DURHAM, JOHN; b; adm. 17 Sep 1778, chorister.
Durham, Shelton, son of John Stephens Durham, attorney-at-law and civil engineer, of Philadelphia, USA, and Constance, d. of Robert Shelton Mackenzie MD DLitt, of Edinburgh and Philadelphia; b. 26 Nov. 1900; adm. Jan. 1915 (A); left Apr. 1919; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1919, BA 1923, MA 1939; Lond. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1931; MB BCh (Oxon.) 1939; Dip. in Tropical Medicine & Health 1940; RAMC in WW2 (Lieut.); MO Tanganyika Territory and later Cameroons Devel. Corpn; regional malariologist Papua New Guinea 1961-6; MO Durban, South Africa, 1967-72; m. 1st 1940 Eve Hart; 2nd 4 Oct. 1979 Mabel Simmons; d. 12 Nov. 1992.
Durnford, John Nigel Livingstone, son of Dudley Silas Victor Durnford, schoolmaster, and Winifred Marjorie, d. of Alfred Smith Lamb, evangelist and missionary in N. Africa; b. 21 Mar. 1928; adm. Sept. 1941 (G); left July 1943; RASC in WW2, serving in Trieste and Palestine; asst. master St David’s Sch., Queen’s Gate, London; d. 6 Mar. 1994.
DUROURE, CHARLES PIERRE, brother of Francis Duroure (qv); bapt. French Huguenot Chapel, Spring Gardens 13 Apr 1717 (IGI); adm. (aged 14) Jun 1732; left 1735; apprenticed to Samuel Torin, citizen and broderer, 26 Apr 1737; d. unm. 6 Jun 1752.
DUROURE, FRANCIS, son of Scipio Duroure, Col. 12th Foot, and his cousin Marguerite, dau. of Capt. Charles de Vignolles; b. 13 Jun 1715; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1726; in school list 1731; apprenticed to Richard Sutton, Lincoln’s Inn, attorney-at-law, 8 Dec 1732; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Jan 1732/3; an attorney-at-law, in partnership with Peter Delande (qv); a Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1755-78); FRS 10 Nov 1774-97; erected monument in East Cloister, Westminster Abbey, in memory of his father and of his uncle Lieut. -Gen. Alexander Duroure; m. 12 Jul 1746 Susanna Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel Crespin, St. Stephen’s, Walbrook, London; d. 16 Feb 1808.
DUROURE, JOHN, son of Francis Duroure (qv); bapt. 15 Jul 1749; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1764; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 20 Jun 1768; Lieut. and Capt., 3 Jun 1774; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 15 Mar 1779; retd. 15 Dec 1789; FRS 25 May 1780; FSA 16 Nov 1780; m. 2 Jun 1790 Sarah, eldest surviving dau. of Thomas Winn, Ackton, Yorks.; d. 28 Feb 1801.
Durrant, William Blencowe Wells, only son of Frederick Chester Wells Durrant, of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, Attorney-General of the Bahamas, West Indies, by Gertrude, daughter of William Blencowe, of Brackley, Northants; b. May 4, 1894; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1908; left (with Triplett) July 1913; Magd. Coll. Camb., exhibitioner, matric. Michaelmas 1913; 2nd Lieut. 6th Batt. (Reserve) Rifle Brigade Nov. 1, 1914; went out to the western front in March 1915 and was attached to the 2nd Batt.; killed in action near Ypres May 8, 1915; unm.
DURY, ALEXANDER, brother of John Bourchier Dury (qv); b. 2 Aug 1859; adm. (G) 3 Apr 1872; left Christmas 1874; “agent to W. H. Wilberforce” (1881 Census); “land agent”, living Lincoln (1901 Census); of The Moss, Ripley, Yorkshire.
DURY, JOHN BOURCHIER, second son of John Dury, The Moss, Ripley, Yorkshire, land agent, and Barbara Catherine Frances, dau. of James Garden Seton (qv); b. 2 Oct 1855; adm. (G) 26 Jan 1871; left Aug 1873; “cotton spinner” (1881 Census”; went out to South Africa Mar 1894; m. 28 Apr 1886 Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Robinson, Skipton, Yorks.; d. at Durban, South Africa 17 Feb 1895.
DUTTON, JOHN, third son of Laurence Dutton, an Ordinary Messenger of the Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I, and Anne, dau. of Robert Lombard, Chedworth, Gloucs.; b.; adm.; QS 1592 (see Acts of Privy Council, NS xxii, 493, for a letter dated 28 May 1592 to the Dean and Chapter requesting them to admit Dutton as a QS “at the next election of schollers”).