DAUNCEY, ---; b.; adm. Midsummer 1806; left 1807.
DAUNEY, FRANCIS HASTINGS, elder son of Alexander Dauney, Lexham Gardens, South Kensington, barrister, Bencher Inner Temple, and Emily Ellen, only dau. of John Hastings MD, London and Weston Grove, Surrey; b. 12 Mar 1861; adm. 12 Jun 1873; left Christmas 1876; adm. solicitor Jun 1885; practised in Suffolk Street, London, to retirement 1914.
Daus, Edward Herbert, son of Robert Daus of Hampstead and Katherine Mary Gertrude, d. of Anthony Klimek of Hamburg, Germany; b. 30 Dec. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (R); left Dec. 1941; Fordham Univ., NY, USA, BSc 1953; Cordi, Durrant & Murray Ltd. 1946-9 and after 1954; French American Banking Corpn., New York, 1949-51; Chase National Bank 1951-2; resident Bradenton, FL, USA; d. 6 Dec. 1996.
DAVENANT, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1745; left 1747. [note will Henry Davenant, St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, Surrey, gent., proved PCC 29 Mar 1791]
DAVENANT, JAMES; b.; adm. (aged 13) Apr 1745; left 1748. [note will James Davenant, Pembridge, Herefs., proved PCC 3 May 1776]
DAVENPORT, DAVIES, second son of Davies Davenport, Woodford and Marton, Cheshire, and Inner Temple, London, barrister, and Penelope, sister of John Ward (qv); b. 2 Oct 1723; adm. Jun 1737; left 1740; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 Feb 1740/1; adm. Inner Temple 25 Oct 1742; perhaps “Daniel Davenport” reported at Capua, Italy, in 1753; m. 24 May 1755 Phoebe, dau. and coheiress of Richard Davenport (qv); d. 12 Feb 1758.
DAVENPORT, RANDOL; b. ; adm. ; KS 1630 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS lxix, f. 137).
DAVENPORT, RICHARD, son of George Davenport, Calveley, Cheshire, and Bridget, dau. of Edward Mainwaring, Whitmore, Staffs. ; b. ; at school under Freind (R. F. Scott, ed. , Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Camb. , pt iii, 379); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Feb 1724/5, aged 18, matr. 1725; adm. Inner Temple 16 Aug 1725; of Wootton Hall, Staffs. , where he entertained Jean Jacques Rousseau and his companion Thérèse Le Vasseur Mar 1766 - May 1767; m. 17 Jan 1729 (IGI) Phoebe, dau. of Joseph Bagnal, Roehampton, Surrey; d. 7 May 1771.
DAVENPORT, SIR THOMAS, brother of Davies Davenport (qv); b. 14 Jan 1733/4; adm. Apr 1748 (Watts'); left 1750; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jan 1750/1; adm. Inner Temple year 1752/3, called to bar 5 Jul 1764; MP Newton (Lancashire) from 1780; Solicitor-General to Queen Charlotte 1781-2; Serjeant-at-law 25 Jun 1783; knighted 27 Jun 1783; m. c. Sep 1770 Jane, dau. of Robert Seel, Liverpool, merchant; d. at York while on circuit 25 Mar 1786.