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DIXON, JOHN, brother of Henry Dixon (qv); b. 19 Feb 1799; adm. 13 Feb 1812; left Bartholomewtide 1817; Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards 10 Dec 1825; Lieut. and Capt., 1 Dec 1830; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 18 May 1841; retd. 7 Mar 1851; of Astle Hall, Cheshire; JP Cheshire, High Sheriff 1843; m. 14 May 1840 Sophia, dau. of Thomas William Tatton, Wythenshawe, Cheshire; d. 10 Mar 1873.

DIXON, JOHN, only son of John Dixon, Rotterdam, Netherlands; b. 6 Nov 1804; adm. 16 Apr 1817 (Packharness'); left Midsummer 1817; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Apr 1822; BA 1829.

DIXON, WILLIAM JERROLD, eldest son of William Hepworth Dixon, St. James’s Terrace, Regent’s Park, London, author and journalist, and Marian, dau. of James MacMahon, Ardwick Green, Manchester; b. 24 Mar 1848; adm. 13 Mar 1862; QS 1863; left Dec 1866; while helping to save lives in the terrible ice accident in Regent’s Park on 15 Jan 1867 he caught a severe chill which rendered him more or less an invalid for the rest of his life; adm. Inner Temple 15 Apr 1867, called to bar 26 Jan 1870; South-Eastern Circuit; Hon. Secretary, Savage Club; Secretary to Dublin Sanitary Commission 1879; author, Married Another, and of numerous magazine articles; d. unm. at Dublin 20 Oct 1879.

DIZINGTON, THOMAS LUCAS, son of Thomas Dizington, Farthinghoe, Northants.; b.; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1725; Min. Can. 1728, 1729. [Presumably Thomas Dizington, son of Thomas Dizington and Mary (Robinson ?), bapt. St. Dunstan, Stepney 25 Jan 1713 (IGI)]

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Dobbie, Alexander Middleton, elder son of Sir James Johnston Dobbie, Kt., F.R.S., LL. D., Principal of the Government Laboratories, London, by Violet, daughter of Thomas Chilton, of Greford, Flintshire; b. June 22, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left Dec. 1916; 2nd Lieut. 1/6th Batt. the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) April 26, 1917; went out to the western front Aug. 18, 1917; d. at Pernes April 13, 1918, of wounds received in action near Bethune April 11, 1918; unm.

Dobbie, James Chilton, brother of Alexander Middleton Dobbie (qv); b. 3 Aug. 1902; adm. Sept. 1916 (A); left July 1921; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1921, BA 1924, MA 1928; Univ. of Lond. 1928-9, PhD 1930; observer Solar Physics Lab., Cambridge, 1930-39; asst master Tonbridge Sch. 1940-3, Ampleforth Coll. 1945-64; retd 1964; m. 1 Mar. 1930 Winifred Aileen, d. of Robert Laurence Chambers of Lenzie, Glasgow; d. 1995.

DOBBS, ---; at school 20 Oct 1789.

DOBINS, WILLIAM, son of William Dobins MP, Warmington, Gloucs. [check], and Margaret, dau. of Edmund Percival, Ringwood, Hants. ; b. ; at school under Busby (J. Peile, Biog. Register of Christ’s Coll. , I, 597); Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1661, aged 15; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 11 May 1663, called to bar 13 May 1670, Bencher May 1691, Treasurer 1697; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Shelley, Patcham, Sussex; d. 25 Jan 1708/9.

Dobrée, Charles Thomas Winston, brother of William Bonamy Dennis Dobrée (qv); b. 25 Feb. 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (G); left July 1923; Cadet Malayan Police Force 1928; p.o.w. in Japanese hands 1942-5; Asst Commissioner Malayan Police 1948-55; Colonial Police Medal 1948, retd 1955; Investigation Officer security branch Min. of Aviation and Min. of Defence 1956-73; m. 5 Feb. 1949 Kathleen, d. of Francis Desmond O'Neill MD MC, of Rhymney, Mon.; d. Aug. 1995.