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DEBAT, DANIEL STEPHEN, son of Daniel Debat, Paddington, Middlesex, and Jane, dau. of John Du Commen, Yeoman of the Confectionery to Kings William III, George I and II; bapt. St. James, Paddington, Middlesex 16 Dec 1724 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) May 1738 (Morel's); Min. Can. 1739; left 1741; Queen’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jan 1741/2, matr. 1742; BA 1745/6; MA 1749; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 5 Jun 1748, priest 18 Dec 1748; Rector of Portishead, Somerset 1752-64; Domestic Chaplain to David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (qv) 1755; Rector of Christ Church, Bristol, from 1764; d. 6 Apr 1785. .

DEBORDES, LEWIS, son of James Debordes, Greenwich, Kent; b.; adm.; KS 1700; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1704, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1704, but did not matr.; MA 1728; ordained; Curate, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey; Vicar of Nasing, Essex, 3 Dec 1719-21; Rector of St. Laurence, Newland, Essex 12 Oct 1720; Vicar of East Ham, Essex, from 4 Oct 1728; m. 16 Apr 1724 Philadelphia Chamberlain, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey; d. 3 Sep 1733.
[Perhaps Lewis Debordes, son of James Debordes and Martha ---, bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 26 Jul 1683 (IGI), but date of baptism seems too early]

DEE, ARTHUR, son of Rev. John Dee, Warden of Manchester College, the famous astrologer, and his second wife Jane, dau. of Bartholomew Fromond, East Cheam, Surrey ; b. 13 Jul 1579 ; adm. 3 May 1592 (The Private Diary of Dr John Dee, Camden Soc Pub xix, 40); studied probably both at Oxford and at Cambridge; settled in London with intention of practising medicine, but was cited before the College of Physicians as an unlicensed practitioner; became physician to the Tsar of Russia, remaining in Russia for about 14 years; subsequently a Physician in Ordinary to King Charles I; latterly practising medicine in Norwich; a student of hermetical philosophy and for many years a friend of Sir Thomas Browne ; author, Fasciculus Chemicus, published in Paris in 1631; m. Isabella, dau. of Edward Prestwych, Hulme, Lancs.; d. Sep 1651. DNB.

DEGGE, ---; b.; in under school list 1724.

DEGGE, HERVEY, brother of Staunton Degge (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Oct 1720; KS 1722; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1726, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1726, scholar 14 Apr 1727; 1st in “ordo” 1729/30; BA 1729/30; Minor Fellow. Trin. Coll., from 2 Oct 1732; d. 22 May 1733.

DEGGE, STAUNTON, son of Simon Degge, Derby, and his second wife Jane, youngest dau. of Hervey Staunton, Staunton, Notts.; grandson of Sir Simon Degge, Kt., Recorder of Derby; bapt. 14 Oct 1706; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1718; in under school list 1719; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1722, scholar 23 Apr 1724, matr. 1723; BA 1725/6; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 20 Sep 1730, priest (London) 24 Sep 1738; Rector of St. Peter’s, Colchester, Essex, 25 Sep 1738-9; Rector of Staunton, Notts., from 21 Aug 1739; inherited estate at Over, Almondsbury, Gloucs., in 1744 under the will of John Baker Bridges Dowell, to whom he had been tutor; m. 22 Jan 1747/8 Felicia, sister of Thomas Hanmer (qv); d. 1766 (but will proved 4 Jan 1765 (sic)).

DEHANY, GEORGE, only son of George Dehany, Jamaica, and Mary, dau. of Matthew Gregory MD, Jamaica, and nephew of Philip Dehany (qv); b. 17 Oct 1760; adm. 28 Sep 1770; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 Sep 1778, but did not matr.; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 7 Oct 1779, called to bar 16 Nov 1784; member Marylebone and Hambledon Cricket Clubs, and played in many of the great matches of the day; played for OWW against Old Etonians at Lord’s 13-14 May 1793; m. 15 Aug 1786 Sarah, widow of Matthew Byndloss, Jamaica, and dau. of --- Jones; d. 1807.