GIFFORD, FRANCIS, eldest son of Roger Gifford, St. James’s Abbey, Duston, Northants, and Anne, dau. of Francis Samwell, Rothersthorpe, Northants; b.; at school (aged 15) 2 Jul 1582; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1585, adm. scholar 1585, matr. Mich. 1585; BA 1589/90; MA 1593; adm. Middle Temple 26 Jan 1588/9; lic. to m. 26 Nov 1595 Jane, dau. of Richard Troughton, Hanslope, Bucks.; d. 18 May 1625.

GIFFORD, THOMAS, brother of Francis Gifford (qv); b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1594, adm. scholar 1594; BA 1598/9; MA 1602; ordained deacon 20 Sep 1607, priest 20 Dec 1607 (both Peterborough); Rector of Braybrooke, Northants, 26 Oct 1607-19; Rector of Ashley, Northants, from 16 Aug 1611; m. Elizabeth Gates; d. 1653.

GILBERT, RALPH; b.; adm.; KS 1690; left 1692; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. scholar 28 Jan 1692/3; LLB 1698; LLD 1705; Fellow, Trinity Hall 8 Aug 1698; became a medical practitioner; LRCP 17 Apr 1707; d. 1711. [Perhaps Ralph Gilbert, son of Henry Gilbert and Elizabeth (Skipwith ?), bapt. Spondon, Derbs. 2 Feb 1676 (IGI)].

GILBERT, THOMAS MORELL, youngest son of Right Rev. Ashhurst Turner Gilbert DD, Bishop of Chichester, and Mary Ann, only surviving child of Robert Wintle (qv); b. 28 Aug 1835; adm. (Rigaud's) 3 Jul 1847; was “almost burnt to death” when preparing to act in a play up Rigaud’s in 1847 (F. Martin, Elizabeth Gilbert, 66); QS 1849; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1853, adm. pens. 7 May 1853, scholar 1854, matr. Mich. 1853; 12th Wrangler and 3rd cl. Classics 1857; BA 1857; MA 1860; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1859, Major Fellow 1860-66; ordained deacon 21 Dec 1861, priest 20 Dec 1862 (both Chichester); Curate, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex 1861-3, St. Bartholomew’s, Chichester, Sussex 1863-4; Perpetual Curate of St. Bartholomew’s, Chichester 10 Jun1864-6; Vice-Principal, Chichester Theological College 1863-6; Vicar of Heversham, Westmorland 1866-1921; Hon. Canon, Carlisle, from 1877; m. 14 Sep 1871 Esther Ann, eldest dau. of Edmund Harrison, Bury, Lancashire; d. 16 Dec 1928.

GILBERTSON-PRITCHARD, DAVID PRITCHARD, son of David Gilbertson, Long Acre, London, and Ceniarth Hall, Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, and Catharine, only child of David Pritchard, Ceniarth, Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire; b. 13 Oct 1849; adm. 7 Apr 1863; QS 27 Jan 1865; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1868 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 5 Jun 1868; BA 1873; assumed additional surname of Pritchard 1870; ordained deacon 1873, priest 1874 (both Chester); Curate, Nantwich, Cheshire 1873-6; Rector of Watermillock, Cumberland, from 1876; m. 5 Jun 1879 Cicely Anne, second dau. of Henry Master Feilden MP, Witton Park, Blackburn, Lancs.; d. 5 Mar 1880.

GILBERTSON-PRITCHARD, WILLIAM EDWARD, brother of David Pritchard Gilbertson-Pritchard (qv); b. 22 Jan 1852; adm. from King’s Coll. Sch. 26 Jan 1865; QS 1867; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1871, adm. pens. 8 Jul 1871, matr. Mich. 1871; BA 1876; assumed additional surname of Pritchard 23 Mar 1881; of Ceniarth, Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire.

GILES, EDWARD, fourth son of Ven. John Douglas Giles, Rector of Willoughby, Lincs., and Archdeacon of Stow, and Sarah Elizabeth, second dau. of James Tuthill Allen, Burnham, Somerset; b. 6 Jun 1849; adm. 5 Feb 1863, as BB; QS 1864; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1868, matr. 3 Jun 1868; rowed against Cambridge 1871; 1st cl. Modern History 1872; BA 1872; MA 1883; Indian Civil Service, Educational Dept., Bombay; arrived in India 14 May 1873; Professor of History and Political Economy, Elphinstone Coll., Bombay 1873-5; Educational Inspector May 1875; Director of Public Instruction, Bombay Presidency Apr 1897-1907; additional member, Legislative Council, Bombay 1898, 1901, 1904, 1906; officiating Director-Gen. of Education, India Mar 1907 - Mar 1908; retd. 29 Mar 1908; CIE 1 Jan 1903; m. 19 Jan 1878 Rose Ethel Louise, only dau. of Gen. Sir John William Schneider KCB, Bombay Army, previously EICS Bombay; d. 18 Apr 1938.

GILES, ROBERT, eldest son of Rev. Robert Giles, Vicar of Horncastle, Lincs., and Agnes, second dau. of Rev. Felix Laurent, Vicar of Saleby, Lincs.; b. 13 Jul 1855; adm. 12 Jun 1868 (James'); BB 20 Jun 1868; QS 1870; left Dec 1873; Non-Coll., Oxford, matr. 10 Feb 1874; emigrated to USA; m. 24 Jul 1901 Frederica Louisa, dau. of Rear-Adm. John Rodgers, US Navy; d. in USA c. 1922.

Gillett, George Gabriel Scott, son of the Rev. Edward Alfred Gillett, Rector of Woolsthorpe, Lincs, by Katharine Ellerton, daughter of James Scott, of Dirleton, N. Berwick; b. Dec. 1, 1873; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1887; left Dec. 1890; Keble Coll. Oxon., matric. Oct. 1892; scholar (History) May 1892; B.A. 1896; ord. deacon 1898, priest 1899 (London); Curate of St. Michael and All Angels, North Kensington, 1898-1901, of St. Saviour, Sunbury, Middlesex, 1901-2, of the Church of the Annunciation, Brighton, Sussex, 1902-4; Domestic Chaplain to Earl Beauchamp 1904-6, and to Viscount Halifax 1906-11; Rector of Madresfield, Worcs, 1911-4; Chaplain to Pretoria Diocesan House of Mercy 1914-5; Curate of St. Mary, Johannesburg, 1915-20; Rector of St. Mary, Jeppestown, Transvaal, and Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Pretoria 1920-4; author of Politics and Religion (1912); Editorial Secretary, S. P. G. 1926-33; Chaplain, St. Helen's School, Abingdon, 1933-5; Rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset, 1935-8; d. Aug. 12, 1948.

GILPIN, JAMES, son of John Gilpin, Bow Brickhill, Bucks., and Kington St. Michael, Wilts.; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1722/3; KS 1724; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1728, matr. 25 Jun 1728, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1728 - void 25 Jun 1741; BA 1732; MA 1735; adm. Middle Temple 14 Nov 1730, called to bar 7 Feb 1734/5; Auditor, Christ Church, Oxford; Recorder of Oxford; d. 14 Dec 1766 (M. I. Kington St. Michael, Wilts. ).