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DOLBEN, JOHN, son of John Dolben (elected Oxford 1640, qv); bap 1 Jul 1662; at school in 1676 (Calendar of Wynn Papers, 2778); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Mar 1677/8, Canoneer Student 11 Jul 1678 - void 1683; BA 1681 (Act Book); adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 1684; dissipated his fortune and went to West Indies, where he married a rich wife; returned to England, but again abandoned himself to gaming; MP Liskeard from Nov 1707; an active parliamentarian; led impeachment proceedings against Sacheverell Dec 1709 - Jan 1710, but broke down in health and retired to Epsom, Surrey; m. Elizabeth, second dau. of Tanfield Mulso, Finedon, Northants.; d. 29 May 1710. DNB.

DOLBEN, SIR JOHN, BART., only son of Sir Gilbert Dolben, Bart. (qv); b. 12 Feb 1683/4; adm. Rugby Sch. 26 Sep 1693; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1700; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 May 1702; BA 22 Jan 1704/5; MA 1707; BD and DD 1717; ordained; Sub-Dean, Chapel Royal 20 Apr 1713 - Mar 1718; Vicar of Finedon, Northants., from 30 Sep 1714; Prebendary of Durham from 2 Apr 1718, holding the “golden” stall there from 17 Jul 1719; Rector of Burton Latimer, Northants., from 14 Mar 1718/9; succ. father as 2nd baronet 22 Oct 1722; Visitor of Balliol Coll. Oxford from 22 Jun 1728; a warm friend of Francis Atterbury (qv); Anthony Alsop (qv) inscribed a number of his Latin odes to Dolben; m. 28 Jul 1720 Hon. Elizabeth Digby, second dau. of William Digby, 5th Baron Digby (I); d. 20 Nov 1756. DNB.

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, WILLIAM SOMERSET, only son of Sir John English Dolben, Bart. (qv); b. 22 Jul 1780; adm. 17 Feb 1792; in sixth form list 1796; m. 19 Nov 1812 Frances, dau. of Capt. Walter Saunders; d. 1 Feb 1817.

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, BOUGHEY WILLIAM, second son of Robert Ratcliffe Dolling (qv); b. 3 Jun 1782; in school lists 1795, 1797; Exeter Coll. Oxford, commoner 17 Aug 1796, matr. 27 Apr 1796 (sic); BA 1800; MA 1805; Fellow of Exeter Coll. 27 Dec 1800 - 28 Jul 1806, vacated by marriage; ordained deacon 23 Jun 1805, priest 15 Jun 1806 (both Peterborough); Rector of Magheralin, co. Down; Precentor of Dromore from 27 Dec 1806; m. 28 Jul 1806 Mary, dau. of John Short, Solihull, Warwicks.; d. 13 Jan 1853.