DOLBEN, JOHN, son of John Dolben (adm. 1676, qv); b.; adm.; QS 1705; left 1708; mentions in his will his schoolfellow Thomas Moore (QS 1705, qv); d. in eighteenth year 27 Mar 1708.
DOLBEN, SIR WILLIAM, BART., only surviving son of Sir John Dolben, Bart. (qv); b. 26 Jan 1726/7; adm. (aged 7) Sep 1734; KS 1740; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1744, matr. 28 May 1744, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1744 - void by marriage 27 Jun 1748; DCL 7 Jul 1763; succ. father as 3rd baronet 20 Nov 1756; High Sheriff, Northants. 1760; Verderer of Rockingham Forest 1765; MP Oxford University 3 Feb 1768-68, Northamptonshire 1768-74, Oxford University 1780-1806; a respected member of the House of Commons and a steady supporter of Wilberforce’s measures for the abolition of the slave trade; m. 1st, 17 May 1748 Judith, dau. of Somerset English, Housekeeper of Hampton Court Palace; m. 2nd, 14 Oct 1789 Charlotte, widow of John Scotchmer, Troston Hall, Suffolk, banker, and sister of John Affleck (qv); d. 20 Mar 1814. DNB.
DOLBEN, WILLIAM, only son of John Dolben, Haverfordwest, Pembs., and Alice, dau. of Richard Myddelton, Denbigh, and niece of Sir Hugh Myddelton MP, projector of the New River; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1603, matr. 10 Feb 1603/4, aged 16, Westminster Student to 1607; BA 1607; migrated to All Souls Coll.; MA 1610 (incorp. Cambridge 1614); BD 1617; DD 1619; ordained; Rector of Stackpole Elidor, Pembs., 1616-8; Rector of Lawrenny, Pembs., 28 Sep 1620-3; Rector of Llanynys, Denbighshire, 1623; Rector of St. Bartholomew by the Exchange, London 11 Jul – Nov 1623; Rector of Stanwick and of Benefield, Northants., from 8 Nov 1623; Prebendary of Lincoln from 31 Aug 1629; his great-grandson Sir John Dolben, Bart. (qv), claimed that he was nominated Bishop of Gloucester shortly before his death, but it seems more probable that the intended diocese was Bangor; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Hugh Williams, Coghwillan, Caernarvonshire, and niece of Most Rev. John Williams DD, Archbishop of York; buried Stanwick, Northants. 19 Sep 1631. DNB.
Dolhey, Roger Clarke, son of Thomas Hamer Dolbey, of Bayswater, London, barrister-at-law; b. March 26, 1884; adm. from Dulwich Coll. Jan. 20, 1898 (A); left July 1901; Trin. Hall, Camb., matric. Lent 1907; B.A. 1911; M.A. 1919; spent several years in Burma and Borneo, where he had many interests in forests and plantations; served in Great War I: 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. K. O. S. B. June 1, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; was twice wounded; mentioned in despatches; d. July 3, 1958.
Doll, John Christopher Shaboe, brother of Sir William Richard Shaboe Doll (qv); b. 8 Sept. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (G); left July 1937; RAFVR 1939-5 (Flight Lieut.); DFC Oct. 1943; cameraman MGM studios 1946-54; BBC TV producer 1954-69; freelance TV producer and director 1970-; produced and directed Life of Sir Francis Chichester, and Prince Charles (BBC2 1975); m. 1st 4 Mar. 1946 Joan Frances Leak; 2nd 8 June 1954 Josephine Douglas, d. of Bernhard Rickett of Huddersfield; d. 13 Oct. 2004.
Doll, Sir William Richard Shaboe, son of Henry William Doll MRCS and Amy Kathleen Shaboe, concert pianist, d. of Richard Shaboe; b. 28 Oct. 1912; adm. Apr. 1925 (G), KS 1927; left July 1931; won an exhibition to Caius Coll. Camb., but did not matriculate; St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MB BS 1937; MRCP 1939; RAMC 1938-45 (Maj.), despatches (Middle East) June 1943; MD 1945; statistical res. unit MRC 1948, dep. Dir. 1959, Dir. 1961-9; OBE Jan. 1956; FRCP 1957, DSc (Lond.) 1958; UN award for cancer research 1962; FRS 1966; DM (Oxon.) 1969; Regius Prof. of Medicine, Univ. of Oxford, 1969-79; Kt 1971; hon. DSc Newcastle 1969, Belfast 1972; Buchanan Medal Royal Society 1972; Gold Medal New York Acad. of Sciences 1974; hon. DM Tasmania 1975; Prix Griffuel (Paris) 1976; first Warden of Green College Oxford 1979-83; Gold Medal BMA 1983; chairman man. committee Inst. of Cancer Research 1979-; hon. Dir. Imp. Cancer Research Fund's Cancer Epidemiology and Clinical Trials Res. Unit 1978-83, acting Dir. 1983-; Royal Medal of the Royal Society 1986; hon DSc Harvard Univ. 1988; a Governor of the school 1967-77; author of Prevention of Cancer: Pointers from Epidemiology 1967, The Causes of Cancer 1981; m. 4 Oct. 1949 Joan Mary Faulkner MB, d. of Charles Duncan William Blatchford of Winchester; 24 Jul 2005.
DOLLING, JOHN SAUNDERS, eldest son of Robert Ratcliffe Dolling (qv); bapt. Aldenham, Herts. 28 Jan 1777 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. 1790; KS (aged 14) 1791; d. while at school c. 1794.
DOLLING, ROBERT RATCLIFFE, son of James Dolling, Great Russell Street, London, and Mary, only child of J. Ratcliffe, Hatton Garden, London; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1761; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1765, matr. 7 Jun 1765, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1765 - void 27 May 1772 (expiry year of grace as R. Etchingham); BA 1769; MA 1772; BCL 1775; ordained deacon 21 May 1769, priest 10 Jun 1770 (both Oxford); Rector of Etchingham, Sussex 25 May 1771-5; Vicar of Aldenham, Herts., 17 Jun 1775-94; Rector of Titsey, Surrey from 19 Mar 1776; Rector of Bolnhurst, Beds., from 20 Mar 1794; JP Hertfordshire (occurs 1783-4); m. Mar 1776 Mary, dau. of Paul Saunders, Bloomsbury, London; d. c. 1803 (will proved PCC 12 Nov 1803).
Dolton, Percy Harold Irvine, brother of Walter William Dolton (qv); b. 12 May 1902; adm. Jan. 1917 (A); left July 1919; chairman timber import co.; d. 9 Aug. 1990.
Dolton, Walter William, son of Walter Charles Dolton, of Blackheath, Kent, by Margaret Isabella, daughter of Irvine David Mitchell, of Belfast; b. Oct. 1, 1897; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left July 1914; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C.; managing director of the Delta Metal Co. Ltd. and of the Delta Group of companies; president of the British Non-Ferrom Metals Federation 1959; m. March 8, 1927, Marie Frances Duval, daughter of the Rev. Francis Henry Rice, Vicar of St. Swithin, Hither Green, Kent.