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.
Godson, Rufus John, son of Lieut. -Col. Charles Aubrey Godson MC MRCS LRCP DTM, Indian Med. Service, and Olive Mary Morgan, d. of Rev. James Bone Hawkesford, Rector of Rodmell, Sussex; b. 9 July 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (R); left July 1943; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1943, BA 1947 (1st class hons PPE), MA 1950; Univ. of Oxf. Inst. of Statistics 1948-50; commercial officer, Brit. Coking Industry Assn. 1953-66; sen. economist, Brit. Iron and Steel Fedn., later Brit. Steel Corpn., 1966-9; sen., later chief economist, Brit. Gas Corpn. 1969-87; dir. of economic planning, Brit. Gas Plc 1988-; MBE Jan. 1988; m. 1947 Barbara Jean Fletcher; d. 23 Sept. 2008.
GODWIN, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 7) Jun 1717; left 1717.
GOFFE, THOMAS, son of Rev. Christopher Goffe, Vicar of Great Waltham, Essex; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1609, matr. 3 Nov 1609, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1624; BA 1613; MA 1616 (incorp. Cambridge 1617); BD 1623; ordained; Rector of East Clandon, Surrey from 1621; “a quaint preacher, and a person of excellent language and expression” (Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, ed. Bliss, ii, 463); author of Latin orations delivered by him at Oxford 1620, 1622, of three tragedies performed at Christ Church during his lifetime (although published posthumously), and of a tragi-comedy, The Careless Shepherdess, performed with great applause before the King and Queen at Salisbury; m. “a meer Xantippe, the widow of his predecessor [at East Clandon, Rev. Alexander Adames]” (Wood, ibid. ); d. 26 Jul 1629. DNB.
GOLDING, GEORGE, only son of William Graves, Downing Street, Westminster, surgeon; b.; adm. 1 Jun 1769; left Dec 1774; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 11 Nov 1773; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Oct 1774, aged 18; BA 1778; MA 1781; adopted surname of Golding in place of Graves; ordained; Rector of Thornington, Suffolk, from 1782; Rector of Kelsale, Suffolk, from 1787; d. 3 Mar 1806.
Goldman, John Michael, son of Carl Heinz Goldman MD MRCP MRCGP, gen. med. practitioner, and Bertha Goldman, of Hampstead; b. 30 Nov. 1938; adm. Sept. 1951 (A); left July 1956; Magdalen Coll. Oxf., matric. 1956 (open schol. ), BA 1960; Barts Hosp. Med. Sch. 1960-3, BM BCh 1963; MRCP 1967, FRCP 1979; DM 1981; MRCPath 1985, FRCPath 1986; Dept. of Haematology, Hammersmith Hosp. 1970-2004, head of dept. 1994-2004; Prof. of Leukaemia Biology, Roy. Postgrad. Med. Sch. (Imp. Coll. Med. Sch. ), Lond., 1987-2004; dir., Leukaemia Res. Fund Centre for Adult Leukaemia, Hammersmith; a pioneer in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia; m. 1967 Jeannine Fuller; d. 24 Dec. 2013.
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.
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.
GOOCH, THOMAS, brother of Sir Thomas Sherlock Gooch, Bart. (qv); b. 25 Apr 1773; adm. 14 Sep 1785; Cornet, 10th Light Dragoons 23 Feb 1791; Lieut., 21 Feb 1793; Capt., 19 Jun 1794; Maj., 25 Oct 1798; Lieut. -Col., 4th Dragoons 31 Jul 1801; 5th Foot, 3 Sep 1801; retd. 23 Jul 1802; m. Sep 1801 Hannah, widow of Philip Smith Webb, Milford House, Surrey, and dau. of Brig. -Gen. Sir Robert Barker, Bart., MP, EICS Bengal; d. 14 Mar 1849.
GOOCH, WILLIAM, brother of Sir Thomas Sherlock Gooch, Bart. (qv); b. 11 Dec 1769; adm. 11 Sep 1783; left Dec 1785; Cornet, 4th Dragoons 10 Aug 1785; Lieut., 16 Jul 1788; Capt., 18 Feb 1793; Maj., 24 Feb 1794; Lieut. -Col., 2 Mar 1794; Col. in the Army 1 Jan 1800; retd. 31 Jul 1801; m. Dec 1797 Jane Bridget, dau. of James Wilkinson, Newcastle upon Tyne, banker; d. 14 Oct 1851.