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Authority recordGreenhill, John (c.1644–1676), artist
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- c. 1644 – 19 May 1676
An English portrait painter, a pupil of Peter Lely, who approached his teacher in artistic excellence, but whose life was cut short by a dissolute lifestyle.
Greenwood, Sir Christopher (1955 - present), Lawyer and Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge
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- 12 May 1955 - present
Master of Magdalene College (1 October 2020 - present)
Sir Christopher Greenwood went to school in Singapore and Northamptonshire before coming up to Magdalene in 1973. He obtained his BA in Law in 1976 and LlB (now LlM) in International Law in 1977. During his undergraduate years he was President of the Cambridge Union Society (Lent Term 1976).
After being called to the Bar by Middle Temple, he became a Fellow of Magdalene in 1978. He served successively as Dean, Director of Studies in Law and Tutor. A Lecturer in the Law Faculty, he taught International Law, the Law of Armed Conflict, European Community Law, Criminal Law and Constitutional Law.
Sir Christopher left Magdalene in1996 to become Professor of International Law at the London School of Economics, specialising in international humanitarian law. During these years he also practised as a barrister, becoming a Queen’s Counsel in 1999. His court appearances included the Pinochet case in the House of Lords, cases about the Lockerbie bombing and the Kosovo conflict in the International Court of Justice and numerous cases before the European Court of Human Rights, the Court of Justice of the European Union and the English courts. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) for services to international law in 2002 and was knighted in 2009.
In 2008 he was elected by the United Nations as a Judge of the International Court of Justice and by Magdalene as an Honorary Fellow. He served on the Court until 2018 and was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) for services to international justice in the same year. The United States appointed him as one of its three appointees on the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in 2018. A Bencher of Middle Temple since 2003, he was Master Reader of the Inn in Lent 2020.
Gregoire, Jean Louis (1840-1890), sculptor
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- 17 December 1840 - 5 January 1890
Gregoire trained under the celebrated sculptor Jean Jules Salmson at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and his work was first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1867. His bronze sculptures were often classical in nature and commonly took war and music as their themes, typical of the Academic style in which he was trained.
Gretton, William (1736-1813), Anglican Clergyman and Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge
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- 1736 - 29 September 1813
Master of Magdalene College, 1797 - 1813
Educated at Peterhouse. Successor Dr Peter Peckard as Master. He was 'a man of no particular distinction who, as vicar of Saffron Walden, archdeacon of essex and a justice of the peace, was known at Audley End' [ie. known to the Visitor who had the power to appoint the Master. At this time the position of Visitor was held jointly by the Revd Dr and Mrs Parker].
He was not greatly interested in academic distinction and had no time for Evangelicas [who dominated Magdalene at this time]. His Mastership marked the start of a downward spiral from which it took a century to emerge.
He served as Vice-Chancellor, 1800-1801.
Most exceptionally, he was buried in the College Ante-Chapel, under a diamond-shaped slab.
Greuter, Matthias (1564-1638), engraver
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- 1564/66-1638
Greville, Charles Cavendish Fulke (1794–1865), political and social diarist
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- 2 April 1794 - 18 January 1865
Grey, Charles (1764-1845), 2nd Earl Grey and prime minister
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- 13 March 1764 - 17 July 1845
Grey, Henry George (1802-1894), 3rd Earl Grey and politician
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- 28 December 1802 - 9 October 1894
Griffin, Elizabeth (bap. 1691 -1762), Visitor of Magdalene College, Cambridge
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- c. 1691 - 1762
Daughter of James Griffin, 2nd Baron Griffin of Braybrooke, sister and co-heir of Edward, 3rd Baron Griffin of Braybrooke. She was a direct descendant of Lord Audley.
Her first marriage was to her cousin Henry Neville/Grey; her second in 1741 to John Wallop, MP (1690-1762), governor of the Isle of Wight, first Earl of Portsmouth (his second wife).
She secured the Mastership for her husband’s nephew, Barton Wallop – the worst Master the College ever had; and meanwhile placed George Sandby in office under bond to resign when Barton Wallop was of age – the resignation duly took place in 1774.
Died without issue; the visitorship then passed to her nephew, Sir John Griffin Whitwell, later 1st Baron Braybrooke.
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- 1719 - 1797
Educated at Winchester College, 1734-1736. Captain in the Foot Guards, 1744. Distinguished service in Seven Years War. Made a General in 1778 and Field-Marshal in 1796.
Was MP for Andover between 1749 and 1784.
Awarded KB in 1761.
Served as Lord Lieutenant of Essex, 1784 - 1797.
Died without issue, so the Barony was devolved on Richard Neville.
Groeningen, Gerard van (active 1550-1599), printmaker and print designer
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- active 1550-1599
Grose, Margaret (1876-1959), artist
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- 1876-1959
Grosvenor, Richard (1795–1869), 2nd marquess of Westminster and aristocrat
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- 27 January 1795 - 31 October 1869
Grubb, Peter (1935-present), plant ecologist and President of Magdalene College, Cambridge
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- 1935-
Educated at Royal Liberty School Romford. Matric 1954 (Scholar); PhD 1962, ScD 1995; Bye-Fellow, 1958–1960; Fellow, 1960 (Emeritus 2002); Tutor, 1963–1974; joint Director of Studies in Natural Sciences (Biological), 1980–1996; President, 1991–1996 (Acting Master , Michaelmas Term 1994). University Lecturer in Botany, 1964-1992; Reader, 1992-2000; Professor of Investigative Plant Ecology, 2000 (Emeritus 2002). President of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 1990-1991; Editor, Journal of Ecology, 1972-1977; President of the British Ecological Society, 1990-1991 (first Award for outstanding service to the Society, 2003).
Gueully de Rumigny, Comte Marie-Théodore (1789-1860), general and politician
- 12 March 1789 - 24 June 1860
Guiche, Amable-Charles de la (1747-1794), general
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- 1747-1794
Gunn, James (1893-1964), artist
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- 30 June 1893– 30 December 1964
A Scottish landscape and portrait painter. Gunn's paintings are on show in a number of galleries and his 1953 portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is in the Royal Collection. He also painted notable portraits of King George V, Agnes Catherine Maitland (now in Somerville College's dining hall), and also of Harold Macmillan, in his role as Chancellor of Oxford University. He was elected President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1953, a post he held until his death.
Gurdon, Sir John (1933 - present), cell biologist and Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge
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- 2 October 1933 - present
Master of Magdalene College, 1995-2002
Educated at Christ Church Oxford. University of Cambridge, John Henry Plummer Professor of Cell Biology, 1983-2001; Fellow of Churchill College until taking up the Mastership; Honorary Fellow, 2002. Chairman of The Wellcome Trust & Cancer Research UK Institute of Cancer & Developmental Biology, 1991, which was renamed The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute in 2003 in recognition of his inaugural directorship. Japanese Academy’s Emperor Hirohito Prize for Biology, 1987; Israel’s Wolf Prize for Medicine, 1989; Copley Medal, 2003; Hon ScD 2007; Nobel Prize for Medicine 2012.
Further Reading:
Article 'Appointment to the Mastership' by Peter Grubb, College Magazine vol. 38 (1993-94) pp. 8-9
Article, 'Hail and Farewell' by Eamon Duffy, College Magazine, vol. 46 (2001-02) pp. 9-11
Gurney, Hudson (1775–1864), antiquary and banker
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- 19 January 1775 - 9 November 1864
Antiquary and banker.
Gyalzen Kazi (active 1921), climbing sherpa, interpreter, and sardar
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- 1921
Gyalzen Kazi was a climbing sherpa, interpreter, and sardar on the 1921, 1922, and 1924 Mount Everest Expeditions. George Mallory mentioned him by name.
Halford, Sir Henry (1766–1844), 1st Baronet and physician
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- 2 October 1766 - 9 March 1844
Haliburton, Thomas Chandler (1796–1865), politician and writer
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- 17 December 1796 - 27 August 1865
Politician and writer.
Hall, Benjamin (1802–1867), Baron Llanover, politician and eponymist of Big Ben
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- 8 November 1802 - 17 January 1867
Hallam, Henry (1777–1859), historian
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- 9 July 1777 - 25 October 1859
Best known for his historical scholarship.
Hamilton, Thomas (1780–1858), 9th earl of Haddington and politician
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- 21 June 1780 - 11 February 1858