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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.

GODOLPHIN, SIR WILLIAM, brother of Francis Godolphin (qv); bap 2 Feb 1634/5; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1648; KS 1650; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1651, matr. 21 Jun 1651, Westminster Student; MA 14 Jan 1660/1; DCL 28 Sep 1663; Under-Secretary, Secretary of State’s Office Oct 1662 – Dec 1665; FRS 2 Nov 1664; MP Camelford 17 Oct 1665-79; Secretary to Earl of Sandwich, Ambassador in Spain Dec 1665; employed in negotiations at Madrid in 1666-7 which led to a commercial treaty with Spain; knighted 28 Aug 1668; Envoy Extraordinary to Spain, 1669-71; Ambassador at Madrid 1671- Nov 1678; recalled under suspicion of having become a Roman Catholic, but preferred to remain in Spain and soon afterwards openly professed himself a Catholic; his “notarial act”, providing for a posthumous will by the Procurator-General of the Jesuits and others, was declared null and void by Act of Parliament 1698; d. at Madrid, Spain 11 Jul 1696. DNB.

Glyn, Sir Alan Jack, son of John Paul Glyn, barrister-at-law, Middle Temple, and Margaret, d. of William Johnston of Edinburgh; b. 26 Sept. 1918; adm. Jan. 1931 (G); left Dec. 1934; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1935, BA 1939; served WW2 1939-45, North Sussex Yeomanry 1940, 23 Hus­sars 1941 (Trooper), Far East 1942-6; psc 1945; Bde Maj. India Command 1946; Capt. (hon. Maj.) Roy. Horse Guards to 1967, ERD; called to the Bar (Middle Temple) Feb. 1955; MP (C) Wandsworth Clapham 1959-64, Windsor 1970-4, Windsor and Maidenhead 1974-; Chelsea BC 1959-62; Freeman City of London 1961; war correspondent Vietnam 1967; Board of Governors Nat. Heart and Chest Hosps 1982-; Kt Jan. 1990; author of Witness to Vietnam 1968; m. 4 Jan. 1962 Lady Rosula Caroline Windsor-Clive OStJ, d. of Ivor Miles, 2nd Earl of Plymouth PC GStj.; d. May 1998.

GIBBON, EDWARD, only son of Edward Gibbon (qv), and his first wife; b. 27 Apr 1737; adm. Jan 1747/8 (Porten's); left Aug 1750, on account of ill-health; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, adm. fellow commoner 3 Apr 1752; received into Roman Catholic church 8 Jun 1752, but returned to Protestantism at Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1753; became attached to Susanne Curchod (afterwards Mme Necker), but at his father’s wish the engagement was broken off; adm. to Academy, Lausanne 1 Dec 1756; officer in Hampshire Militia 12 Jun 1759-70; author, Essai sur l’Etude de la Litterature, 1761; met John Baker Holroyd (afterwards Lord Sheffield) at Lausanne 1764; in Italy 1764-5; the idea of writing on the decline and fall of the Roman Empire first occurred to him when in Rome on 15 Oct 1764; author, Mémoires Littéraires de la Grande Bretagne, 1767-8, jointly with his Swiss friend Deyverdun; author, Critical Observations on the Sixth Book of the Aeneid, 1770, attacking Warburton; settled in London 1772; elected to The Club 1774; MP Liskeard 1774-80, Lymington 25 Jun 1781-4; a Commissioner for Trade and Foreign Plantations 6 Jul 1779 - Jun 1782; Professor of Ancient History, Royal Academy, from 1787; FSA 20 Nov 1788, FRS 27 Nov 1788; author, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1776-87, 4 vols.; defended the chapters on Christianity in a Vindication, 1779; retired to Lausanne 1783; his Miscellaneous Works, edited by his friend Lord Sheffield, and including his Memoirs of My Life and Writings, were published in 1796; d. unm. 16 Jan 1794. DNB.

GARTHSHORE, WILLIAM, third son of Maxwell Garthshore MD LRCP FRS FSA, medical practitioner, London, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of William Blair McGuffoch, Ruscoe, Kirkcudbrightshire; b. 28 Oct 1764; adm. 13 Jan 1777; KS 1778; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1782, matr. 30 May 1782, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1782 - Feb 1794, Faculty Student 6 Feb - 5 Jun 1794; BA 1786; MA 1789; travelling tutor to Earl of Dalkeith 1790-2; private secretary to Right Hon. Henry Dundas MP, Secretary for War and the Colonies, Jul 1794 - Jul 1797; MP Launceston 9 Jan 1795-6, Weymouth from 1796; a Lord of the Admiralty 1801-4; FRS 23 Mar 1775 [check, date obviously wrong]; m. 24 May 1794 Sarah Jane, second dau. of John Chalié, Bedford Street, London, wine merchant; d. 5 Apr 1806. DNB (s. v. father).

FREIND, JOHN, third son of William Freind (elected to Oxford 1656, qv); b.; adm.; KS 1691; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1694, matr. 7 Jul 1694, aged 17, Westminster Student 29 Dec 1694- Apr 1708, Faculty Student 19 Apr 1708 - void on marriage Dec 1709, Tutor 1700-4; BA 1698; MA 1701; MB 1703; MD (by diploma) 12 Jun 1707; delivered a course of lectures on chemistry at Ashmolean Museum 1704; Physician to Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough (qv) when commanding English forces in Spain 1705; travelling in Italy 1706-7; accompanied Duke of Ormonde to Flanders as his physician 1712; Physician-General to Army (Ireland) 1713; MRCP 1713, FRCP 1716, Gulstonian Lecturer 1718, Harveian Orator 1720; MP Launceston 1722 - 17 Mar 1723/4, 29 Mar 1725-7; implicated with Francis Atterbury (KS 1674, qv) in plot for Jacobite restoration, and committed to Tower of London on charge of high treason Mar 1722/3, but released after three months’ imprisonment; Physician to Queen Caroline from 25 Oct 1727; FRS 20 Mar 1711/2; author, The History of Physick, 1725-6, and of other publications; gave £50 towards the building of College Dormitory; m. 3 Dec 1709 Anne, sister of William Morice (qv); d. 26 Jul 1728. Monument in South Aisle, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

Freeman, John Horace, son of Horace Freeman, barrister-at-law, and Beatrice Mary, d. of Albert Craddock, merchant; b. 19 Feb. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (B), non-res. KS 1929; left July 1933; BNC Oxf., matric. 1933, BA 1937, MA 1967, hon. Fellow 1967; an advertising copywriter and dir. Ashley Courtenay Ltd 1937-40; Coldstream Guards 1940-5 (Maj.); served Middle East, N. Africa, Italy and NW Europe; MBE (Mil.) Nov. 1943, Croix de Guerre 1944; MP (Lab.) Watford 1945-55; PPS to Sec. of State for War 1945-6; Financial Sec. War Office 1946, Parly Under Sec. of State 1947; Parly Sec. Min. of Supply 1947-51; a journalist and broadcaste 1951-65; asst Editor New Statesman 1951-58, dep. Editor 1958-60, Editor 1961-5; HM Diplo­matic Service 1965-71; British High Commissioner to India 1965-8; PC 1966; HM Ambassa­dor to USA 1969-71; chairman LWT 1971-84, LWT (Holdings) plc and subsidiaries including Hutchinson Ltd, publishers, 1976-84; chairman ITN 1976-81; governor Brit. Film Inst. 1976- 82, chairman 1976-8; trustee Reuters 1984-8; visiting Prof. of lnternational Relations Univ. of California, Davis, USA, 1985-; m. 1st 6 Aug. 1938 Elizabeth Allen, d. of Douglas Johnston of Woking; 2nd 1948 Margaret Ista Mabel Abbott; 3rd 1962 Catherine, d. of Harold Dove Carroll; 4th 1976 Judith, d. of Denis Holden Mitchell, film producer; d. 20 Dec. 2014.

FOX-STRANGWAYS, HON. JOHN GEORGE CHARLES, brother of William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester (qv); b. 6 Feb 1803; adm. 22 May 1815 (Best's); KS 1817; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1821, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1821 (sic), but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1821 (sic); BA 1824; a Clerk, Foreign Office; Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Queen Adelaide 23 Jul 1830-7; MP (Whig) Calne Sep 1836-7, Dorset 1837-41; m. 19 Feb 1844 Amelia, third dau. of Edward Marjoribanks, Greenlands, Bucks., banker; d. 8 Sep 1859.

FOLEY, THOMAS, 2ND BARON FOLEY, eldest son of Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (qv); b. 24 Jun 1742; adm. Jan 1753 (Porten's); in school list 1754; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 May 1759; MP Herefordshire 18 May 1767-74, Droitwich 1774 - 18 Nov 1777; succ. father as 2nd Baron Foley 18 Nov 1777; joint Postmaster-General 1 May 1783 - Jan 1784; m. 20 Mar 1776 Lady Harriet Stanhope, fourth dau. of William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington; d. 2 Jul 1793.

FLOOD, JOCELYN, second son of Right Hon. Warden Flood PC (I), Chief Justice of the Court of King’s Bench, Ireland, and Isabella Whiteside; bapt. 15 Jul 1746; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1760; left 1764; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 27 Mar 1764; adm. Middle Temple 2 Feb 1765; MP (I) Callan from Nov 1765 (sic, although then under age [check]); d. unm. 19 May 1767.