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DE VISME, LOUIS DAVISON, only son of John Louis Goldsmid, Roehampton, Surrey, and Louisa Boscawen, dau. of Philip Nathaniel De Visme, merchant; b. 2 May 1811; adm. (G) 13 Jan 1823; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Dec 1828; BA 1833; MA 1835; assumed surname of De Visme in lieu of Goldsmid; ordained deacon 22 Jun 1834, priest 5 Jul 1835 (both Chichester).

de Watteville, Hermann Gaston, elder son of Baron Armand de WatteviIIe, M. D., of London, by Cecile Geraldine, daughter of M. le Pasteur de la Hope, of Bordeaux, France; b. Sept. 19, 1875; adm. Jan. 18, 1888 (A); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. (with Triplett) July 1894, matric. Michaelmas 1894; B.A. 1898; M.A. 1934; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. May 26, 1900; Lieut. Jan. 22, 1902; Capt. May 26, 1913; Major Dec. 30, 1915; Brevet Lieut.-Col. June 3, 1917; retired Jan. 7, 1923; was employed on the staff at the War Office during the greater part of Great War I; mentioned in despatches L. G. March 30, 1917; C.B.E. June 3, 1919; Legion of Honour, 5th class; librarian of the Royal United Service Institution 1929; asst. editor 1934; served in the Political Intelligence Dept., Foreign Office, 1943-4; author of Waziristan (1925) and Lord Kitchener (1939); m. 1914 Hope, daughter of C. Calthrop; d. 1963.

de Watteville, Jean Charles (known at school as Kunegold de Watteville), brother of Hermann Gaston de Watteville (q.v.); b. Dec. 23, 1881; adm. May 3, 1894 (A); exhibitioner 1894; left (with a Triplett gratuity) July 1900; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1900; B.A. 1906; assumed the names of Jean Charles in lieu of Kunegold; d. (date unknown).

DE’ATH, GEORGE HANBY, brother of Harry Holmes De’Ath (qv); b. 16 Sep 1861; adm. (G) 22 Jan 1874; left Easter 1878; Guy’s Hospital; MRCS 1884, LSA 1885; practised at Buckingham; Coroner for Winslow division of Buckinghamshire; m. 5 Aug 1886 Margaret Fair, youngest dau. of Edward Zimmermann, Castle Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, South American merchant; d. 7 Jul 1901.

DE’ATH, HARRY HOLMES, son of Robert De’Ath MRCS LSA, West Street, Buckingham, medical practitioner, and Anne, dau. of Timothy Richard Holmes, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk; b. 20 Sep 1859; adm. (G) 27 Mar 1873; left Christmas 1875; adm. solicitor Feb 1882; retired from practice because of ill-health and lived at Ramsgate, Kent; d. 10 May 1908.

DEACON, CHARLES PARK, brother of James Henry Deacon (qv); bapt. 1784; at school 1794; in school lists 1795, 1797; will proved PCC 11 Jul 1851, as of 6 Graham Street, Eaton Square, second Christian name given as Parke.

DEACON, HENRY WILLIAM, son of James Henry Deacon (qv) and his first wife; b. 12 Oct 1823; adm. 20 Jan 1840; master of a pack of foxhounds with which he hunted the Tavistock district 1853-9; Master, Hampshire Hunt 1862-84; of Ropley Cottage, Ropley, Hampshire (1881 Census); m. 6 Dec 1860 Caroline Agnes, widow of Maj. Lewis Coker, Bicester House, Oxford, and youngest dau. of Maj. James Pitman, Exeter; d. 18 Oct 1902.

DEACON, JAMES HENRY, son of James Deacon, Brixton, Surrey, and Frances ---; bapt. 1783; at school 1794; in school lists 1795, 1797; a subscriber to OW Cricket Club 1828; m. 1st, 23 Jan 1821 Flora Alicia, dau. of Joseph McVeagh, Drewston, co. Meath; m. 2nd, 26 Jan 1846 Harriet Elizabeth, widow of Rev. Jonathan Phillips Carpenter, Rector of Sydenham Damerel, Devon, and dau. of Rev. William Garnier, Prebendary of Winchester; d. 16 Jan 1861.

Deacon, Lionel Edmund, son of Ernest Deacon, of London, by Marion Grace; b. March 22, 1879; adm. April 27, 1893 (H); left April 1897; emigrated to New Zealand; m. Jane Irene Jessie Garratt 18 Feb. 1913; d. 20 Apr. 1968.