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DUNNING, RICHARD BARRE, 2ND BARON ASHBURTON, only surviving son of John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton PC, successively Solicitor-General and Chancellor Duchy of Lancaster, and Elizabeth, only dau. of John Baring, Larkbeare, near Exeter, Devon; b. 20 Sep 1782; succeeded father as 2nd Baron Ashburton 18 Aug 1783; in school list 1795, sixth form list 1796; Edinburgh Univ.; a friend and contemporary at Edinburgh of Lord Palmerston, the future Prime Minister; m. 17 Sep 1805 Anne Selby, dau. of William Cuninghame, Lainshaw, Stewarton, Ayrshire; d. 15 Feb 1823.

Dunscombe, Clement, son of Clement Dunscombe, M. lnst. C. E., of Streatham, by Gertrude Hannah, daughter of Alfred Clark, of Wood Dailing, Norfolk; b. April 30, 1897; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (H); left July 1914; Downing Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1914; B.A. 1917; M.B., B. Chir. 1920; M.A. 1921; St. Bartholomew's Hospital; L.R.C.P. (London) and M.R.C.S. (Eng.) 1919; a physician specializing in public health work; Asst. Medical Officer of Health, Wiltshire County Council 1924; served in R.A.M.C. during Great War I as dresser, 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge; resident in Natal; d. 25 Sept. 1979.

Dunscombe, Nicholas Dunscombe, brother of Clement Dunscombe (q.v.); b. Nov. 21, 1898; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (H); left July 1915; Downing Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1915; B.A. 1917; M.A. 1921; St. Thomas's Hosp.; M.B., B. Chir. 1921; D. P. H. 1923; a physician specializing in public health work; M. O. H. Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury, 1934-39; Glos. Combined Dists. (Stroud area) 1939-50; called to the Bar at the Inner Temple June 20, 1928; served in Great War I as Surgeon Probationer, R. N. V. R.; resident in Natal; m. July 3, 1937, Irene Elizabeth, eldest daughter of P. W. Chandler, a Master of the Supreme Court.

DUNSTER, CHARLES, only son of Rev. Charles Dunster, Worcester, Prebendary of Salisbury, and Mary, dau. of Rev. Thomas Inett DD, Prebendary of Worcester; grandson of Samuel Dunster (qv); bapt. 25 Jul 1750; in school lists 1764, 1765; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Feb 1767, aged 16; BA 1770; migrated to Baliol Coll. Oxford 1771 and to Trin. Coll. Oxford 1773; MA 1775; ordained; Domestic Chaplain to George O’Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (qv), 12 Mar 1774; Rector of Oddingley, Worcs., 17 Feb 1776-89; Rector of Naunton Beauchamp, Worcs., 1776; Rector of Mordiford, Herefs., 14 Mar 1777 - res Feb 1787; Rector of Stoke Edith, Herefs., 17 Feb 1787 - res Nov 1788; Rector of Petworth, Sussex, from 23 Mar 1789; Rector of Tillington, Sussex, from 9m Apr 1789; resided for many years at New Grove, Petworth; author, The Frogs of Aristophanes, 1785, and other works; m. Mary Bridges, Herefordshire; d. 17 Apr 1816. DNB.

DUNSTER, SAMUEL, son of James Dunster, Westminster; b. Sep 1675; at Merchant Taylors’ School 1688-9; adm.; KS 1690; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1693, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1693, scholar 20 Apr 1694; BA 1696/7; MA 1700; DD 1713; ordained deacon 2 Nov 1698, priest 11 Jun 1700 (both London); Perpetual Curate of St. James, Paddington, Middlesex [by 1705 ?]; Rector of Chinnor, Oxfordshire 12 Jul 1716; Prebendary of Lincoln from 6 Jun 1720; Prebendary of Salisbury 19 Jul 1720 - res Oct 1748; Vicar of Rochdale, Lancs., from 23 Apr 1722; Chaplain in Ordinary to George I (Chamberlayne 1716); Chaplain, 13th Dragoons, to Mar 1740; author, Anglia Rediviva, 1699, The Satyrs and Epistles of Horace done into English, 1710, and other works; m. 1 Jul 1705 Mary Hammond; d. 19 Jul 1754. DNB.

DUNSTON, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1740; left 1742.

DUNTON, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1565-9 (Chapter Muniments 54005-18, 54020).

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.