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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.

GOWER, GRANVILLE LEVESON, 1ST MARQUIS OF STAFFORD, third son of John Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv), and his first wife; b. 4 Aug 1721; adm. Sep 1731; KS 1736; left 1740; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Apr 1740; MP Bishops Castle 6 Dec 1744-7, Westminster 1747-54, Lichfield 15 Apr – 25 Dec 1754; a Lord of the Admiralty 18 Nov 1749 – Jun 1751; styled Viscount Trentham 1746-54; succ. father as 2nd Earl Gower 25 Dec 1754; Lord Lieut., Staffordshire 22 Jan 1755 – Oct 1799; Lord Privy Seal 22 Nov 1755 – Jun 1757; Privy Councillor 22 Dec 1755; Master of the Horse 1 Jul 1757 – Nov 1760; Master of the Great Wardrobe 27 Nov 1760 – Apr 1763; Lord Chamberlain Apr 1763 – Jul 1765; Lord President of the Council 23 Dec 1767 – Nov 1779, 19 Dec 1783 – Nov 1784; KG 11 Feb 1771; Lord Privy Seal 24 Nov 1784 – Jul 1794; cr. Marquis of Stafford 1 Mar 1786; FSA 29 Apr 1784; a Busby Trustee from 27 Mar 1770; m. 1st, 23 Dec 1744 Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas Fazakerly, Prescot, Lancs.; m. 2nd, 28 Mar 1748 Lady Louisa Egerton, eldest dau. of Scroope Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater; m. 3rd, 25 May 1768 Lady Susannah Stewart, second dau. of Alexander Stewart, 6th Earl of Galloway (S); d. 26 Oct 1803. DNB.

GOWER, HON. RICHARD LEVESON, fourth son of John Leveson Gower, 1st Earl Gower (qv), and his first wife; b. 30 Apr 1726; adm. Sep 1735 (Edwards'); KS (Capt. ) 1739; Capt. of the School 1743; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1744, matr. 28 May 1744, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1744 – void 30 Jun 1750; MP Lichfield from 1747; joint Secretary with Edward Wortley Montagu (qv) to Plenipotentiaries at Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle 1748; Under-Secretary of State 1749-51; d. unm. 19 Oct 1753.

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.

HACKET, SIR ANDREW, eldest son of John Hacket (elected to Camb. 1608, qv), and his first wife; b.; adm.; KS 1642; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1645, adm. pens. 30 Jun 1645, scholar 1645, matr. Easter 1646; 9th in “ordo” 1648/9; BA 1648/9; MA 1652; adm. Gray’s Inn 24 Jan 1652/3, called to bar 11 Nov 1659; a Master in Chancery 10 Dec 1670 – 28 Jun 1680; knighted 16 Jan 1670/1; MP Tamworth 1679-81; of Moxhull Hall, Warwickshire; High Sheriff, Warwickshire 1684-5; m. 1st, Mary, dau. of Right Rev. Joseph Henshaw DD, Bishop of Peterborough; m. 2nd, 19 Apr 1664 (IGI) Mary, eldest dau. of John Lisle, Moxhull, Warwicks.; d. 19 Mar 1709/10.

HALL, BENJAMIN, son of Rev. Benjamin Hall DD, Chancellor of Llandaff, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. John Grant, Nolton, Pembs.; b. 29 Sep 1778; adm.; KS 1790; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1794, matr. 11 Jun 1794, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1794 – void by marriage 23 Dec 1801; BA 1798; MA 1801; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1 May 1798, called to bar 4 May 1801; Oxford circuit; MP Totnes 1806-12, Westbury 1812 – Nov 1814, Glamorgan from 28 Nov 1814; of Hensol Castle, Glamorgan; m. 16 Dec 1801 Charlotte, only dau. of Richard Crawshay, Cyfarthfa, Glamorgan, ironmaster; d. 31 Jul 1817.

HARCOURT, GEORGE GRANVILLE, eldest son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv); b. 6 Aug 1785; adm. 14 Mar 1796 (Clapham); KS (Capt. ) 1798; Capt. of the School 1802; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1803, matr. 23 May 1803, Westminster Student; BA 1808; MA 1810; MP Lichfield 1806-31, Oxfordshire from 1831; “Father” of House of Commons; assumed surname of Harcourt in lieu of Venables-Vernon 15 Jan 1831; of Stanton Harcourt and Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire; DL JP Oxfordshire; m. 1st, 27 Mar 1815 Lady Elizabeth Bingham, eldest dau. of Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan (qv); m. 2nd, 30 Sep 1847 Frances Elizabeth, Countess Waldegrave, widow of John James Waldegrave, Navestock, Essex, and of George Edward Waldegrave, 7th Earl Waldegrave, dau. of John Braham, tenor singer; d. 19 Dec 1861.

HARCOURT-VERNON, GRANVILLE EDWARD, eldest son of Granville Harcourt-Vernon (qv), and his first wife; b. 23 Nov 1816; adm. 16 Sep 1829 (Stikeman's); KS 1830; Capt. of the School 1834; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1835, matr. 4 Jun 1835, Westminster Student; BA 1839; MA 1842; Private Secretary to Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans (qv), when Chief Secretary for Ireland, and to Earl of Lincoln MP, when Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests and Chief Secretary for Ireland; MP (Peelite) Newark 1852-7; m. 23 Nov 1854 Lady Selina Catherine Meade, only dau. of Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam PC GCH, Ambassador at Berlin; d. 1 Feb 1861.

HARCOURT-VERNON, GRANVILLE, seventh son of Hon. Edward Harcourt (qv); b. 26 Jul 1792; adm. Bartholomewtide 1804; KS (Capt. ) 1805; Capt. of the School 1809; spoke the Prologue to the Phormio in 1809, when the new scenes given by William Carey (qv) were first used; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1810, matr. 8 Jun 1810, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics and 1st cl. Mathematics 1813; BA 1814; MA 1816; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 Dec 1811, called to bar 12 May 1817; Chancellor, Diocese of York 1818-68; MP Aldborough 4 May 1815-20, East Retford 1831-47; assumed surname of Harcourt-Vernon in lieu of Venables-Vernon; of Grove Park, Notts.; m. 1st, 22 Feb 1814 Frances Julia, dau. of Anthony Hardolph Eyre MP, Grove Park, Notts.; m. 2nd, 22 Nov 1845 Hon. Pyne Jesse Brand, widow of John Henry Cotterell, and dau. of Henry Otway Brand, 22nd Baron Dacre CB, Lieut. -Gen. in Army, Col. 31st Foot; d. 8 Dec 1879.

HARRISON, HENRY, second son of Henry Harrison, Holywood House, Holywood, co. Down, and Letitia, dau. of Robert James Tennent MP, Rush Park, Belfast; stepson of Hartley Withers (qv); b. 17 Dec 1867; adm. 9 May 1881 ( R), exhibitioner; QS 8 Jun 1882; left Jul 1886; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Jan 1887; MP (Irish Nationalist) Mid Tipperary 1890-2; known in House of Commons as “Parnell’s stripling”; served 1914-18 war; 2nd Lieut., 3rd batt., Royal Irish Regt.; Lieut., 9 Aug 1916; MC 11 Dec 1916, bar 18 Feb 1918; OBE 8 Jan 1919; Secretary, Irish Dominion League 1920-1; Dublin correspondent, The Economist 1922-7; editor, Irish Truth (weekly) 1924-7; author, Parnell Vindicated : the Lifting of the Veil, 1931, Parnell, Joseph Chamberlain and Mr Garvin, 1938, Parnell, Joseph Chamberlain and The Times 1953; hon. LLD Dublin 1953; m. 21 Jan 1895 Maie, dau. of J. C. Byrne, New York, USA; d. 20 Feb 1954. DNB.