GUTCH

John Mathew ( eld. son of Rev. John Gutch 1746–1831, chaplain of All Souls’ coll. Ox. ) b. Oxford 1776; ed. at Christ’s hospital; law stationer in Southampton buildings, Chancery lane to 1803; proprietor and printer of Felix Farley’s Bristol Journal 1804–44; second-hand bookseller at Bristol; partner in Lavender’s bank, Worcester 1823–48 when the bank failed; F.S.A. 1839; started with Robert Alexander the Morning Journal , London 6 Oct. 1828, last number 30 May 1830; wrote or edited The Country Constitutional Guardian , Bristol 1822–24 a monthly serial; edited Poems of Geo. Withers 3 vols. 1820 and works about Robin Hood 1847–66. d. Bar bourne near Worcester 20 Sep. 1861.