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GORE, CHARLES, brother of Francis Gore (qv); bapt. All Hallows, Bread Street, London 5 (or 15) Nov 1711 (IGI); adm. (aged 7) Jun 1719; Min. Can. 1724; KS 1725; left 1728; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Mar 1728; BA 1731; MA 1734.

GORDON-SHORT, CHARLES HENRY, eldest son of Mayow Short (adm. 1809, qv), and his second wife; b. 16 Apr 1848; adm. 30 May 1861; QS 1863; left Whitsun 1865; Ensign, 104th Foot 1 Aug 1868; Lieut., 28 Oct 1871; Capt., 27 Jul 1879; Maj., Munster Fusiliers 29 Aug 1883; South Staffs. Regt. 4 Oct 1884; assumed additional surname of Gordon 18 Jun 1878; m. 16 Apr 1873 Sophia Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Edward Kent Parson MD, Southsea, Hampshire; d. 26 Jan 1885.

GORDON, WILLIAM, son of Rev. William Gordon, Hastings, Sussex, and Ann Lubman; bapt. 28 Oct 1788; adm. 1 Jul 1800 (Clapham); KS (aged 14) 1803; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1808, adm. pens. 28 May 1808, scholar 1809, matr. Mich. 1808; BA 1812; MA 1815; ordained; Minor Canon, Lichfield; Vicar of Christ Church, West Bromwich, Staffs., 18 Apr 1829-49; m. 24 Jun 1816 Louisa, sister of Sir John Jervis (qv); d. 30 Oct 1857.

GORDON, JOHN, son of John Gordon, St. Martin’s, Ludgate, London, citizen and watchmaker, and Lucretia --- (IGI); b. 26 Mar 1702; adm.; KS 1716; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1720, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1720, scholar 21 Apr 1721, matr. 1720; resided to 1 Jun 1722; adm. Gray’s Inn 9 Nov 1718, called to bar 10 Feb 1725; Professor of Music, Gresham College, London, from 16 Jan 1723/4; d. 12 Dec 1739. DNB.

GOOLDEN, CHARLES, son of Richard Goolden MRCS, Maidenhead, Berks., and Mary Anne, dau. of Edmund Fleming, Marlow Place, Bucks.; b. 14 May 1824; adm. 2 Oct 1837; QS 1839; rowed against Eton 26 Jul 1842; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1843, adm. pens. 29 May 1843, scholar 1844, matr. Mich. 1843; BA 1848; MA 1853; assistant master, City of London School 1847-8; on staff of Smyrna Civil Hospital as Chief Clerk, Resident Engineer and RMO 1853-5; engineering staff, Scinde Railway 1858; AMICE 1866; Treasurer, Elizabethan Club 1866-9; went to live in Germany; m. 21 Jun 1871 Mariana Hermine Theresa von Renan; d. 14 Mar 1904.

GOODWYN, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS in 1570; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1573, Westminster Student to 1611 [or to marriage, if sooner ?]; BA 1577; MA 1580 (incorp. Cambridge 1583); BD and DD 1602; ordained; Rector of Upton Scudamore, Wilts., 1587; Prebendary of Salisbury from 2 Aug 1587; Prebendary of York 7 Sep 1590- Oct 1605, Chancellor of York 24 Oct 1605- Sep 1611; Sub-Almoner to Queen Elizabeth I 1590; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, from 13 Sep 1611, Vice-Chancellor Oxford Univ. 1614-6, 1617-9; Rector of All Hallows the Great, London, 31 Oct 1614-7; Archdeacon of Middlesex from 23 Sep 1616; held other ecclesiastical preferments; a remarkable preacher; when delivering the funeral sermon on Prince Henry at St. Mary’s, Oxford, Nov 1612, “he was not only moved himself, but also moved the whole University and City to shed fountains of tears” (Thompson, Christ Church, 48); an interesting account of “monies payd out for Willm. Goodwyn” Dec 1571 – Nov 1573 is preserved in the Chapter Muniments; m.; d. 11 Jun 1620, aged 64. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.

GOODWIN, JOSEPH; b.; adm.; KS 1673; buried in Cloisters, Westminster Abbey 11 Mar 1675/6.

GOODWIN, GEORGE, son of James Goodwin, Shirland, Derbs.; b. 20 Aug 1666; adm.; KS 1681; elected to Trinity Coll. Camb. 1685, adm. pens. 16 June 1685, aged 18; migrated to Peterhouse, adm. pens. 15 Feb 1685/6, North Scholar 10 Mar 1685/6, Hale Scholar 7 Jan 1686, matr. 1687; BA 1688/9; MA 1698; ordained deacon (Rochester) 22 May 1692, priest (Chichester) 20 Mar 1697/8; Rector of Graffham, Sussex, 17 Jun 1698 -1708/9; Prebendary of Chichester from 1 May 1708; Rector of Methley, Yorks., from 16 Mar 1708/9; m. 26 Jun 1695 Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Styles (or Stiles), Tillington, Sussex; d. 11 Sep 1750.

GOODMAN, GODFREY, second son of Gawen Goodman, Ruthin, Denbighshire, and Elen, dau. of Thomas Griffith, Pant y Llongdu; first cousin of Godfrey Goodman (elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1599, qv); b ; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1581, adm. scholar 1582, matr. Lent 1581/2; BA 1585/6; ordained deacon 17 Jul 1586, priest 25 Mar 1587 (both Bangor [or Chester ?]); Rector, Llanelidan (mediety), Denbighshire 18 Jul 1586; living 1604.