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DEHANY, GEORGE, only son of George Dehany, Jamaica, and Mary, dau. of Matthew Gregory MD, Jamaica, and nephew of Philip Dehany (qv); b. 17 Oct 1760; adm. 28 Sep 1770; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 Sep 1778, but did not matr.; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 7 Oct 1779, called to bar 16 Nov 1784; member Marylebone and Hambledon Cricket Clubs, and played in many of the great matches of the day; played for OWW against Old Etonians at Lord’s 13-14 May 1793; m. 15 Aug 1786 Sarah, widow of Matthew Byndloss, Jamaica, and dau. of --- Jones; d. 1807.

DEHANY, PHILIP, son of David Dehany, Bristol, and of Hanover parish, Jamaica, merchant, and Mary, dau. of Matthew Gregory; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1743 (Hart's); left 1752; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 3 Jul 1752, matr. 1753; one of the committee which revised the laws of cricket at the Star and Garter Hotel, Pall Mall 25 Feb 1774; MP St. Ives 26 Dec 1778-80; purchased Hayes Place estate, Kent 1797; buried Hayes, Kent 6 Nov 1809.

DEWAR, DAVID ALBEMARLE BERTIE, brother of George Edward Matthew Dewar (qv); b. 3 Jul 1794; adm. 7 Apr 1802 (Clapham); left 1802; went to Harrow Sch.; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 Jul 1812, fellow commoner 7 Nov 1812, matr. 1812; of Doles Hall, Andover, Hampshire; m. 12 May 1821 Ann Louisa, eldest dau. of Richard Magenis MP [perhaps OW, qv], Grosvenor Place, London, Lieut. -Col. Fermanagh Militia; d. 25 Nov 1859.

DOTTIN, ABEL, only son of William Dottin, Barbados, West Indies, and Mary, third dau. of Abel Alleyne, Barbados; b.; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1720; in under school list 1724; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Oct 1725; adm. Middle Temple 6 Apr 1726; of English Nuffield, Oxfordshire; m. (by 1734) his cousin Elizabeth, sister of Abel Walter (qv); d. 1759 (will proved PCC 3 Jan 1760).

DOUGLAS, JOHN ST. LEGER, eldest son of John Douglas, St. Kitts, West Indies, and Susanna, widow of Richard Holmes, and dau. of Michael Lambert, Governor of St. Kitts; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1742/3 (Smalridge's); left 1748; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 22 Oct 1748, did not matr.; MP Hindon 1768-74, Weobley from 1774; m. 1st; m. 2nd, 30 Dec 1765 Caroline Otway; d. 23 May 1783. [second wife perhaps a sister of Charles Otway (qv)]

ERLE-DRAX-GROSVENOR, RICHARD EDWARD, only son of Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor (qv); b. Mar 1797; adm. 14 Jun 1809; left 1810; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 May 1815, aged 18; MP New Romney 22 Feb 1819-26; d. 13 Aug 1828.

ERLE-DRAX-GROSVENOR, RICHARD, son of Thomas Grosvenor (adm. 1749, qv); b. 5 Oct 1762; adm. 29 Nov 1773; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Oct 1779; MP East Looe 4 Sep 1786 - Apr 1788, Clitheroe 15 Sep 1794-6, Chester 15 Dec 1802-7, New Romney from 18 Jun 1818; assumed additional surnames of Erle-Drax on marriage; High Sheriff, Dorset 1800; m. 11 Mar 1788 Sarah Frances, dau. of Edward Drax MP, Charborough Park, Dorset; d. 8 Feb 1819.

Fitzherbert, Sir William, Bart., son of William Fitzherbert, M.P., of Tissington, co. Derby, a Commissioner of Trade and Plantations, by Mary, eldest daughter of Littleton Poynta Meynell, of Bradley, in the same co.; b. May 27, 1748; in school lists 1764; left Christmas 1764; St. John's Coll. Camb. (adm. fellow commoner Feb. 19, 1765); M.A. 1770; adm. to Lincoln's Inn June 14, 1773, called to the bar June 24, 1776; Recorder of Derby; a Gent. Usher to George III; created a baronet Jan. 22, 1784; author of A Dialogue on the Revenue Laws, and of a collection of moral Maxims; m. 14 Oct. 1777, Sarah, only daughter of William Perrin, of Jamaica; d. 30 July 1791 (see DNB)

FLEMING, GILBERT FANE, elder son of Gilbert Fleming, Lieut. -Gov. St. Kitts, West Indies, and Lieut. -Gen. Leeward Islands, and his first wife Katherine ---; bapt. 27 Aug 1727; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1741 (Watts'); KS (Capt. ) 1742; still at school 1744; inherited father’s extensive estates in West Indies in 1762; m. 14 Jan 1754 Lady Camilla Bennet, dau. of Charles Bennet, 2nd Earl of Tankerville; d. 26 Dec 1776.

FULLER, AUGUSTUS ELIOTT, eldest son of John Trayton Fuller, Ashdown Park, Sussex, and his second wife Hon. Anne Eliott, only dau. of George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield KB, Lieut. -Gen. in the Army and Governor of Gibraltar; b. 7 May 1777; in school list 1795 and sixth form list 1796; St. John’s Coll. Camb., adm. fellow commoner 2 May 1796; MP (Conservative) East Sussex 1841-57; of Rosehill, Brightling, and of Ashdown Park, Sussex; DL JP Sussex; m. 5 Sep 1801 Clara, eldest dau. of Owen Putland Meyrick (qv); d. 5 Aug 1857.