GREENHILL-RUSSELL, SIR ROBERT, BART., only surviving child of John Russell Greenhill (qv); bapt. Great Missenden, Bucks. 24 Feb 1763 (IGI); adm. 23 Jun 1773; KS 1776; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1780, matr. 24 May 1780, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1780 – Dec 1791, Faculty Student from 24 Dec 1791; BA 1784; MA 1787; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 Nov 1780, called to bar 14 Jun 1790; equity draftsman; MP Thirsk 1806-32; inherited Chequers Court estate, Ellesborough, Bucks.; assumed additional surname of Russell 27 May 1815; created baronet 15 Sep 1831; d. unm. 12 Dec 1836, aged 73.
Greenhill, Hon. Robin James, brother of Hon. Nigel Denis St George Greenhill (qv); b. 7 June 1945; adm. Sept. 1958 (QS); left July 1962; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1963, BA 1966; res. asst. CBI 1967-8; Dillons Univ. Bookshop 1968-71; clerical asst. DHSS 1974; m. 21 Mar. 1970 (div. 1975) Hon. Elizabeth Roll, d. of Eric Roll, Baron Roll of Ipsden KCMG CB, dir. Bank of England; d. 17 July 1986.
GREENHILL, JOHN, brother of James Greenhill (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1747/8 (Clarke's); in school list 1754; articled to Daniel Fox, a Sworn Clerk in Chancery, 1 Feb 1755; a Sworn Clerk in Chancery, adm. 9 Jun 1763, succeeding Richard Ivatt (qv); living 1785.
GREENHILL, JOHN RUSSELL, son of Samuel Greenhill EICS [check Presidency], Swincombe, Oxfordshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Russell, EICS Bengal, Governor of Fort William; bapt. Calcutta 11 Dec 1729; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1738 (Preston's); left 1746; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Jun 1746; BCL 1754; DCL 1759; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Nov 1747; ordained deacon 9 Jun 1754, priest 25 May 1755 (both Oxford); Rector of Cottisford and Fringford, Oxfordshire, from 25 Nov 1756; Rector of Marsh Gibbon, Bucks., from 15 Dec 1779; inherited Chequers Court estate, Ellesborough, Bucks., on death of cousin Mary Russell in Jun 1813; his diary for 1780-7 is in Bodleian Library, Oxford; m. 5 Jul 1753 Elizabeth, only child of Matthew Noble, Sunderland, co. Durham; d. 20 Dec 1813.
GREENHILL, CHARLES; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1739/40 (Preston's); left 1740.
Greene, Wilfrid Arthur, 1st Baron Greene, son of Arthur Weguelin Greene, of Beckenham, Kent, solicitor, by Katherine Agnes, daughter of Octavius Fooks, of Gravesend, Kent; b. Dec. 30, 1883; adm. as (non-resident) Q.S. Sept. 24, 1896 (A); Mure Scholar 1900; Capt. of the School 1901; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1902, matric. Michaelmas 1902; Craven Scholar 1903; Hertford Scholar 1904; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1904; Chancellor's Prize for Latin Verse 1905; 1st class Lit. Hum. 1906; B.A. 1906; Fellow of All Souls Coll. 1907; Vinerian Law Scholar 1908; Council of Legal Education, studentship Trinity term, 1908; called to the bar at the Inner Temple July 1, 1908; M.A. 1912; K.C. 1922; Bencher Jan. 1925; appointed Standing Counsel to the Univ. of Oxford Oct. 1926; Hon. Student of Ch. Ch. and Hon. D. C. L. Oxon. 1935; a Lord Justice of Appeal Oct. 22, 1935; knighted and P. C. Oct. 25, 1935; Master of the Rolls April 26, 1937; F. S. A. 1939; Hon. F.R.I.B.A. 1941; created Baron Greene July 16, 1941; a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary June 1, 1949; resigned May 1950; a Busby Trustee May 1927; Founder and first Chairman of the Westminster School Society 1937; a Trustee of the British Museum 1949; served as Capt. 2/1st Batt. of the Oxford and Bucks L. I. 1914-6, as a G. S. O. in the 5th Army 1917, and in the 2nd Army 1917-8; M.C. Jan. 1, 1918; O.B.E. March 22, 1919; French Croix de Guerre, and Cavaliere of the Order of the Crown of Italy; m. May 28, 1909, Nancy, daughter of Francis Wright, of Nottingham; d. April 16, 1952.
Greene, Godfrey George Roundell, son of George Arthur Greene, of Kensington; b. March 19, 1888; adm. April 23, 1902 (G); left Easter 1907; Magd. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1907; B.A. 1912; M.A. 1920; served in Great War I with the Public Schools and Universities Batt. Royal Fusiliers and subsequently in the R.A.M.C. on H. M. hospital ship Mauretania; Reader in English Literature at Gothenburg Univ. 1922-8, at Cracow Univ. 1928-9, and at Helsingfors Univ. 1929-39; presented to the School in 1955 an outstanding collection of first editions of works by Old Westminsters; in accordance with his wishes, his executor gave a sum of £600 to defray the cost of bookshelves for them in the Scott Library; d. June 29, 1956.
GREEN, VERNON THOMAS, son of John William Egerton Green, Colchester, Essex, banker, and Harriet Anne Sibylla, sister of George William Brooks (qv); b. 20 Jun 1833; adm. 22 Jan 1846 (G); QS 1848; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1852, adm. pens. 21 May 1852, scholar 1853, matr. Mich. 1852; BA 1856; MA 1860; ordained deacon 1857, priest 1860 (both Oxford); Curate, Milcombe, Oxfordshire 1858-60, Bloxham, Oxfordshire 1860-72; Vicar of Littlemore, Oxfordshire, from 1872; d. unm. 22 Nov 1896.
GREEN, THOMAS, son of Thomas Green (KS 1801, qv); b. 10 May 1821; adm. 31 Jan 1832 (Stikeman's); KS 1835; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1839, matr. 15 May 1839, Westminster Student; migr. to New Inn Hall; BA 1843; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 4 May 1849; m. 28 May 1851 Laura Anne, fourth dau. of Cdr. Thomas Pickering Clarke, Royal Navy; d. May 1874.
GREEN, THOMAS, son of Thomas Green, St. Thomas Apostle, London, and Lucy --- (IGI); b. 25 Oct 1808; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1817-21; adm. 15 Jan 1822 (Best's); d. 8 Jan 1874.