DASENT, GEORGE WILLIAM MANUEL, second son of Sir George Webbe Dasent (qv); b. 29 Apr 1849; adm. 3 Jun 1858; QS 1864; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1868, matr. 30 May 1868; 1st cl. Classical Moderations 1870; drowned while bathing at Sandford Lasher, near Oxford, 30 Apr 1872. Memorial window in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

DASENT, JOHN BURY, eldest son of John Roche Dasent (qv) and his first wife; b. 22 Dec 1806; adm. 19 Jan 1820 (Stelfox's), from Rugby Sch.; left Dec 1823; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 7 Dec 1823; migr. to Trinity Hall, adm. 26 Feb 1825, matr. Mich. 1825; 1st in Civil Law classes 1828; LLB 1830; adm. Middle Temple 18 Oct 1823, called to bar 19 Apr 1833; special pleader and member Norfolk circuit; County Court Judge (Bow and Shoreditch) 2 Oct 1858 - Jan 1884; m. 18 Aug 1838 Jane Camden, dau. of M. D. French, Wimpole Street; d. 7 Apr 1888.

DASENT, SIR JOHN ROCHE, eldest son of Sir George Webbe Dasent (qv); b. 24 Jan 1847; adm. 14 Jun 1856; QS 1861; twice stoned by the “Skis” and was wounded by the frying-pan at the “booking” of the Cook on Shrove Tuesday 28 Feb 1865 (see Lusus Alt. West., 2nd series, 304-8); elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1865, matr. 7 Jun 1865; BA 1869; MA 1872; adm. Middle Temple 10 Nov 1882, called to bar 17 Jun 1885; secretary to his uncle John Delane, editor of the Times; entered Education Department as Junior Examiner Jul 1876; private secretary to Lords Spencer, Carlingford, Kimberley and Rosebery as Presidents of the Council, and to Lord Spencer as Lord Lieut. Ireland; CB 2 Jul 1895; Assistant Secretary, Board of Education 1900; knighted 26 Jun 1908; retired 1908; edited The Acts of the Privy Council of England 1542-1604, 32 vols, 1890-1907; m. 27 Jul 1878 Ellen, younger dau. of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry John Codrington KCB, Royal Navy; d. 21 Nov 1914.

DASENT, JOHN, eldest son of James Dasent, Assistant Judge of Nevis, W. I., and Frances Hickman; b. 19 Feb 1734/5; adm. Jan 1749/50 (Atwood's); left 1751; Attorney-General and subsequently Assistant Judge, Nevis; Chief Justice of Nevis from 1768; m. Eleanor, dau. of James Roche, Martinique; buried Nevis 22 Apr 1787.

Dauber, John Addison Grant, son of John Henry Dauber, M.B., F.R.C.S., of Mayfair, by Margaret Isabel, daughter of Col. Addison Potter, C. B., of Heaton Hall, Northumberland; b. Jan. 10, 1901; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (R); left July 1919; entered the employ of the Gas Light and Coke Co.; m. April 26, 1947, Hilary Grey, daughter of George Grey Turner, F.R.C.S., of Huntercombe Manor, Berks, Emeritus Professor of Surgery, London Univ.; d. 19 Apr. 1981.

Daus, Edward Herbert, son of Robert Daus of Hampstead and Katherine Mary Gertrude, d. of Anthony Klimek of Hamburg, Germany; b. 30 Dec. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (R); left Dec. 1941; Fordham Univ., NY, USA, BSc 1953; Cordi, Durrant & Murray Ltd. 1946-9 and after 1954; French American Banking Corpn., New York, 1949-51; Chase National Bank 1951-2; resident Bradenton, FL, USA; d. 6 Dec. 1996.

DAVENPORT, RANDOL; b. ; adm. ; KS 1630 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS lxix, f. 137).

DAVENPORT, SIR THOMAS, brother of Davies Davenport (qv); b. 14 Jan 1733/4; adm. Apr 1748 (Watts'); left 1750; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jan 1750/1; adm. Inner Temple year 1752/3, called to bar 5 Jul 1764; MP Newton (Lancashire) from 1780; Solicitor-General to Queen Charlotte 1781-2; Serjeant-at-law 25 Jun 1783; knighted 27 Jun 1783; m. c. Sep 1770 Jane, dau. of Robert Seel, Liverpool, merchant; d. at York while on circuit 25 Mar 1786.

DAVERS, HENRY, brother of Sir Robert Davers, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1747/8 (Burges'); left 1748; Lieut., Royal Navy 2 Jun 1756; shot himself on board ship 1759. [presumably Henry Davers, Rushbrooke, Suffolk, will proved PCC 11 Sep 1759]

DAVERS, SIR ROBERT, BART., eldest legitimate son of Sir Jermyn Davers, Bart., M. P., and Margaretta, eldest dau. of Rev. Edward Green, Rector of Drinkstone, Suffolk; b.; succ. as 5th baronet 20 Feb 1742/3; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1745 (Preston's); left 1751; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 24 Jan 1752, matr. 1752; Grand Tour (Italy) 1756; was in North America 1761-3; killed in a boat by Indians on or near Lake Huron Jun 1763 (and allegedly later eaten by them); unm.