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 714 THE KNIGHTAGE. FORSYTH, Sir John, k.c.s.i. (1881), c.b. 1862, inspector-gen. of hospitals (letd.) Bengal medical service, hon. i)hysician to the Queen since 1861. FORSYTH, Sir Thomas Douglas, k.c.s.i. 1874, C.B. 1860, late Bengal c.s. commissioner trans- Sutlej territory, commissioner Fyzabad division Glide, envoy to Kashgar 1873/4 (brother of William Fors}i:h, Q.c. M.P. sons of Thomas Forsyth, of Liver- pool); b. 7 Oct. 1827; m. 28 Feb. 18.50, Maiy Alice, dan. of Thomas Hall Plumer, Esq. of Canon's I'ark. Herts, and has 4 daus. (1) Georgrtna Tjucy Peel, in. to Col. George Ilulwrt Parker, com. 92n(l Gordon highlanders. (2) Jessie Alice, <i 27 April, 1879, having m. 8 Jan. 1876, as 1st wife, to James A. L. Montgomery, Bengal staff, 2nil son of Sir Robert Montgomery, G.C.S.l. (3) Ethel Mary. (4) Emily Latham, m. 10 Sept. 1881, to William Kingsdown Curling, lieut. H.M. South Durham L.I. 76, Ouslow Gardens, S.W. FOX, Sir William, k.c.m.g. 1879, prime minister New Zealand 18.56, 1861/2, 1869/72. M.A. Wadham Coll. Oxon. 18.39, bar-at-law l.T. 1842 (son of late George Townshend Fox, j.p. D.L. CO. Durham); b. 9 June. 1812 ; m. 8 May, 1842, Sarah, dau. of William Halcombe, Esq. of Poulton House, Wilts. Westoe, Greatford, New Zealand. F REELING, Sir Sandford, k.c.m.g. 1878, gov. of Trinidad since 1880 (brother of Sir Arthur Henry Freeling, 1st Baronet — see that article). FROST, Sir Thomas Gibbons, knighted at Windsor Castle 11 Nov. 1870, mayor of Chester 1868/9, j.p. high sheriff Montgomeiysh. 1881 [descended from Edmund Frost, of Hunton Hall, Suffolk, m.d. (great-grandson of John Frost, of Langham, Suffolk), by his ■nafe Rebecca, 2nd dau. of Rev. John Meadows, rector of Ousden, Suffolk— E. Manvers]: b. 20 Sept. 1820; m. 12 Sept. 1855, Mary Anne, dau. of Henry Wood, of Birkenhead, Cheshire, and has 3 sons and 4 daus. (1) John Meadows, b. 15 Sept. 1856. (2) Thomas Gibbons, b. 5 Dec. 18G0. (3) Charles Albert, b. 29 May, 1872. (4) Harriet. (5) Evelyn, m. 1 Sept. 1881. to Reuben Norton, lieut. 2ud batt. Durham L.l. 2nd son of late Rev. William Norton, rector of Baltinglass, Ireland. (6) Beatrice. (7) Anne Lucy. Redcliff, Chester, &c. FRY, Hon. Sir Edward, knighted 30 April, 1877, bar.-at-law L.l. 1854, Q.c. and bencher 1869, judge high couil of justice (chancer)' division) | since 1877, B.A. Univ. Coll. London, and a fellow, ; late examiner in equity and real property, London | University (brother of Lewis Fry, m.p. Bristol, ' sons of Joseph Fry, of Bristol) ; b. 4 Nov. 1827 ;, m. 6 April, 1859, Mariabella, dau. of late John Hodgkin, Esq. of Lewes, Sussex. The Grove, Highgate, N. and Finland House, Wra.xall, Somerset. C"^ ALT, Sir Alexander Tilloch, g.c.m.g. 1869, 'JT finance minister to Canada 1858/62, 1864/6, and 1867, president Atlantic and St. Lawrence rail- way company 1851/3, H.M.'s commissioner fi.shery commission at Halifax 1878, high commis.sioner for Canada in London June 1880 (son of John Gait, the novelist); b. 1817; m. 1st— 1848, Elliott, dau. of John Torrance, Esq. of Montreal : she d. 1850. He m. 2ndly— 1852, Amy Gordon, dau. of John Torrance, Esq. 66, Laucaster Gate, W. and Montreal, Canada. GARTH, Hon. Sir Richard, knighted 1875, chief justice Bengal since 1875, bar.-at-law L.i. 1847, Q.c. 1866, M.p. Guildford 1866/8 [son and heir of late Richard (Lowndes) Garth, of Morden Hall, Surrey]; b. 1820; m. 27 June, 1847, his cousin Clara, dau. of William Loftus Lowndes, Esq. and has with other issue 2 sons and a dau. (1) Richard, b. 1848. (2) Douglas, m. 12 Oct. 1878, Mildred, younger dau. of late Arthiu- Noverre, of London. (3) Helen Frances (2nd dau.) m. 5 May 1881, to Alexander Evaus-Gordou, capt. B.S.C. son of Major-Gen. Evans-Gordon. Calcutta. GELL, Sir James, knighted 1877, advocate Manx bar 1845, attorney -gen. Lsle of Man since 1866, chairman of Manx board of education since 1872, chairman of Isle of Man justices of the peace 1879 (son of John Gell, of Kennaa, Isle of Man) ; b. 13 Jan. 1823 ; m. 17 Dec. 18.50, Amelia Marcia, eldest dau. of Rev. William Gill, vicar of Malew, Isle of Man, Castletown, Isle of Man. GIBBS, Sir Ben T. Brandreth, knighted 1878, director of agricultural and horticul- tural sections at Paris exhibition 1855, 1867, and 1878 (son of Thomas Gibbs, of Ampthill, Beds.); b. 1814; m. 21 June, 1870, Catharine Mary, dau. of Robert Gibbs Jackson, Esq. of Everton, Lancashire, and has had with other issue 3 sons, (1) A son,b. 20 June, 1871. (2) A son, b. 19 Mar. 1879. (3) Millard, b. 12 AprU, 1880; d. 5 Aug. 1881. 13, Pelham Crescent, S.W. GIFFARD, ADM. Sir George, k.c.b. 1875, retd. list 1877, served in South America, Syria, East and West Indies, China, the Baltic, and the Crimea, k.m. (son of Sir Ambrose Hardinge Giffard, chief justice Ceylon 1820/7) ; b. 9 Aug. 1815 ; m. 5 Aug. 1847, Magdalen, 4th dau. of Robert Mushet, of the royal mint, s. p. Brightley Outwood, Red Hill. GIFFARD, Sir Hardinge Stanley, knighted 1875, solicitor-gen. 1875/80, bar.-at-law i.T. 1850, Q.c. and a bencher 1865, j.p. and chairman of Carmarthen quarter sessions, m.p. Launceston since 1877 (son of Stanley Lees Giffard, ll.d. and nephew of late Sir Ambrose H. Giffard); b. 3 Sept. 1824; m. 1st — Caroline, dau. of W C Humphreys, Esq.; she d. . He m. 2ndly — 14 Oct. 1874, Lynie, dau. of Henry Woodfall, Esq. of Twickenham, and has had a son and 2 daus. (1) A son, b. 20 June, 1880. (2) Lynie May Rohais, d. 15 April, 1879. (3) Constance Mary Evelyn. 99, Gloucester Place, Portmau Square, W. GILBERT, Sir John, r.a. knighted 1872, presi- dent of society of painters in water colours, and hon. member of several art societies in England and Belgium (son of late George Felix Gilbert, of Blackheath); b. 21 July, 1817. Vanbrugh Park, Blackheath. GLOVER, Capt. Sir John Hawley, r.n. G.C.M.G. 1874, governor of Leeward Islands since 1881, of Nevi-foundland 187681, sei-ved in Baltic 1854, &c. acting consul at Lagos 1863, colonial sec. 1864/6, administrator 1866/73, special commissioner on Gold Coast 1873, in the Ashantee expedition 1874; b. m. 7 Nov. 1876, Elizabeth Rosetta, eldest dau. of William James Butler Scott, Esq. of Anne's Grove Abbey, Queen's CO. and has a dau. b. 29 Nov. 1881.