DIXON, HAROLD BAILY, brother of William Jerrold Dixon (qv); b. 11 Aug 1852; adm. 15 Jun 1865; QS 1867; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1871, matr. 27 May 1871; 3rd cl. Classics (Mods) 1873, 1st cl. Natural Science 1875; BA 1875; MA 1878; played Association Football against Cambridge; Millard Lecturer, Trin. Coll. Oxford 1879-86, Bedford Lecturer, Balliol Coll. Oxford 1881-6; Fellow of Balliol Coll. 1886-7; Natural Science Examiner, Oxford 1886-8, 1899-1900; FRS 4 Jun 1886, Royal Medal 1913; Professor of Chemistry, Owen’s Coll., Manchester Univ., 1886-1922, Hon. Professor from 1922; member, Royal Commission on Explosions of Coal Dust in Mines 1891-4, Royal Commission on Coal Supplies 1902-5; President, Chemical Society 1909-11; member, Home Office Executive Committee on Explosions in Mines 1911-4; Deputy Inspector of High Explosives, Manchester area, during 1914-18 War; CBE 7 Jun 1918; Chairman, Selective Committee for NW District, Ministry of Labour 1922; Superintendent of Research on Ignition of Gases under Safety in Mines Research Board 1927; author, The Conditions of Chemical Change in Gases, 1884, and other works; m. 1st, 14 Jul 1885 Olive Beechey, dau. of Edward Martin Hopkins, Montreal, Canada; m. 2nd, 26 Aug 1918 Muriel Agnes Mary, dau. of William Kinch, Henley, Oxfordshire; d. 18 Sep 1930.

DIXON, JOHN, only son of John Dixon, Rotterdam, Netherlands; b. 6 Nov 1804; adm. 16 Apr 1817 (Packharness'); left Midsummer 1817; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Apr 1822; BA 1829.

DIXON, WILLIAM JERROLD, eldest son of William Hepworth Dixon, St. James’s Terrace, Regent’s Park, London, author and journalist, and Marian, dau. of James MacMahon, Ardwick Green, Manchester; b. 24 Mar 1848; adm. 13 Mar 1862; QS 1863; left Dec 1866; while helping to save lives in the terrible ice accident in Regent’s Park on 15 Jan 1867 he caught a severe chill which rendered him more or less an invalid for the rest of his life; adm. Inner Temple 15 Apr 1867, called to bar 26 Jan 1870; South-Eastern Circuit; Hon. Secretary, Savage Club; Secretary to Dublin Sanitary Commission 1879; author, Married Another, and of numerous magazine articles; d. unm. at Dublin 20 Oct 1879.

Dobbie, Alexander Middleton, elder son of Sir James Johnston Dobbie, Kt., F.R.S., LL. D., Principal of the Government Laboratories, London, by Violet, daughter of Thomas Chilton, of Greford, Flintshire; b. June 22, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left Dec. 1916; 2nd Lieut. 1/6th Batt. the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) April 26, 1917; went out to the western front Aug. 18, 1917; d. at Pernes April 13, 1918, of wounds received in action near Bethune April 11, 1918; unm.

Dobbie, James Chilton, brother of Alexander Middleton Dobbie (qv); b. 3 Aug. 1902; adm. Sept. 1916 (A); left July 1921; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1921, BA 1924, MA 1928; Univ. of Lond. 1928-9, PhD 1930; observer Solar Physics Lab., Cambridge, 1930-39; asst master Tonbridge Sch. 1940-3, Ampleforth Coll. 1945-64; retd 1964; m. 1 Mar. 1930 Winifred Aileen, d. of Robert Laurence Chambers of Lenzie, Glasgow; d. 1995.

Dobrée, Charles Thomas Winston, brother of William Bonamy Dennis Dobrée (qv); b. 25 Feb. 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (G); left July 1923; Cadet Malayan Police Force 1928; p.o.w. in Japanese hands 1942-5; Asst Commissioner Malayan Police 1948-55; Colonial Police Medal 1948, retd 1955; Investigation Officer security branch Min. of Aviation and Min. of Defence 1956-73; m. 5 Feb. 1949 Kathleen, d. of Francis Desmond O'Neill MD MC, of Rhymney, Mon.; d. Aug. 1995.

Dobrée, Peter George James, brother of William Bonamy Dennis Dobrée (qv); b. 15 July 1913; adm. Jan. 1927 (B); left July 1930; Univ. of Reading; Agricultural Service Fed. Malay States; dur­ing Japanese invasion served in SS Volunteer Artillery, escaping from Singapore in small boat; IA (3rd Gurkhas) 1942-6 (Lieut.-Col.); OBE Apr. 1946; later a nursery gardener at Wellington, Somerset; m. 1st 12 Apr. 1950 Denise Jill, d. of Dennis Charles Rennie MRCS, of Fawley, Hants; 2nd 6 Aug. 1963 Patricia Mary, d. of Walter Honnibal of Taunton, Somerset; d. 21 Oct. 2004.

Dobrée, William Bonamy Dennis, son of Franklin Bonamy Hankey Dobrée, hydrographic sur­veyor PLA, of Grays, Essex, and Catherine Eliza, d. of Col. Charles Edward Shepherd IA, of Kensington; b. 7 Feb. 1906; adm. Sept. 1919 (G); left Aug. 1922; branch man. Shell Co. of Singa­pore, retd 1956; RAFVR in WW2 (Flight Lieut.); farmed in Devon; m. 7 Mar. 1936 Winifred Raleigh, d. of Wilfred Fox Hamlin of Shanghai, widow of William Wiley; d. 19 Jan. 1991.

DOBSON, WILLIAM, eldest son of Rev. William Dobson DD, President of Trinity Coll. Oxford, and Jane, sister of Samuel Bowdler (qv); b. 1 Nov 1681; adm.; KS 1697; left 1701; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Feb 1700/1, aged 16 (sic); BA 1704; MA 1707; ordained priest (Oxford) 18 Dec 1709; Vicar of Middleton Tyas, Yorks., from 31 Mar 1713; m. Anna Maria ---; d. 1717.

DOCKWRA, WILLIAM, son of William Dockwra, London; b.; adm.; KS 1696; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1700, matr. 25 Jun 1700, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1700 - void 1735, presumably on death; BA 1704; MA 1707; ordained; Perpetual Curate of Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire; death noted by Thomas Hearne shortly before 28 May 1735. [Evidently William Dockwra, son of William Dockwra and Rebecca ---, bapt. St. Andrew Undershaft, London 24 Mar 1680 (IGI)]