DASENT, ALEXANDER, son of John Roche Dasent (qv) and his second wife; b. 30 Apr 1819; adm. 14 Apr 1830 (Stelfox's); King’s Coll. Sch. 1833-5; went to West Indies 1840; ordained deacon 1843, priest 1844 (both Carlisle); held a curacy in St. Vincent; Rector of Recquia, St. Vincent, West Indies 1851-4; in New Zealand by 1864; Vicar of Karori, Wellington, New Zealand 16 Jan 1882- Jun 1897; m. 13 Oct 1847 Caroline Mayer, second dau. of George Colquhoun Grant, Treasurer of St. Vincent; d. at Karori 22 Sep 1905.
DASENT, BURY IRWIN, son of John Roche Dasent (qv) and his second wife; b. 12 Jul 1815; adm. 1 Oct 1827 (Stelfox's); Assistant Surgeon, Royal Westminster Opthalmic Hospital, in 1847; FRCS; consulting surgeon, Colonial Hospital, and police surgeon, Trinidad 1857; m. 4 Feb 1845 Elizabeth, youngest dau. of William Conyngham, Upper Gower Street, London; d. in Trinidad 1872.
DASENT, SIR GEORGE WEBBE, son of John Roche Dasent (qv) and his second wife; b. 22 May 1817; adm. 14 Apr 1830 (Stelfox's); Min. Can. 1832; left 1834; Magdalen Hall, Oxford, matr. 28 Apr 1836; BA 1840; MA 1843; DCL 1852; secretary to Sir Thomas Cartwright, British Minister at Stockholm, 1840-5; adm. Middle Temple 30 May 1844, called to bar 30 Jan 1852; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 2 Nov 1852; assistant editor, The Times 1845-70, during its editorship by his brother-in-law John Delane; Professor of English Literature and Modern History, King’s Coll. London 1853; a Civil Service Commissioner Jan 1870 - Aug 1892; knighted 27 Jun 1876; a Scandinavian scholar; author, The Story of Burnt Njal, 1861, and other works; his Annals of an Eventful Life contain some interesting reminiscences of the School; m. 4 Apr 1846 Fanny Louisa, third dau. of William Frederick Augustus Delane, Easthampstead, Berks., barrister; d. 11 Jun 1896. DNB.
DASENT, GEORGE WILLIAM MANUEL, second son of Sir George Webbe Dasent (qv); b. 29 Apr 1849; adm. 3 Jun 1858; QS 1864; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1868, matr. 30 May 1868; 1st cl. Classical Moderations 1870; drowned while bathing at Sandford Lasher, near Oxford, 30 Apr 1872. Memorial window in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
DASENT, JOHN BURY, eldest son of John Roche Dasent (qv) and his first wife; b. 22 Dec 1806; adm. 19 Jan 1820 (Stelfox's), from Rugby Sch.; left Dec 1823; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 7 Dec 1823; migr. to Trinity Hall, adm. 26 Feb 1825, matr. Mich. 1825; 1st in Civil Law classes 1828; LLB 1830; adm. Middle Temple 18 Oct 1823, called to bar 19 Apr 1833; special pleader and member Norfolk circuit; County Court Judge (Bow and Shoreditch) 2 Oct 1858 - Jan 1884; m. 18 Aug 1838 Jane Camden, dau. of M. D. French, Wimpole Street; d. 7 Apr 1888.
DASENT, JOHN ROCHE, eldest son of John Dasent (qv); b. 2 Jul 1772; adm. 29 Jan 1787; adm. Middle Temple 28 Nov 1789, called to bar 10 Feb 1815; Attorney-General, St. Vincent, from 1806; m. 1st, Feb 1806 Harriet Frances, dau. of Alexander Burrowes Irwin, The Kills, co. Tipperary, and Union Estate, St. Vincent; m. 2nd, Charlotte Martha, sister of his first wife; d. at St. Vincent 15 Feb 1832.
DASENT, SIR JOHN ROCHE, eldest son of Sir George Webbe Dasent (qv); b. 24 Jan 1847; adm. 14 Jun 1856; QS 1861; twice stoned by the “Skis” and was wounded by the frying-pan at the “booking” of the Cook on Shrove Tuesday 28 Feb 1865 (see Lusus Alt. West., 2nd series, 304-8); elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1865, matr. 7 Jun 1865; BA 1869; MA 1872; adm. Middle Temple 10 Nov 1882, called to bar 17 Jun 1885; secretary to his uncle John Delane, editor of the Times; entered Education Department as Junior Examiner Jul 1876; private secretary to Lords Spencer, Carlingford, Kimberley and Rosebery as Presidents of the Council, and to Lord Spencer as Lord Lieut. Ireland; CB 2 Jul 1895; Assistant Secretary, Board of Education 1900; knighted 26 Jun 1908; retired 1908; edited The Acts of the Privy Council of England 1542-1604, 32 vols, 1890-1907; m. 27 Jul 1878 Ellen, younger dau. of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry John Codrington KCB, Royal Navy; d. 21 Nov 1914.
DASENT, JOHN, eldest son of James Dasent, Assistant Judge of Nevis, W. I., and Frances Hickman; b. 19 Feb 1734/5; adm. Jan 1749/50 (Atwood's); left 1751; Attorney-General and subsequently Assistant Judge, Nevis; Chief Justice of Nevis from 1768; m. Eleanor, dau. of James Roche, Martinique; buried Nevis 22 Apr 1787.