GRAY, Paul. b. Dublin; came to London 1863 aged 21; etched the large cartoons for new series of Fun 1863; supplied the illustrations to Kingsley’s Hereward the Wake 1866; connected as an artist with London Journal, London Society, etc.; illustrated Ghosts’ wives 1867 and Idyllic pictures 1867. d. Brighton 14 Nov. 1866 aged 24. bur. R.C. cemetery, Kensal green 17 Nov. Daily Telegraph 19 Nov. 1866 p. 5.
GRAY, Peter. b. Aberdeen 1807?; educ. Aberdeen univ.; studied mathematics and life contingencies; hon. mem. Institution of Actuaries; F.R. Astronom. Soc.; F.R. Micros. Soc.; consulting actuary to Railway accident mutual assurance soc. 1874; author of Tables and Formulæ for the computation of life contingencies 1849; Tables for the formation of logarithms and anti-logarithms to 12 places 1865, another ed. 1876; with H. A. Smith and W. Orchard Assurance and annuity table on the Carlisle rate of mortality 1851. d. 20 St. Augustine road, Camden sq. London 17 Jany. 1887. Journ. of Instit. of Actuaries, xxvi, pt. i, 301–2, 406; Walford’s Insurance Cyclopædia, v, 540–41 (1878).
GRAY, Right Rev. Robert (7 son of Dr. Robert Gray, bishop of Bristol, d. 28 Sep. 1834 aged 70). b. Bishopwearmouth rectory, Durham 3 Oct. 1809; ed. at Univ. coll. Ox., B.A. 1831, M.A. 1834, created D.D. 1847; P.C. of Whitworth, Durham 1834; V. of Stockton on Tees, collated 30 Sep. 1845; hon. canon of Durham cath., collated 3 Oct. 1846; the first bishop of Capetown 28 June 1847 to death; consecrated 29 June 1847; resigned his bishopric in order to have the diocese divided into three parts 23 Nov. 1853; bishop of Cape Town and metropolitan of South Africa 6 Dec. 1853; deprived Rev. W. Long of Mowbray of his license for not attending a synod 1861, privy council reversed the sentence 1863; deposed J. W. Colenso, bishop of Natal for heresy 1863, privy council reversed the sentence 1865; author of Journal of a visitation tour in Cape Town 1850; Journal of a visitation of the diocese of Natal 1864; Journal of a visitation of eastern portion of diocese of Capetown 1866 and other books. d. Capetown 1 Sep. 1872. bur. Claremont ch. yard 3 Sep. Life of R. Gray, bishop of Capetown 2 vols. (1876); Graphic, vi, 370, 372 (1872), portrait.
GRAY, Robert (son of Archibald Gray, merchant). b. Dunbar, co. Haddington 15 Aug. 1825; clerk City of Glasgow bank 1845, agent of branch St. Vincent st., Glasgow 1871, inspector of branches to 1874; superintendent of branches, Bank of Scotland 1874, cashier Edinb. 1882 to death; a great student of ornithology; a founder of Nat. Hist. soc. of Glasgow 1851, treasurer 1854–6, sec. 1858–71; F.R.S. Edin. 1875, vice president 1882; sec. Royal Physical soc. Edin. 1877 which he reformed. (m. 8 April 1856 Elizabeth dau. of Thomas Anderson of Girvan, she made extensive geological collections and aided her husband in his ornithological pursuits); author of The Birds of the West of Scotland 1871. d. Bank of Scotland house, Edinburgh 18 Feb. 1887.
GRAY, Venerable Robert. Lindsay scholar of Hatfield hall, Durham, B.A. 1856, M.A. and B.D. 1864, D.D. 1871; C. of Leverbridge, Lancs. 1856–8; head master of gram. schs. at Simonstown and Georgetown, S. Africa 1858–63; head master of high sch. and inspector of schs. of St. Helena 1864–68; archdeacon of Pieter-Maritzburg 1868; dean of Pieter-Maritzburg 1869–70; chaplain of Martley union, Worcs. 1878–84; V. of Toller Porcorum, Dorset 1884 to death. d. Toller Porcorum about 15 Oct. 1887 in 56 year. Times 18 Oct. 1887 p. 6; Guardian 19 Oct. 1887 p. 1568.
GRAY, Rev. Robert Henry (eld. son of Robert Gray of Brompton). Matric. from Ch. Ch. Oxf. 13 May 1836 aged 18, student 1836–48, B.A. 1840, M.A. 1842; C. of Knowsley, Lancs. 1846–50; V. of Kirkby, Liverpool 1850–77; hon. canon of Chester cath. 1867; R. of Wolsingham, Durham 1877 to death; author of Inspiration of Holy Scripture 1859; On the difficulties of the first chapter of Genesis 1860 and other books. d. Wolsingham 19 May 1885 aged 67.
GRAY, Thomas (son of a schoolmaster at Westminster). Clerk in marine department of board of trade at 30s. a week 1851, permanent assist. sec. 1867 to death; auditor of Mersey dock estate; especially clever in surveying steamships; author of Rule of the road 1867; Diggles, a legend of the Victoria Docks, By Arthur de Cripp Elgate i.e. T. Gray 1868; Under the red ensign, or going to sea 1878; Fifty years of legislation in relation to the shipping trade and the safety of ships and seamen 1887; C.B. 1885. d. Rokesby house, 23 St. Michael’s road, Stockwell, Surrey 15 March 1890 aged 58. Times 18 March 1890 p. 5; I.L.N. 29 March 1890 p. 390, portrait.
GREAM, George Thompson (son of Rev. Robert Gream, R. of Rotherfield, Sussex, d. 1856). M.R.C.S. Eng. 1836; M.D. King’s coll. Aberdeen 1850; M.R.C.P. Lond. 1859, F.R.C.P. 1867; F.K.Q.C.P. Ireland 1867; physician accoucheur to Princess of Wales 13 Jany. 1864; on the retirement of Sir C. Locock became the leading west-end practitioner in midwifery; author of Remarks on diet of children 1847; Remarks on the employment of anæsthetic agents in midwifery 1848. d. The Drive, Hove, Brighton 20 July 1888 aged 76. Lancet 28 July 1888 p. 189.
GREATHED, Sir Edward Harris (eld. son of Edward Harris Greathed of Uddens near Wimborne, Dorset, d. 1 Dec. 1840 aged 63). b. South Audley st. London 8 June 1812; ed. at Westminster 1825–9; ensign 8 foot 22 June 1832, lieut. col. 26 June 1858 to 28 Oct. 1859 when placed on h.p.; served in India 1846–59, commanded eastern district of England 1872–7; col. 108 foot 28 Jany. 1880 to death; general 1 July 1880; C.B. 1 Jany. 1858, K.C.B. 28 March 1865. d. Uddens 19 Nov. 1881. Robertson’s Memorial of Sir E. H. Greathed (1885), portrait.
GREATHED, William Wilberforce Harris (brother of the preceding). b. Paris 21 Dec. 1826; 2 lieut. Bengal Engineers 9 Dec. 1844, lieut. col. 1 July 1867; served during Indian mutiny 1857–8; assistant military sec. Horse Guards 1861–65; chief engineer 2 class D.P. works 7 Oct. 1870; constructed Agra canal from the Jumna, and Lower Ganges canal 1873; general 7 July 1868; C.B. 1860. d. London 29 Dec. 1878. bur. Hampreston ch. Dorset 4 Jany. 1879. Memorial of life of W. W. H. Greathed (1879), portrait.