GUMBLETON, GEORGE, younger son of Rev. George Gumbleton, Belgrove, near Queenstown, co. Cork, and his second wife Frances Anne, dau. of James Penrose, Woodhill, co. Cork; b. 4 Jun 1843; adm. 30 Jul 1857 (G); QS 1858; Capt. of the School 1861; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1862, matr. 12 Jun 1862; BA 1866; MA and BCL 1869; DCL 1886; adm. Inner Temple 6 May 1867, called to bar 26 Jan 1870; migr. to Middle Temple; Oxford Circuit; a law reporter for The Times; founded Gumbleton English Verse Prize at the School 1874; author, Sketches in Sunny Climes; m. 18 Jul 1889 Jessie Ramsay, eldest dau. of Thomas Skinner, Roland Gardens, South Kensington; d. 25 May 1894.
In 1874 he gave a prize of £5 for the encouragement of English verse composition. This gift he continued annually until 1881, when he gave £100 as a permanent endowment for the prize. The endowment is now held in the School’s Gumbleton Fund (terms varied by schemes of 16 Apr 1959 and 8 Nov 1965).