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Graham-Maw, Nigel Nawton, son of Frederick Graham Maw, solicitor, of Dulwich, and Thelma Valentine, d. of Francis Shepherd Crisp of West Norwood; b. 4 July 1933; adm. Sept. 1946 (G); left July 1951; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. 1954, BA 1957, LLB 1958, MA 1961; adm. solicitor 1961; partner Rowe-Moore LLP, solicitors, 1961-93, sen. partner 1976-93; dep. chmn. Decca Ltd., chmn. 1979-80; m. 1st, June 1961 Elizabeth Jane Werry, professional musician, d. of Roy James Werry, headmaster; 2nd, 20 July 1984 Mrs Gillian Hunter, née Bradbury; d. 12 Apr. 2005.

GRAHAM-STIRLING, THOMAS JAMES, second son of Thomas Graham-Stirling (formerly Graham), Airth, Stirlingshire, Convener of Stirlingshire, and Caroline Mary, only dau. of Lieut. -Col. James Home, Blackadder, Berwickshire; b. 11 Jun 1811; adm. 22 Sep 1824 (Stelfox's); left Nov 1827; Ensign, 42nd Foot 8 Nov 1827; Lieut., 16 Nov 1832; retd. 15 Dec 1837; DL JP Perthshire; m. 1st, 4 Jul 1844 Mary, eldest dau. of William Stirling, Kenmare House, Lanarkshire; m. 2nd, 3 Feb 1858 Jane, youngest dau. of William Hugh Hunter, Auchterarder, Perthshire; d. 15 Aug 1896.

GRAINGER, JOHN CECIL, eldest son of Thomas Cecil Grainger, Cuckfield, Sussex, and Euphemia Bannerman, Elsick, Kincardineshire; b. 7 Nov 1801; adm. 16 Sep 1816 (Packharness'); Downing Coll. Cambridge; BA 1827; ordained 1827; Perpetual Curate, Burcombe, Wilts., 3 Jul 1827; Vicar of St. Giles, Reading, Berks., from 17 Dec 1834; m. 23 Dec 1834 Margaret Bewicke, youngest dau. of John Smart, Trewhitt House, Northumberland; d. 6 May 1857.

Grandineau, Francois; b. France c.1797 (1851 Census) ; teaching French to the future Queen Victoria by 1830 – Jun 1837 ; described as “French Master to HRH the Princess Victoria and Professor of the French Language at Westminster School”, on the title leaf of his Grammaire Royale, London, 1836 ; French Master at Westminster School (by early 1827, see Town Boy ledger, still listed as such British Imperial Calendar, 1841) ; in receipt of pension of £100 p.a. for his services as teacher to Queen Victoria ; of Southend Cottage, St.Petersburgh Place, Bayswater, London ; latterly living in Brighton, Sussex ; author Conversations Familières, 1832, Le Petit Precepteur or First Step to French Conversation, and Il Piccolo Precettore, or First Steps to Italian Conversation, 1853 ; m. Maria Billard --- ; d. at Brighton, Sussex 18 May 1855, aged 59

GRANGES, JAMES; b.; adm. 13 Sep 1784.

GRANT, ---; b.; in under school list 1718. [But Whitmore notes “my transcript reads Grimes”]

GRANT, ---; b.; in school lists 1743-7.

GRANT, ---; b.; in school list 1801.

Grant, Alexander Dunnett St. Clair, son of Alexander Grant, O.B.E., of Streatham, by Margaret St. Clair, daughter of John Dunnett, of Edinburgh; b. July 17, 1903; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (H); left July 1920; a clerk in the British and Foreign Marine Insurance Co.; d. Jan. 2, 1960.

GRANT, CHARLES, son of John Grant, Westminster, and Margaret ---; b. 2 May 1746; in school list 1754; KS (aged 14) 1760; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1764, adm. pens. 20 Jun 1764, scholar 3 May 1765, matr. Mich. 1767; BA 1768; MA 1780; ordained deacon (Norwich, lit. dim. from Winchester) 6 Nov 1768, priest (London) 14 Jun 1772; Curate, Streatham, Surrey, and Covent Garden, London 1768; subsequently Curate, Hampstead, Middlesex; for more than thirty years the proprietor of the Chapel in Well Walk, Hampstead; Vicar of Hinton Parva, Dorset, from 6 Mar 1800; lic. to m. 12 Apr 1769 Susanna Blackford, St. Mary, Lambeth, Surrey; d. 20 Feb 1811. [Whitmore states “brother of Richard Grant (adm. 1750/1, qv”, but note difference in mother’s name]