DEARMER, PERCY, brother of Thomas Edgar Dearmer (qv); b. 27 Feb 1867; adm. (G) 22 Jan 1880; left May 1881; subsequently at private school in Vevey, Switzerland; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Jun 1886; BA 1890; MA 1896; BD and DD 1911; ordained deacon 1891, priest 1892; Curate, St. Anne’s, Lambeth 1891-4, St. John’s, Great Marlborough Street, 1894-7, Berkeley Chapel, Mayfair, 1897, St. Mark’s, Marylebone Road, 1898-1901; Vicar of St. Mary’s, Primrose Hill, Hampstead, Middlesex 1901-15; Secretary, London Christian Social Union 1891-1912; Chaplain to British Red Cross in Servia 1915; YMCA Lecturer, France 1916, Delhi 1917-8, Japan and USA 1918-9; a liturgical scholar and hymnologist; Professor of Ecclesiastical Art, King’s Coll. London, from 1919, also Fellow King’s Coll. London; Canon Residentiary, Westminster, from 1931; joint editor, The English Hymnal; author, numerous publications on religious art, the liturgy and social questions; m. 1st, 1891, Mabel, artist and writer, dau. of Surgeon-Maj. William White; m. 2nd, 19 Aug 1916 Nancy, sister of Denis Knowles (qv); d. 29 May 1936. DNB Supp.
DEARMER, THOMAS EDGAR, eldest son of Thomas Dearmer, Carlton Vale, London, artist and drawing master, and Caroline Miriam Henry; b. 21 Oct 1863; adm. (G) 22 Sep 1876; left Whitsun 1878; d. 27 Dec 1892.
DEBARY, PETER, son of Peter Debary, Westminster, and Susan Prevost (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 3 Jan 1724 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jan 1736/7; Min. Can. 1737; KS 1738; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1742, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1742, scholar 22 Apr 1743; BA 1745/6; MA 1749; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 3 Oct 1748, Major Fellow 5 Jul 1749; ordained deacon (Lincoln, lit. dim. from London) 4 Mar 1747/8, priest 19 Feb 1748/9; Vicar of Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire, from 1 Nov 1755; Vicar of Burbage, Wilts., from 1772; m. Ann Hayward; d. 4 Jan 1814.
DEBARY, PETER, son of Peter Debary (qv); b.; adm. 6 Feb 1777; KS 1779; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1783, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1783, aged 17, scholar 19 Apr 1784, matr. Mich. 1783; BA 1787; MA 1790; BD 1830; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1789, Major Fellow 7 Jul 1790, a Senior Fellow 1816; an Usher at the School 1788-96, house usher with Mrs Clapham; ordained; Rector of Eversley, Hampshire 19 Jan 1807-24; Vicar of Aysgarth, Yorks.; Rector of Orwell, Cambs., 5 May 1830-6; d. 9 Oct 1841. [perhaps m. 4 Dec 1797 Ann White (IGI)]
DEBAT, DANIEL STEPHEN, son of Daniel Debat, Paddington, Middlesex, and Jane, dau. of John Du Commen, Yeoman of the Confectionery to Kings William III, George I and II; bapt. St. James, Paddington, Middlesex 16 Dec 1724 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) May 1738 (Morel's); Min. Can. 1739; left 1741; Queen’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jan 1741/2, matr. 1742; BA 1745/6; MA 1749; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 5 Jun 1748, priest 18 Dec 1748; Rector of Portishead, Somerset 1752-64; Domestic Chaplain to David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (qv) 1755; Rector of Christ Church, Bristol, from 1764; d. 6 Apr 1785. .
DEBORDES, LEWIS, son of James Debordes, Greenwich, Kent; b.; adm.; KS 1700; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1704, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1704, but did not matr.; MA 1728; ordained; Curate, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey; Vicar of Nasing, Essex, 3 Dec 1719-21; Rector of St. Laurence, Newland, Essex 12 Oct 1720; Vicar of East Ham, Essex, from 4 Oct 1728; m. 16 Apr 1724 Philadelphia Chamberlain, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey; d. 3 Sep 1733.
[Perhaps Lewis Debordes, son of James Debordes and Martha ---, bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 26 Jul 1683 (IGI), but date of baptism seems too early]
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DEE, ARTHUR, son of Rev. John Dee, Warden of Manchester College, the famous astrologer, and his second wife Jane, dau. of Bartholomew Fromond, East Cheam, Surrey ; b. 13 Jul 1579 ; adm. 3 May 1592 (The Private Diary of Dr John Dee, Camden Soc Pub xix, 40); studied probably both at Oxford and at Cambridge; settled in London with intention of practising medicine, but was cited before the College of Physicians as an unlicensed practitioner; became physician to the Tsar of Russia, remaining in Russia for about 14 years; subsequently a Physician in Ordinary to King Charles I; latterly practising medicine in Norwich; a student of hermetical philosophy and for many years a friend of Sir Thomas Browne ; author, Fasciculus Chemicus, published in Paris in 1631; m. Isabella, dau. of Edward Prestwych, Hulme, Lancs.; d. Sep 1651. DNB.