1785 – Jan 1788, and from 15 Feb 1794; references to him and to his sister, Sub-Governess at the Palace, will be found in the Diary and Letters of Madame D’Arblay; d. 4 Jan 1801.

Goldwell, Henry, 1617-?
GB-2014-WSA-07928 · Person · 1617-?

GOLDWELL, HENRY, son of Henry Goldwell, London; bapt. St. Bartholomew the Great, London 18 Nov 1617 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 11) 1629; KS 1630; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1634, but never adm.

GB-2014-WSA-07929 · Person · 1915-2005

Goligher, Derek Garvin, son of Hugh Garvin Goligher CBE, Asst Sec. and Comptroller of Lands, War Office, and Lilian Mary Stacey OBE; b. 23 Aug. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (B); left July 1932; Univ. Coll. Lond., BSc (1st class hons engineering) 1935; Admiralty in WW2; AMIEE 1953; asst engineer Eastern Electricity Board, retd 1978; OBE; m. 17 Mar. 1951 Beryl Irene, d. of G. Wilmot Sutton; d. 12 Oct. 2005.

GB-2014-WSA-07930 · Person · 1901-1978

Gompertz, Geoffrey Haviland, son of Sir Henry Hessey Johnston Gompertz, Kt., Chief Justice of the Federated Malay States, by Rosalie Coutier, only daughter of the Rev. Louis Coutier Biggs, Vicar of Monkleigh, Devon; b. Oct. 10, 1901; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1915; left Dec. 1919; assistant in the employ of Jardine, Matheson Co. Ltd., at Shanghai; m. Oct. 15, 1947, Alexandra Jane, daughter of Hemsley Bell, of Curdridge, Hants.; d. 4 Sept. 1978.

GB-2014-WSA-07931 · Person · 1898-1918

Gonne, Michael Edward, younger son of Henry Gonne, of Ringwood, Rants, barrister-at-law, by Grace Staveley, daughter of Henry Marsden, of Bombay; b. Oct. 23, 1898; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (H); left Easter 1914; R. M.C. Sandhurst May - Oct. 1916; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.) Oct. 27, 1916; was at once attached to the R. F. C. and in March 1917 went to Egypt and thence to France in June following; Acting Flight-Cdr. Jan. 9, 1918; M.C. Feb. 1, 1918; injured while testing a machine in Feb. 1918, and was invalided to England, where, on resuming duty, he acted as gunnery instructor; rejoined his old squadron on the western front Aug. 7, 1918, and on the following day volunteered for the flight from which he never returned; was last seen Aug. 8, 1918, at the height of 2000 feet over the Somme crossings at Brie, and is said to have died in the German Field Hospital at Villers-Carbonnel; unm.

GB-2014-WSA-07932 · Person · 1803-1876

GOOCH, CHARLES JOHN, second son of Sir Thomas Sherlock Gooch, Bart. (qv); b. 17 Jul 1803; adm. 17 Jan 1816 (Packharness'); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Nov 1821; BA 1826; MA 1828; ordained deacon 1826, priest 1827 (both Norwich); Rector of South Cove, Suffolk, from 12 Apr 1828; Rector of Toppesfield, Essex, from 12 Dec 1828; m. 17 Jul 1832 Agatha, younger dau. of Charles Hanbury, Sloe Farm, Halstead, Essex; d. 25 Jun 1876.

GB-2014-WSA-07933 · Person · 1802-1856

GOOCH, SIR EDWARD SHERLOCK, BART., eldest son of Sir Thomas Sherlock Gooch, Bart. (qv); b. 6 Jun 1802; adm. 10 Jan 1815 (Packharness'); left Bartholomewtide 1817; Cornet, 14th Light Dragoons 27 May 1819; Lieut., 12 Oct 1820; Capt., 30 Dec 1824; retd. 19 Apr 1827; MP (Cons) East Suffolk from Feb. 1846; Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons from 1851; succ. father as 6th baronet 18 Dec 1851; m. 1st, 23 Jan 1828 Louisa Anna Maria, second dau. of Sir George Beeston Prescott, Bart.; m. 2nd, 1 Mar 1839 Harriet, third dau. of James Hope-Vere, Craigie Hall, Linlithgowshire; d. 9 Nov 1856.

GB-2014-WSA-07934 · Person · 1793-1867

GOOCH, HENRY EDWARD, brother of John Lewis Gooch (qv); b. 25 Dec 1793; adm.; left 1808; RMC Marlow; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 23 Jul 1812; Lieut. and Capt., 28 Oct 1819; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 26 Nov 1832; retd. 11 Jun 1842; m. 23 Jan 1857 Frances, dau. of Robert Knight, Studley, Warwicks.; d. 18 Jan 1867.