Early Life
He was born in Leominster, the son of William Gilkes a chemist. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and went on to Christ Church, Oxford from where he received a First Class Honours degree in Literae Humaniores in 1872 having achieved a first class in Mods in 1870. He received his MA in 1885. On 19 May 1892 he married Millicent Mary Clarke, the daughter of Bennett Michell Clarke, and sister of three brothers who attended Dulwich College. He had four sons (all of whom went to Dulwich College) and one daughter, one of whom, Christopher would later also become the Master of Dulwich College.
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