GUEST (or GESTE or GUEAST), SIR LYONEL, only son of Alexander Guest, Tewkesbury, Gloucs., and Margery, dau. of John Meredeth, Upper Weld, Bucks.; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1578, matr. 20 Nov 1580, aged 20, Westminster Student to 1583; BA 30 Jan 1581/2; went to Ireland as Capt. in Army c. 1595; knighted by Lord Deputy of Ireland at Leixlip 5 May 1604; m. 1st, 14 Sep 1592 Elizabeth, dau. of Simon Love, Northants.; m. 2nd, Elinor, widow of David O’Duda, Castle Connor, co. Sligo, and dau. of Patrick Lynch, The Knock, co. Meath; d. c. 1620.
Gubbins, Nicholas Richard, son of Edgar George Gubbins, of South Kensington; b. Aug. 27, 1901; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (A); left July 1917.
GRYMESDYCHE, THOMAS, son of John Grymesdyche, Knottingley, Yorks.; b.; at school in 1638; KS 1639; see his father’s letter to Sir Francis Windebanke, 8 Mar 1638/9, thanking Windebanke and his wife for their favours “to our little Westminster scholar at Christmas, who we hear by Jack is now sick of an ague” (CSP Dom 1638-9, 548).
GRUNDYE, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1553-6 (Chapter Muniments 37713).
Grundy, Francis Estlin Christopher, brother of Charles James Estlin Grundy (qv); b. 21 Dec. 1916; adm. Sept. 1931 (A); left July 1934; ARCM 1935; King's Coll. Lond., LLB 1938; called to the Bar (Middle Temple) June 1939; RASC 1941-2, Sudan Defence Force 1943-6 (Bimbashi); dep. Clerk of the Peace, County of Essex, 1961-5; Clerk of the Peace N. E. London Commission Area 1965-71, head of Secretariat 1975-86; courts administrator Crown Court 1971-4; MBE 1988; chairman Bar Musical Society; m. 1st 13 Sept. 1947 Muriel, sister ofJoseph Hamilton-Jones (qv); 2nd 10 Jan. 1988 Caroline Beth, d. of Oliver Nugent CBE, barrister-at-law, Asst DPP; d. June 1993.
Grundy, Eustace Horace Roger, son of the Rev. Ernest Paul Richard Grundy, Curate-incharge of Newtown, Berks; b. April 13, 1901; adm. March 1, 1917 (A); left July 1917; ord. deacon 1931, priest 1932 (Gloucester); Curate of St. James, Gloucester, 1931-3, of Thornbury, Glos., 1934-5, of Wareham, Dorset, 1935-7, of Hamworthy, Dorset, 1937-9, of St. Denys, Southampton, 1939; d. 7 Jun. 1945.
Grundy, Charles James Estlin, son of Francis Estlin Grundy, editor The Brazilian Press, and Mabel, d. of John Claire of Leamington Spa; b. 28 Oct. 1915; adm. Sept. 1930 (A); left July 1932; Univ. Coll. Lond., LLB 1939; adm. a solicitor May 1938; Intell. Corps IA 1943-5 (Capt); in practice in Bombay, later in London.
Groves, Philip Lawrence Leslie Peer, son of William Peer Groves, author and explorer, and Margery, d. of Thomas Walker, barrister-at-law; b. 20 Apr. 1914; adm. Jan. 1928 (R); left Dec. 1931; RA in WW2; d. 5 Apr. 1967.
Groves, Louis Grimble, son of Keith Grimble Groves, barrister-at-law, and Dorothy, d. of Louis Herbert Moore; b. 1 Apr. 1921; adm. Jan. 1935 (R); left Dec. 1938; Univ. of Glasgow; RAF in WW2 (Serg. Met. Air Observer); killed on operational duties 10 Sept. 1945.
Louis Grimble Groves was born at Chelsea, London on the 1st of April 1921 the only child of Major Keith Grimble Groves, a barrister at law, and Dorothy (nee Moore) Groves of 4, York House, Kensington in London, later of “The Varrey”, Kirk Maughold on the Isle of Man. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from January 1935 to December 1938. He went on to the University of Liverpool where he was studying naval architecture when the war broke out.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, trained in Canada and rose to the rank of Sergeant. On his return to the UK he was based at the Metrological Office at RAF Brawdy.
Louis Groves and his crew took off from RAF Brawdy on the 10th of September 1945 in Halifax B (Met) Mk III RG380 X9-N on an “Epicure” sortie, to gather information on the weather over the North Atlantic. On their return to base, they were diverted to RAF Weston Zoyland due to bad weather. There was fog over Weston Zoyland when they arrived there and the aircraft was seen to pass over the airfield but, due to radio interference, communications were poor and it turned away. The aircraft was flying at a height of 1,000 feet when it crashed in dense fog into an escarpment in the Quantock Hills above Crowcombe Hall, to the south west of Williton in Somerset at 7.54pm, killing all on board.
The crew was: -
Pilot Officer Keith Gordon Proverbs (Pilot)
Flying Officer John Joseph Frederick Hobden
Flying Officer Lindsay George McMillan
Flying Officer Patrick Alfred Bee
Warrant Officer Roy Donald Cartwright
Flight Sergeant Dennis Norman Everett
Sergeant Louis Grimble Groves (Metrological Observer)
Sergeant John Macilrick Bryce Gordon (Metrological Observer)
Flight Sergeant Robert William Vinton
His funeral took place on the 15th of September 1945.
A Correspondent wrote of him: - “Louis Grimble Groves was a fine young man, a fine sportsman and extremely popular with all who knew him. He spent all his holidays in the Isle of Man and his many friends here and elsewhere will deeply regret his untimely death.”
The L. G. Groves Award was established in his memory by his parents in September 1946. The award is made to recognise those who work to improve safety in the aviation industry. A memorial was placed at the crash site in 2016.
He is buried at St Maughold’s Church.
GROVES, HENRY GAGE DE LANCEY, son of Maj. John Richard Groves, Governor of Millbank Prison, Westminster; b. 9 Sep 1840; adm. 29 Jan 1852 (G); Cadet, EICS Madras 1856; Cornet, unattached, 20 Nov 1856; 7th Madras Light Cavalry 30 Jan 1857; Lieut., 2 Sep 1858; Capt., 4th Light Cavalry 20 Nov 1868; d. at Secunderabad, India 26 Dec 1872.