MORRIS, EDWARD, brother of Charles Morris (qv); b. Jul 1768; adm. 12 Jan 1778; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1783, aged 14, scholar 1 Mar 1784; migrated to Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Dec 1784, Wort’s Travelling Bachelor 1788; 10th Wrangler 1788; BA 1788; MA 1791; Fellow, Peterhouse 1791; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1 May 1787, Inner Temple 16 May 1795, called to bar 19 Jun 1795; a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1807-8); MP Newport (Cornwall) 20 Jun 1803-12; Solicitor to the Ordnance 1806-7; a Master in Chancery from 1 Apr 1807; FRS 18 Jun 1812; author The Adventurers, 1790, and two other plays; m. 26 Jan 1805 Hon. Mary Erskine, third dau. of Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine PC, Lord Chancellor; d. 13 Apr 1815.
SOUTHEY, ROBERT, son of Robert Southey, Bristol, linen draper, and Margaret, dau. of Edward Hill, Bedminster, Somerset, attorney; b. 12 Aug 1774; adm. 2 Apr 1788 (Ottley); Min. Can. 1789; an elegy written by him on his sister’s death was refused for publication by the editors of The Trifler; he, Grosvenor Charles Bedford (qv), and Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn (adm. 1784, qv) founded The Flagellant, which appeared for the first time 1 Mar 1792, but he was expelled from the School for writing the article against excessive flogging in the fifth number, dated 29 Mar 1792; refused admittance to Christ Church, Oxford, and went to Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 3 Nov 1792, where he resided for a year and a half, making the acquaintance of S. T. Coleridge; author, Joan of Arc 1796; adm. Gray’s Inn 7 Feb 1797; author, Thalaba 1801; settled at Keswick, Cumberland 1803; author, Madoc 1805, The Curse of Kahama, 1810; Poet Laureate from 12 Aug 1813; author, Life of Nelson 1813, Life of Wesley 1820; MP Downton 1826 – Dec 1826, when unseated for not possessing a sufficient property qualification; during his career his political and religious opinions altered, the republican becoming a Tory and the independent thinker a champion of the established church; author of a large number of books, including the standard edition of William Cowper’s (qv) Works in 15 vols, 1833-7; contributed 95 articles to the Quarterly Review; m. 1st, 14 Nov 1795 Edith, dau. of Stephen Fricker, Westbury, Wilts.; m. 2nd, 4 Jun 1839 Caroline Anne, poetess, dau. of Capt. Charles Bowles, EICS Bengal, Buckland Cottage, Lymington, Hampshire; d. 21 Mar 1843. Monument in Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey. DNB.
CURTEIS, HERBERT MASCALL, only son of Herbert Barrett Curteis (qv); b. 8 Jan 1824; adm. (Benthall's|Grant's) 1 Jun 1836; left Aug 1840; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Jun 1840; played cricket for Oxford University 1841, 1842 and for Sussex 1846-60; MP Rye Dec 1847- Mar 1848 (unseated), Apr 1848-52; Master, East Sussex Foxhounds 1854-68; President, Sussex County Cricket Club 1869-78; m. 15 Jun 1848 Paulina, sister of Sir Godfrey John Thomas, Bart. (qv); d. 16 Jun 1895.
CURZON, HON. PENN ASSHETON, son of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon (qv), and his first wife; b. 31 Jan 1757; adm. 12 Sep 1768; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 May 1774; MP Leominster 1784-90, Clitheroe 1790- Feb 1792, Leicestershire from 27 Feb 1792; Lieut. -Col., Staffordshire Militia 12 Mar 1781; m. 31 Jul 1787 Sophia Charlotte Howe, Baroness Howe, eldest dau. of Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (qv); d. 3 Sep 1797.
CURZON, HON. ROBERT, son of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon (qv), and his second wife; b. 13 Feb 1774; adm.; left Bartholomewtide 1792; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1792; BA 1795; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1791; MP Clitheroe 1796-1831; DL JP Sussex, High Sheriff 1834; JP Staffordshire; m. 14 Oct 1808 Harriet Anne, Baroness Zouche, elder dau. of Cecil Bisshop, 12th Baron Zouche; d. 14 May 1863.
DALSTON, SIR GEORGE, BART., son of Sir Charles Dalston, Bart., and his first wife Susan (?) (IGI), dau. of Sir Francis Blake, Witney, Oxfordshire; bapt. 13 Jul 1718; succ. father as 4th baronet 5 Mar 1723; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1727; left 1733; a volunteer on board Adm. Haddock’s squadron 1740; Lieut., Royal Navy 20 Jan 1741/2 – c. 1743; High Sheriff, Cumberland 1752/3; MP Westmorland 1754-61; Lieut. -Col., Yorkshire Militia 1759; m. 2 Jul 1742 Anne, dau. of George Huxley MP, Muster Master General; d. 7 Mar 1765.
DARBY, GEORGE, brother of Jonathan Darby (qv); b. 1798; adm. Christmas 1809; KS (aged 13) 1810; left 1813; St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 Jan 1816, matr. Lent 1816; BA 1820; MA 1823; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 30 Jun 1816, called to bar 22 Nov 1821; Home Circuit and Sussex Sessions; MP (Cons) East Sussex Aug 1837 - Jan 1846; an Enclosure Commissioner for England and Wales 21 Aug 1846-52, a Copyhold Inclosure and Tithe Commissioner from 1852; DL JP Sussex; m. 29 Nov 1827 Maria, youngest dau. of Samuel Homfray MP, Coworth House, Berkshire; d. 16 Nov 1877.
DAVENPORT, SIR THOMAS, brother of Davies Davenport (qv); b. 14 Jan 1733/4; adm. Apr 1748 (Watts'); left 1750; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jan 1750/1; adm. Inner Temple year 1752/3, called to bar 5 Jul 1764; MP Newton (Lancashire) from 1780; Solicitor-General to Queen Charlotte 1781-2; Serjeant-at-law 25 Jun 1783; knighted 27 Jun 1783; m. c. Sep 1770 Jane, dau. of Robert Seel, Liverpool, merchant; d. at York while on circuit 25 Mar 1786.
DE BEAUVOIR, SIR JOHN EDMOND, BART., eldest son of Sir John Edmond Browne, Bart., and Margaret, second dau. of Matthew Lorinan, Ardee, co. Louth; b. 10 Dec 1794; adm. 23 Jul 1807; left 1812; familiarly known as “Paddy” Browne; his mill in fighting green with John Francis Miller Erskine, later 9th Earl of Mar and 11th Earl of Kellie (qv), was witnessed by Princess Charlotte (Albemarle, Fifty years of my life, i, 299); Ensign, 26th Foot 3 Mar 1814, 104th Foot (half-pay) 14 May 1818; assumed surname of De Beauvoir in lieu of Browne 14 Oct 1826; claimed honour of knighthood as of right and was accordingly knighted by Lord Lieut. Ireland 9 Mar 1827; MP Windsor Jan - Apr 1835; succeeded father as 2nd baronet 5 Sep 1835; the present coat of arms over the school doorway was presented by him to replace the former one which he had broken in his school days (see Elizabethan v, 234-5); m. 1st, 1825 Mary, widow of Vice Adm. John Macdougall, and only dau. of Richard Wright, East Harling Hall, Norfolk; m. 2nd, 16 Mar 1867 Letitia, younger dau. of Rev. Charles Mann, Denvir Hall, Downham, Norfolk, Rector of Southery, Norfolk; d. 29 Apr 1869.
CHETWYND, WALTER, 1ST VISCOUNT CHETWYND (I), eldest son of John Chetwynd MP, Ingestre, Staffs., and Lucy, dau. of Thomas Roane, Tolhurst Farm, Merstham, Surrey; bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 3 Jun 1678 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1693; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 May 1696; of Ingestre, Staffs.; MP Stafford 26 Dec 1702-10, 24 Jan 1712-22, 4 Feb 1725-34; Master of the Buckhounds to Prince George of Denmark and Queen Anne 13 Jun 1709 - Jun 1711; Ranger of St. James’s Park and Keeper of the Mall 1714-27; created Viscount Chetwynd (I) 29 Jun 1717; High Steward of Stafford, 1717; Thomas Newton (qv) relates a curious story of Chetwynd’s “alarming illness”, which was cured by his drinking some small beer after some 750 guineas had been wasted in medical advice (Bishop Newton’s Works, 1787, i, 33); m. 27 May 1703 Hon. Mary Berkeley, Maid of Honour to Queen Anne, eldest dau. of John Berkeley, 4th Viscount Fitzhardinge; d. 21 Feb 1735/6. [presumably Paymaster of Pensions 18 Mar 1718 – May 1731 ?]