DEARING, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS; buried in the Cloisters, Westminster Abbey 14 Jun 1621 (Chester, Westminster Abbey Registers, 117).
Dearmer, Anthony, son of Percy Dearmer (qv) and his second wife; b. 23 June 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (G); left Apr. 1936; Sgt RAFVR, killed on active service Apr. 1943.
Anthony Dearmer was born at Streatham, London on the 23rd of June 1920 the youngest son of the Reverend Dr Percy Dearmer DD OW, Professor of Ecclesiastical Art at King’s College, London, and his second wife, Nancy “Nan” (nee Knowles) Dearmer of 48, Jubilee Place, Chelsea in London. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from September 1933 to April 1936.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner and rose to the rank of Sergeant.
Anthony Dearmer took off on the 7th of April 1943 with his pilot, Flying Officer Taylor, in Beaufort Mk I DX114 for a training exercise. During the flight the aircraft was forced to ditch into the sea off the coast of Ayr. His body was recovered from the sea some 2 miles to the North East of Ailsa Craig. Flying Officer Taylor survived the accident.
He is buried at Greenock Cemetery Section CCC Grave 1333.
Dearmer, Geoffrey, son of Percy Dearmer (qv); b. 21 Mar. 1893; adm. Jan. 1907 (G); left July 1910; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1912; Lond. Regt Sept. 1914 (Lieut.), RASC 1916; served Gallipoli, Egypt and France 1914-20; examiner of plays, Lord Chamberlain's Office; programme divn BBC, editor Children's Hour programmes 1939-59; MVO 1958; author of Poems 1918, The Day's Delight 1922; m. 14 Mar. 1936 Margaret Helen, d. of Sir Henry Edward Edlestone Procter CBE; d. 18 Aug. 1996
DEARMER, PERCY, brother of Thomas Edgar Dearmer (qv); b. 27 Feb 1867; adm. (G) 22 Jan 1880; left May 1881; subsequently at private school in Vevey, Switzerland; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Jun 1886; BA 1890; MA 1896; BD and DD 1911; ordained deacon 1891, priest 1892; Curate, St. Anne’s, Lambeth 1891-4, St. John’s, Great Marlborough Street, 1894-7, Berkeley Chapel, Mayfair, 1897, St. Mark’s, Marylebone Road, 1898-1901; Vicar of St. Mary’s, Primrose Hill, Hampstead, Middlesex 1901-15; Secretary, London Christian Social Union 1891-1912; Chaplain to British Red Cross in Servia 1915; YMCA Lecturer, France 1916, Delhi 1917-8, Japan and USA 1918-9; a liturgical scholar and hymnologist; Professor of Ecclesiastical Art, King’s Coll. London, from 1919, also Fellow King’s Coll. London; Canon Residentiary, Westminster, from 1931; joint editor, The English Hymnal; author, numerous publications on religious art, the liturgy and social questions; m. 1st, 1891, Mabel, artist and writer, dau. of Surgeon-Maj. William White; m. 2nd, 19 Aug 1916 Nancy, sister of Denis Knowles (qv); d. 29 May 1936. DNB Supp.
DEARMER, THOMAS EDGAR, eldest son of Thomas Dearmer, Carlton Vale, London, artist and drawing master, and Caroline Miriam Henry; b. 21 Oct 1863; adm. (G) 22 Sep 1876; left Whitsun 1878; d. 27 Dec 1892.
DEBARY, PETER, son of Peter Debary, Westminster, and Susan Prevost (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 3 Jan 1724 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jan 1736/7; Min. Can. 1737; KS 1738; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1742, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1742, scholar 22 Apr 1743; BA 1745/6; MA 1749; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 3 Oct 1748, Major Fellow 5 Jul 1749; ordained deacon (Lincoln, lit. dim. from London) 4 Mar 1747/8, priest 19 Feb 1748/9; Vicar of Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire, from 1 Nov 1755; Vicar of Burbage, Wilts., from 1772; m. Ann Hayward; d. 4 Jan 1814.
DEBARY, PETER, son of Peter Debary (qv); b.; adm. 6 Feb 1777; KS 1779; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1783, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1783, aged 17, scholar 19 Apr 1784, matr. Mich. 1783; BA 1787; MA 1790; BD 1830; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1789, Major Fellow 7 Jul 1790, a Senior Fellow 1816; an Usher at the School 1788-96, house usher with Mrs Clapham; ordained; Rector of Eversley, Hampshire 19 Jan 1807-24; Vicar of Aysgarth, Yorks.; Rector of Orwell, Cambs., 5 May 1830-6; d. 9 Oct 1841. [perhaps m. 4 Dec 1797 Ann White (IGI)]
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. .