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DANVERS, SIR POPE, BART., third son of Sir Samuel Danvers, Bart., and Anne, dau. of Sir William Pope, and sister of Thomas Pope, 2nd Earl of Downe (I); bapt. Culworth, Northants 14 Dec 1644; adm. 5 Jan 1655 (Busby’s Account Book); a boarder; left 1660; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Dec 1661, aged 17; adm. Middle Temple 6 Aug 1664; succ. father as 2nd baronet 27 Jan 1682/3; m. Anne, dau. of William Barker, Sonning, Berks.; d. 4 May 1712.

DARBY, CHRISTOPHER LOVETT, brother of Jonathan Darby (qv); bap 9 Feb 1793; in school lists 1801, May 1803, Oct 1803; KS (aged 13) 1806; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1811, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 May 1811; migrated to St. Mary Hall, Oxford; BA 1815; MA 1826; ordained 1815; Rector of Killenaule, co. Tipperary, from 1822; Vicar of Kells, co. Kilkenny, from 1828; Precentor of Ossory, elected 1 Feb 1840; m. Mary, dau. of Alexander Boyle; d. 15 Jan 1874.

DARBY, GEORGE, brother of Jonathan Darby (qv); b. 1798; adm. Christmas 1809; KS (aged 13) 1810; left 1813; St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 Jan 1816, matr. Lent 1816; BA 1820; MA 1823; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 30 Jun 1816, called to bar 22 Nov 1821; Home Circuit and Sussex Sessions; MP (Cons) East Sussex Aug 1837 - Jan 1846; an Enclosure Commissioner for England and Wales 21 Aug 1846-52, a Copyhold Inclosure and Tithe Commissioner from 1852; DL JP Sussex; m. 29 Nov 1827 Maria, youngest dau. of Samuel Homfray MP, Coworth House, Berkshire; d. 16 Nov 1877.

DARBY, HORATIO D’ESTERRE, brother of Jonathan Darby (qv); bapt. St. John, Hackney 31 May 1799 (IGI); adm. 9 Jan 1809; left 1811; d. unm. 13 Jan 1885, aged 87.

DARBY, JOHN NELSON, brother of Jonathan Darby (qv); b. 18 Nov 1800; adm. 17 Feb 1812; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. fellow commoner 3 Jul 1815; Gold Medallist and BA 1819; adm. King’s Inns, Dublin 1815, called to Irish bar 1822; also adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Nov 1819; ordained deacon 1825, priest Feb 1826 (both Dublin); Curate, Calary, co. Wicklow 1826-7, resigning to join the religious sect which became known as the Plymouth Brethren; worked for the Brethren for several years in Switzerland and France; founded sect of Darbyites Dec 1845; visited many countries for purpose of propagating his doctrines; author numerous controversial and devotional works, a portion of which were edited by W. Kelly as Collected Writings, 33 vols., 1867-83; d. unm. 29 Apr 1882. DNB.

DARBY, JONATHAN, eldest son of John Darby, Leap Castle, King’s Co., and Markley, Sussex, merchant, and Anne, dau. of Samuel Vaughan, London; bapt. St. Olave, Old Jewry, London 1 Mar 1787 (IGI); in sch. list May 1803; left 1803; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1803, aged 16; BA 1808; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Jun 1803; d. unm. in Dublin 3 Sep 1809.

DARBY, WILLIAM HENRY, brother of Jonathan Darby (qv); b. 1790; at school 14 Oct 1801; in school lists 1801, May 1803, Oct 1803; left 1805; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 May 1811; BA 1813; MA 1818; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 Nov 1811, called to bar 21 Nov 1817; m. 1st, 1821 Laura Charlotte, dau. of Edward Jeremiah Curteis (qv); m. 2nd, 28 Jan 1848 Elizabeth, dau. of William Drought, Kerawne, King’s Co.; d. 20 Feb 1880.