D’ARCY, ROBERT, 4TH EARL OF HOLDERNESS, only surviving son of Robert D’Arcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness, a Lord of the Bedchamber, and Lady Frederica Schomberg, dau. of Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg PC KG, General of the Horse; b, 17 May 1718; succ. as 3rd Earl of Holderness 20 Jan 1722; adm. Sep 1726; in school list 1731; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. nob. 18 Nov 1732; Lord Lieut., Yorkshire North Riding 31 May 1740- 6 Feb 1778; a Lord of the Bedchamber 17 Apr 1741 - Jun 1751; in attendance to King George II at battle of Dettingen 16 Jun 1743; Ambassador to Venice Oct 1744 - Aug 1746; Ambassador to The Hague Jun 1749 - Jun 1751; Secretary of State for Southern Department 21 Jun 1751 - Nov 1756, Northern Department Nov 1756- Jun 1757, Southern Department Jun 1757 - Mar 1761; Privy Councillor 21 Jun 1751; Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Governor of Dover Castle from Oct 1765; Governor to the Prince of Wales 12 Apr 1771 - 28 May 1776; member Society of Dilettanti 1745; Busby Trustee from 17 Mar 1774; DL Yorkshire West Riding 1757, Middlesex 1763; m. 3 Nov 1742 Mary, Lady of Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte, dau. of François Doublet, a member of the States of Holland; d. 16 May 1778. DNB.
D’ARCY, WILLIAM KNOX, only son of William Francis D’Arcy, Newton Abbott, Devon, and afterwards of Rockhampton, Queensland, solicitor, and Elizabeth Baker, dau. of Rev. Robert Bradford, Rector of Wolborough, Devon; b. 11 Oct 1849; adm. 27 Jan 1863 (James'); Min. Can. 1864; left Christmas 1865; went out to Queensland; became one of proprietors of Mount Morgan mine; returned to England with a large fortune in 1889; subsequently acquired original D’Arcy conecession of Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.; of Stanmore Hall, Middlesex; m. 1st, 23 Oct 1872 Elena, dau. of Samuel Bradford Birkbeck, Glenmore, Queensland; m. 2nd, 21 Feb 1899 Nina, dau. of Arthur Leslie Boucicault, Queensland, and sister of Mary Boucicault, singer; d. 1 May 1917. DNB Missing Persons 172-3.
D’ASSIGNY, ---; b.; in under school list 1724.
D’ASSIGNY, FIFIELD, son of Marius D’Assigny, and Rebecca Fifield; bapt. St. Pancras Old Church 3 Jul 1711 (IGI : Christian name not stated); adm. (aged 13) Jun 1724; in under school list 1725; apprenticed to William Vicaris, citizen and apothecary, 7 Jun 1726; a medical practitioner in Dublin; there is no evidence that he took the degree of M. D. attached to his name on the title-page of one of his books; author, Poems on Several Occasions, 1730, A Serious and Impartial Enquiry into the Cause of the Present Decay of Free-Masonry in the Kingdom of Ireland, 1744, and another book on freemasonry; buried St. Werburgh’s Churchyard, Dublin 10 Jan 1744/5. [Russell Barker and Stenning state that he was son of Rev. Samuel D’Assigny, Dublin, but it seems clear that his parents were Marius D’Assigny and Rebecca Fifield, who m. at St. James, Clerkenwell 18 Jul 1710] [father perhaps Chaplain, Royal Navy]
D’EVEREUX, SIMEON; b.; adm.; KS 1671; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1675, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1675, scholar 1676, matr. 1677; 3rd in “ordo” 1678/9; BA 1678/9; MA 1682; ordained; Chaplain, Trin. Coll. 1681-9; Perpetual Curate of Nackington, Kent, from 1686; Minor Canon and Sacrist of Canterbury from c. 1690; Minor Canon of St. Paul’s 23 Feb 1691/2 - 1 Jun 1698; Rector of Harbledown, Kent, from 1731; Vicar of Brookland, Kent, from 1731; d. 6 Jul 1733.
D’OYLY, EDWARD, only son of Edward D’Oyly, Capt. EIC Maritime Service, and Anna Maria, dau. of Jonathan Black, Hedge Lane, Charing Cross, London, brewer; b. 15 Jul 1769; adm. 4 Mar 1784; left Aug 1786; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 Aug 1787, matr. Mich. 1787; a famous oarsman, cricketer and golfer; won gold medal at St. Andrews 13 Oct 1820; of Sion Hill, near Thirsk, Yorks.; m. 17 May 1789 Hannah, third dau. of Richard Marston, Willenhall, Staffs.; d. at Fontainebleau, France 30 Sep 1823.
D’OYLY, FRANCIS, eldest son of Rev. George D’Oyly DD, Rector of Lambeth, Surrey, and Maria Frances, dau. of William Bruere, Chetwynd, Shropshire; b. 27 Nov 1815; adm. (G) 8 Oct 1827; subsequently went to Eton; d. 27 Jul 1831.
D’OYLY, JOHN WALPOLE, brother of Francis D’Oyly (qv); b. 23 Dec 1821; adm. 3 Oct 1834 (Scott's); left to go to Winchester Coll. 1836; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 May 1840, but did not reside; Ensign, 11th Foot 17 Sep 1841; Lieut., 5 Sep 1843; Capt., 15 Jun 1849; Maj., 13 Jul 1858; Lieut. -Col., 17 Sep 1861; Brevet Col., 17 Sep 1866, half-pay 8 May 1867; Major-Gen., 1 Oct 1877; retired as hon. Lieut. -Gen., 1 Jul 1881; m. 2 Jan 1884 Frances Maria, widow of Capt. Lord Amelius Wentworth Beauclerk, Royal Navy, and only dau. of Charles Harrison MP, Bedford Row, London, solicitor; d. 5 Apr 1897.
D’OYLY, SIR JOHN, BART., son of Matthias D’Oyly (qv); b. 6 Jun 1774; adm. 15 Sep 1787; KS 1788; succeeded Robert Hugh Kennedy (qv) as Capt. of the School 1791; not allowed to present himself for Election 1792 on account of his conduct when Capt. during a sudden “insurrection” of the School, when all the boys, leaving their forms and their masters, went down school to watch a “mill” in Green, and refused to return until it was finished (see Elizabethan vi, 247 and xii, 324, reproducing extracts from the London Post and Public Advertiser); left 1792; Corpus Christ Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1792, matr. Lent 1793; Sir W. Browne’s Medal for Latin Ode 1795, Chancellor’s Second Medal 1796; BA 1796; MA 1799; Fellow of Corpus Christi Coll. 1798-1801; went out to Ceylon 1801; Collector, Colombo 1802; Secretary to Government, Ceylon 1810; the only Singalese scholar in the Ceylon Civil Service; head of intelligence department in Gen. Brownrigg’s campaign against the King of Kandy 1814-5; Resident and First Commissioner, Kandy Provinces; created baronet 29 Aug 1821; d. unm. at Kandy 25 May 1825. DNB.
D’OYLY, MATTHIAS, eldest son of Ven. Thomas D’Oyly DCL, Archdeacon of Lewes and Chancellor of Chichester, and Henrietta Maria, dau. of Robert Godfrey, London; b. 23 Nov 1743; at school under Markham (Bayley, History of the D’Oyly Family, 1845, 82); Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 22 Jan 1761, matr. Mich. 1762; ; BA 1765; MA 1768; Fellow, St. John’s Coll. 1766; ordained deacon 20 Sep 1767, priest 1 Dec 1767 (both Ely); Vicar of Pevensey, Sussex, from 9 Dec 1767; Prebendary of Ely 1 Feb 1770 - res Feb 1787; Domestic Chaplain to Right Rev. John Warren, Bishop of Bangor, 23 Feb 1787; Rector of Buxted, Sussex, from 1787; Archdeacon of Lewes 29 Apr 1806 - res 9 Feb 1815; m. 22 May 1770 Mary, dau. of George Poughfer, Leicester and Kensington Square, London; d. 13 Nov 1815.