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DILKES, THOMAS, son of Michael Dilkes, Dublin, Ireland, and Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1749 (Bourne's); in school list 1754; adm. Inner Temple 29 May 1755; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 May 1756. [Perhaps son of Gen. Michael O’Brien Dilkes; and perhaps Capt. in Army 14 Jun 1765; 49th Foot 30 Sep 1768; Maj., 20 Feb 1773; father of next ? (and brother of last ?)][father Michael O’Brien Dilkes MP (I), hon. LLD Trinity Coll. Dublin ?]

DOLBEN, JOHN, son of John Dolben (elected Oxford 1640, qv); bap 1 Jul 1662; at school in 1676 (Calendar of Wynn Papers, 2778); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Mar 1677/8, Canoneer Student 11 Jul 1678 - void 1683; BA 1681 (Act Book); adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 1684; dissipated his fortune and went to West Indies, where he married a rich wife; returned to England, but again abandoned himself to gaming; MP Liskeard from Nov 1707; an active parliamentarian; led impeachment proceedings against Sacheverell Dec 1709 - Jan 1710, but broke down in health and retired to Epsom, Surrey; m. Elizabeth, second dau. of Tanfield Mulso, Finedon, Northants.; d. 29 May 1710. DNB.

DOUGLAS, ARCHIBALD JAMES EDWARD, 1ST BARON DOUGLAS, son of Col. Sir John Stewart, Bart., of Grandtully, and his second wife Lady Jane Douglas, dau. of James Douglas, 2nd Marquis of Douglas (S), and sister of Archibald Douglas, 1st Duke of Douglas (S); b. 10 Jul 1748; previously at Rugby Sch., adm. 1759; at Westminster School 1761-5 (in school list Jun 1764); served heir of entail and provision to the Duke of Douglas 9 Sep 1761, when he assumed the surname of Douglas in lieu of Stewart; his right to the Douglas estates was disputed by the Duke of Hamilton, the heir male of the family, on the ground that he was a suppositious child of Lady Jane; the estates were confirmed to him by the House of Lords 27 Feb 1769, reversing an earlier decision by the Court of Session; MP Forfarshire 11 Feb 1782-90; created Baron Douglas (GB) 8 Jul 1790; Lord Lieut. Forfarshire from 6 May 1794; m. 1st, 13 Jun 1771 Lady Lucy Graham, dau. of William Graham, 2nd Duke of Montrose; m. 2nd, 13 May 1783 Lady Frances Scott, dau. of Francis Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (qv); d. 26 Dec 1827. DNB.

DOUGLAS, CHARLES, EARL OF DRUMLANRIG, younger son of Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry (S) and 2nd Duke of Dover (GB) PC, Lord Justice General of Scotland, and Lady Catherine Hyde, second dau. of Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon; b. 17 Jul 1726; at Winchester Coll. 1734-41; adm. Feb 1741/2 (Preston's); left 1744; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 May 1745; MP Dumfriesshire Jul 1747 - 18 Nov 1755; styled Lord Charles Douglas to 1754, becoming Earl of Drumlanrig by courtesy on his elder brother’s death 19 Oct 1754; at Lisbon at date of the great earthquake of 1 Nov 1755; member, Society of Dilettanti 1753; d. unm. 24 Oct 1756.

DOYLE, SIR CHARLES WILLIAM, eldest son of William Doyle KC (I), Bramblestown, co. Kilkenny, a Master in Chancery (I), and his second wife Cecilia, dau. of Gen. --- Salvini, Austrian Army; b. (Dublin); adm.; at school 1791; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1792; Ensign, 105th Foot 28 Apr 1783, half-pay 1783; Lieut., Capt. Grey’s Independent Co. Foot, 12 Feb 1793; Capt. Hardy’s Independent Co. Foot, 7 Mar 1793; 91st Foot, 30 Oct 1793; Capt. -Lieut., 108th Foot 21 Jun 1794; 87th Foot, 3 Sep 1795; Capt., 1 Aug 1798; Maj., 61st Foot 9 Jul 1803; Lieut. -Col., 87th Foot 22 Aug 1805; Col., 4 Jun 1813; half-pay, 84th Foot 25 Dec 1818; Maj. -Gen., 12 Aug 1819; Lieut. -Gen., 10 Jan 1837; served in Netherlands 1793, wounded at siege of Valenciennes and battle of Lannoy; in West Indies 1796-8; on Abercromby’s expedition to Egypt, wounded 21 Mar 1801; sent by British government to help insurgents in Spain, with local ranks of Brig. and Maj-Gen.; wounded at battle of Col de Balaguer and in defence of Tarragona; made Lieut. -Gen. in Spanish Army for his brilliant services in Catalonia; Director and Inspector-General of Military Instruction, Cadiz 1811-4; knighted 1815; CB 3 Feb 1817; KCH 1821; GCH 1837; m. 1st, 15 May 1802 Sophia Cramer, dau. of Sir John Coghill, Bart., MP (I); m. 2nd, 1828 Sophia, widow of William Stair; d. at Paris 25 Oct 1842. DNB.

DUFF, HON. SIR ALEXANDER, brother of James Duff, 4th Earl of Fife (qv); b. 1777; adm. Dec 1788 (A. & H. Tayler, ed., Lord Fife and his factor, 1925, 196); in school list Dec 1788; still at school Jan 1792 (Tayler, ed., ibid., 232); Ensign, 66th Foot 23 May 1793; Lieut. in Capt. Powers’ Independent Co. Jan 1794; Capt., 88th Foot Jan 1794; Maj., 28 Mar 1794; Lieut. -Col., 14 Apr 1798; half-pay 1808; Brevet Col., 25 Apr 1808; Maj. -Gen., 4 Jun 1811; Lieut. -Gen., 19 Jul 1821; Col., 92nd Foot 6 Sep 1823 – Jul 1831, 37th Foot from 20 Jul 1831; Gen., 28 Jun 1838; served in Flanders 1794-5, East Indies 1798, Egypt 1801-2; commanded centre column in attack on Buenos Aires 1806; MP Elgin Burghs 1826-31; GCH 1833; knighted 27 May 1834; Lord Lieut. Elginshire from 17 Feb 1848; m. 16 Mar 1812 Anne, youngest dau. of James Stein, Kilbagie, Clackmannanshire; d. 21 Mar 1851.

DUGDALE, WILLIAM STRATFORD, only son of Dugdale Stratford Dugdale MP, Merevale Hall, near Atherstone, Warwicks., and his first wife Hon. Charlotte Curzon, dau. of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon (qv); b. 1 Apr 1800; adm. 3 Apr 1812; left 2 Aug 1816; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 May 1818; MP (Conservative) Shaftesbury 1830-1, Bramber 1831-2, North Warwickshire 1832-47; DL JP Warwickshire; m. 1 Mar 1827 Harriet Ella, dau. of Edward Berkeley Portman, Bryanston, Dorset; d. 15 Sep 1871.

DYKE, SIR THOMAS, BART., eldest son of Sir Thomas Dyke, Kt., Horeham, Sussex, and Catherine, third dau. of Sir John Bramston, Kt., Skreens, Essex, Lord Chief Justice of England; b.; at school 1661-6; a boarder in Busby’s house from 7 Apr 1662 “but was here afore” (Busby’s Account Book); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 1 Jun 1666, aged 16; adm. Middle Temple 17 Apr 1667; created baronet 3 Mar 1676/7; High Sheriff Sussex 1684, but did not serve; MP Sussex 1685-7, East Grinstead Jan 1688/9-98; a Commissioner of Public Accounts 1696; one of the original trustees of Busby’s will; m. Philadelphia, eldest dau. of Sir Thomas Nutt, Kt., Mays, Sussex; d. 31 Oct 1706.

COMPTON, CHARLES, 1ST MARQUIS OF NORTHAMPTON, only son of Spencer Compton, 8th Earl of Northampton (qv), and his first wife; bap 21 Mar 1760; adm. 4 Mar 1768; left Dec 1770; went to Ealing Sch.; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 9 Nov 1776; MA 1779; Capt., Northants Militia 24 Mar 1777, Maj. 9 Jan 1780; MP Northampton 1784 - 7 Apr 1796; succ. father as 9th Earl of Northampton 7 Apr 1796; Lord Lieut., Northamptonshire, from 11 Jun 1796; created Marquis of Northampton 7 Sep 1812; m. 18 Aug 1787 Mary, eldest dau. of Joshua Smith MP, Erlestoke Park, Wilts.; d. 24 May 1828.

CORBET, SIR RICHARD, BART., only son of Edward Corbet, Leighton, Shropshire, and Hon. Anne Newport, dau. of Richard Newport, 1st Baron Newport; bapt. 2 Sep 1640; adm. 9 May 1656 (school list, 1656); a boarder in the Head Master’s house; succ. grandfather as 2nd baronet [check date]; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 Jul 1658; FRS 3 May 1665; MP Shrewsbury Mar 1677 - Mar 1681; chairman, Committee of Elections, House of Commons; lic. to m. 5 Jan 1661/2 Victoria, eldest dau. of Sir William Uvedale, Kt, Wickham, Hants.; d. 1 Aug 1683.