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DOLLING, ROBERT RATCLIFFE, son of James Dolling, Great Russell Street, London, and Mary, only child of J. Ratcliffe, Hatton Garden, London; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1761; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1765, matr. 7 Jun 1765, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1765 - void 27 May 1772 (expiry year of grace as R. Etchingham); BA 1769; MA 1772; BCL 1775; ordained deacon 21 May 1769, priest 10 Jun 1770 (both Oxford); Rector of Etchingham, Sussex 25 May 1771-5; Vicar of Aldenham, Herts., 17 Jun 1775-94; Rector of Titsey, Surrey from 19 Mar 1776; Rector of Bolnhurst, Beds., from 20 Mar 1794; JP Hertfordshire (occurs 1783-4); m. Mar 1776 Mary, dau. of Paul Saunders, Bloomsbury, London; d. c. 1803 (will proved PCC 12 Nov 1803).

Dolton, Percy Harold Irvine, brother of Walter William Dolton (qv); b. 12 May 1902; adm. Jan. 1917 (A); left July 1919; chairman timber import co.; d. 9 Aug. 1990.

Dolton, Walter William, son of Walter Charles Dolton, of Blackheath, Kent, by Margaret Isabella, daughter of Irvine David Mitchell, of Belfast; b. Oct. 1, 1897; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left July 1914; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C.; managing director of the Delta Metal Co. Ltd. and of the Delta Group of companies; president of the British Non-Ferrom Metals Federation 1959; m. March 8, 1927, Marie Frances Duval, daughter of the Rev. Francis Henry Rice, Vicar of St. Swithin, Hither Green, Kent.

DOMEIER, AUGUSTUS EDWARD, son of William Domeier MD, Gosport, Hampshire, originally from Hannover, Physician to Duke of Sussex, and Lucy Bernard; b. 20 Feb 1804; adm. 3 May 1816; KS 1818; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1822, adm. pens. 18 May 1822, scholar 1823, matr. Mich. 1822; BA 1826; MB 1828; Lic. Med. 1831; d. 29 Jan 1845.

DON, GEOFFREY, son of Christopher Don, London; b.; at school (aged 10) 2 Jul 1582 (Chapter Muniments 43050).

DONALDSON, ---; in school list Dec 1788.

DONALDSON, HUMPHREY, son of Humphrey Donaldson, London, army agent; b. ; in school list 1795, sixth form list 1796; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 20 Oct 1796, aged 17, matr. Mich. 1796; BA 1801; MA 1806; accompanied Sir James Stirling (qv) on his return to Western Australia 1834; Sheriff of the Swan River Settlement from 9 Sep 1834; m. ; d. at Perth, Western Australia May 1835, aged 55.

DONELLAN, JOHN, son of Lieut. -Col. --- Donellan; b. 6 Nov 1737; adm. Jan 1750/1 (Porten's); in school list 1752; RMA Woolwich; Gent. Cadet 4 Mar 1753; Ensign, 39th Foot 13 Nov 1755; Capt. Company of Foot, EICS Bengal 15 Dec 1757; served on expedition to Golconda and wounded at Chumbole 14 Dec 1758; court-martialled and dismissed the service 28 Apr 1759; on return to England became known as “Diamond” Donellan from a stone which he brought back from India; Master of Ceremonies at Brighton, and at The Pantheon, Oxford Street, London; restored to rank of Capt, half-pay, 39th Foot, c. 1772; convicted at Warwick Assizes Mar 1781 of having poisoned his brother-in-law Sir Theodosius Edward Allesley Boughton, Bart., at Lawford Hall, Warwickshire, with a dose of laurel water; m. Jun 1777 Theodosia, only dau. of Sir Edward Boughton, Bart.; hanged at Warwick 2 Apr 1781. [Perhaps bapt. Saddleworth, Yorks., 3 Nov 1737 (sic), son of Richard Donellan and Mary Whitehead (IGI)]

DONKIN, SIR RUFANE SHAW, only son of Gen. Robert Donkin, and Mary, dau. of Rev. Emanuel Collins; b. Sep 1772; adm. 8 Apr 1782; left 1787; Ensign, 44th Foot 21 Mar 1778; Lieut., 9 Sep 1779; Capt., 31 May 1793; Maj., 1 Sep 1795; Lieut. -Col., 11th Foot 24 May 1798; on staff Quartermaster-General’s Dept., May 1805; Brevet Col., 24 Apr 1808; Maj. -Gen., 4 Jun 1811; Lieut. -Gen., 19 Jul 1821; Col. 80th Foot 20 Apr 1825, 11th Foot 15 Mar 1837; Gen., 25 Jun 1838; served in West Indies 1794, 1796 (invalided home from Martinique), on expedition to Ostend 1798 (wounded, prisoner), and as Assistant QMG at Copenhagen 1807; Assistant QMG, Portugal 1808-9; as Col. on the Staff commanded a brigade in operations on the Douro and at the battle of Talavera; QMG Sicily 1810-3; commanded second field division in Mahratta War 1817-8; KCB 14 Oct 1818; invalided to Cape of Good Hope, where he acted as Governor in Lord Charles Somerset’s absence 1820-1; GCH 1825; MP (Whig) Berwick on Tweed 1832-7, Sandwich from Feb 1839; Surveyor-Gen. of the Ordnance from 25 Apr 1835; FRS 23 Feb 1826; one of the original Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society; author, A Dissertation on the Course and probable Termination of the River Niger, 1829, and a contributor to various periodicals; m. 1st, 30 Aug 1815 Elizabeth Frances, eldest dau. of George Markham (adm. 1769, qv); m. 2nd, 5 May 1832 Lady Anna Maria Elliot, dau. of Gilbert Elliot, 1st Earl of Minto PC; committed suicide 1 May 1841. DNB.