GEOGHEGAN, Joseph Bryan. b. Oldfield road, Salford, Manchester 13 April 1815; manager of Victoria music hall, Bolton 1864 to death; proprietor of Star theatre, Hanley; author of John Barleycorn 1860; The men of merry merry England 1858; Lancashire Witches, and upwards of 200 other favourite songs. d. Bolton 21 Jany. 1889.
GEOGHEGAN, Most Rev. Patrick Bonaventure. b. Dublin 1811; joined Franciscan order at Coimbra; the first resident R.C. priest at Port Phillip, New Holland 1839; vicar general of Melbourne 1848; bishop of Adelaide 1859 to death; consecrated 8 Sep. 1859. d. Kingston, Dublin 5 May 1865.
GEORGE, Frederick Darley. Cornet 11 light dragoons 1825; major 22 foot 1849–53 when placed on h.p.; D.A.G. Windward and Leeward Islands 1853–58; col. 76 foot 28 April 1875 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877; C.B. 4 July 1843. d. 67 Brunswick place, Brighton 2 June 1888 aged 80.
GEORGE, John (eld. son of John George of Dublin, merchant, who d. 1837). b. Dublin 18 Nov. 1804; ed. at Frascati school and Trin. coll. Dublin; called to bar at King’s Inns, Dublin 1826, bencher 1859; barrister G.I. 16 May 1827; Q.C. 2 Nov. 1844; M.P. for co. Wexford 1852–57 and 1859–66; solicitor general for Ireland, Feb. to July 1859; judge of court of Queen’s Bench, Ireland, Nov. 1866 to death; P.C. Ireland 1866. d. 45 Fitzwilliam sq. Dublin 15 Dec. 1871.
GERARD, Robert Tolver, 1 Baron. b. Sutton, Lancs. 12 May 1808; lieut. col. Lancashire yeomanry cavalry 1855, col. 1878 to death; A.D.C. to the Queen 23 March 1867 to death; sheriff of Lancs. 1859; created Baron Gerard of Bryn, Lancs. 18 Jany. 1876. d. 16 South st. Park lane, London 15 March 1887. I.L.N. lxviii, 61, 62 (1876), portrait.
GETTY, Samuel Gibson. b. 30 Nov. 1817; M.P. for Belfast 1860–68. d. 60 Redcliffe gardens, London 15 Dec. 1877.
GIBB, Alexander (only son of John Gibb, C.E., who introduced use of Aberdeen granite in construction of public works). b. Larbert, Stirlingshire 21 Sep. 1804; partner with his father at Aberdeen; built Victoria bridge over the Wear 1836, remarkable for its height and large spans; planned and carried out railway lines in North of Scotland; engineer of Great North of Scotland railway 1845 to death; lessee of Rubislaw quarries near Aberdeen; M.I.C.E. 9 Feb. 1830. d. Willowbank, Aberdeen 8 Aug. 1867. Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxvii, 587–89 (1868).
GIBB, Sir George Duncan, 4 Baronet (eld. son of Thomas Gibb). b. Montreal 25 Dec. 1821; educ. McGill coll., M.D. 1846; L.R.C.S. Ireland 1848; M.R.C.P. Lond. 1859; in practice at Montreal 1849–53; one of originators of St. Lawrence sch. of medicine and professor there; gave his collection of 1500 specimens to Natural History soc., Montreal 1853; founded Pathological soc., Montreal, president 1853; settled in London 1853; assist. physician Westminster hospital; assumed a disputed baronetage May 1867; discovered crystal of diabetic sugar 1854; the first to remove tumours from the larynx by the mouth 1864; author of A treatise on whooping cough 1854; On diseases of throat and windpipe 1860; Life of Robert Gib 2 vols. 1874 and 41 other works. d. 1 Bryanston st. Portman sq. London 16 Feb. 1876. N. and Q. 3 Ser. x 311, xii 274, 362, 421, 536 (1866–67), 4 Ser. i 37 (1868); Morgan’s Bibliotheca Canadensis (1867) pp. 140–50.
GIBBES, Sir George Smith (son of Rev. George Gibbes, R. of Woodborough, Wilts.) b. 1771; Commoner of Ex. coll. Ox.; B.A. 1792, M.A. 1795, M.B. 1796, M.D. 1799; fellow of Magd. coll. Ox.; candidate of coll. of physicians 1803, fellow 1804, Harveian orator 1817; physician to Bath general hospital 1804; physician extraord. to Queen Charlotte 1819; knighted by George iv. at Carlton house 10 May 1820; removed to Cheltenham about 1835, afterwards to Sidmouth; F.L.S. 21 May 1793; F.R.S. 18 Feb. 1796; author of A treatise on the Bath waters 1800 and other books. d. Sidmouth 23 June 1851. bur. family vault at Woodborough. W. Munk’s Roll (1878) iii, 13.
GIBBONS, David Octavius (eld. child of Edward Augustus Gibbons, who d. 20 Aug. 1834). b. 28 Oct. 1811; special pleader 1834; author of A manual of the law of fixtures 1836; A treatise on the law of dilapidations and nuisances 1838, 2 ed. 1849 and other books. d. 30 St. George’s sq. London 23 Oct. 1876.