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Derry, Oscar Arthur, brother of Douglas Charles Lawford Derry (q.v.); b. Oct. 23, 1894; adm. Jan. 20, 1910 (R); left July 1912; served with the 5th Batt. of the Dorset Regt. 1914-6; 2nd Lieut. Nov. 27, 1914; Lieut. Aug. 23, 1915; wounded and relinquished his commission on account of ill health Nov. 3, 1916; a tobacco planter in S. Rhodesia; returned to England and became a company director; m. 1st July 5, 1924, Alice Elaine, daughter of Cuthbert Vaux, of Sanderstead, Surrey; 2nd Oct. 11, 1931, Mary Beryl, daughter of William Charles Loosemore, of Purley, Surrey; d. 1973.

DES CARRIERES, ABRAHAM; b. ; adm. 3 Oct 1785. [But not in lists of 29 Oct 1785 and 20 Feb 1786] [Presumably Abraham Des Carrieres, son of David Des Carrieres, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 24 Apr 1801, aged 24]

Des Carrieres, Jean Thomas Herissant; b. Paris 1742 ; emigrated to London by the late 1760s, where he became a bookseller and gave French lessons ; taking boarders at 16 Cowley Street 1791 ; “Messrs. Des Carrieres and Ouiseau, Masters of Languages, continue to receive in their house, No.16, Cowley Street, Westminster, young Gentlemen who attend Westminster School” (advert in J. Ouiseau, Practical Geography, 1794, stating that “number of Boarders limited to twelve”) ; author of French-English grammars and of translations from the French ; d. at Croydon, Surrey 13 Jun 1820.

DESAGULIERS, EDWARD; b.; adm. (aged 8) Feb 1728/9; left 1733.

DESAGULIERS, JOHN THEOPHILUS, son of Rev. John Theophilus Desaguliers DCL FRS, Channel Row, Westminster, lecturer on natural philosophy, and Joanna, dau. of William Pudsey [Tuckey ?], Kidlington, Oxfordshire; b. 18 Aug 1718; adm. Mar 1727/8; Min. Can. 1733, 1734; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Jun 1735; migr. to Hart Hall, Oxford; BA 1739; ordained; Vicar of Cratfield and Laxfield, Suffolk, from 1743; d. unm. 28 Nov 1752.

DESANGES, FRANCIS GEORGE MARCH, son of Sir Francis Desanges, Kt., Finsbury Square, London, Sheriff of London, and Amelia, dau. of G. Kuse; b. 11 Apr 1809; adm. 18 May 1818 (Packharness'); left Whitsun 1823; m. 6 Jun 1835 his cousin Amelia Frances Maria, sixth dau. of James Soames, Lee Park, Blackheath, Kent.

DESBOROW, PHILIP, son of Charles Desborow, Greenwich, Kent, and Elizabeth --- (IGI); bapt. Greenwich, Kent 29 Aug 1712 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) Sep 1724; Min. Can. 1727; KS 1728; Capt. of the School 1732; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1733, matr. 25 May 1733, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1733; BA 1737; MA 1740; ordained deacon (Oxford) 21 Sep 1740; d. 29 Jun 1741 (will proved 2 Jul 1741, as of Tufton Street, Westminster).

DESERET, PHINEAS SAMUEL, son of Emanuel Deseret, St. Anne’s, Soho, London, and his second wife Aimée Reid, widow; b. 14 Oct 1734; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1746/7 (as Samuel Deseret); left 1750; living 1773; m. 3 Apr 1758 Susanna Featherson Parquot, Marylebone. [will of Phineas Deseret, Bridgend of Perth, Perthshire, gentleman, proved PCC 12 May 1794]