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GABRIEL, Mary Ann Virginia (dau. of the succeeding). b. Banstead, Surrey 7 Feb. 1825; composed several hundred songs, many of which became very popular; her operetta Widows Bewitched was performed at St. George’s hall, London 13 Nov. 1867; composed 3 cantatas Dreamland, Evangeline and Graziella. (m. Nov. 1874 George Edward March of the Foreign office, London, who wrote most of her librettos). d. St. George’s hospital, London 7 Aug. 1877 from compound fracture of the skull, result of carriage accident near Grosvenor hotel 5 Aug. Lennox’s Fashion then and now, ii, 92–4 (1878); Illust. sp. and dr. news vi, 597, 620 (1877), portrait.
GABRIEL, Robert Burd. Cornet 2 dragoon guards 1797, captain 1805–1822 when placed on h.p.; M.G. 9 Nov. 1846; col. 7 dragoon guards 18 March 1853 to death; K.H. 1834; C.B. 19 July 1838. d. 7 Connaught place west, London 15 April 1853 aged 74.
GAGE, Edward Thomas (2 son of 4 Viscount Gage 1791–1877). b. 28 Dec. 1825; 2 lieut. R.A. 1844, col. 1876, col. commandant 1887 to death; brigade major R.A. in Crimea 1854–55; commanded Woolwich district 1881–3; L.G. 1882; placed on retired list 1 April 1888; C.B. 13 March 1867. d. Clifton crescent, Folkestone 21 May 1889.
GAGE, Sir William Hall (6 son of general Thomas Gage 1721–87). b. Park place, St. James’s, London 2 Oct. 1777; entered navy 1789; captain 1797; commander in chief in East Indies 1825–30, on the Lisbon station 1834–37, at Devonport 1848–51; a lord of the Admiralty 1842–1846; admiral 1846; R.A. of United Kingdom 1853; V.A. of United Kingdom 1854; admiral of the Fleet 20 May 1862 to death; G.C.H. and K.B. 19 April 1834; G.C.B. 18 May 1860. d. Thurston, Suffolk 4 Jany. 1864.
GAINES, Thomas. Last survivor of the 12 Bow street officers who under Sir Richard Birnie captured the Cato st. conspirators 23 Feb. 1820. d. Metropolitan asylum, Leavesdon, Herts. 4 Feb. 1879 aged nearly 90.
GAINSBOROUGH, Charles Noel, 1 Earl of (eld. son of Sir Gerard Noel Noel, 2 baronet 1759–1838). b. 2 Oct. 1781; M.P. for Rutland 1808–14; succeeded his mother as 3 Baron Barham 12 April 1823; created Baron Noel, Viscount Campden and Earl of Gainsborough 16 Aug. 1841; married four times. d. 17 Prince’s Gate, Hyde park, London 10 June 1866. bur. Teston church, Kent 19 June.
GAINSBOROUGH, Charles George Noel, 2 Earl of. b. Edinburgh 5 Sep. 1818; M.P. for Rutland 1840–41; contested Rutland 1841 and co. Cork 1860; sheriff of Rutland 1848, lord lieutenant of Rutland 6 March 1867 to death; taken ill in a cab and d. University college hospital, London 13 Aug. 1881.
GAIRDNER, John (eld. son of Robert Gairdner, captain Bengal artillery, who d. 1795 or 1796). b. Mount Charles near Ayr 18 Sep. 1790; ed. at Univ. of Edin., M.D. 1811; phys. in Edin. 1813; F.C.S. Edin. 1813, pres. 1830–32; author of many papers in Trans. of Medico-Chirurgical Soc. of Edin. and in medical journals; his anonymous book Burns and the Ayrshire Moderates was privately printed 1883. d. 45 Northumberland st. Edinburgh 12 Dec. 1876. The Scotsman 14 Dec. 1876 p. 5.
GAIRDNER, William (brother of the preceding). b. Mount Charles near Ayr 11 Nov. 1793; ed. at Univ. of Edin., M.D. 1813; phys. in London 1822–66; L.C.P. 1823; author of Essay on the effects of Iodine on the human constitution 1824, and On Gout, its history, its causes and its cure 1849, 4 ed. 1860. d. Avignon 28 April 1867.
GAIRDNER, William John. Entered Bengal army 1807; M.G. 1851; col. 63 Bengal N.I. 1852 to death; C.B. 3 April 1846. d. Strathtyrum house, St. Andrews 3 Feb. 1861 aged 71.
GAISFORD, Very Rev. Thomas (eld. son of John Gaisford of Iford, Wilts.) b. Iford 22 Dec. 1779; commoner of Ch. Ch. Ox., Oct. 1797, student Dec. 1800; B.A. 1801, D.D. 1831; Regius professor of Greek at Oxford 29 Feb. 1812 to death; R. of Westwell, Oxon. 1815–47; preb. of Llandaff 1823 to death; preb. of St. Paul’s 1823 to death; preb. of Worcester 1825–29; preb. of Durham 1829–31; dean of Ch. Ch. Ox. 10 Oct. 1831 to death; published Poetæ Minores Græci 4 vols. 1814–20 and 32 other classical and patristic works. d. the Deanery, Ch. Ch. Oxford 2 June 1855. bur. in nave of Ch. Ch. cathedral 9 June. G.M. xliv, 98–100 (1855).
GALBERRY, Most Rev. Thomas. b. Naas, co. Kildare 1833; taken to Philadelphia 1836; ordained R.C. priest 20 Dec. 1856; pres. of Villanova college; provincial of the Augustinian order 1874; bishop of Hartford 1876 to death; consecrated 19 March 1876. d. New York 10 Oct. 1878.
GALE, Charles James (son of Charles Gale). b. April 1805; barrister M.T. 1 June 1832; judge of county courts, circuit 51 (Hampshire), March 1847, of circuit 21 (Warwickshire) 1874 to Sep. 1874 when he retired on pension; author of A treatise on the law of easements 1839, 6 ed. 1888; published with Henry Davison Reports in the court of Queen’s Bench 1841–43, 3 vols. 1841–43. d. Kitnocks, Botley near Southampton 5 Aug. 1876.
GALIGNANI, John Anthony (eld. son of Giovanni Antonio Galignani of London, teacher of languages, who d. Paris 1821). b. London 13 Oct. 1796; bookseller at Cambrai 1816; bookseller and publisher with his brother at 18 Rue Vivienne, Paris; Galignani’s Messenger was founded by their father 1814 as a triweekly, it became a daily paper 1821; obtained denizenship Dec. 1830, never naturalised; removed to Rue de Rivoli 1855; knight of the Legion of Honour; gave with his brother between 5 and 6 million francs to charities of Paris. d. Paris 29 Dec. 1873. I.L.N. lxiv, 48 (1874), portrait.
GALIGNANI, William (brother of the preceding). b. London 10 March 1798; mayor of parish of Etiolles near Paris more than 20 years; erected with his brother a hospital for indigent English at Neuilly; obtained denizenship Dec. 1830, naturalised 1832; officer of Legion of Honour; bequeathed a site and funds for erection at Neuilly of the Retraite Galignani Frères for 100 inmates. d. 82 Faubourg St. Honoré, Paris 11 Dec. 1882, a fine sculpture of the two brothers by Chapu has been erected at Corbeil.
GALL, James. Member of firm of Gall and Inglis, publishers in George st. Edinburgh; master of Merchants’ Co. Edin. 1850; author of Gospel of St. John for the blind 1835; Philosophy of education 1840 and other books. d. Edinburgh 3 Nov. 1874 aged 90. Publishers’ Circular (1874) 866.
GALL, Richard Herbert. b. 10 Nov. 1815; ensign 3 foot 3 July 1835; major 14 light dragoons 1857–64 when placed on h.p.; A.D.C. to the Queen 8 June 1870 to death; lieut. governor of Chelsea hospital 1 March 1874 to death; C.B. 21 March 1859. d. Chelsea hospital 21 Feb. 1881.
GALLAGHER, Rev. Hugh P. b. Killygordan, Donegal 1815; went to the U.S. of A. 1837; ordained R.C. priest at Philadelphia 1840; pres. of Theological seminary Pittsburg 1844; founded and edited Pittsburg Catholic; theologian to first plenary council of Baltimore 1852; founded and edited Catholic Standard 1853; built many churches, schools and hospitals. d. San Francisco, March 1882.
GALLOWAY, Randolph Stewart, 9 Earl of. b. Coolhurst, Sussex 16 Sep. 1800; ed. at Harrow; M.P. for Cockermouth 1826–31; lord lieut. of Kirkcudbright to 1845, of Wigtonshire to 1851. d. Galloway house near Wigton 2 Jany. 1873.
GALLOWAY, Thomas (son of Wm. Galloway of Symington, Lanarkshire, miller). b. Symington 26 Feb. 1796; ed. at New Academy, Lanark, and Univ. of Edin., M.A. 1820; teacher of mathematics at Sandhurst 1823–33; register or actuary of Amicable Life Assurance Co. of London 1833 to death; F.R.A.S. 13 Feb. 1829; F.R.S. 18 Dec. 1834, member of council 1843 to death; author of many articles in Encyclopædia Britannica, Edinburgh Review and Philosophical Mag. d. 45 Torrington sq. London 1 Nov. 1851.
GALLOWAY, Thomas James. Ensign 15 foot 1821; lieut. col. 70 foot 1848–1863; brigadier general Bengal 1857–1861; col. 49 foot 1871–1874; col. 70 foot 7 Sep. 1874 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877. d. Kilmeague, Naas, Ireland 15 Sep. 1881 aged 81.
GALLWEY, Sir William Payne, 2 Baronet. b. 1807; succeeded 16 April 1831; M.P. for Thirsk, Yorkshire 1851–1880. d. Thirkleby park near Thirsk 19 Dec. 1881 in 74 year.
GALWAY, George Edward Arundell Monckton Arundel, 6 Viscount. b. Knutsford, Cheshire 1 March 1805; ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch. Ox.; succeeded 1834; M.P. for East Retford 1847 to death; master of fox hounds in Notts. 1865 to death. d. Serlby hall, Notts. 6 Feb. 1876. Baily’s Mag. xix, 171 (1871), portrait.
GALWEY, Sir Michael (youngest son of James Galwey). b. 1818; entered Madras army 1835; commandant 36 Madras N.I. 1865 to 1869; C.B. 26 July 1858, K.C.B. 2 June 1877; L.G. 1 Oct. 1877. d. London 22 July 1878.
GAMBIER, Sir Edward John (3 son of Samuel Gambier 1752–1813, first comr. of the navy). b. 1794; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1817, M.A. 1820; barrister L.I. 7 Feb. 1822; a municipal corporation comr. 1833; recorder of Prince of Wales Island 1834; puisne judge at Madras 28 Nov. 1836, chief justice 11 March 1842 to 1849; knighted at St. James’s palace 6 Aug. 1834; author of A treatise on parochial settlements 1828, 2 ed. 1835. d. 22 Hyde park gate, Kensington, London 31 May 1879 in 86 year.
GAMBIER, George Cornish. b. 1795; entered navy 18 June 1808; captain 4 June 1821; retired admiral 27 April 1863. d. Great Berkhampstead, Herts. 18 June 1879.
GAMBIER, Robert (brother of the preceding). b. Wateringbury, Kent 3 Aug. 1791; entered navy 3 Aug. 1804; captain 6 June 1814; retired admiral 15 Jany. 1862. d. 7 Onslow sq. London 26 Jany. 1872.
GAMBIER, Robert Fitzgerald (2 son of Sir James Gambier, F.R.S.) b. Lisbon 21 Nov. 1803; entered navy 28 Feb. 1815; captain 9 Nov. 1846; retired admiral 1 Aug. 1877. d. 7 Crescent, Anglesey, Gosport 17 Oct. 1885.
GAMBLE, Dominic Jacotin. b. 15 Aug. 1823; ensign 4 foot 19 April 1844; D.Q.M.G. New Zealand 1861–67; A.Q.M.G. Aldershot 1869–74; commanded forces in West Indies 1878–83; director general of military education 1887 to death; L.G. 1886?; C.B. 25 Feb. 1864. d. 58 Courtfield gardens, South Kensington, London 21 Nov. 1887.
GAMGEE, Joseph Sampson (eld. son of Joseph Gamgee, veterinary surgeon). b. Leghorn 17 April 1828; M.R.C.S. 1854; surgeon to British Italian legion during Crimean war 1855; surgeon to Queen’s hospital Birmingham 1857–81; invented several surgical appliances largely adopted; author of Researches in pathological anatomy and clinical surgery 1856 and 11 other books. d. 22 Broad st. Birmingham 18 Sep. 1886.
GAMMAGE, Robert George. b. Northampton; apprenticed to a coachbuilder; a Chartist lecturer 1842–4; Chartist sec. for Northampton district 1844; a shoemaker at Northampton 1844–8; removed to Birmingham 1848; mem. of paid executive of National Charter Assoc. 1853–4; M.R.C.S. 1864; assistant to Dr. Heath of Newcastle; practised at Sunderland; author of History of the Chartist movement 1854 and 20 other works. d. Northampton 7 Jany. 1888 aged 72.
GAMMON, Frederic Thomas (son of Rev. John Gammon, pres. of Bible Christian conference in London 1859). b. Somerset 1849; entered firm of S. W. Partridge & Co. of London, publishers 1865, head of the firm 1883 to death; edited British Workman, Band of Hope Review, Band of Mercy, and other periodicals; author of The canal boy who became president [J. A. Garfield] 1881 and 4 other small books. d. St. Leonards-on-Sea 19 Sep. 1888.
GANDELL, Rev. Robert (6 son of Thomas Gandell of City of London). b. London; matric. from St. John’s coll. Ox. 5 Dec. 1839 aged 21; Michel scholar Queen’s coll. 1843–5, fellow 1845–50; B.A. 1843, M.A. 1846; Kennicott scholar 1844, Pusey and Ellerton scholar 1845; tutor of Magdalen hall 1848–72; Laudian professor of Arabic 1861 to death; chaplain at C.C. coll. 1852–77; fellow of Hertford coll. 1874 to death; preb. of Wells 1874, canon of Wells 1880 to death; edited Lightfoot’s Horæ Hebraicæ et Talmudicæ 4 vols. 1859; contributed commentaries on Amos, Nahum and Zephaniah to the Speaker’s Commentary 1876. d. The Liberty, Wells 24 Oct. 1887. bur. Holywell cemetery, Oxford.
GAPE, Joseph. Entered navy 2 Aug. 1803; inspecting commander coast guard 1837 to 1841; captain 1841; admiral on h.p. 30 July 1875. d. 1 Upper Phillimore place, Kensington, London 12 March 1876 in 83 year.
GARBETT, Rev. Edward (6 son of Rev. James Garbett 1775–1857, preb. of Hereford). b. Hereford 10 Dec. 1817; ed. at Hereford coll. and Brasenose coll. Ox., B.A. 1841, M.A. 1847; V. of St. Stephen’s, Birmingham 1847–49; P.C. of St. Bartholomew’s, Grays Inn road, London 1850–63; V. of Ch. Ch. Surbiton 1863–77; hon. canon of Winchester 1875; R. of Barcombe near Lewes 1877 to death; edited The Record 1854–67 and The Christian Advocate 1867–74; author of The Soul’s Life 1863 and 30 other books. d. Barcombe rectory 11 Oct. 1887. The Record 14 and 21 Oct. 1887.
GARBETT, Ven. James (brother of the preceding). b. Hereford 1802; ed. at Brasenose coll. Ox., scholar 1819, fellow 1825–36, tutor 1827, junior dean 1832; B.A. 1822, M.A. 1825; Michel fellow of Queen’s coll. 1824–5; Bampton lecturer 1842; professor of poetry in Univ. of Ox. 1842–52; R. of Clayton near Brighton 1835 to death; preb. of Chichester 1844; archdeacon of Chichester 28 April 1851 to death; author of De Rei poeticæ idea 1843; Parochial Sermons 2 vols. 1843–4 and 30 other books. d. 7 Belgrave place, Brighton 26 March 1879 in 78 year. I.L.N. lxxiv, 373 (1879), portrait.
GARD, Richard Sommers. b. North Tawton near Barnstaple 1797; sheriff of Devon 1854; contested Honiton, Devon 1852; M.P. for Exeter 1857–65. d. Court hall, Monkton near Honiton 16 Dec. 1868 in 72 year.
GARDEN, Rev. Francis (son of Alexander Garden of Glasgow, merchant). b. 1810; ed. at Glasgow and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1833, M.A. 1836; P.C. of Holy Trinity, Blackheath 1840–44; Inc. of St. Paul’s, Edin. 1845–49; C. of St. Stephen’s, Westminster 1854–59; teacher of theology Queen’s coll. London 1858–81; sub-dean of chapels royal St. James’s and Whitehall, Nov. 1859 to death; edited The Christian Remembrancer from 1841; author of Discourses on heavenly knowledge and love 1848; An outline of Logic 1867, 2 ed. 1871 and 14 other books. d. 67 Victoria st. Westminster 11 May 1884.
GARDINER, Allen Francis (5 son of Samuel Gardiner of Coombe lodge, Oxfordshire 1755–1827). b. Basildon parsonage, Berkshire 28 June 1794; entered navy 23 June 1810; commander 13 Sep. 1826; went to the Zulu country, South Africa 1834; laboured among the Indians of Chili 1838–43; founded Patagonian Missionary Soc. 1844; author of Outlines of a plan for exploring the interior of Australia 1833; A voice from South America 1847 and other books. d. Picton island, South America, probably 6 Sep. 1851, his remains were found 21 Jany. 1852. Memoir of A. F. Gardiner, By J. W. Marsh 1857, portrait; The story of A. Gardiner, By J. W. Marsh 1867, portrait; C. M. Yonge’s Pioneers and Founders (1871) 255–84.
GARDINER, Sir John (son of John Gardiner, captain 3 foot). b. 1777; ensign 3 foot 1791; commanded a brigade at battles of Nivelle 1813 and Orthes 1814; A.G. in Ireland 1823–1830; D.A.G. at the Horse Guards 1830–1841; col. of 61 foot 1840, of 50 foot 1844, of 6 foot 1849 to death; L.G. 23 Nov. 1841; K.C.B. 19 July 1838. d. 23 Eaton place, London 6 June 1851.
GARDINER, Robert (son of Robert Hallowell of Bristol). b. Bristol about 1782; went to the U.S. 1792; graduated at Harvard 1801; took surname of Gardiner 1802; lived at town of Gardiner, Maine 1803 to death, gave a church, a lyceum and a public library to Gardiner; pres. of Maine Historical Soc. 1846–55. d. Gardiner 22 March 1864.
GARDINER, Sir Robert William (brother of Sir John Gardiner 1777–1851). b. 2 May 1781; 2 lieut. R.A. 7 April 1797, col. 24 Nov. 1839; A.D.C. to the Sovereign 22 July 1830 to 23 Nov. 1841; governor and commander in chief at Gibraltar 21 Nov. 1848 to July 1855; col. commandant R.A. 22 March 1853 to death; general 28 Nov. 1854; K.C.B. 2 Jany. 1815, G.C.B. 21 June 1859; K.C.H. 1820; author of Memoir of admiral Sir Graham Moore 1844 and of 12 pamphlets on military organisation 1848–60. d. Melbourne lodge, Claremont, Esher, Surrey 26 June 1864.
GARDINER, William. b. Dundee 1809; in shop of George Robertson, hosier, Dundee 1824–44; collected and sold many thousands of botanical specimens; sold many vols. of dried plants illustrative of the British Flora; A.L.S.; author of Botanical rambles in Braemar, Dundee 1845; Twenty lessons on British mosses, 4 ed. Dundee 1849, 2nd series 1849; The Flora of Forfarshire 1848. d. Dundee 21 June 1852. W. Norrie’s Dundee Celebrities (1873) 139–144.
GARDINER, William (only son of Thomas Gardiner of Leicester, stocking manufacturer, who d. aged 93). b. Leicester 15 March 1770; assistant to Coltman of Leicester, hosiery warehouseman; member of Acad. of St. Cecilia at Rome; published Sacred Melodies 6 vols. 1812; The Music of Nature 1832; Music and Friends 3 vols. 1838–53; Sights in Italy 1847. d. Leicester 16 Nov. 1853. G.M. xli, 92–95 (1854); W. Gardiner’s Poems with life, by his daughter 1854; Notes and Queries 5 s. x, 169–71 (1878).
GARDNER, Alexander. b. Paisley; printer, bookseller and publisher there 1829 to death; wrote religious books; author of On lots, By G. A. Paisley 1851. d. Greenhill cottage, Paisley 25 Aug. 1875 aged 76.
GARDNER, Henry. Left by his will dated 24 July 1876 sum of £300,000 for benefit of the blind in England and Wales. d. 1 Westbourne terrace, Hyde park, London 9 January 1879.
GARDNER, John. One of the best low comedians of his day; acted at City of London theatre 1850. d. 14 Queen st. Hoxton sq. London 5 May 1851 aged 51. The Era 11 May 1851 p. 12.
GARDNER, John. b. Great Coggeshall, Essex 1804; apothecary in London 1829 to death, M.D. Giessen 1847; a founder of Royal college of chemistry 1844, sec. 1844–6; professor of chemistry and materia medica to General Apothecaries’ Co.; introduced into England podophyllin and many other American drugs; L.R.C.P. Edin. 1860; translated and edited Liebig’s Familiar Letters on Chemistry 1843, 2nd series 1844; author of Household Medicine 9 ed. 1878; Longevity 5 ed. 1878; Hymns for the sick and convalescent 2 ed. 1879. d. 29 Lansdowne crescent, Notting hill, London 14 Nov. 1880.
GARDNER, Martha. b. 1776. d. 85 Grove st. Liverpool 10 March 1881 aged 104 years and 5 months. Notes and Queries 6 s. iii, 486 (1881).
GARDNER, Richard. b. Manchester 1813; ed. at Manchester sch., Charterhouse and Wadham coll. Ox., B.A. 1838; M.P. for Leicester 30 July 1847 but election declared void; M.P. for Leicester 9 July 1852 to death; author of some political pamphlets. d. 100 Eaton square, London 4 June 1856 aged 43.
GARDNER, William. b. Ohio 1844; perfected the machine gun called after him 1876 which was introduced in the British service 1881; patented various improvements in fire-arms 1882–4; perfected an improved quick-firing cannon 1886. d. Henley lodge, St. Leonards-on-Sea 20 Jany. 1887.
GARDNER, William Henry (3 son of 1 Baron Gardiner 1742–1802). b. 6 Oct. 1774; 2 lieut. R.A. 18 Sep. 1793; col. commandant 1 April 1846 to death; general 20 June 1854. d. Bishopsteignton, Devon 15 Dec. 1856.
GARFIT, Thomas. b. Boston 16 Oct. 1815; barrister M.T. 16 Jany. 1846; a banker at Boston; M.P. for Boston 1878–80 when unseated on petition. d. Boulogne 29 May 1883.
GARLAND, Charles (son of Thomas Garland of Illogan, Cornwall 1771–1827). b. Illogan 10 March 1813; edited The Cornish Telegraph weekly paper from first number 3 Jany. 1851 to 1853; edited Pembrokeshire Herald weekly paper from first number 5 Jany. 1844 to 1849; author of Wings of the Dove and 8 other poems in The Pocket Album 1831–2; Outlines of scripture doctrine, and history 1842. d. 2 Trewartha terrace, Penzance 17 Feb. 1875. S. W. Christopher’s Poets of Methodism (1875) 467–70.
GARLAND, John. Ensign 44 foot 14 March 1805; captain 73 foot 26 Nov. 1813 to 25 June 1817 when placed on h.p.; K.H. 1833. d. Lille, France 17 Jany. 1851.
GARLAND, John Bingley (son of George Garland, M.P. for Poole, d. 1825). b. 1791; sheriff of Dorset 1828; gave 13 acres to Poole for a cemetery 1854; lived in Newfoundland many years, speaker of the first house of assembly there 1855 etc. d. Leeson house near Swanage, Dorset 12 Jany. 1875 aged 83. I.L.N. lxvi, 115 (1875).
GARLAND, Thomas (brother of Charles Garland 1813–75). b. Bridge near Redruth, Cornwall, April 1804; edited The Cornubian, Falmouth weekly paper from first number 1 Oct. 1830 to 18 Dec. 1832; author of Letters on the recent agitations in Wesleyan Methodism 1852. d. Fairfield, Illogan 30 July 1865. Memorials, literary and religious, of T. Garland (1868); S. W. Christopher’s Poets of Methodism (1875) 454–66.
GARNAULT, Joseph. Entered Madras army 1810; col. 29 Madras N.I. 11 Dec. 1848 to 1869; general 22 Feb. 1870. d. 14 Hesketh crescent, Torquay 15 May 1872.
GARNER, Thomas. b. Birmingham 1789; pupil of Samuel Lines, engraver; A founder of the Antique Academy, Birmingham, which became Royal Birmingham Soc. of Artists; chiefly known by his plates in the Art Journal. d. Birmingham 14 July 1868.
GARNETT, Arthur William (younger son of Wm. Garnett 1793–1873). b. 1 June 1829; lieut. Bengal engineers 1848, 2 captain 27 Aug. 1858 to death; designed and built Fort Garnett and other forts, barracks, &c. on the Punjab frontier; built the church at Kohat. d. Calcutta 1 May 1861. bur. St. Paul’s cath. Calcutta where is monument, also monuments in church at Kohat and in church of Holy Trinity at Brompton.
GARNETT, Jeremiah (son of Wm. Garnett of Otley, Yorkshire, paper manufacturer). b. Wharfside, Otley 2 Oct. 1793; in office of Wheeler’s Manchester Chronicle about 1814–21; started with J. E. Taylor the Manchester Guardian 1821 of which he was printer, business manager and sole reporter, sole editor Jany. 1844 to 1861. d. Sale near Manchester 27 Sep. 1870. Sphinx iii, 349 (1870).
GARNETT, Thomas (brother of the preceding). b. Otley 18 Jany. 1799; manager Low Moor cotton mill Clitheroe, Garnett & Horsfall 1828, afterwards sole proprietor; mayor of Clitheroe 1850; author of Facts on the natural history of the salmon 1867; Essays in natural history and agriculture: edited by R. Garnett, privately printed 1883. d. Low Moor 25 May 1878.
GARNETT, William (2 son of Thomas Garnett of Old Hutton, Kendal, who d. 1793). b. London 13 Nov. 1793; deputy registrar of the land-tax 1819, registrar to 1841; assistant inspector general of stamps and taxes 1835, inspector general 1842; took a leading part in introduction of income tax in Great Britain 1842 and in Ireland 1853; author of The guide to the property and income tax 1842; The guide to the income tax laws as applicable to Ireland 1853. d. 4 Argyll road, Kensington 30 Sep. 1873.
GARNETT, William James. b. Manchester 10 July 1818; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1841, M.A. 1844; barrister I.T. 1845; M.P. for Lancaster 1857–1864. d. Quernmore park near Lancaster 15 Sep. 1873.
GARNIER, Very Rev. Thomas (2 son of George Garnier of Rookesbury, Hants.) b. 26 Feb. 1776; ed. at Winchester and Worcester coll. Ox.; fellow of All Souls coll. 1796; B.C.L. 1800, D.C.L. 1850; R. of Bishopstoke, Hants. 1807–69; preb. of Winchester, 1830–40; dean of Winchester 9 April 1840 to 1872; F.L.S. 1798. d. close of Winchester cathedral 29 June 1873. Church of England photographic gallery (1859) part 7, portrait.
GARNIER, Very Rev. Thomas (2 son of the preceding). b. Bishopstoke rectory 15 April 1809; ed. at Winchester and Worc. coll. Ox.; B.A. 1830, B.C.L. 1833; rowed in first boat race with Cambridge 10 June 1829; fellow of All Souls coll. 1830; V. of Lewknor 1835–40; R. of Longford, Derbyshire 1840–49; chaplain of Lock hospital, London 1849–50; chaplain to Speaker of House of Commons 1849 to death; R. of Trinity ch. Marylebone 1850–59; dean of Ripon 29 Aug. 1859; dean of Lincoln 30 March 1860 to death; author of Domestic duties, sermons 1851 and other works. d. Deanery, Lincoln 7 Dec. 1863. Illust. news of the world ix (1862), portrait; Some account of T. Garnier, B.C.L. (1863).
GARRARD, Thomas (eld. son of Thomas Garrard of Lambourne, Berkshire). b. 1787; chamberlain of Bristol 1822, city treasurer 1 Jany. 1836 to March 1856; author of Edward Colston the philanthropist, his life and times, edited by S. G. Tovey, privately printed 1852. d. Springfield place, Bath 18 Dec. 1859. J. Latimer’s Annals of Bristol (1887), 80, 102, 348.
GARRETT, Rhoda (eld dau. of Rev. John Fisher Garrett, P.C. of Elton, Derbyshire). b. Eyam, Derbyshire 1841; partner with Agnes Garrett as house decorators in London to death; author of Electoral disabilities of women 1872; author with Agnes Garrett of Suggestions for House decoration in painting woodwork and furniture 1876. d. 2 Gower st. London 22 Nov. 1882 aged 41. bur. Rustington, Sussex 25 Nov.
GARRETT, Richard (son of Richard Garrett, agricultural implement maker d. 1837). b. about 1805; entered his father’s works at an early age; became head of firm of Garrett and Sons, Leiston Works, Saxmundham, Suffolk 1836, where 500 men were employed; manufactured patent steam engines, thrashing machines, corn and seed drilling and manuring machines, etc.; one of the founders of R. Agricultural soc. of England 1837, member of council; retired from active business 1855. d. Carlton house, Saxmundham 26 June 1866. Journal of Agriculture, Sept. 1866, portrait; Farmer’s Mag. July 1857 pp. 1–2, portrait.
GARRETT, Richard (son of the preceding). b. at the Works house, Leiston, 22 July 1829; manager of Leiston works 1850, and partner with his father and brother 1853; invented improved thrashing machines 1859, and portable steam engines; farmer of 2000 acres in West Suffolk; breeder of horses and sheep 1869; an amateur prize fighter; A.I.C.E. 7 March 1854, member 30 Oct. 1877. d. 30 July 1884. Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. lxxviii, 429–34 (1884).
GARRETT, Sir Robert (eld. son of John Garrett of Ellington near Ramsgate). b. 1794; ed. at Harrow; ensign 2 foot 6 March 1811; lieut. colonel 46 foot 16 May 1845 to 18 Aug. 1856 when placed on h.p.; commanded 4th division before Sebastopol 1855–1856; colonel of 4th West India regt. 1 April 1862, of 43 foot 14 Jany. 1866 to death; K.H. 1836; K.C.B. 2 Jany. 1857; L.G. 10 March 1866; service reward 10 Feb. 1855. d. 40 Pall Mall, London 13 June 1869. Morning Post 16 June 1869 p. 5.
GARROD, Alfred Henry (eld. child of Sir Alfred Baring Garrod). b. Charterhouse sq. London 18 May 1846; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., scholar 1870, fellow 1873; B.A. 1872; prosector to Zoological Soc. London 1871 to death; professor of comparative anatomy at King’s coll. London 1874–79; Fullerian professor of physiology, Royal Institution 5 April 1875 to death; F.R.S. 1 June 1876; author of many papers on zoology. d. 10 Harley st. London 17 Sep. 1879. A. H. Garrod’s Scientific Papers, edited by W. A. Forbes (1881) pp. ix-xxi, portrait; I.L.N. lxxv, 424 (1879), portrait.
GARSIDE, Rev. Charles Brierley (only son of Joseph Garside of Manchester, surgeon, who d. 21 May 1868 aged 78). b. Manchester 6 April 1818; ed. at gr. sch. Manchester and Brasenose coll. Ox., B.A. 1841, M.A. 1844; C. of Tetbury, Gloucs. 1842; C. of Margaret st. chapel, London 1847; received into R.C. church 21 June 1850, ordained priest at Rome 23 Dec. 1854; assistant priest at St. Mary’s, Chelsea 1857–61, at St. Aloysius, Somers Town 1861; author of The impiety of bartering faith for opinion 1850 and 6 other books. d. Posileppo near Naples 21 May 1876.
GARSTIN, Edwin. Second lieut. Bengal engineers 6 May 1815, col. commandant 5 Dec. 1848 to death; general 1 March 1867. d. Bangalore 13 July 1871.
GARTLAND, Most Rev. Francis Xavier. b. Dublin 1805; ordained R.C. priest in Philadelphia 1832; assistant pastor of St. John’s ch. Philadelphia 1832, pastor; vicar general of New York 1845; bishop of Savannah 1849 to death, consecrated 10 Sep. 1850. d. Savannah 20 Sep. 1854. R. H. Clarke’s Lives of deceased bishops of Catholic church in the United States (1872) ii, 408–14.
GARVEY, Michael Angelo. Barrister M.T. 17 Nov. 1854; author of The silent revolution, or future effects of steam 1852; A manual of human culture 1866 and other books. d. 24 St. Augustine’s road, Camden Town, London 1 Aug. 1877.
GARVOCK, Sir John (only son of major John Garvock who d. 14 March 1838 aged 67). b. Kennington, Surrey 1817; ensign 10 foot 4 Sep. 1835; captain 31 foot 1843–55 when placed on h.p.; commanded Peshawur division of Bengal army 1863–65; commanded northern district of England 1866–67, southern district 1877 to death; col. of 89 foot 1870, of 10 foot 1874 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877; K.C.B. 5 Aug. 1864, G.C.B. 29 May 1875. d. 81 Queen’s gate, South Kensington, London 10 Nov. 1878.
GARWOOD, Rev. John. Matric. from Magd. hall, Ox. 24 Oct. 1828 aged 23; B.A. 1832, M.A. 1835; P.C. of St. Mary, Spital sq. London 1832–46; clerical sec. to London city mission 1837–76; author of The million-peopled city, London 1853. d. 17 Cambridge road, Kilburn, London 6 Dec. 1889.
GASCOIGNE, Ernest Frederic. b. May 1796; ensign 39 foot 2 May 1811; captain grenadier guards 7 Aug. 1840 to 15 Nov. 1850 when placed on h.p.; colonel of 69 foot 3 April 1858 to death; general 20 Jany. 1867; served in the Peninsula and American war. d. 14 Lowndes sq. London 18 July 1876.
GASCOYNE, Charles (son of general Isaac Gascoyne, col. 54 foot). b. 1805; ensign 54 foot 7 Dec. 1820; lieut. col. 94 foot 1839 to 1841, of 6 foot 1841 to 1842 when placed on h.p.; lieut. col. 72 foot 1845 to 1849 when placed on h.p.; col. 89 foot 1864; col. 72 foot 1870 to death; general 10 May 1872. d. 4 Chesterfield st. London 10 March 1881 aged 76.
GASELEE, Stephen (eld. son of Sir Stephen Gaselee 1762–1839 judge of court of Common Pleas). b. 77 Upper Guilford st. London 1 Sep. 1807; ed. at Winchester and Balliol coll. Ox., B.A. 1828, M.A. 1832; barrister I.T. 16 June 1832; serjeant at law 2 Nov. 1840, treasurer of Serjeants’ Inn 1866; contested Portsmouth 1855; M.P. for Portsmouth 1865–68. d. 2 Cambridge sq. Hyde Park, London 20 Oct. 1883.
GASKELL, Benjamin (elder son of Daniell Gaskell of Clifton Hall near Manchester who d. 1787). b. 28 Feb. 1781; ed. at Gateacre near Liverpool and Trin. coll. Cam.; M.P. for Maldon 1806, but unseated on petition; M.P. for Maldon 1812–26. d. Thornes house near Wakefield 21 Jany. 1856.