DERING, SIR EDWARD, BART., son of Sir Anthony Dering Kt, Deputy Lieutenant of Tower of London, and his second wife Frances, dau. of Sir Robert Bell Kt, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer; b. 28 Jan 1598; at school under Ireland and/or Wilson (M. E. Bond, ed., The Diaries and Papers of Sir Edward Dering Second Baronet 1644 to 1684, London, 1976, p. 109, where Dering records that his father died “of an imposthume in his head, taking beginning as it was verily thought, from a box on the eare given him many yeares before at Westminster Schoole”); Magdalene Coll. Cambridge; knighted 22 Jan 1619; Lieutenant of Dover Castle; created baronet 1 Feb 1626/7; MP Hythe 1625, Kent 1640-2; active promoter of church reform in 1640-1, serving as chairman of House of Commons committee on religion and moving first reading of Root and Branch Bill 27 May 1641, but subsequently defending the retention of bishops; a published collection of his speeches was ordered to be burnt by the House of Commons 4 Feb 1641/2 and he was briefly imprisoned in the Tower; joined royalist party on outbreak of the Civil War and raised a cavalry regiment for the King; resigned commission 1643; one of first to accept terms of composition from Parliament 1644; his interest in history and religion is evidenced by a number of publications; m. 1st, 29 Nov 1619 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Nicholas Tufton (afterwards 1st Earl of Thanet); m. 2nd, Anne, third dau. of Sir John Ashburnham, Kt, Ashburnham, Sussex; m. 3rd, 16 Jul 1629 Unton, dau. of Sir Ralph Gibbes, Kt, Honington, Warwicks.; d. 22 Jun 1644. DNB.
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.
DICKINSON, FRANCIS HENRY, second son of William Dickinson (adm. 1781, qv); b. 6 Jan 1813; adm. 18 Jun 1824 (Stikeman's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 May 1831, scholar 1834, matr. Mich. 1831; BA 1835; MA 1838; adm. Inner Temple 25 Apr 1835; of Kingweston, Somerset; MP (Conservative) West Somerset 1841-7; DL JP Somerset, High Sheriff 1853; an active Anglican High Churchman; FSA 16 Dec 1852; m. 8 Sep 1835 Caroline, dau. of Maj. -Gen. Thomas Carey; d. 17 Jul 1890.
DICKINSON, MARSHE, third son of William Dickinson, London, citizen and grocer, and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Powell, London; bapt. St. Peter le Poer, London 8 Jul 1703 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) 1718; apprenticed to William Beoley 1 Dec 1719; adm. Inner Temple 15 Oct 1728; adm. solicitor 3 Dec 1730; member Common Council, City of London, Vintry Ward 1738-43; Alderman, City of London, Queenhithe Ward, from 13 Feb 1749, Sheriff 1751-2, Lord Mayor 1756-7; Master, Grocers’ Co. 1749-50; MP Brackley from 1754; Chairman of Committee of Ways and Means, House of Commons, from 1761; m. 4 Jun 1736 Mary Cleve; d. 6 Feb 1765.
GREY, HARRY, 4TH EARL OF STAMFORD, eldest son of Harry Grey, 3rd Earl of Stamford, and Dorothy, dau. of Right Hon. Sir Nathan Wrighte PC, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal; b. 18 Jun 1715; at Rugby Sch. 1722-6; adm. Nov 1726; in school list 1731; MP Leicestershire 16 Feb 1737/8 – 16 Nov 1739; succ. father as 4th Earl of Stamford 16 Nov 1739; DL Lincolnshire, Staffordshire 1744; m. 18 May 1736 Lady Mary Booth, only dau. of George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington; d. 30 May 1768.
GREY, HON. JOHN, brother of Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1733; left 1740; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 16 Jun 1740; one of the Clerk Comptrollers, Board of Green Cloth, Royal Household, from 6 Apr 1754; MP Bridgnorth 1754-68, Tregony 1768-74; m. 26 May 1748 Lucy, dau. of Sir Joseph Danvers, Bart., MP; d. 25 Feb 1777.
GROSVENOR, RICHARD, 2ND MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER, eldest son of Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquis of Westminster (qv); b. 27 Jan 1795; styled Viscount Belgrave 1802-31, Earl Grosvenor 1831-45; adm. 2 Jun 1806; left 1812; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1812; BA 1815; MA 1818; European tour 1816-8; MP (Whig) Chester 1818-30, Cheshire 1830-2, South Cheshire 1832-4; succ. father as 2nd Marquis of Westminster 17 Feb 1845; DL Cheshire 1831, Lord Lieut. 20 May 1845 – 29 Jan 1868; Lord Steward of the Household Mar 1850- Jan 1852; Privy Councillor 22 Mar 1850; KG 6 Jul 1857; his horse Touchstone won the St. Leger 1834; Busby Trustee from 31 May 1831; m. 16 Sep 1819 Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson Gower, second dau. of George Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland (qv); d. 31 Oct 1869. DNB.
GROSVENOR, THOMAS, younger son of Sir Robert Grosvenor, Bart., MP, and Jane, only surviving child of Thomas Warre, Shepton Beauchamp and Swell Court, Somerset; bapt. St. John, Smith Square, Westminster 25 Mar 1734 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) May 1749 (Butler's); left 1751; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Jun 1751; MA 1754; adm. Inner Temple 11 Sep 1750; MP Chester from 10 Dec 1755; of Swell Court, Somerset; m. 21 Sep 1759 Deborah, sister of Stephen Skynner (qv); d. 12 Feb 1795.
GROSVENOR, THOMAS, son of Thomas Grosvenor (adm. 1749, qv); b. 30 May 1764; adm. 29 Nov 1773; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 1 Oct 1779; Lieut. and Capt., 20 Oct 1784; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 25 Apr 1793; Col., 3 May 1796; Brig. -Gen., 27 Aug 1800; Maj. -Gen., 29 Apr 1802; Col., 97th Foot 25 Feb 1807 – Feb 1814; Lieut. -Gen., 25 Apr 1808; Col., 65th Foot, from 8 Feb 1814; Gen., 12 Aug 1819; Field Marshal 9 Nov 1846; served in Flanders 1793, Netherlands 1794-5, and on Helder expedition 1799, where he was wounded at Zuip; commanded brigade in expeditions to Copenhagen 1807 and Walcheren 1809; MP Chester 20 Feb 1795-1826, Stockbridge 1826-30; horses of his won the Oaks 1807, 1825; m. 1st, 6 Apr 1797 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bart. MP; m. 2nd, 15 Oct 1831 Anne, dau. of George Wilbraham MP, Delamere, Cheshire; d. 20 Jan 1851. DNB.
HALFORD, SIR HENRY, BART., only son of Sir Henry Halford (formerly Vaughan), Bart., GCH MD FRCP, President Royal College of Physicians, and Hon. Elizabeth Barbara St. John, dau. of John St. John, 11th Baron St. John of Bletso; b. 22 Apr 1797; adm. 26 May 1807; left 1808; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 May 1815; assumed surname of Halford in lieu of Vaughan 1815; Ensign, 43rd Foot 5 Mar 1818; Lieut., 33rd Foot 1821; half-pay 8 Aug 1822; MP (Cons) South Leicestershire 1832-57; succ. father as 2nd baronet 9 Mar 1844; DL JP Leicestershire; m. 31 Jul 1824 his cousin Barbara, dau. of Right Hon. Sir John Vaughan PC, Judge of Court of Common Pleas; d. 22 May 1868.