GAWTON, THOMAS, son of Thomas Gawton, Long Ditton, Surrey; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1722/3; Min. Can. 1726; KS 1727; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1732, adm. pens. 20 May 1732, scholar 20 Apr 1733; BA 1735/6; MA (from King’s Coll. Camb. ) 1739; ordained deacon Jan 1737/8, priest Feb 1737/8 (both lit. dim. from York); Rector of Bisley, Surrey 1739-48; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1748; Vicar of Godalming, Surrey, from 12 May 1757; Vicar of Shelford, Surrey, from 21 Mar 1760; Chaplain, 62nd Foot, from 1755; buried Godalming 21 Oct 1761.

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.

Gaye, Russell Kerr, eldest son of Arthur Gaye, of Ealing, by Rosa, daughter of Charles Bright, of Bishop's Castle, Salop; b. Nov. 14, 1877; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 24, 1891; Mure Scholar 1893; Capt. of the School 1895; obtained a minor scholarship at Trin. Coll. Camb. while at school; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with senior Samwaies) July 1896 ladm. pensr. June 30, 1896, major scholar 1897, fellow 1901; 1st class, div. 1, Classical Tripos, part 1, 1898, 1st class, part 2, 1900; divided the second Parson Prize for Greek Verse 1898; Sir William Browne's Medal for Greek Epigram 1899; second Chancellor's Classical Medal 1900; Parson Prize 1900; Hare Prize 1903; B.A. 1900; M.A. 1903; d. April 12, 1909.

GEALE, RICHARD, son of John Geale, Sandhurst, Berks.; bapt. Sandhurst, Berks. 14 Dec 1619 (IGI); adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1636; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1638, matr. 23 Nov 1638, aged 18, Westminster Student; BA 1642; MA 1645; refused to submit to Parliamentary Visitors; appears in list of those expelled by Committee of Lords and Commons 15 May 1648, but not ejected until 31 May 1649; ordained; Vicar of East Garston, Berks., 16 Oct 1662; living at Sandhurst, Berks. 1665/6.

Geare, Henry Leslie, elder son of Henry Cecil Geare, of Hampstead, solicitor, by Caroline Isabella, daughter of the Rev. William Brown Galloway, Vicar of St. Mark's, Regents Park; b. Aug. 31, 1886; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 27, 1900; left Easter 1905; adm. a solicitor May 1909; in practice in London; 2nd Lieut. Inns of Court O. T. C. Oct. 18, 1914; Lieut. June 8, 1915; temp. Capt. July 31, 1915, Capt. June 1, 1916; served in Home Guard 1940-5; m. Jan. 8, 1916, Marjory Violet, youngest daughter of James Henry Watherston, of Hampstead, London.

Geare, John Duncan Watherston, son of Henry Leslie Geare (qv); b. 27 Mar. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (H), KS Sept. 1933; left July 1937; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1937, BA 1945, MA 1946; RA 1939-46 (Maj.), despatches (N. W. Europe) Apr. 1946; Malayan Civil Service 1946-57; asst master Waitaki Boys HS, Oamaru, NZ, dep. Rector 1971-83, boarding hostel manager 1983-; m. 1st 5 Sept. 1946 Mary Fern, d. of George Edwin King MB ChB of Lanchow, N. China; 2nd 3 Jan. 1975 Mary Theodora Webb, sister of Sir David Charles Watherston (qv); d. 16 Jun 2011.

GEAST, HENRY, son of Nicholas Geast, Handsworth, Staffs., and Phoebe Downing; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1709; QS 1710; Matthew Prior (qv) begged Francis Atterbury (KS 1674, qv) to elect Geast to “our beloved Christ Church” in vain (Memoirs and Correspondence of Francis Atterbury, i, 252), but although elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1714, he went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 May 1714; Canoneer Student, Christ Church 25 Jul 1717 - void 1725; BA 1718; MA 22 Mar 1720/1; ordained deacon 12 Jun 1720, priest 18 Dec 1720 (both Oxford); Rector of Seaton, Rutland, from 26 Aug 1724; also Perpetual Curate of Market Harborough, Leics., 1725; d. 12 Oct 1749.

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

Geikie-Cobb, Bayard, son of the Rev. William Frederick Geikie-Cobb, D.D., Rector of St. Ethelburga's, Bishopsgate, London, by Harriette Emily White, of High Barnet, Herts; b. Nov. 5, 1885; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 28, 1899; left Easter 1902; a mining engineer in Toronto.

GELL, ROBERT, son of Rev. William Gell, Rector of Frindsbury, Kent; b. 19 Feb 1594/5; at school under Camden and Wilson eight years (Notes and Queries, 8th series, xii, 401); KS ; Christ’s Coll. Cambrtdge, sizar, matr. Easter 1615; BA 1617/8; MA 1621; BD 1628; DD 1641; Fellow of Christ’s Coll. before Christmas 1623 - after 1638; held several college offices; ordained; preached frequently before the University; Chaplain to Archbishop of Canterbury; Rector of St. Mary Aldermary, London, from 27 Jan 1640/1; bequeathed £5 to the King’s Scholars “to buy them bookes”; author, An Essay towards the Amendment of the last Translation of the Bible, 1659; his Remaines were “collected and set in order” by R. Bacon 1676; m. 7 Nov 1641 Elizabeth Lowvenir, Pampisford, Cambs.; d. 25 Mar 1665, aged 69. DNB.