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 * Arthur William Garnett
 * Henry Garnett
 * Jeremiah Garnett
 * John Garnett (bishop)
 * John Garnett sub
 * Richard Garnett (philologist)
 * Thomas Garnett
 * Thomas Garnett (physician)
 * Thomas Garnett (manufacturer)
 * William Garnett (civil servant)
 * Christopher Garneys
 * Garnier
 * Thomas Garnier (dean of Lincoln)
 * ✅Thomas Garnier
 * Robert Garnock
 * George Garrard
 * Marcus Garrard
 * ✅✅Sir Samuel Garrard, 4th Baronet
 * Thomas Garrard (biographer)
 * Henry Garraway
 * Jeremiah Learnoult Garrett
 * Robert Garrett (British Army officer)
 * David Garrick David Garrick (1717–1779), actor ; Dr. Johnson's first pupil at Edial; with him left Lichfield for London, 1737; started a wine business with his brother Peter; introduced by Johnson to Cave; wrote in the Gentleman's Magazine; his Lethe performed at Drury Lane, 1740; became attached to Margaret Peg Wofflngton, to whom he afterwards offered marriage; under name Lyddal made first appearance at Ipswich in 'Oroonoko 1741; made his reputation at Goodman's Fields inRichard III 1741; played Bayes and King Lear, 1742; highly successful at Dublin inHamletand "The Recruiting Officer 1742; at Drury Lane played Abel Drugger and other parts, but quarrelled with Macklin, 1742-3: acted Macbethas written by Shakespeare 1744, Sir John Brute Provoked Wife and Othello, 1744-5. played Paul conbridge and lago at Dublin, 1745; first appeared afOovent Garden in Shakespearean parts, 1746; joined Lacy in management of Drury Lane, 1747; played Benedick and Romeo (his own version), 1748, and Demetrius in Johnson'sMahomet and Irene 1749; his marriage resented by Mrs. Cibber, Quin, Mackliu. and Barry; with Miss Bellamy played Romeo and Lear against the same parts by Barry with Mrs. Cibber at Covent Garden, 1750; appeared as Kitely inEvery Man in his Humour 1751; rejoined by Mrs. Cibber and joined by Foote, 1754, when he produced his version of Taming of the Shrew and Goriolanus; threatened to retire from the stage in consequence of riots against French dancers, 1755; appeared in his adaptation of 'Winter's Tale 1756; played Don Felix inThe Wonder 1756; produced Foote's Author 1756; produced bis adaptation of Cymbeline 1761; Sciolto in theFair Penitent his last new part, 1763, during which season riots occurred at Drury Lane in consequence of alterations in prices; travelled with his wife in France and Italy, 1763-4; made free of theComedie Francaise: met Diderot, Beaumarchais, Marivaux, Marmontel, and Mlle. Clairon; reappearing at Drury Lane as Benedick, 1766, introduced the system of invisible lighting; produced The Clandestine Marriage written by himself and Oolman, 1766: produced hisPeep Behind the Curtain 1767; designed and carried out the Shakespeare jubilee at Stratford, 1769, and produced the Jubilee at Drury Lane; produced Cumberland'sWest Indianand Dryden'sKing Arthur 1770; produced his version of Hamlet 1772, and his Bon Ton, or High Life above Stairs 1775; made last appearance as Don Felix, 10 June 1776, selling moiety of his patent to Sheridan and two others for 36,0007.; wrote prologue to the School for Scandal and All the World's a Stage and prologue and epilogue for Fielding's Fathers; made a larger fortune than any actor except Alleyn; last actor buried in Westminster Abbey; hie   poetical works publishul, 1785, his dramatic works (sixteen plays), L7ta Hi- portrait wa* painted by Reynolds, Hogarth, and Gainsborough.
 * Alfred Henry Garrod
 * William Garrow
 * Charles Brierley Garside
 * Bernard Garter
 * ✅John Garth (composer)
 * Samuel Garth
 * Maxwell Garthshore
 * William Garthshore sub

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 * ✅Edmund Garvey
 * John Garvey (bishop)
 * Henry Garway
 * ✅Henri Gascar
 * Bernard Gascoigne
 * Crisp Gascoigne
 * ✅George Gascoigne
 * John Gascoigne
 * ✅✅Richard Gascoigne
 * Richard Gascoigne (Jacobite)

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 * ✅Thomas Gascoigne (academic)
 * ✅Sir Thomas Gascoigne, 2nd Baronet
 * ✅William Gascoigne
 * William Gascoigne (scientist)
 * ✅Bamber Gascoyne (the elder) sub
 * Crisp Gascoyne
 * Isaac Gascoyne
 * Stephen Gaselee (judge)
 * Stephen Gaselee (serjeant-at-law)
 * ✅Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
 * William Gaskell
 * George Gaskin
 * Jan Baptist Gaspars
 * Thomas Gaspey
 * ✅John Peter Gassiot
 * Luce de Gast
 * Henry Gastineau
 * ✅Francis Gastrell
 * Thomas Gatacre
 * ✅Charles Gataker
 * Thomas Gataker
 * Bernard Gates
 * Horatio Gates 1901
 * John Gates (courtier)
 * Thomas Gates (governor)
 * Lionel Gatford
 * Alfred Gatley
 * James Gatliff
 * Henry Gattie
 * Margaret Gatty
 * John Gau 1901
 * ✅John Gauden
 * Thomas Gaugain
 * ✅✅John Gaule
 * Elizabeth Gaunt
 * John of Gaunt
 * Maurice de Gaunt
 * Simon de Gaunt
 * Henry Gauntlett (clergyman)
 * ✅Henry John Gauntlett
 * Piers Gaveston
 * Antonio Gavin
 * Robert Gavin
 * Sir John Gawdie
 * Framlingham Gawdy
 * Francis Gawdy (chief justice of common pleas)
 * John Gawdy
 * Thomas Gawdy
 * Thomas Gawen
 * George Gawler
 * William Gawler
 * ✅John Gay
 * John Gay (clergyman) 1901
 * John Gay (surgeon)
 * Joseph Gay
 * Arthur Edward Gayer
 * John Gayer (Lord Mayor)
 * John Gayer
 * William de Gaynesburgh
 * Clark Gayton (Royal Navy officer)
 * Edmund Gayton
 * ✅✅Richard Gaywood
 * Allan Geare
 * Francis Geary
 * William Ged
 * ✅Alexander Geddes
 * ✅Andrew Geddes
 * James Geddes (advocate)
 * ✅Jenny Geddes
 * John Geddes (bishop)
 * Michael Geddes
 * William Geddes (minister)
 * Sir William Duguid Geddes 1901
 * John Dury Geden
 * Sydney Gedge
 * John Gedy
 * ✅✅Edward Gee (Chelsea College)
 * ✅Edward Gee of Eccleston
 * ✅Edward Gee (dean of Lincoln)
 * John Gee (priest)
 * Sir Orlando Gee
 * Thomas Geeran
 * Sir Robert Geffrey
 * Walter Geikie
 * Gelasius
 * Edmund Martin Geldart
 * James William Geldart
 * George Geldorp
 * John Gell
 * John Gell (admiral)
 * Robert Gell
 * Sir William Gell
 * Henry Gellibrand
 * Thomas Gemini
 * John Gendall
 * John Genest
 * Edmund Geninges
 * John Geninges
 * Sir Thomas Gent
 * Thomas Gent
 * Artemisia Gentileschi
 * Orazio Gentileschi
 * Alberico Gentili
 * Aloysius Gentili
 * Robert Gentlli
 * Francis Gentleman
 * Robert Gentleman
 * Tobias Gentleman
 * Geoffrey de Montbray
 * Rufus Geoffrey
 * Geoffrey Gaimar
 * Geoffrey of Gorham
 * Geoffrey of Monmouth
 * Geoffrey
 * Geoffrey
 * Geoffrey
 * Geoffrey de Vinsauf
 * Geoffrey de Muschamp
 * ✅Geoffrey
 * Geoffrey of Coldingham
 * Geoffrey
 * Geoffrey the Grammarian
 * George I George I (George Lewis) (1660–1727), king of Great Britain and In-lund and elector of Hanover; great grandson of James I; first saw military service under the empire, 1675; came to England to propose for the hand of the Princess Anne, 1680; married his cousin, Sophia Dorothea of Oelle, 1682; took part in Sobicski'n relief of Vienna, 1683; distinguished himself in Hungary, 1685, and at Neerwinden, 1693; divorced his wife and imprisoned her for life, 1694; succeeded to Hanover, 1698-; admitted to the college of electors at the diet, 1708, and named arch- treasurer of the empire, 1710; protected Holstein-Gottorp against Denmark, 1698; joined the Grand Alliance, 1701, contributing 10,000 men and five regiments of horse; formed intimate relations with Marlborough after his mission of 1704-5; commanded imperial army on Upper Rhine, 1707-9; concluded alliances with Poland, 1709, and Denmark, 1710; occupied Verden, 1712: refused to intervene, in English politics; reconciled with his son on death (1714) of his mother, Electress Sophia, which made him the next heir after Queen Anne to the English throne; on Queen Anne's death had fresh instrument of regency drawn up for England, 1714; whileat the Hague, on his way to fill English throne, displaced Bolingbroke for Townshend as secretary of state, having previously named Marlborough captain-general; became king of England, 1714; his first collective cabinet entirely whig, with the exception of Nottingham see FINCH, DANIEL; conformed to the national church, though he was allowed a Lutheran chaplain, but was unpopular on account of his character and the rapacity of his foreign favourites, an attempt on his life being made, 1717; after suppression of Jacobite rebellion of 1715, and passing of Septennial Act, 1716, went to Hanover, where he frequently spent the hitter hah* of each; year, his son Prince George being left as regent; formed an alliance with France and the Netherlands, 1717, in which year Townshend was replaced by Stanhope as chief minister; the quadruple alliance formed in 1718, in accordance with his wishes, and Bremen and Verdeii added to Hanover, the schemes of Charles XII and Alberoni to aid the Jacobites being foiled; granted a slight measure of relief to the Romanists and dissenters; had convocation silenced, 1717. Walpole, who was called in to deal with the South Sea crisis, remained chief minister from 1721 till the end of the reign. Under Walpole theAtterbury plotwas discovered, 1722, further interference with Sweden checked, the treaty of Hanover negotiated, 1725, as a countercheck to that of Vienna, and George I induced to assent to it. George I died of apoplexy at Osnabrlick and was buried at Hanover. His will was destroyed by George II. A certain brusqueness of manner, in spite of some kingly qualities, prevented him from attaining popularity. Portraits by Kueller are at Windsor and in the National Portrait Gallery.
 * George II George (1683–1760), king of Great Britain and Ireland; son of George I; after the divorce of his mother, whom he thought innocent, lived with his grandparents at Hanover: married Charlotte Caroline of BrandenburgAnspach, 1705; created an English peer, 1706; distinguished himself at Oudenarde, 1708; came to England with his father and was created Prince of Wale*, 1714; on friendly terms with John Campbell, second duke of Argyll, formed intimacy with Henrietta Howard (later Countess of Suffolk); popular with English, but not with Hanoverians; confined to his room and excluded from St. James's on account of his conduct to the king and Newcastle at the baptism of his eldest son, Frederick, 1717; removed to Leicester House, which became a centre of opposition, 1718; deprived of custody of bis children, partially reconciled to the king through Walpole, 1720; succeeded to the throne, 1727; continual Walpole in office after his favourite, Sir Spencer Compton, afterwards lord Wilmington, had failed to form a ministry, but replaced Lord Berkeley (who had propounded a scheme for transplanting him to America when Prince of Wales) by Sir George Byng at the admiralty; went to Hanover to secure possession of his mother's property and that of his uncle, the late bishop of Osnabriick; quarrelled with Frederick William of Prussia, and though reconciled to him by arbitration, 1730, was debarred from carrying out contemplated marriage alliances between the bouses of England and Prussia; with difficulty prevented from involving England in the Polish succession war, 1733; I but for some time acted on his advice; called in George    tried to negotiate an alliance between the King of Spain, Philip V, and the emperor Charles VII; concluded treaty with Denmark, 1734; became attached to Countess vou Walmodeu, 1 735; reluctantly refused alliance with the emperor; negotiated marriage for Frederick, prince of Wales, with Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, 1736; spent most of 1736 in Hanover; was in great danger from a storm in returning; had an open rupture with Frederick, prince of Wales, 1737; created Countess Walmodeu Lady Yarmouth, 1738; overcame the pacific policy of Walpole, 1739, and declared war against Spain; concluded treaty with Maria Theresa, for whom he obtained a    Qrenville, but made constant attempts to get rid of him, though concurring generally in his policy; urged on prosecution of Wilkes. 1703; approved Grenville's Stamp Act, 1765, but allowid its repeal, 1766; the Regency Act, from which ministers at first excluded name of princess dowager, due to his first mental illness, 1765; negotiated with Pitt and Lyttelton through Cumberland; again promised to deny access to Bute, probably keeping his word; obliged to accept* Rockiugham as minister; intrigued against Rockingham through the king's friends; allowed Pitt to come in with a free hand,creating him Earl of Chatham, Graf ton being nominal premier, 1766; entreated    subsidy, 1741; secured Hanover by neutrality agreement Chatham to retain office, 1767; urged firmness in dealing  - - i W ith the rioters of 1769 and with Wilkes; insulted by a mob at St. James's; induced Charles Yorke to accept the seals, 1770; made North premier, 1770; remained unmoved by petitions from the city demanding a dissolution; and for twelve years personally directed the government through distribution of patronage, disposal of civil list revenue, and manifestations of feeling at court ceremonials; frequently wrote to North, but sometimes consulted Charles Jenkinson, afterwards first earl of Liverpool; directed the opposition to Savile's    with France; reluctantly parted with Walpole, 1742; made Lord Wilmington (Oompton) head of the treasury, and in Carteret as secretary of state (1742-5) found a sympathetic foreign minister; probably by advice of Carteret arranged treaty of Breslau between Frederick the Great of Prussia and Maria Theresa, 1742, and formed defensive alliances with Prussia and Russia, 1742; took Hanoverian troops into British pay and sent them into the Netherlands; personally led the allied troops at Dettingen against the French, the victory    recovering him his popularity, 1743; concluded treaty j Nullum Tempus Bill; forbade Cumberland and Gloucester  the court, and promoted the Royal Marriage Bill, which prohibited members of the royal family from marrying under twenty-five without the king's consent; prevented interference of France between Russia and Turkey; showed hostility to Clive, 1773; favoured Boston Port Bill, 1774; arranged for Hanoverian garrisons in Gibraltar and Minorca, and negotiated for the hire of Russian tiOops, 1775; supported the policy which led to outbreak of war with American colonists, and as the war continued, approved*-every means ot alsTressIug America; applied to parliament" ftr~*~gnm*-4o..pa4ii.fete r uid though presenting imperfect accounts, received a sum for arrears and an addition to the civil list, 1777; refused to allow North to resjgn_p_r toreceive Ohathaai_a8_ chief minister,    of Worms with Maria Theresaand Sardinia, 1743; compelled by his other ministers to dismiss Oarteret, 1744; made largely responsible for the defence of Bohemia when Frederick the Great declared war upon that country and renewed hostilities with Maria Theresa; compelled by the success of the French and Prussians, and landing of the Young Pretender in Scotland, to extort Maria Theresa's consent to the cession of Silesia, 1745; tried to get rid of his ministers and to recall Carteret (Lord Granville) and Pulteney (Lord Bath); refused to accept Pitt as secretary-at-war; gained over Newcastle to his warlike views, and after Oulloden sent more troops to the Netherlands, 1746; after unsuccessful operations obliged to make peace on the basis of mutual restitution, 1748;his scheme for procuring election of Arch- 1778rOT6wNorTh~fo"n'egoTiate'with the opposTttoiT; conduke Joseph as king of the Romans defeated by Prussia, ~* Templated retirement to Hanover; saved London by his  conduct during Gordon riots, 1780; spent great sums in elections of 1781, and is said to have personally canvassed against Keppel at Windsor; applied to Shelburne and Gower on North's resignation, 1782, but was forced again to take Rockingham as minister; through Thurlow set the Shelburne section against the Rockingham whigs,  Pitt as secretary of state under Devonshire," 1756, and, j and on Rockingham's death (1782) appointed Shelburne though he dismissed him within three mouths, on Walde- i as his successor; on Shelburne's resignation applied to grave's failure to form a ministry was obliged to re- j the younger Pitt and Gower before submitting to receive appoint him with Newcastle at the treasury, 1757. He j the coalition, 1783, whom he overthrew by using his pershowed much displeasure with his son, the Duke of Cum- sonal influence with the peers against their India Bill, berland, after his failure in Germany, and considered the j 1783; supported Pitt both before and after the general sentence of the court-martial on Sackville too lenient, election, which secured him a majority, the king's friends At the date of his death the French had been driven subsequently disappearing as a party; followed Pitt'8 from Canada, checked in Europe, and successfully attacked advice when premier, though disliking his scheme of parin India, Africa, and the West Indies, while the Dutch j liamentary reform and the trial of Warren Hastings; his were ousted from Bengal. He was buried beside Queen I life threatened by the mad Margaret Nicholson, Caroline in Henry VII's chapel, Westminster Abbey. In j 1786; suffered second attack of madness, 1788-9; agreed state affairs he was largely guided by Queen Caroline, to to dismissal of Thurlow, 1792, and recall of Duke of York whom he was much attached, in spite of his mistresses. He from Flanders, 1794; remonstrated with Pitt against put Hanover and his continental interests before England, negotiating with France, 1797; shot at by Hadfield, Though a patron of Handel, he neglected literature and j 1800; caused the resignation of Pitt by declaration pictorial art. Several portraits of him are in the National against revival of catholic emancipation, 1801; suffered a Portrait Gallery and at Hampton Court, and a royal group third attack of mania, which was abridged by Pitt's by Hogarth in the National Portrait Gallery of Ireland. promise not to revive the Roman Catholic question; re   1750; submitted to the Pelhams on the death of Frederick, prince of Wales, 1761; the subsidy treaties arranged by him for the defence of Hanover rejected by the regents, 1755, though next year a treaty was arranged with Prussia guaranteeing the integrity of Germany; obliged by the resignation of Henry Fox to accept
 * George III George III (George William Frederick) (1738-1820), grandson of George II, and king of Great Britain and Ireland; son of Frederick Louis, prince of Wales ; created Prince of Wales, 1751; imbibed political principles from writings of Bolingbroke ancTBlttekstoue; completely under influence of his mother, and after attainment of his majority (1766) of Bute; said to have been in love with Hannah Lightfoot, a quakeress; on coming to the throne, 1760, put forth a proclamation against immorality, and declared that he gloried in the name of Briton; after a flirtation with Lady Sarah Lennox,   viewed volunteers in Hyde Park, 1803; became deranged again, 1804, in consequence of the conduct of the Prince of Wales; through Eldou consented to receive Pitt back with the Grenvilles, but without Fox, 1804; opened parliament for last time, 1805; appointed Mauners-Suttou primate instead of Pitt's nominee, 1805; sent for Hawkesbury (Jenkinson), 1808, and on his failure accepted Grenvilleas minister with Fox, to whom he became reconciled, but brought about his resignation by demanding a pledge against catholic emancipation; by his influence kept the Portland ministry together, 1809-12; condemned the duel of Canning and Castlereagh; became blind, and, after    married Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, ! 1811, permanently deranged, but retained bodily strength 1761; recommended the extension of judge's tenures be-, almost till death. He was very popular with the middle yond the demise of the crown; determined to destroy the classes, and generally with the majority of his subjects,    party system and to end the French war; dismissed Pitt and Newcastle, and made Bute secretary of state, 1761, and first minister, 1762; dismissed Portland, Rockingham, and other leading whigs, and concluded peace with    France and Spain, 1763; was obliged to part with Bute, i Gallery.    who respected the decorum of his life, and a firmness which at times verged on obstinacy. He was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. Portraits of him are at Windsor, Hampton Court, aud in the National Portrait
 * George IV George IV (1762–1830), king of Great Britain and Ireland; son of George III and ".HI. m liarlntte: brought up in strict seclusion with his brother Frederick Augustus, duke of York, at Kew, but well educated: already involved in intnim- with Mary Robinson Perdita, 1780; came of age, 1783, when he established liimsett at Carlton House; received 30,000. from parliament to pay debts, and an annual allowance of 5U,000. from the king; in close alliance with Charles James Fox and other whig leaders; fell in love with Mrs. Maria Anne Pitzherbert and married her, 1785; denied tin? marriage in order to conciliate parliament and deceived Pox; received an addition to his income and a parliamentary grant of 161,0007. for his debts, 1787; pluuged into fresh extravagances in company with York, Fox, Sheridan, and Beau Brummell; built Brighton Pavilion, 1784, and lived much there; intrigued with Thurlow and Loughborough against the queen and Pitt, and openly canvassed for support against the minister's regency resolutions, 1788; drew up a letter of remonstrance in concert with the whigs against the restrictions on his powers as regent, 1789; received an offer of free powers from Irish parliament; excluded from the king's presence on his recovery; addressed remonstrances to him on conduct of the queen and an apologetic memorial; raised money abroad on Osuabriick bishopric and postobits; their liability repudiated by the prince's agents after 1792; married Caroline of Brunswick. 1795, but soon separated from her, and returned to Mrs Fitzherbert, though recently intimate with Lady Jersey; received another grant from parliament; demanded vice-royalty of Ireland, and intervened on behalf of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 1797-8; applied for service abroad; under influence of Moira see HASTINGS, FRANCIS RAWDON-, 1764-1826 made overtures to Pitt, 1801: received a fresh money grant and a commutation of his claims on the duchy of Cornwall, 1803; his application for military employment again refused; negotiated through Sheridan with Addington, but at the same time suggested to Pitt a junction between him and Fox under the premiership of Moira, 1804; deprived of the care of his daughter, Princess Charlotte, 1805; obtained commission for examination into charges against Princess Caroline, 1806; practically severed himself from all the whigs except Sheridan, Erskine, and Moira; consulted Grey and Grenville upon his answer to Perceval's regency proposals, when the king was permanently disabled by insanity, but acted on the advice given by Sheridan and Adam, 1811: after further negotiations with the whigs was induced by influence of Lady Hertford to accept the restricted regency; broke with Mrs. Fitzherbert at installation as Prince Regent; deprived of Perceval's services by his death, 1812, after which complicated negotiations for the formation of a coalition ministry under the Marquis Wellesley or Lord Moira followed, but were rendered fruitless owing to the regent's aversion from Grey and Grenville, on which the lories returned to office under Liverpool, 1812; became involved in disputes with his wife and daughter; the reenactment of the act of 1795 for the security of the king's person necessitated by his unpopularity, 1817; succeeded to the throne, 1820; employed Knighton to deal with his debts; tried to prevent the return of Queen Caroline, and on her arrival excluded her from the coronation, and forced ministers to bring in a divorce bill, 1820; visited Ireland and Hanover, 1821, and Scotland, 1822; tried to exclude Canning from office, and thwarted his foreign policy; retired with Lady Conyngham to Brighton and Windsor; strongly opposed catholic emancipation and the recognition of the Spanish-American republics; wished to take command of the army on Wellington's retirement; under the Goderich ministry, 1827-8, distributed appointments without consulting the ministers; reluctantly accepted the repeal of Test and Corporation Acts, and put many obstacles in the way of the passing of Catholic Emancipation Bill, but finally gave way; latterly suffered from failing health and delusions; the power of the crown much diminished in his reign. He was buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor. Portraits by Lawrence are at Windsor and in the National Portrait Gallery.
 * George, Duke of Clarence
 * George, Prince of Denmark
 * John George
 * William George
 * Saint Gerald
 * Joseph Gerald
 * Gerard
 * Alexander Gerard
 * Alexander Gerard (explorer)
 * Charles Gerard
 * Charles Gerard
 * Sir Gilbert Gerard
 * Gilbert Gerard
 * James Gilbert Gerard
 * John Gerard
 * John Gerard
 * John Gerard
 * Marc Gerard
 * Patrick Gerard
 * Richard Gerard
 * ✅✅Thomas Gerard (reformer)
 * Sir William Gerard
 * Marcus Gerards
 * Sir Balthazar Gerbier
 * Daniel Geredigion
 * John Geree
 * Stephen Geree
 * ✅Lady Elizabeth Germain
 * George Sackville Germain
 * Sir John Germain
 * Germanus
 * Joseph Gerrald
 * Gervase of Canterbury
 * Gervase of Chichester
 * Gervase of Tilbury
 * John Gervays
 * Grace Gethin
 * Richard Gething
 * John Daniel Getsius
 * Marcus Gheeraerts
 * Marcus Gheeraerts
 * John of Ghent
 * Simon De Ghent
 * Adam Gib
 * Frederick Gibb
 * John Gibb
 * Robert Gibb
 * Charles Gibbes
 * Sir George Smith Gibbes
 * James Alban Gibbes
 * Benjamin Phelps Gibbon
 * Charles Gibbon (economic writer)
 * ✅✅Charles Gibbon
 * Edward Gibbon Edward Gibbon (1737–1794), historian; educated at Westminster; owed his taste for books to his aunt, Catherine Porten; spent fourteen unprofitable months at Magdalen College, Oxford, 1752-3; became a Romanist after reading Middleton'sFree Inquiryand works by Bossuet and Parsons, 1753; at Lausanne (1753-8), where his tutor, Pavillard, drew him back to protestantism, and where he made friends with Deyverdun and read widely; became attached to Susanne Oiirchod (afterwards Madame Necker), but in deference to his father broke off the engagement, 1757; publishedEssai sur 1'Etude de la Litterature 1761 (English version, 1764); served in Hampshire militia, 1759-70, and studied military literature; at Lausanne met Holroyd (afterwards Lord Sheffield); during a tour in Italy, 1764-5, formed plan of his History amid the ruins of the Capitol; with Deyverdun publishedMemoires Litteraires de la Grande-Bretagne 1767-8, contributing a review of Lytteltou's Henry II; issued 4 Critical Observations on the Sixth Book of the JEneid attacking Warburton, 1770; settled in London, 1772; joined Dr. Johnson's Club, 1774; became professor in ancient history at the Royal Academy in succession to Goldsmith; M.P., Liskeard, 1774-80, Lymington, 1781-3; drew up a state paper against France, and was commissioner of trade and plantations, 1779-82; issued in 1776 the first volume of hisDecline and Fall of the Roman Empire,* which passed into three editions, and obtained the favourable verdict of Hume, Robertson, Warton, and Walpole; defended the chapters on growth of Christianity in hisVindication 1779; issued the second and third volumes, 1781, after a visit to Paris, where he met Button and disputed with De Mably; retired with Deyverdun to Lausanne, 1783, where he finished the work, 1787 (published, 1788); returned to England, 1793; died suddenly in London; a Latin epitaph written for his monument at Fletching, Sussex, by Dr. Samuel Parr. His Miscellaneous Works (edited by his friend Lord Sheffield, 1796) contained an autobiographical memoir, and Antiquities of the House of Brunswick (1814).

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 * John Gibbon (officer of arms)
 * Nicholas Gibbon
 * Nicholas Gibbon
 * ✅Christopher Gibbons
 * Edward Gibbons
 * ✅Ellis Gibbons
 * ✅Grinling Gibbons
 * ✅John Gibbons (Jesuit)
 * ✅Orlando Gibbons
 * ✅Richard Gibbons

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 * ✅Thomas Gibbons (hymn writer)
 * William Gibbons (physician)
 * ✅Mrs Gibbs
 * ✅Mrs Gibbs
 * James Gibbs
 * James Gibbs
 * ✅Joseph Gibbs
 * ✅✅Philip Gibbs (minister)
 * ✅Samuel Gibbs (officer)
 * Vicary Gibbs
 * ✅✅Alexander Gibson, Lord Durie (died 1644)
 * ✅✅Alexander Gibson, Lord Durie (died 1656)
 * Alexander Gibson (clerk to the privy council)
 * ✅Alexander Gibson (botanist)
 * Alexander Craig Gibson
 * David Cooke Gibson
 * ✅Edmund Gibson
 * Edward Gibson
 * Francis Gibson
 * George Stagey Gibson
 * James Gibson
 * Sir James Brown Gibson
 * James Young Gibson
 * Sir John Gibson
 * John Gibson
 * John Gibson
 * John Gibson
 * John Gibson
 * Kennet Gibson
 * Mathew Gibson
 * Matthew Gibson
 * Patrick Gibson (artist)
 * Richard Gibson
 * Solomon Gibson
 * Susan Penelope Gibson
 * Thomas Gibson
 * Thomas Gibson
 * Thomas Gibson
 * Thomas Milner Gibson
 * William Gibson

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 * William Gibson (Quaker)
 * William Gibson (painter)
 * William Gibson (mathematician)
 * William Gibson (bishop)
 * William Gibson (minister)
 * ✅✅William Sidney Gibson
 * Davies Giddy
 * Sampson Gideon
 * Sir Ambrose Hardinge Giffard

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 * ✅Bonaventure Giffard
 * Sir George Markham Giffard
 * Godfrey Giffard
 * Henry Wells Giffard
 * John Giffard
 * Roger Giffard
 * Stanley Lees Giffard
 * Walter Giffard
 * William Giffard
 * ✅Countess of Gifford
 * Adam Gifford
 * Andrew Gifford
 * ✅George Gifford
 * George Gifford (engraver)
 * Gilbert Gifford
 * Humphrey Gifford
 * James Gifford
 * James Gifford
 * John Gifford 301sub
 * John Gifford
 * Richard Gifford
 * Robert Gifford
 * William Gifford
 * William Gifford
 * Giovanni Gigli
 * Silvestro Gigli
 * James William Gilbart
 * ✅Gilbert the Universal
 * Gilbert of Louth
 * Gilbert the Great
 * Gilbert of Hoyland
 * Gilbert of Sempringham
 * ✅Gilbert of Moray
 * ✅Gilbert the Englishman
 * Gilbert of St Lifard
 * ✅Ann Gilbert
 * Ashurst Turner Gilbert
 * Charles Sandoe Gilbert
 * Claudius Gilbert
 * Claudius Gilbert
 * Davies Gilbert
 * Elizabeth Margaretta Maria Gilbert
 * ✅Geoffrey Gilbert (judge)
 * George Gilbert (Jesuit)
 * Sir Humphrey Gilbert
 * John Gilbert
 * John Gilbert
 * Sir John Gilbert
 * John Graham Gilbert
 * ✅John Thomas Gilbert
 * ✅✅Joseph Gilbert (minister)
 * Joseph Francis Gilbert
 * ✅Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert
 * Nicolas Alain Gilbert
 * Richard Gilbert (printer)
 * Samuel Gilbert
 * Thomas Gilbert
 * Thomas Gilbert
 * Thomas Gilbert
 * Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert

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 * ✅William Gilbert
 * William Gilbert (poet)
 * ✅William Gilbert (author)
 * Samuel Gilburne
 * ✅Anthony Gilby
 * Goddard Gilby
 * William Hall Gilby
 * ✅Alexander Gilchrist
 * ✅Anne Gilchrist (writer)
 * Ebenezer Gilchrist

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 * James Gilchrist
 * John Borthwick Gilchrist
 * Octavius Graham Gilchrist
 * Gildas
 * Gildas
 * John Gilderdale
 * Charles Gildon
 * Francis Giles
 * James Giles
 * John Allen Giles
 * Nathaniel Giles
 * George Gilfillan
 * James Gilfillan
 * Robert Gilfillan
 * Samuel Gilfillan
 * Alexander Gill
 * Alexander Gill
 * John Gill (theologian)
 * William John Gill
 * Robert Gillan
 * Gille
 * George Gillespie
 * James Gillespie
 * Patrick Gillespie
 * Robert Rollo Glllespie
 * Thomas Gillespie
 * Thomas Gillespie (academic)
 * William Gillespie
 * Adam Gillies
 * ✅✅John Gillies (minister)
 * ✅John Gillies
 * Margaret Gillies
 * Robert Pearse Gillies
 * Thomas Gilliland
 * Isaac Gilling
 * Edmund Gillingwater
 * James Gillis
 * Joseph Gillott
 * John Gillow
 * Thomas Gillow
 * James Gillray
 * William Stephen Gilly
 * Sir John Gilmour
 * Bernard Gilpin
 * George Gilpin
 * Randolph Gilpin
 * Richard Gilpin
 * Sawrey Gilpin
 * William Gilpin
 * William Sawrey Gilpin
 * Frederick Christian Ginkel
 * Godert de Ginkel
 * George Gipp
 * Sir Richard Gipps
 * Thomas Gipps
 * Giraldus de Barri
 * Girardus Cornubiensis
 * Herbert John Giraud
 * Charles Girdlestone
 * Edward Girdlestone
 * John Lang Girdlestone
 * Thomas Girdlestone
 * Mary Anne Girling
 * Thomas Girtin
 * Gisa
 * John Gisborne
 * Maria Gisborne
 * Thomas Gisborne
 * ✅Thomas Gisborne
 * Thomas Gisborne
 * Walter of Gisburne
 * George Gladstanes
 * John Gladstanes
 * John Gladstone
 * William Ewart Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898), statesman and author; son of (Sir) John Gladstone ; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; president of the Oxford Union Society, 1830; double first in classics and mathematics, 1831; conservative M.P. for Newark, 1832, 1835, and 1837, and again 1841-5; entered Lincoln's Inn, 1833; made first important speech, 1833, favouring gradual emancipation of slaves; successfully opposed appropriation clause in Irish church temporalities bill, 1833; junior lord of treasury in Sir Robert Peel's first administration, 1834; tinder-secretary for war and colonies in the same government, 1835; published The State in tte Relations with the Church 1838, andChurch Principles considered in their Results 1840; took part in founding Trinity College, Glenalmond, 1840; opposed first opium war with China, 1840; vice-president of board of trade and master of mint in Sir Robert Peel's second administration, 1841; privy councillor, 1841; took charge of customs bill, 1842; became president of board of trade and entered Sir Robert Peel's cabinet, 1843; introduced and carried first general railway bill providingparliamentary trains, 1844; resigned office owing to his disapproval of proposed increase of Mayuooth College grant, 1845; published Remarks on Recent Commercial Legislation 1845; accepted Peel's policy of repealing the corn laws; became secretary of state for colonies in succession to Lord Stanley, who seceded from ministry as a protectionist, 1845-6; vacated seat for Newark on taking office, and did not seek re-election; remained out of parliament through 1846; Peelite M.P. for Oxford University, 1847-65; opposed Palmerstou's Greek policy, 1850; visited Naples and published letters condemning the atrocities perpetrated by Ferdinand, king of the Two Sicilies, 1851; opposed Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, 1851; chancellor of exchequer in Aberdeen's coalition ministry, 1862-5; introduced and passed his first budget, suggesting progressive reduction of income tax and extension of legacy duty, under name of succession duty, to real property, 1853; brought in second budget, 1864; resigned office on Palmerstou becoming prime minister, 1855; supported Cobdeu   inooiiilt'niiiiii-; l.oinl.anlin.-1-t O f Canton, 1856; vigorously opposed bill for establishing divorce court, 1867; published Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age 1868 entrusted i, Mr Uvard Huiw.-r Lytton, secretary for colonies, with sptviui mission to Ionian bland* and failed to quell agitation for their incorporation with Greek kingdom instead of remaining under British protectorate, 1868-59; spoke in favour of Disraeli's first reform bill, 1869; chancellor of exchequer under Lord Palmer* ston, 1859-66; introduced budget, and was successful in upholding commercial treaty with France (1869) reducing taxes on articles of food, and granting exci*l licenses to keepers of eating-houses, but failed to induce House of Lords to repeal paper duty, I860: lord rector of hdinburgh University, I860; introduced and passed Post Office Savings Bank Bill, 1861; succeeded in repealing paper duty by including all taxation proposatain one money bill which had to be accepted or rejected in ite entirety by House of Lords, 1861; published, with Lord Lyttelton, joint volume of Translations 1868 supported reform bill moved by (Sir) Edward Baines, 1864; opposed bill for removing theological tests for university degrees, 1865; M.P., South Lancashire, 1865-8; chancellor of exchequer and leader of House of Commons on Palmerstou's death, 1865; introduced government's reform bill, which failed to pass in committee, and occasioned resignation of government, 1866; introduced budget, pointing out importance of paying off national debt, 1866; proposed successful amendments to Disraeli's reform bill, 1866; leader of liberal party in succession to Lord Russell, 1867; supported bill to abolish compulsory church rates, 1868; successfully moved resolutions embodying principle of Irish church disestablishment, 1868; M.P. for Greenwich, 1868-74 and 1874-80; prime minister for the first time, 1868, the ministry including Robert Lowe (afterwards Viscount Sherbrooke) as chancellor of exchequer, John Bright as president of board of trade, Sir William Page Wood (afterwards Baron Hatherley) as chancellor, and Edward (afterwards Baron) Cardwell as secretary for war; introduced and passed Irish Church Disestablishment Bill, 1869; publishedJuventus Mundi 1869; passed first Irish laud bill, 1870; procured by royal warrant abolition of purchase in the army, 1871; passed university test bill, 1871; appointed commission to discuss claims of American government for damages caused by cruisers fitted out at British ports during civil war, 1871; passed ballot bill, 1872; introduced Irish University Bill proposing founda1 tion of an undenominational university in Ireland, 1873, and resigned on its rejection at second reading; resumed office on Disraeli's refusal to form ministry, 1873, and, while retaining first lordship of treasury, took chancellorship of the exchequer without resigning seat as member for Greenwich; resigned office on defeat of his party at the general election, 1874, and was succeeded by Disraeli (afterwards Lord Beacons field ); resigned leadership of liberal party, 1875; vehemently denounced Turkish outrages in Bulgaria and advocated alliance of England and Russia to secure independence of the sultan's Christian provinces, 1875; published Homeric Synchronism 1876; advocated, unsuccessfully, coercion of the Porte by united Europe, 1877-8; lord rector of Glasgow, 1877; spoke vehemently against Afghan policy of the government, 1878; conducted political campaign in Midlothian, condemning the aggressive imperialism of the prime minister, but dissociating himself from the doctrines of the Manchester school and of peace at any price, 1879-80; M.P. for Midlothian, 1880-95; prime minister for the second time after Beacousfield's defeat at the general election, 1880; also held office of chancellor of the exchequer, 188O-2; supported Irish Compensation for Disturbance Bill, 1880; succeeded in passing Irish coercion bill, 1881; announced, after defeat of British army ftt Majuba Hill, conditions of peace with Transvaal, which provided for the maintenance of British suzerainty, self-government for burghers, and British control of foreign relations, 1881; introduced and passed second Irish land bill, proposing to institute a laud court for fixing judicial rents, 1881; introduced and passed Irish Arrears Bill, proposing to wipe out arrears of rent in Ireland altogether where tenants were unable to pay them, 1882; adopted policy that it was duty of British government to relieve Egyptian people from military tyranny of Arabi Pasha, 1882; supported military* campaign in Egypt; gave up chancellorship of exchequer to Hugh C. E. Childers. 1883; successfully oomtwo votes of censure in House of Commons on Egyptian policy, 1883: introduced bill for extension of franchise to agricultural labourers and others, which passed Commons, but was only accepted by Lords after much hesitation, on condition that Gladstone passed simultaneously a bill for redistribution of seats, 1884; adversely criticised for his failure to rescue Gordon, and for his policy of abandonment of Soudan to the Mahdi, 1884; resigned office on passing of amendment opposing points in budget bill. 1885; declined offer of earldom, 1885; was succeeded as prime minister by Lord Salisbury, who, however, failed to obtain a majority for his party at general election at the end of 1885; on defeat of conservatives in House of Commons early in 1886, and the resignation of Lord Salisbury, Gladstone formed ministry for the third time, which included Lord Rosebery in foreign office, Lord Granville as colonial secretary, Mr. John Morley as chief secretary for Ireland, and Mr. Chamberlain (who resigned on introduction of Home Rule Bill) as president of local government board; brought in Home Rule Bill, 8 April 1886, proposing to create legislative body to sit at Dublin for dealing with affairs exclusively Irish, but reserving to British government certain powers affecting the crown, army, navy, and foreign or colonial relations; introduced Irish Land Purchase Bill, which passed only first reading, 16 April 1886; appealed to country on rejection of Home Rule Bill on second reading, 7 June 1886; resigned office with rest of cabinet after general election declared against home rule, 20 July 1886; continued to advocate his Irish policy in session, 1887-92; member of select committee appointed by House of Commons to consider Queen Victoria's message asking for additional grants for maintenance of royal family, 1889; advocated Newcastle programme of radical reforms, 1891; on the defeat of Lord Salisbury's government at general election of 1892, became prime minister for the fourth and last time; also held office of lord privy seal, 1892, his ministry including Lord Rosebery, Mr. Asquith as home secretary, and Sir Edward Grey, under-secretary for foreign affairs; introduced, 13 Feb. 1893, second Home Rule Bill, which, after passing the Commons, was rejected by 419 to 41 in House of Lords, 8 Sept. 1893; made, in support of parish councils bill, his last speech in House of Commons, 1 March 1894; resigned office of prime minister, 3 March 1894; founded St. Deiniol's library for theological students at Ha warden, 1895; urged right and necessity of British intervention in Armenia, 1895-6; published editions of Butler's Analogy Sermons and  Studies Subsidiary to Works of Bishop Butler 1896; delivered his last speech at opening of Victoria Jubilee Bridge over Dee, 2 June 1897; died at Hawarden 19 May 1898; buried in Westminster Abbey.  Gladstone's contributions to magazines were collected, under title Gleanings from Past Years 1879-90, 8 vols. His portrait by Millais, 1879, is in the National Portrait Gallery. As an orator Gladstone's only contemporary rival was John Bright. As a financier he can only be compared with Walpole, Pitt, and Peel.
 * Francis Gladwin
 * Barons Glammis
 * ✅Lady Glamis
 * Master of Glammis
 * Earl of Glamorgan
 * John Glanvill
 * Joseph Glanvill
 * Bartholomew de Glanville
 * Gilbert de Glanville
 * Sir John Glanville
 * Sir John Glanville
 * Ranulf de Glanville
 * Henry Glapthorne
 * George Glas
 * John Glas
 * William Nugent Glascock
 * Joseph Glass
 * Sir Richard Atwood Glass
 * Thomas Glass
 * George Henry Glasse
 * Hannah Glasse
 * Samuel Glasse
 * James Glassford
 * ✅John Glassford
 * John of Glastonbury
 * ✅✅James Glazebrook
 * Thomas Kirkland Glazebrook
 * Count Gleichen
 * George Gleig
 * George Robert Gleig
 * Edward Glemham
 * Sir Thomas Glemham
 * Andrew Glen
 * ✅William Glen (poet)
 * Baron Glenbervie
 * Earls of Glencairn
 * ✅Lord Glencorse
 * ✅Owen Glendower
 * Baron Glenelg
 * Edward Glenham
 * ✅James Glenie
 * Barons Glenlee
 * George Glenny
 * ✅Viscountess Glenorchy
 * Francis Glisson
 * Dukes of Gloucester
 * Duchess of Gloucester
 * Earls of Gloucester
 * ✅Miles de Gloucester
 * Robert of Gloucester