Dupont, Jean Baptiste Onesime; b. ; teacher at Collège Henri IV, Paris, to 1848 ; Commandant of a battalion of the Garde Nationale in Paris during 1848 revolution ; friend of the French radical politician Ledru-Rollin ; fled to England and sentenced in his absence to 10 years forced labour for his actions during the revolution ; a paragraph in the Standard newspaper for 19 Mar 1852 records that “M.Dupont, professor of the University of France, having been proscribed by the French government, and decided upon establishing himself in this country, has arrived in London for the purpose, and has since his arrival been engaged as professor at Westminster School” (but Dupont’s appointment to the Westminster School staff had taken place in 1850) ; French Master 1850 (Town Boy Ledger) – Aug 1868 ; Examiner in French, St.Paul’s School 1857-70 ; Examiner in French for the Civil Service (by 1858, still 1870) ; living in Cavendish Square, Marylebone, in 1861 (1861 Census, as Jean Baptiste Dupont), then aged 49 ; returned to France on fall of Napoleon III ; Conseiller Municipal, Paris, under Third Republic ; d. while playing billiards in Paris 24 Feb 1888, aged 77 (death reported in English-speaking press as that of “Octave” Dupont, wrongly).
DUPORT, JAMES, fourth son of Rev. John Duport DD, Master of Jesus Coll. Cambridge, and Rachel, dau. of Right Rev. Richard Cox DD, Bishop of Ely; b. 1606; adm.; KS in 1619; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1622, adm. scholar 1623; 4th in “ordo” and BA Jan 1626/7; MA 1630; BD 1637; DD 1660; Fellow of Trin. Coll. 1627-c. 1666, Tutor 1635-64, a Senior Fellow 1654, Vice-Master 1655-65; Regius Professor of Greek, Cambridge Univ., 13 Jul 1639 - 54, ejected; ordained; Archdeacon of Stow 14 Aug 1641- res 12 Nov 1641; Prebendary of Lincoln from 14 Aug 1641 (ejected by Parliamentary Visitors 1643, reinstated at Restoration); Lady Margaret Preacher 1646; at Restoration appointed Chaplain to King Charles II and reinstated as Regius Professor of Greek, but soon afterwards resigned his Professorship to make way for his pupil Isaac Barrow; Dean of Peterborough from 27 Jul 1664; Master of Magdalene Coll., Cambridge, from 1668; Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge Univ. 1669; Rector of Boxworth, Cambs., 1668; Rector of Aston Flamville, Leics., Jan 1672/3-77; the most eminent Greek scholar of his day; author, Threnothriambos (Greek translation of Book of Job), 1637, Homeri Gnomologia duplici Parallelismo illustrata, 1660 (of which the preface contains an enthusiastic and grateful address to the School), and other works; d. 17 Jul 1679. DNB.
DUPPA, BRIAN, second son of Jeffrey Duppa, Lewisham, Kent, Purveyor of the Buttery to Queen Elizabeth I and Brewer to King James I, and Lucrece Maresall; b. 10 Mar 1588/9; adm.; QS; “here”, said Henry King (qv), Bishop of Chichester, in his sermon at Duppa’s funeral in Westminster Abbey, “he had the greatest dignity, which the School could afford put upon him, to be the Paedonomus at Christmas, Lord of his Fellow-Scholars” (p. 34); elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1605, matr. 9 Jul 1605, Westminster Student to 1611; BA 1609; MA 1614; BD and DD 1625; Fellow All Souls Coll. Oxford 1612; Junior Proctor 1619; ordained; in 1620s successively Chaplain to Prince Palatine and to Earl of Dorset; Vicar of Westham, Sussex 7 Mar 1625/6-38; Vicar of Hailsham, Sussex 22 Dec 1626-26/7; Vicar of Withyham, Sussex 5 Feb 1626/7-38; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford 28 Nov 1629- Jun 1638; Vice-Chancellor, Oxford Univ. 1632-4; Prebendary and Chancellor of Salisbury 6 Jan 1634- Jun 1638; tutor to Prince of Wales and Duke of Gloucester 1638; Rector of Petworth, Sussex 19 May 1638-41; consecrated Bishop of Chichester 17 Jun 1638; translated to Salisbury 14 Dec 1641; on suppression of the episcopacy he retired to Oxford, and subsequently to Richmond, Surrey; carried out private ordinations of priests and deacons during the Commonwealth, and interested himself in the preservation of the episcopal succession; translated to Winchester 4 Oct 1660; Lord Almoner from 24 Jul 1660; author of a few published sermons and of Jonsonius Virbius, a collection of thirty poems on the death of Ben Jonson (qv), 1637; m. 23 Nov 1626 Jane, dau. of Nicholas Killingtree, Longham, Norfolk; d. 26 Mar 1662. Buried in North Ambulatory, Westminster Abbey. DNB.
DURAND, ---; b.; in school list 1743.
DURAND, SIMON, b.; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1720; in school list 1729; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 12 May 1729, subsequently pens., matr. 1729; BA 1732/3; MA 1736; ordained; d. c. 1744 (will of Simon Durand, clerk, St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, proved PCC 1 Jun 1744).
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DURELL, DAVID, son of David Durell, St. Saviour’s, Jersey, and Marie, dau. of Jean Aubin, Denonciateur, Royal Court of Jersey; b. 18 Jun 1762; adm. 23 Sep 1772; KS 1777; convicted with four other Westminster boys at Middlesex Quarter Sessions 21 May 1779 of a gross assault on a man in Dean’s Yard, but was only fined one shilling, as it was doubtful whether he was one of the principal offenders (Annual Register, 1779, 213); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1781, matr. 30 Jun 1781, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1781 - void 29 Sep 1792, expiry year of grace as V. Mongewell from 15 Oct 1791; BA 1785; MA 1789; DD Durham [check date]; ordained; Perpetual Curate, Hampton Magna, Worcs., 3 Jul 1789-91; Rector of Mongewell, Oxfordshire, from 1791; Rector of Twining, Gloucs., 1791-1802; Rector of Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire, 1793-1843; Prebendary of Durham from 4 Dec 1801; m. Ann, dau. of Philip Robin, Jersey; d. 15 Jan 1852.
DURELL, JOHN DURELL, elder son of Durell Durell, St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, and Anne, third dau. of Joseph Hamer, Demerara, West Indies; b. 21 May 1812; adm. 28 May 1823; New Inn, Oxford, matr. 16 Feb 1837; played cricket for Oxford 1838; BA 1840; ordained deacon (Norwich) 10 Jan 1841, priest (Winchester) 12 Dec 1841; Vicar of Barton Stacey, Hampshire, 1847-60; Perpetual Curate of Marchwood, Hampshire 1860-78; m. Florence Arabella, third dau. of Matthew Henry Lister (qv); d. 11 Jun 1879.
DURELL, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1745/6 (Preston's); in school lists 1746-9.