D’OYLY, FRANCIS, eldest son of Rev. George D’Oyly DD, Rector of Lambeth, Surrey, and Maria Frances, dau. of William Bruere, Chetwynd, Shropshire; b. 27 Nov 1815; adm. (G) 8 Oct 1827; subsequently went to Eton; d. 27 Jul 1831.

DALE, JAMES ERNEST, eldest son of James Murray Dale, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, solicitor, and Anne Eliza, eldest dau. of James Norris, Debenham, Suffolk; nephew of Reginald Francis Dale, Assistant Master; b. 16 Feb 1855; adm. 28 Mar 1870 (G); left Election 1872; adm. Middle Temple 2 Nov 1874; m. Marion, dau. of Ven. George Dove, Archdeacon of Flinders, Adelaide, South Australia; d. at Walkeville, Adelaide 10 Jan 1892.

DARLEY, WILLIAM, second son of Charles Albert Darley, Burtonfield House, Yorks., landowner, and Marianne Mills, dau. of Rev. William Nesfield, Rector of Brancepeth, co. Durham; b. 25 Oct 1848; adm. (G) 26 Sep 1861; Min. Can. 1863; left Whitsun 1865; land agent (1881 Census); JP (1887) Yorkshire East Riding; m. 19 May 1875 Mary, dau. of William Parry-Jones.

Davidson, Aubrey Maurice, son of Maurice Davidson DM FRCP, physician to Brompton Hosp. for Tuberculosis, and Gretchen Lucy, d. of Rev. Horatio Bolton Smith, Vicar of Wymering, Hants; b. 5 Aug. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (G); left July 1943; Trin. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1943; Roy. Dental Hosp., LDS 1950; in practice in London; m. 6 Oct. 1956 Kathleen Mary, d. of J. A. S. Wright of Kensington; d. 1 Jan. 2005.

Davidson, John Andrew, 2nd Viscount Davidson, elder son of John Colin Campbell, 1st Viscount Davidson (qv); b. 22 Dec. 1928; adm. Sept. 1942 (G); Capt. of Sch. and Prin. Opp. 1946; left July 1947; The Black Watch and 5th Bn KAR 1947-9; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. 1949, BA 1952; farmed in Suffolk; succ. his father as 2nd Viscount 11 Dec. 1970; dir. Strutt & Parker (Farms) Ltd. and Lord Rayleigh’s Farms Inc. 1960-75; East Anglia Economic Planning Council 1971-5; a Lord in Waiting 1985-6; Capt., Yeoman of the Guard 1986-91; dep. Govt. Chief Whip, House of Lords, 1986-91; m. 1st, 30 June 1956 (div. 1974) Margaret Birgitta, d. of Maj. -Gen. Cyril Henry Norton CB, of Nottingham; 2nd, 1975 Pamela Joy Dobb, d. of John Vergette; d. 20 July 2012.

Davidson, Peter Young, brother of Aubrey Maurice Davidson (qv); b. 5 Aug. 1925; adm. May 1939 (G); left Apr. 1943; Trin. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1943, BA 1946; a medical student; d. Nov. 1950.

Davies, James Moore, son of Sir David Davies Kt. KC, Nat. Insurance Commissioner, and Margaret Kennedy, author, d. of Charles Moore Kennedy, barrister; b. 14 Mar. 1935; adm. Sept. 1948 (G); left July 1951; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1953; d. 1 July 1971.

Davies, Oliver Foster, son of Alfred Davies, of Hampstead; b. Dec. 3, 1885; adm. Jan. 18, 1900 (G); left July 1901; m.; d. Feb. 9, 1954.

DAVIS, WALTER STEWART, third son of William Davis, Well Close, Gloucs., landowner, and Adelaide, third dau. of Miles Stringer, Effingham Hill, Surrey; b. 23 Aug 1865; adm. (H, later G) 23 Sep 1880; left Aug 1883; joined ICS 16 Nov 1884 as Officiating Assistant District Superintendent of Police; Assistant Political Officer, Black Mountain expedition 1888, 1891-2; with Chitral Relief Force 1895-6; Political Agent and Deputy Commissioner Nov 1905; Political Agent, Bhopal 1912; retired Jul 1920; JP (1927) Gloucestershire; m. 5 Aug 1897 Georgina, youngest dau. of David Ross CIE, Dingwall, Inverness-shire; d. 6 Jan 1946.

Davison, Ronald Ian, son of Sir Ronald Conway Davison, lecturer in Economics Univ. of Lond., and his first wife Juliet Marion, d. of John Peter Grant of Rothiemurchus, Inverness; b. 15 Nov. 1914; adm. Sept. 1928 (G); left July 1931; Oriel Coll. Oxf., matric. 1932, BA, MA 1959; Warden Univ. Coll. Exeter 1939-40; RASC 1940-3; staff of Brit. Council, Palestine and London, 1943- 55; Brooklands Tech. Coll., dept of management studies, lecturer 1955, head of dept. 1958; lecturer in Adult Education Univ. of Manchester 1965, Open Univ. (E. Anglia) 1971; m. 5 Aug. 1946 Cynthia Doris, d. of Maj. A. C. Whitfield of Nicosia, Cyprus; d. 9 Feb. 1983.