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Greene, Godfrey George Roundell, 1888-1956
Greene, Godfrey George Roundell, 1888-1956
GB-2014-WSA-01584 · Person · 1888-1956

Greene, Godfrey George Roundell, son of George Arthur Greene, of Kensington; b. March 19, 1888; adm. April 23, 1902 (G); left Easter 1907; Magd. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1907; B.A. 1912; M.A. 1920; served in Great War I with the Public Schools and Universities Batt. Royal Fusiliers and subsequently in the R.A.M.C. on H. M. hospital ship Mauretania; Reader in English Literature at Gothenburg Univ. 1922-8, at Cracow Univ. 1928-9, and at Helsingfors Univ. 1929-39; presented to the School in 1955 an outstanding collection of first editions of works by Old Westminsters; in accordance with his wishes, his executor gave a sum of £600 to defray the cost of bookshelves for them in the Scott Library; d. June 29, 1956.
Greene, John, 1643-1727
GB-2014-WSA-019157 · Person · 1643-1727

GREENE, JOHN, son of John Greene, Recorder, City of London, and Mary, eldest dau. of Philip Jermyn, Puisne Justice, Court of King’s Bench; b. 8 Mar 1643; adm. Nov. 1657 (Busby’s Account Book); a boarder; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 25 Aug 1659, aged 16, matr. 1660; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 May 1659, called to bar 12 Nov 1667, Bencher 5 Nov 1685, Treasurer 1693; Serjeant-at-law 1700; of Bois Hall, Essex; d. unm. 19 Dec 1725.
Greene, John, d. 1752
GB-2014-WSA-019156 · Person · d. 1752

GREENE, JOHN, natural son of John Greene (qv); b. ; at school under Knipe (J. E. B. Mayor, ed, Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Camb. , ii, 201); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. 1710, adm. fellow commoner 28 Jun 1711, aged 16; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Jun 1709, called to bar 21 Apr 1716, Bencher 10 May 1740; of Bois Hall, Essex; d. 14 Jan 1752.
Greene, Thomas, fl. 1738
GB-2014-WSA-08203 · Person · fl. 1738

GREENE, THOMAS; b.; in school lists 1731, 1732/3, 1733, 1736; a reference to “Tommy” Greene will be found in the Collier Papers, i, 71; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. scholar 7 Jan 1737/8, matr. 1738.
Greene, Wilfrid Arthur, 1883-1952
GB-2014-WSA-08204 · Person · 1883-1952

Greene, Wilfrid Arthur, 1st Baron Greene, son of Arthur Weguelin Greene, of Beckenham, Kent, solicitor, by Katherine Agnes, daughter of Octavius Fooks, of Gravesend, Kent; b. Dec. 30, 1883; adm. as (non-resident) Q.S. Sept. 24, 1896 (A); Mure Scholar 1900; Capt. of the School 1901; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1902, matric. Michaelmas 1902; Craven Scholar 1903; Hertford Scholar 1904; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1904; Chancellor's Prize for Latin Verse 1905; 1st class Lit. Hum. 1906; B.A. 1906; Fellow of All Souls Coll. 1907; Vinerian Law Scholar 1908; Council of Legal Education, studentship Trinity term, 1908; called to the bar at the Inner Temple July 1, 1908; M.A. 1912; K.C. 1922; Bencher Jan. 1925; appointed Standing Counsel to the Univ. of Oxford Oct. 1926; Hon. Student of Ch. Ch. and Hon. D. C. L. Oxon. 1935; a Lord Justice of Appeal Oct. 22, 1935; knighted and P. C. Oct. 25, 1935; Master of the Rolls April 26, 1937; F. S. A. 1939; Hon. F.R.I.B.A. 1941; created Baron Greene July 16, 1941; a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary June 1, 1949; resigned May 1950; a Busby Trustee May 1927; Founder and first Chairman of the Westminster School Society 1937; a Trustee of the British Museum 1949; served as Capt. 2/1st Batt. of the Oxford and Bucks L. I. 1914-6, as a G. S. O. in the 5th Army 1917, and in the 2nd Army 1917-8; M.C. Jan. 1, 1918; O.B.E. March 22, 1919; French Croix de Guerre, and Cavaliere of the Order of the Crown of Italy; m. May 28, 1909, Nancy, daughter of Francis Wright, of Nottingham; d. April 16, 1952.
Greenhill, Charles, ca. 1731-?
GB-2014-WSA-08205 · Person · ca. 1731-?

GREENHILL, CHARLES; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1739/40 (Preston's); left 1740.
Greenhill, James, ca. 1734-?
GB-2014-WSA-08206 · Person · ca. 1734-?

GREENHILL, JAMES, elder son of James Greenhill, Lincoln’s Inn, attorney, and Mary Richardson, St. Dunstan’s in the West, London, sister of Benjamin Richardson; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1742; left 1750; articled to father 17 Jan 1752; transferred to Thomas Handley, Rolls Buildings 17 Jun 1752, on father’s death.
Greenhill, John Russell, 1729-1813
GB-2014-WSA-08207 · Person · 1729-1813

GREENHILL, JOHN RUSSELL, son of Samuel Greenhill EICS [check Presidency], Swincombe, Oxfordshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Russell, EICS Bengal, Governor of Fort William; bapt. Calcutta 11 Dec 1729; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1738 (Preston's); left 1746; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Jun 1746; BCL 1754; DCL 1759; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Nov 1747; ordained deacon 9 Jun 1754, priest 25 May 1755 (both Oxford); Rector of Cottisford and Fringford, Oxfordshire, from 25 Nov 1756; Rector of Marsh Gibbon, Bucks., from 15 Dec 1779; inherited Chequers Court estate, Ellesborough, Bucks., on death of cousin Mary Russell in Jun 1813; his diary for 1780-7 is in Bodleian Library, Oxford; m. 5 Jul 1753 Elizabeth, only child of Matthew Noble, Sunderland, co. Durham; d. 20 Dec 1813.
Greenhill, John, ca. 1739-?
GB-2014-WSA-08208 · Person · ca. 1739-?

GREENHILL, JOHN, brother of James Greenhill (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1747/8 (Clarke's); in school list 1754; articled to Daniel Fox, a Sworn Clerk in Chancery, 1 Feb 1755; a Sworn Clerk in Chancery, adm. 9 Jun 1763, succeeding Richard Ivatt (qv); living 1785.
Greenhill, Joseph, 1704-1788
GB-2014-WSA-08209 · Person · 1704-1788

GREENHILL, JOSEPH, son of William Greenhill, Abbots Langley, Herts., barrister [check], and Mary --- (IGI); bapt. 21 Feb 1703/4; adm. Apr 1718; Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. . scholar 12 Feb 1722/3, matr. 1723; 2nd in “ordo” 1726/7; BA 1726/7; MA 1731; ordained deacon (London) 24 Sep 1727, priest (lit. dim. from Canterbury) 1727/8; Rector of East Horsley, Surrey, from 23 Mar 1727/8; Rector of East Clandon, Surrey, from 27 Mar 1732/3; author, An Essay on the Prophecies of the New Testament, 2nd ed. 1759, and author of published sermons on the Millenium and The Presumptuous and Sinful Practice of Inoculation; d. 10 Mar 1788. DNB.