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DREW, GEORGE HENRY, eldest son of George Drew, Streatham, Surrey, and Mary Harvey (IGI); b. 25 Sep 1817; adm. 10 Jan 1825; KS 1831; Capt. of the School 1835; rowed against Eton 12 May 1836; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1836, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1836, scholar 1837, matr. Mich. 1836; BA 1840; MA 1844; adm. Inner Temple 11 Jan 1838; adm. solicitor Hilary 1846; practised in Bermondsey Street, London; a Taxing Master in Chancery 1870-91; JP Sussex; m. 5 Aug 1843 Susannah Henrietta, eldest dau. of Robert Gray, Brompton Crescent, London; d. 14 Oct 1906.

DREW, HUMPHREY; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1735/6; left 1736.

DREW, JOHN, son of John Drew, London; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jul 1733; left 1738; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 30 Oct 1738, did not matr.

DREW, THOMAS, sixth son of Robert Drew MP, South Broom, Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire, and Jane, second dau. of John Jackman, London, citizen and grocer; bapt. Southbroom St. James, Wilts., 11 Dec 1608; adm.; KS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1629, matr. 26 Oct 1632, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1641; BA 1633; MA 1636; ordained priest (Peterborough) 26 Feb 1642/3; Vicar of Harringworth, Northants., 1 Apr 1642 [check]-6; Rector of Bulwick, Northants., 16 Oct 1646 - c. Sep 1651.

Dreyfus, Maurice Theodore Alexander, son of Charles Dreyfus, of Hampstead; b. Oct. 10, 1898; adm. Jan. 15, 1914 (R); left Easter 1914; 2nd Lieut. R.A.S.C. June 1, 1940; Major; mentioned in despatches (N.W. Europe) L.G. Aug. 9, 1945, and April 4, 1946.

Dribbell, Jack Lodewyk Charles, son of Alexander Lodewyk Dribbell, paper merchant, of Carshalton, Surrey, and Grace, d. of Charles Head, portrait painter, of Colchester; b. 30 July 1922; adm. Jan. 1936 (R); left Dec. 1938; RA in WW2 (Lieut.), served N. Africa and Italy 1943-6; FCCS 1953, FCIS 1970; a paper stock merchant till 1960s; Mayor of Westminster 1961-2; OStJ 1962; a wine merchant 1968-82 (man. dir. Findlater Mackie Todd & Co and F. S. Matta Ltd); Governing Body SPCK 1984-; BA (Open Univ.) 1986, BA (hons) 1989; m. 29 Oct. 1945 Rinalda, d. of Vittorio Duranti, merchant, of Ravenna; d. 3 Oct 2012.

Driffield (afterwards Du Brieux), Charlotte; daughter of Rev.Joseph Driffield, Rector of Chelsworth, Suffolk, and Mary, dau. of Rev.William Coyte, Rector of Hintlesham, Suffolk ; bapt.Chelsworth, Suffolk 2 Jan 1766 ; Dame of 1 Dean’s Yard 1805-22 (but described as of Great Smith Street on marriage) ; last boarder admitted to house under her name was on 8 Jul 1822 ; m. 17 Feb 1806 Corentin Honoré Joseph Du Brieux, “Chevalier du Brieux” (“second son of the late Count du Brieux, of Bretagne”) [Note “Chev.Du Brieux’s School” listed in Dean’s Yard (he resident there by 2 Apr 1807, listed in Boyle’s Court Guide 1808, still listed ibid. 1821, 1822, no longer 1823). Charlotte A.F. Driffield, wife of Robert Glover, one of the sons of Mrs.Sarah Glover (see below), seems to have been her niece]

DRIFT, ADRIAN, son of Rev. Matthew Drift, Rector of Lavenham School, Suffolk, and Rector of Dunton Waylett, Essex; b.; adm. Nov or Dec 1720; in under school list 1720; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1723; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. Apr 1726; BA 1730/1; ordained deacon (Norwich) Jun 1731. [Presumably Adrian Drift who m. at Whatfield, Suffolk 8 Aug 1732 Katherine Wright]

DRINKWATER, PETER; b.; adm.; KS 1630; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1635, adm. pens. 14 Mar 1635/6, scholar 1636; BA 1638/9; MA 1642.