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 652 KNIGHTAGE. William Eraser Tytler, Esq., of Aldourie and Balnain ; 2nd, 1844, the Hon. Frances Maria Gough, who d. 1892, da. of F.M. Viscount Gough, G.C.B. ; cr. K.C.B. 1857, G.C.B. 1861, G.C.M.G. 1868. Royal Hospital, Chelsea. S. W. ; United 'Service Club. GRANTHAM, Hon. Sir William, son of the late George Grantham, Esq., of Barcombe Place, Lewes ; b. 1835 ; ed. at King's Coll. Sch. ; Bar. Inner Temple 1863 (gaining studentship of four Inns of Courts), a Q.C. 1877, and a Bencher 1878 ; is a J.P. for Sussex, and was sometime Dep. Chm. of Magistrates for that co. ; sat as M.P. for E. Surrey (C) 1874-85, and for Croydon 1885-6, when he was appointed a Justice of High Court of Judicature (Queen's Bench Div.) : in. 1865, Emma, el. da. of the late Richard Wilson, Esq., of Chiddingley, Sussex; cr. K.B. 1886. 78, Eaton Square, S. W.; Barcombe Place, Lewes ; Carlton and Atheiifciim Clubs. GRAY, Sir William, son of Matthew Gray, Esq., of Blyth, Northumberland ; b. 1823 ; ed. privately ; was Mayor of Hartlepool 1862 and 1863, and first Mayor of W. Hartlepool 1887 ; is Chm. of Hartlepool Port and Harbour Commn., a J. P. and D. L. for co. Durham, a Director of N.E. Railway Co., and Governing Director of William Gray and Co., ship- builders and shipowners, of W. Hartle- pool ; unsuccessfully contested Hartle- pool (LU] 1891 : in. 1849, Dorothy, da. ot. Capt. John Hall, R.N., of Lewis- ham, S.E. ; cr. K.B. 1890. Greatham, West Hartlepool. GREAVES, Lieut.-Gen. Sir George Richards, K.C.B., K. C. M. G. , son of the late Capt. George Greaves, of the 6oth Rifles ; b. 1831 ; ed. at Sandhurst ; entered 7oth Foot 1849 ; became Maj. 1864, Lieut. - Col. 1865, Col. 1872, Maj. -Gen. 1882, and Lieut.-Gen. 1890; served in Indian Mutiny Campaign 1857-58, as D.A.A.G. in Eusofzye Expedition 1858 (mentioned in despatches, medal with clasp), as D.A.Q.M.G. in New Zealand 1862-6 (re- peatedly mentioned in despatches, medal, Brevet Major and Brevet Lt.-Col.), and as Ch. of Staff in Ashantee Expedition 1873-74 (specially mentioned in despatches, medal with clasp, C.B.), and as Ch. of the Staff in Suakin Expedition 1885 (men- tioned in despatches, medal with clasp, K.C.B. ; was Brig.-Major at Dover 1867- 70, D.A.A.G. at Headquarters 1870-73, and A. A. G. there 1874-78, Ch. oftheStaft and Ch. Sec. to Govt. in Cyprus 1878-79, Administrator of Govt. of Cyprus May and June 1879, A -G- of Army in India 1879-84, and in command of ist class Dist. of Bengal 1885-90, since when he has been Com.-in-Ch. of troops in Bom- bay Pres., and a Member of Council of Gov. of Bombay : in. 1859, Ellen, who d. 1880, da. of B'rig.-Gen. Hutchison ; cr. C.B. 1874, K.C.M.G. 1881, K.C.B. 1885. Bombay ; United So vice Club. GREEN, Maj.-Gen. Sir William Henry Rodes, K. C.S.I., C.B., son of the late Vice-Adm. Sir Andrew Pellatt Green, K.C.H.; b. 1825; ed. at King's Coll., Lond. ; entered igth N.I. 1841, became Capt. and Major i856,Lieut. -Col. 1862, Col. 1868, and Major-Gen. 1875 ; served through Punjaub campaign (medal with two clasps), and under Omar Pasha, with rank of Col., on the Danube, during Crimean war (gold medal), as Assist. Engineer attached to R.E. from opening of siege of Sebastopol to April, 1855 (severely wounded), at bombardment of Sweaborg, and until close of war as D.A.G. of Irregu- lar Cav. (medal with three clasps, Turkish war medal and the Medjidie), and in Persian war as A.A.G. (medal with clasp) ; was Political Sup. and Comdt. of N.W. frontier of Scinde 1861-8, and Hon.A.D.C. to Gov. -Gen. of India ; is a D.L. for Sutherlandshire : m. 1868, Louisa, da. of the late John Henry Dunn, Esq., Receiver- Gen, of Canada; cr. C.B. 1859, K.C.S.I. 1866. 93, Belgrave Road, S. W.; United Service Club. GREENE, Sir John Ball, C.B., son of the late George Greene, Esq. ; is a Civil Engineer, Commr. of Valuation Ch. Boundary Surveyor for Ireland, and a J. P. for co. Dublin : in. ist, Ellen, who d. 1866, da. of the late Robert Wesley, Esq., Surgeon R.N., of Mount Crazier, Queens- town, co. Cork ; and, 1867, Charlotte, da. of the late Edward Henry Courtenay, Esq., of Cheltenham ; cr. C.B. 1880, K.B. 1885. Leeson Park, Dublin ; Union and Kildare Street Clubs. GREGORY, Sir Charles Hutton, K. C.. M. G., son of the late Olinthus Gil- bert Gregory, Esq., LL.D., Professor of Mathematics at Roy. Mil. Acad., Wool- wich ; b. 1817 ; has been Engineer to various Works at home and abroad ; was Pres. of Institution of Civil Engineers 1868-70, a member of Ordnance Select Committee 1855-9, of Small Arm Com- mittee 1870-2, and of Channel Tunnel Committee 1882, a Juror in Paris Exhibi- tion 1867, Capt. -Comdt. Tower Hamlets Engineer Vol. 1861-4, ar >d a Royal Com- missioner Colonial and Indian Exhibition 1886 ; is Consulting Engineer for Railways to the Colonies of Ceylon, Cape of Good Hope, Trinidad, W. Australia and the States of Perak and Selangor, a Col. Engineer and Railway Transport Vol., and a Km. and Officer of the Order of the Rose of Brazil; cr. C.M.G. 1876, K.C.M.G. 1883. 5, Southwick Street, Hyde Park, W.; 2, Delahay Street, West- minster, S. W. ; Atheitccitm and Viiidham Clubs. GRENFELL. Maj.-Gen. Sir Francis Wallace, G.C.M.G., K. C.B., son of the late P. St. L. Grenfell, Esq. ; b. 1841 ; entered 6oth Rifles 1859, became Capt. 1871, Major 1878, Lieut. -Col. 1879, Col. 1882, and Maj.-Gen. 1889; staff services : A.D.C.