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GREVILLE — GURNEY.
GREVILLE, FULKE, first BARON BROOKE.
Poet.
1554—1628.

Admitted 11 February, 1580-1.

On the Register he appears as "Fulke Grevell, Esq." He was the only son of Sir Fulke Greville of Beauchamp Court, Warwickshire, where he was horn in 1554. His mother was Ann, daughter of Ralph Nevill, Earl of Westmorland. He became a favourite of Elizabeth and James I., and a friend of Sir Philip Sidney and the leading Wits and Statesmen of the time. He served in the wars in the Low Countries and in Normandy. In 1598 he was "Treasurer of the Navy," and in 1614 Chancellor of the Exchequer. He succeeded to the title of Lord Brooke in 1621. He was murdered by one of his dependants, and died 30 Sept. 1628.

He was an ardent student of literature, but published little during his life. His Tragedies and Poems were printed in 1623, his history of Five Years of King James in 1643, and his Life of Sir Philip Sidney in 1652.


GREY, CHARLES, second EARL GREY.
Statesman.
1764—1845.

Admitted 7 May, 1783.

Eldest son of Charles Grey, Knight of the Bath (afterwards first Earl Grey). He began his political career as member for Northumberland, which he represented till his father's death in 1807. From that time till his death he took a leading part in public affairs. In 1793 he assisted in forming the "Society of the Friends of the People," and in 1797 introduced into Parliament a plan for Reform. He was one of those who opposed the Union of Ireland. In 1806 he was made Lord Howick, and joined the Ministry of Lord Grenville as First Lord of the Admiralty, and subsequently as Foreign Secretary. In 1830, on the downfall of the Duke of Wellington's Ministry, he became Prime Minister, and introduced the first Reform Bill, which was carried in 1832. He resigned office in 1834, and died 17 July, 1845.


GUILFORD, BARON. See NORTH, FRANCIS.


GUILLAMORE, VISCOUNT. See O'GRADY, STANDISH.


GUNDRY, Sir NATHANIEL.
Lawyer.
About 1701—1754.

Admitted 6 December, 1720.

Only son of Nathaniel Gundry, merchant, of Lyme Regis, where he was born about 1701. After his call to the Bar (26 Nov. 1725), he migrated to Lincoln's Inn. He represented Dorchester in Parliament in 1741, and again in 1747, as an opponent of Walpole's Ministry. He was called to the Bench of the Common Pleas in 1750, but was carried off by fever whilst on circuit 23 March, 1754.


GURNEY, ARCHER THOMPSON.
Divine and Author.
1820—1887.

Admitted 29 April, 1842.

Eldest son of Richard Gurney of Tregony, Cornwall, Vice- Warden of the Stannaries, Devon, and author of some poems. Three years after his call to the Bar, on 8 May, 1846, he became ordained, and held several curacies, and