DIGNAM, JOHN JAMES; b. 4 Apr 1827; adm. (G) 9 Apr 1839. [Perhaps he and William Dignam (qv) were sons of James Dignam, Gerrard Street, Soho, solicitor : mother Anne Scott ? (IGI)].

Dickson, John Douglas Hamilton, son of James Douglas Hamilton Dickson, Fellow and Tutor of Peterhouse, by Isabel Catharine, daughter of William Banks, of Edinburgh, etcher and engraver; b. Oct. 18, 1885; adm. Jan. 18, 1900 (G); left July 1904; Writer to the Signet March 28, 1910; in practice at Edinburgh; president of the Edinburgh Bach Society 1914; served in Great War I; Lieut. July 14, 1917, attached Royal Scots Fusiliers, on the Recruiting Staff July - Nov. 1917, and transferred to the Ministry of National Service Nov. 1917 - Dec. 1918; demob. Dec. 31, 1918; at various times president and conductor of the Edinburgh Bach Society, chairman of the Reid Symphony Orchestra and of the Scottish Music Advisory Committee of the B. B. C. and a member of the Programme Committee of the Edinburgh Festival Society; Hon. Mus. Doc. Edinburgh Univ. 1946; O.B.E. 1956; m. June 15, 1918, Marjorie Balfour, daughter of William Duncan Lowe, of Edinburgh, Writer to the Signet; d. Dec. 5, 1958.

DICKSON, GEORGE COCHRANE, son of Maj. Richard Lothian Dickson, 1st Life Guards, and Julia Diana, youngest dau. of Major-Gen. Thomas Cox, First Major, 1st Foot Guards; b. 1 Oct 1808; adm. (G) 28 Feb 1823; left 1825; Ensign, 85th Foot 5 Apr 1831; Lieut., 24 Nov 1835; Capt., 1 Nov 1839; 84th Foot, 8 Apr 1842; d. at Moulmein, Burma 17 Nov 1842.

Dickey, Daniel O’Rourke, son of Edward Montgomery O’Rourke Dickey CBE, Staff Inspector for Art, Min. of Education, and Eunice Emmeline, d. of George Howard; b. 12 Nov. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (G); left Apr. 1942; RAFVR 1943-5 (Flt. Lieut. ), wounded and p. o. w. in Germany; Exeter Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, rowed in Trial Eights 1948, BA 1949, MA 1953; asst. master Bedford Mod. Sch. 1949-79, retd. 1979; m. 22 Dec. 1949 Mary, d. of Edward Coller of Wimbledon; d. 23 Aug. 1991.

DICKENSON, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1745/6 (Grant's); left 1749.

Dick, John Oliver Lawson, son of John Lawson Dick MD FRCS and Nora Winifred Duke of Highgate; b. 21 May 1920; adm. Sept. 1932 (G); left July 1938; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1938, BA 1943, MA 1945; RAFVR (A & SD) 1944-5 (Flt Lieut.); successively in the PR dept of Esso Petrol­eum Co., on staff of Voice & Vision Ltd, and man. dir. PR Associates Ltd; ed. Aubrey's Brief Lives 1949; d. 1 May 1964.

DICK, HARRIS ST. JOHN, only son of William Fleming Dick (qv); b. 24 Sep 1834; adm. (G) 29 Mar 1847; left 18 Dec 1849; Cornet, 2nd Dragoon Guards 18 Oct 1851; Lieut., 24 Feb 1854; Capt., 5 Mar 1858; retd. 19 Nov 1858; m. 22 Jun 1865 Sarah Grace, widow of Rev. Charles Vernon DD, Wherstead Park, Suffolk, and dau. of John Fawcett, Petteril Bank, Cumberland; d. 27 Dec 1879.

Dewar, David, son of Thomas Dewar, Circuit Judge, and his first wife Dorothy Ann, d. of Cyril George Thomas Godden of Goring-on-Sea, Sussex; b. 17 Feb. 1938; adm. Sept. 1951 (G); left July 1956; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1957 (open schol. ), BA 1960, MA 1987; Clerk in the Parliament Office, House of Lords, 1962-73; an official of the European Parliament, Luxembourg, 1973-; m. 1962 Mariuccia, d. of Pietro Azzarini of La Spezia, Italy; d. 31 Mar. 1993.

DENMAN, FRANCIS LEMOINE, eldest son of James Lemoine Denman, Kensington Gardens Square, London, wine merchant, and his first wife Georgina Sarah, younger dau. of William Heading, Crimplesham, Norfolk; b. 18 Jan 1856; adm. (G) 22 Sep 1871; left Aug 1874; for several years in father’s business; Corpus Christ Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 Jan 1885, matr. Lent 1885; BA 1887; MA 1891; ordained deacon 1888 (Peterborough), priest 1889 (Bishop Mitchinson for Peterborough); Curate, Oundle, Northants., 1888-92; missionary with London Jews’ Society 1892-1900, Secretary 1900-14; Vicar of Cold Harbour, near Dorking, Surrey 1914-26; author, Christ in Holy Scripture, 1914; m. 11 Aug 1890 Florence, younger dau. of Richard Barnes Roscow MRCS LSA, Accrington, Lancs., surgeon; d. 27 May 1939.