GOSLING, William Clarke Francis. b. 9 Aug. 1822; 2 lieut. Madras artillery 11 June 1840; A.A.G. R.A. Madras 1868–73; col. R.A. 1 Aug. 1872 to death; L.G. 12 May 1882; hon. general 31 Dec. 1883. d. Folkestone 14 June 1885.
GOSS, Most Rev. Alexander. b. Ormskirk, Lancs. 5 July 1814; ed. at St. Cuthbert’s coll. Ushaw 1827–39; studied at English coll. Rome 1839–42; vice pres. of St. Edward’s coll. Everton, Liverpool 16 Jany. 1843 (date of opening) to 21 June 1853; bishop of Gerra in partibus. and co-adjutor bishop of Liverpool 29 July 1853, bishop 25 Jany. 1856 to death, consecrated by Cardinal Wiseman 25 Sep. 1853; edited for Chetham Soc. Abbot’s Journal and The trials at Manchester in 1694, 1864, and for Manx Soc. The Chronicle of Man and the Sudreys 2 vols. 1874. d. St. Edward’s college 3 Oct. 1872. bur. St. Sepulchre’s cemetery, Ford 8 Oct. Gillow’s English Catholics ii, 535–40 (1885); Brady’s Episcopal Succession iii, 418–22 (1877).
GOSS, Sir John (son of Joseph Goss of Fareham, Hants., organist). b. Fareham 27 Dec. 1800; chorister of chapel royal, London 1811–16: pupil of Thomas Attwood 1816; organist of St. Luke’s, Chelsea 9 Jany. 1825; professor of harmony Royal Academy 1827; organist to St. Paul’s 1838, resigned 1872; composer to the chapel royal 1856; knighted at Windsor Castle 19 March 1872 for his anthem on Prince of Wales’ recovery “The Lord is my strength”; entertained at a banquet at Albion tavern, London 17 April 1872; Mus. D. of Cambridge 1876; writer of ‘Cantate Domino’ a canon sung at meeting of Concentores Sodales 13 Feb. 1824, ‘Have mercy on me’ an anthem 1833, ‘If we believe that Jesus died’ anthem for funeral of D. of Wellington 1852; author of Introduction to Harmony 1833; edited Sacred Minstrel 3 vols. 1833; ed. with W. Mercer The Church Psalter with appropriate chants and tunes 1855, ten editions. d. 15 Clarewood ter. Lambeth road, Brixton Rise 10 May 1880, his memorial tablet in crypt of St. Paul’s was designed by John Belcher, unveiled 10 May 1886. W. A. Barrett’s English church composers (1882) 173–8.
GOSSE, Emily (dau. of Wm. Bowes of Boston, Mass.) b. London 9 Nov. 1806; one of the earliest workers in the East End of London; author of Abraham and his children 1855 and of a series of popular religious tracts; author with P. H. Gosse of Seaside Pleasures 1853, anon. (m. 1848 Philip Henry Gosse, he d. 1888). d. Barnsbury, London 9 Feb. 1857. Memorials of Mrs. Gosse, By P. H. Gosse (1857); Tell Jesus, recollections of E. Gosse, By A. Shipton (1858).
GOSSE, Philip Henry (son of Thomas Gosse of Worcester, miniature painter 1765–1844). b. Worcester 6 April 1810; ed. at Poole and Blandford; lived in Newfoundland 1827–35; collected birds and insects in Jamaica for British Museum 1844–46; lived at St. Marychurch, Torquay 1857 to death; F.R.S. 5 June 1856; author of The Canadian Naturalist 1840; The Aquarium 1854; Omphalos 1857; Actinologia Britannica 1860; A year at the shore 1865 and 30 other books. d. Sandhurst villa, St. Marychurch, Torquay 23 Aug. 1888. I.L.N. 8 Sep. 1888 p. 279, portrait; Graphic 22 Sep. 1888 p. 314, 320, portrait.
GOSSELIN, Gerard (3 son of Joshua Gosselin of St. Peter’s Port, Guernsey 1739–1813). b. St. Peter’s Port 4 Feb. 1769; ensign 34 foot 27 Sep. 1787; captain 2 life guards 6 June 1794; governor of Halifax 1815; general 23 Nov. 1841. d. Mount Ospringe, Faversham, Kent 11 June 1859.
GOSSELIN, Sir Thomas Le Marchant (brother of the preceding). b. St. Peter’s Port, Guernsey 7 May 1765; entered navy 2 Aug. 1778; captain 23 July 1795; received thanks from both Houses of Parliament 1809 for embarking British army after battle of Corunna; admiral 23 Nov. 1841. d. Jersey 27 Nov. 1857. bur. Bengeo church, Herts.
GOSSET, Henry (2 son of Matthew Gosset of Bagot, Jersey, d. 1843). Entered navy 15 June 1809; captain 1 Jany. 1829; admiral on h.p. 12 Sep. 1865. d. Old Quebec st. Portman sq. London 1 March 1877 aged 82.
GOSSET, Rev. Isaac (eld. son of Rev. Isaac Gosset, D.D., F.R.S., who d. 1812). b. 1783; ed. at Exeter coll. Ox., B.A. 1804, M.A. 1807; C. of Windsor 1809–14; V. of Datchet 1814–21; chaplain to royal household Windsor Castle 1818 to death; V. of New Windsor 1821 to death. d. Windsor? 11 Feb. 1855. G.M. April 1855 p. 435.
GOSSET, Montague (2 son of Daniel Gosset of Tanner’s End, Edmonton). b. 1 July 1792; ed. at Broxbourne; entered navy Nov. 1806; apprenticed to Mr. Stocker of Guy’s hospital 1809–14; M.R.C.S. 1814, hon. F.R.C.S. 1843; practised in city of London 1820 to death; communicated to the profession the only case of renal aneurism then detected 1829. d. 40 Broad st. buildings, city of London 21 Oct. 1854. G.M. xlii, 633–5 (1854).