COLLINS, WILLIAM, son of Antony Collins, Witney, Oxfordshire, and Elizabeth Sylvester (IGI); bapt. Witney, Oxfordshire 16 Feb 1752 (IGI, sic); adm. 21 Nov 1768; KS (aged 15) 1769; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1773, matr. 11 Jun 1773, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1773 - void 10 Oct 1789 (expiry year of grace as R. Slapton); BA 1777; MA 1780; ordained deacon (Oxford) 14 Jun 1778, priest 20 Dec 1778; Perpetual Curate, Cogges and Hailey, Oxfordshire; Rector of Slapton, Bucks., from 18 Oct 1788; d. Apr 1808.

COLLYNS, CHARLES BAYLEY, son of George Nelson Collyns MRCS LSA, Moreton Hampstead, Devon; b. 16 May 1859; adm. 12 Jun 1873; QS 1874; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1878, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1878, sizar 1881, matr. Mich. 1878; BA 1882; ordained deacon 1883, priest 1884 (St. Albans); Curate, Leytonstone, Essex, 1883-5, Stoke Damerel, Devon, 1885-95; Vicar of Plymstock, Devon, from 1895; m. 1st, 14 Sep 1887 Agnes Emma, younger dau. of J. W. L. Ashe, Bexley, Kent; m. 2nd, 2 Feb 1910 Helena Sarah, widow of Rev. Richard Trezise Tyacke, Rector of Meavy, Devon, and of Rev. C. Scott, Vicar of Seaton, Devon, and dau. of William Henry Rough (qv); d. 8 Jun 1913.

COLTON, WITTING, son of Richard Colton, London; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 15) 1711; QS (Capt) 1712; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1716, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1716, aged 19, scholar 10 May 1717, matr. 1717; BA 1719/20; MA 1723; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1722, Major Fellow 2 Jul 1723; BA 1719/20; MA 1723; ordained deacon (Ely) 20 May 1722; Chancellor of Salisbury from 27 Oct 1727; Vicar of West Lavington, Wilts., 1727; Rector of Poulshot, Wilts., 1728 (disp. to hold with West Lavington); Vicar of St. Giles’s, Reading, Berks., from 19 May 1730; Vicar of Odiham, Hants., from 13 Mar 1737/8 (disp. to hold with St. Giles’s, Reading); m. 1st, 1743 [or 30 Sep 1727 (IGI)] Anna Bullard, niece of Right Rev. Benjamin Hoadly DD, Bishop of Winchester; m. 2nd, 6 Nov 1746 (IGI) Mary Jones, widow of John Ditches [or Ditcher ?], Bath; d. 21 Dec 1755.

COLT-WILLIAMS, DAVID ARCHER VAUGHAN, brother of Edward William Colt (qv); b. 21 Jun 1849; adm. as BB 30 May 1861; QS 1864; left 1868; Jesus Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Oct 1868; BA 1871; adm. Middle Temple 1 Jun 1874, called to bar 17 Nov 1877; North Wales Circuit; assumed surname of Colt-Williams in lieu of Williams; Revising Barrister for North Wales, 1893; practised at Chester; m. 25 Nov 1884 Laura Louisa Lilia, only child of Rev. Henry John Vernon, Vicar of Eckington, Worcs.; d. 21 Apr 1914.

Garrett, Ernest Phillips, fourth son of Lewis Berry Garrett, of Maida Vale, by Marion, daughter of George Morton, of Wembley; b. Sept. 7, 1875; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 16, 1890; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1894, matric. Oct. 1894; lst class Mathematics (Mods.) 1895; 1st class Natural Science (Geology) 1897; B.A. 1898; won the sabre against Cambridge in the Inter-Univ. Competition 1899; passed into the Indian Civil Service after the exam. of 1898; arrived in India Nov. 1899; asst. Collector and Magistrate, Belgaum, Bombay; d. at Belgaum April 5, 1901.

GATER, EDWARD HOLWELL, son of William Gater, Exeter, Devon, and Isabella Ann, dau. of Edward Holwell, Exeter; b. 10 May 1798; adm. Mich. 1811; Min. Can. 1812; KS 1813; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1817, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 May 1817, aged 19; buried St. Martin’s, Exeter 18 Jul 1817.

Gaye, Sir Arthur Stretton, brother of Russell Kerr Gaye (q.v.); b. May 22, 1881; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 28, 1893; Mure Scholar 1897; Captain of the School 1899; obtained a minor scholarship at Trin. Coll. Camb. while at the school; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with senior Samwaies) July 1900 (adm. pensr. June 25, 1900, major scholar 1901); Powis Medal for Latin Verse 1901; 1st class, div. 2, Classical Tripos, part 1, 1902; 2nd class Law Tripos 1904; B.A. 1903; M.A. 1907; called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn May 9, 1906; Western Circuit; temp. Major A. S. C. May 16, 1916; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 24, 1917, and July 10, 1919; O.B.E. June 3, 1919; Secretary, Woods, Forests and Land Revenues; Permanent Commissioner and Secretary 1924; U. K. Representative on the British Phosphates Commission 1934; C. B. Jan. 1, 1928; knighted 1941; m. 1st July 5, 1911, Dulcibella Chester, youngest daughter of Col. William Bernard Wilson, of Minehead, Somerset; 2nd Mary Baird, only daughter of Sir David Wilson, Bart.; d. Sept. 22, 1960.

GEFFERSON, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1553/4 (Chapter Muniments).

GERARD, WILLIAM, son of Rev. John Gerard, Rector of Drayton Beauchamp, Bucks., and his first wife Mary, dau. of Rev. John Vintner, Rector of Weston Turville, Bucks.; bapt. 11 Oct 1642; at school in 1656, a boarder; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1661, matr. 22 Aug 1661, aged 19, Westminster Student 10 Feb 1662 - void 1671; BA 1665; MA 1668; ordained; Rector of Westwell, Oxfordshire, from 18 Jan 1670/1; Rector of Aston Clinton, Bucks., from 6 Dec 1676; d. 10 Jun 1706.

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.