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DYCE, WILLIAM GLADSTONE, son of William Dyce RA, Norwood, Surrey, painter, and Jane Bickerton, eldest dau. of James Brand, Milnathort, Kinross-shire; b. 9 Feb 1852; adm. (G) 15 Jun 1865; QS 1867; left Christmas 1870; went to Cape of Good Hope for his health; d. during a voyage from The Cape to Calcutta 1877.

DYER, ---; b.; adm.; a pensioner 1568-9 (tutor, Prebendary Pory) (Chapter Muniments 54016-8).

DYER, BENNET, brother of John Dyer (at school under Freind, qv); bapt. 22 Aug 1704; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1717; in under school list 1718; High Sheriff, Cardiganshire 1736; m. Grace, widow of Thomas Lloyd, Berllam, and dau. of David Lloyd, Crynfryn, Cardiganshire.

Dyer, Charles Volney, son of Louis Dyer, of Oxford; b. Dec. 22, 1891; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1904; left Easter 1905.

DYER, EDWARD, brother of Richard Swinnerton Dyer (qv); b. 20 Jul 1774; adm. 14 Jan 1784; of Shepperton Green, Middlesex; m. 10 Oct 1801 Jane, dau. of James Hewitt, Hampton, Middlesex; d. 6 Mar 1816.

DYER, JOHN, second son of Robert Dyer, Aberglasney, Carmarthenshire, solicitor, and Elizabeth Bennet; bapt. 28 Oct 1701; at school under Freind (Johnson, Lives of the Poets, ed. Hill, iii, 343); went into his father’s office, but soon abandoned law for art; an itinerant artist in South Wales; a pupil of the painter Jonathan Richardson; visited Italy to study painting 1724-5; ordained 1741; Rector of Catthorpe, Leics., 30 Apr 1742-51; Rector of Belchford, Lincs., 1751-5; Rector of Coningsby, Lincs., from 1752; Rector of Kirkby-on-Bain, Lincs., from 1755; LLB Cambridge 1752; FSA 1741; author, Grongar Hill, 1727, and other poems; m. 11 Apr 1738 (IGI) Sarah, widow of John Hawkins, and dau. of James Ensor, Wilnecote, Warwickshire (now Staffordshire); buried at Coningsby, Lincs. 15 Dec 1757. DNB.

DYER, SIR JOHN, brother of Richard Swinnerton Dyer (qv); b. 5 Feb 1772; adm. 26 Jun 1780; Gent. -Cadet, Royal Artillery 5 Mar 1787; 2nd Lieut., 24 Apr 1793; 1st Lieut., 1 Jan 1794; Capt. -Lieut., 1 Jun 1798; Capt., 9 Apr 1803; Brevet Maj., 25 Jul 1810; Maj., 17 Mar 1812; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 12 Apr 1814; Lieut. -Col., 20 Dec 1814; KCB 12 Apr 1815; served Peninsular War 1812-4; m. 14 Mar 1795 Jane, dau. of Simon Halliday, Westcombe Park, Kent, banker; d. 3 Jul 1816, from the effects of a carriage accident at Woolwich.

DYER, JOHN; b.; in school lists 1780-1, 1785-6; executed at Newgate for forgery 5 Aug 1790, at age of 19.

Dyer, Paul Geoffrey, son of George Dyer, Southern Rly official, and Alberta Gladys, d. of Edward Pritchard Cooke of Leominster, Heref; b. 12 Dec. 1930; adm. Jan. 1945 (B); left July 1946; dir. A. G. Noble Ltd., Chelsea; m. 2 July 1955 Aoife Maire Seosainhin Deamhneat, d. of Cicoran o’Conaill of Boyerstown, Co. Meath, Ireland; d. 24 Sept. 1969.

DYER, RICHARD SWINNERTON, eldest son of Thomas Dyer, Senior Clerk, Treasury, and his first wife Mary, widow of William Berney, Barbados, and dau. of Richard Smith, merchant; b. 17 Sep 1769; adm. 17 Jun 1778; Supernumary Clerk, Treasury, 22 Dec 1786 – Aug 1787, Junior Clerk from 15 Aug 1787; d. 17 Dec 1794.