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DAKINS, WILLIAM, son of Rev. William Dakins, Vicar of Ashwell, Herts.; b.; at school (aged 13) 2 Jul 1582; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1586, adm. scholar 1587, matr. Dec 1586; BA 1590/1; MA 1594; BD 1601; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 3 Oct 1593, Major Fellow from 16 Mar 1593/4, Junior Dean 2 Oct 1606; ordained; Vicar of Trumpington, Cambs., 1603-5; Professor of Divinity, Gresham Coll., London, from 14 Jul 1604; one of the divines responsible for the Authorised Translation of the Bible; d. Feb 1606/7. DNB.

DALBERG-ACTON, SIR FERDINAND RICHARD EDWARD, BART., elder son of Sir John Francis Edward Acton, Bart., and his niece Mary Anne, elder dau. of Joseph Edward Acton, Lieut. -Gen. in Neapolitan Army; b. 24 Jul 1801; succ. father as 7th baronet 12 Aug 1811; adm. 30 Sep 1813; left 1813; assumed additional surname of Dalberg 20 Dec 1833; m. 9 Jul 1832 Marie Louise Pelline, only child of Emmerich Joseph Wolfgang Heribert, Duc de Dalberg, successively Minister of Markgraf of Baden at Paris, and member of French Conseil d’Etat; d. 31 Jan 1837.

DALBY, THOMAS WEEKES, son of Francis Dalby, Souldern, Oxfordshire [and of St. Martin’s, Ludgate ?], and Mary Weekes (IGI) [or Ann Weekes, Winfrith, Dorset ?]; b. 16 Aug 1745 (bapt. Souldern, Oxfordshire 7 Sep 1745 (IGI)); adm.; KS (aged 14) 1761; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1765, matr. 7 Jun 1765, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1765 - 14 Mar 1778, expiry year of grace as V. Chippenham; ordained deacon 29 Dec 1769, priest 23 Dec 1770 (both Oxford); Vicar of Chippenham, Wilts., from 7 Mar 1777; Rector of Leigh Delamere, Wilts., from 1794; Vicar of West Farleigh, Kent, from 1794; d. 15 Oct 1815.

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DALE, GERALD, brother of James Ernest Dale (qv); b. 17 Nov 1859; adm. 12 Jun 1873 (G); QS 21 Jan 1875; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1878 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 20 Jun 1878, sizar 1881, matr. Mich. 1878; BA 1882; MA 1886; schoolmaster (1901 Census); m. 29 Jul 1911 Clarissa Elizabeth, widow of Rev. John Morse Macdonald, and dau. of Frederick Dawson King.

DALE, GODFREY, brother of James Ernest Dale (qv); b. 28 Jul 1861; adm. 5 Apr 1875 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1876; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1879, matr. 10 Oct 1879; BA 1885; MA 1897; ordained deacon 1886, priest 1887 (both Rochester); Curate, St. Peter’s, Rochester, Kent 1886-9; joined Universities Mission to Central Africa 1889; missionary in Zanzibar 1889-97; member, College of St. Saviour’s, Southwark 1897-9; Vicar of All Saints, Newmarket, Cambs. , 1899-1902; rejoined Universities Mission 1902; Canon of Zanzibar 1903 - , Chancellor 1908-18, Archdeacon 1917-22; Rector of Sternfield, Suffolk 1925-; author, The Contrast between Christianity and Mohammedanism, 1905, and of several translations from English into Swahili; m. 19 Sep 1899 Jane Hamilton, dau. of James Vincent Bell MD FRCS LRCP, Star Hill, Rochester.