GOSTWYCKE, WILLIAM, son of William Gostwycke, St. Mary Bothaw, London, merchant, and Sibylla ---; b. 8 Jul 1650; at Merchant Taylors’ School 1656-9; adm.; KS 1664; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1668, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1668, scholar 1669; BA 1671/2; MA 1675; Fellow, Trinity Coll., from 1674, Junior Dean 1695-7, 1701-2; the first Reader in Philosophy, King’s William Coll., Isle of Man 1676; ordained deacon (London) 26 May 1678; Vicar of St. Michael’s, Cambridge 1681-93, Great St. Mary’s, Cambridge from 1693; also Vicar of Bottisham, Cambs., 1693-6; d. 4 Feb 1702/3. Buried Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge.

GOUGH, CHARLES, youngest son of Sir Henry Gough, Kt., MP, Perry Barr, Staffs., and Mary, eldest dau. of Sir Edward Littleton, Bart., MP, Pillaton, Staffs.; b. 18 Jul 1693; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 15) 1709; QS 1710; left 1712; went to sea before the mast and subsequently joined EIC Maritime Service; 3rd Mate, ship Hertford 1717; ship Bridgwater 1720; 2nd Mate 1722; Capt., ships Princess Anne 1726 and Richmond 1731-5; director, East India Company 1749-52, 1754-7, 1759-62; d. unm. 11 Feb 1774.

GOULD, PASTON, brother of Sir Charles Morgan, Bart. (adm. 1735, qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1741/2; KS 1745; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1749, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1749, but did not matr.; Ensign, 40th Foot 30 Jan 1745/6; Lieut., 27 Mar 1753; Capt., 23rd Foot 16 Oct 1755; Maj., 68th Foot 1 Mar 1762; Lieut. -Col, 30th Foot 2 Mar 1764; Brevet Col., 29 Aug 1777, with rank of Brig. -Gen. in South Carolina; m. Anne, dau. of Benjamin Holloway, Boston, Massachusetts, North America; d. 14 Aug 1782.

GOULD, RICHARD; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1624, adm. scholar 1625, matr. Easter 1625; d. unm. 1628.

Gow, James Fitzjames Cuthbert, second son of the Rev. James Gow, LL. D., Head Master of Westminster School, by Gertrude Sydenham, daughter of G. P. Everett Green; b. Aug. 6, 1890; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1904; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1909, matric. Michaelmas 1909; played football (Assoc.) against Cambridge 1912; B.A. 1913; M.A. 1920; served in France in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. York and Lancaster Regt. (T. F.) Sept. 14, 1914; Lieut. Aug. 25; 1916; was in the employ of Cammell Laird & Co., Sheffield; m. June 19, 1919, Katherine, elder daughter of B. George Wood, of Sheffield, Yorks; d. on a voyage to America, April 1929.

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.

GRADON, ROBERT, second son of Robert Gradon, St. James, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS (aged 11) 1687; left 1687; adm. Middle Temple 13 May 1689, called to bar 22 May 1696. [Presumably Robert Grayden (sic), son of Robert Grayden and Elizabeth --- (?Lane), bapt. St. Paul’s, Covent Garden 2 May 1674 ].

GRAFTON, ---; b.; adm.; KS; left 1550 (Acts of Chapter).

GRAHAM (or GRAHME), WILLIAM, brother of Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1670; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1674, matr. 3 Jul 1674, aged 18, Westminster Student 6 Dec 1674 – void 1684; BA 1678; MA 11 Mar 1680/1; DD 1686 [or 1687 ?]; ordained; Rector of Kirkandrews upon Esk, Cumberland 1682; Prebendary of Durham from 16 Aug 1684; Rector of Whickham, co. Durham, from 10 Aug 1685; Dean of Carlisle 23 Jun 1686-1704; Dean of Wells from 28 Jul 1704; Joint Clerk of the Closet (and Chaplain) to Queen Anne from 26 Nov 1702; lic. to m. 26 Sep 1688 Mary Offaly, The Strand, London, spinster; ? m. Allice, dau. of John Walcot, Walcot, Shropshire; d. 4 Feb 1712/3.