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DYER, THOMAS, brother of John Dyer (at school under Freind, qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1717; Min. Can. 1718; KS 1719; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1723, matr. 18 Jun 1723, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1723 - void 25 Mar 1738 (expiry year of grace as R. Bedhampton from 22 Apr 1736 (sic)); BA 1727; MA 1730; LLD; ordained priest (Oxford) 1 Jun 1729; Rector of Bedhampton, Hampshire, from 19 Apr 1736; Yeoman of the Almonry; lic. to m. 11 Jan 1739/40 Dorothy, sister of William De La Place (qv); d. 1780.

Dyer, Charles Volney, son of Louis Dyer, of Oxford; b. Dec. 22, 1891; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1904; left Easter 1905.

DWIGHT, SAMUEL, third son of John Dwight, Fulham, Middlesex, pottery manufacturer, and Secretary to Bishop of Chester; b. 17 Dec 1668; adm.; KS 1686; left 1687; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Jul 1687, aged 18; BA 1691; MA 14 Feb 1693/4; LRCP 25 Jun 1731; a medical practitioner in Fulham; author of three medical treatises published respectively in 1722, 1725 and 1731; in the two latter treatises he is described as a Doctor of Medicine, but the degree was not recognised by the College of Physicians; m. Sep 1716 Margaret Price, Fulham; d. 10 Nov 1737. DNB.

DWIGHT, PHILIP, brother of Samuel Dwight (qv); bapt. 6 Mar 1670/1; adm.; KS 1685; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1689, matr. 17 Jun 1689, aged 18, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1689 - void 1701; BA 1693; MA 1696; BD and DD 12 Jul 1712; ordained; Vicar of Fulham, Middlesex, from 31 Dec 1708; m. Jane, widow of Owen Wilson, and dau. of Nathaniel Owen, Stepney, Middlesex; buried Fulham 6 Nov 1729.

DWIGHT, EDMUND, brother of Samuel Dwight (qv); bapt. 28 Aug 1676; adm.; KS (Capt., aged 10) 1687; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1692, matr. 2 Jul 1692, but did not live to be adm. as Westminster Student; buried at Fulham 1 Nov 1692.

DUVAL, PHILIP, son of Francis Philip Duval (or Davall) MD LRCP, Physician to Augusta, Princess of Wales, and Marianne, sister of Anthony Aufrère (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1743 (Durand's); KS 1745; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1749, adm. pens. 25 May 1749, scholar 11 May 1750; LLB 1756; ordained deacon (Chester) 13 Jun 1756, priest (St. Davids) 31 May 1761; Secretary, Treasurer and Domestic Chaplain to Duke of Gloucester and his son; Prebendary of Worcester 3 Mar 1767 - Jan 1772; Rector of Broadway, Worcs., 1768; Vicar of Chipping Sodbury, Gloucs., 6 Nov 1769-86; Rector of Hartley Wespall, Hampshire, 3 Oct 1786-92; Canon of Windsor from 25 Jan 1772; Vicar of Twickenham, Middlesex, from 25 Jan 1792; FRS 12 May 1774; FSA 27 May 1784; m. 1772 Anna, dau. of Very Rev. William George DD, Dean of Lincoln, previously Provost of King’s Coll. Cambridge and Canon of Windsor; d. 14 Mar 1808.

DUTTON, JOHN, third son of Laurence Dutton, an Ordinary Messenger of the Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I, and Anne, dau. of Robert Lombard, Chedworth, Gloucs.; b.; adm.; QS 1592 (see Acts of Privy Council, NS xxii, 493, for a letter dated 28 May 1592 to the Dean and Chapter requesting them to admit Dutton as a QS “at the next election of schollers”).

DUROURE, JOHN, son of Francis Duroure (qv); bapt. 15 Jul 1749; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1764; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 20 Jun 1768; Lieut. and Capt., 3 Jun 1774; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 15 Mar 1779; retd. 15 Dec 1789; FRS 25 May 1780; FSA 16 Nov 1780; m. 2 Jun 1790 Sarah, eldest surviving dau. of Thomas Winn, Ackton, Yorks.; d. 28 Feb 1801.

DURELL, DAVID, son of David Durell, St. Saviour’s, Jersey, and Marie, dau. of Jean Aubin, Denonciateur, Royal Court of Jersey; b. 18 Jun 1762; adm. 23 Sep 1772; KS 1777; convicted with four other Westminster boys at Middlesex Quarter Sessions 21 May 1779 of a gross assault on a man in Dean’s Yard, but was only fined one shilling, as it was doubtful whether he was one of the principal offenders (Annual Register, 1779, 213); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1781, matr. 30 Jun 1781, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1781 - void 29 Sep 1792, expiry year of grace as V. Mongewell from 15 Oct 1791; BA 1785; MA 1789; DD Durham [check date]; ordained; Perpetual Curate, Hampton Magna, Worcs., 3 Jul 1789-91; Rector of Mongewell, Oxfordshire, from 1791; Rector of Twining, Gloucs., 1791-1802; Rector of Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire, 1793-1843; Prebendary of Durham from 4 Dec 1801; m. Ann, dau. of Philip Robin, Jersey; d. 15 Jan 1852.