GODWIN, EDWARD; b. ; adm. ; KS 1676.
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.
GOLD, ROBERT, son of Edward Gold, Melbury, Dorset, “pleb. ”; b.; adm.; KS 1664; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1667, matr. 12 Jul 1667, aged 18, Westminster Student 14 Sep 1668 – void 1691; BA 1671; MA 1674; ordained deacon (Oxford) 20 Sep 1674.
GOLDFINCHE, THOMAS, of London; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1606, adm. scholar 1607; BA 1610/1; MA 1614; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1612 – c. 1621; ordained; Vicar of Marsworth, Bucks., to res. 1630; described by Cole as “poeta Lat. elegantissimus”.
GOLDFRAP, GEORGE ALFRED, son of John George Goldfrap, St. Kitts, West Indies, and Sarah, dau. of William Wharton; b. 18 Oct 1789; in school list 1803; KS (aged 14) 1805; left 1809; Ensign, 70th Foot 1 Mar 1809; Lieut., 3 Oct 1811; Capt., 3 Sep 1829; Paymaster, 1 Mar 1832; d. on passage from West Indies 25 Jul 1839.
GOLDIE, BRUCE MORTON, son of Bruce Goldie, Tedworth Square, Chelsea, Middlesex, brewery manager, and Mary Agnes, dau. of Alexander Morton, St. George’s Road, Glasgow; b. 4 Jan 1869; adm. 16 Jun 1881 (H); QS 31 May 1883; elected to Christ Church, Oxford July 1887; BA 1891; MA 1909; engaged in tutorial work; a university coach at Oxford 1904-14; assistant master, St. Edward’s School, Oxford 1915-25; again a university coach, Oxford, from 1925; d. Jan 1959.
Golding, Robin Mavesyn, son of Wilfred Mavesyn Golding of Rickmansworth, Herts, and Laetitia Helen Golding MBE, d. of Eustace Corrie Frere (qv); b. 4 June 1928; adm. Sept. 1941 (KS); left July 1946; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1951, MA 1953; librarian, Boyd Neel Orchestra 1952-6; admin. asst., Roy. Acad. of Music 1961, Registrar 1966-87; hon. ARAM 1965, hon. RCM 1971; hon. RAM 1976; m. 1st, 18 Aug. 1956 Claire Rosaline, d. of Frederick William Simpson, Sydney, NSW, Australia; 2nd, 22 Dec. 1973 Dame Felicity Ann Emwhyla Lott DBE FRAM FRCM, internat. singer, d. of John Albert Lott, of Cheltenham, Gloucs; d. 15 Oct. 2009.
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.
Goldschmidt, Walter Lind, son of Walter Otto Goldschmidt, of South Kensington, a Registrar of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, and grandson of Jenny Lind, the celebrated Swedish singer; b. May 4, 1885; adm. Jan. 20, 1898 (H); left Oct. 1902; went to South Africa, where he joined the Cape Mounted Rifles, with whom he served some eighteen months; afterwards became a member of a travelling dramatic company at the Cape, and subsequently returned to London, where he played under the name of Robert Averell; d. Oct. 5, 1913.
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.