DOWNING, ---; b.; in under school lists 1715, 1716.
DOWNING, ---; b.; in under school list 1717.
DOWNING, RICHARD, son of Abraham Downing, St. Clement Danes, London, Serjeant Skinner to Charles II, and Ann, dau. of Rev. William Preme, Rector of Ditton, Kent; b. 10 Dec 1655; adm. 2 Apr 1668 (MS Diary of Mrs Abraham Downing, formerly in possession of H. D. Nicholson (qv)); left 28 Sep 1671; apprenticed to --- Maning, Clerk in Chancery, 25 Mar 1673; a Clerk in Chancery, sworn 26 Oct 1687; m. 17 Jan 1688 Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Sir Thomas Foster, Kt., Fosters, near Egham, Surrey; d. 23 Mar 1716.
DOWNING, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 13) May 1724; left 1724.
DOWNS; b.; KS at Midsummer 1638 (WAM 34165).
DOWNS, ---; b.; in under school list 1715 (name spelled Downes on p. 1 of Dr. Freind’s admission book).
DOWNTON, PAUL; b.; adm.; QS in 1596 (Chapter Muniments 33651); a contributor to the collection of verses written by QSS on the death of Lady Elizabeth Cecil 1597, preserved among Salisbury MSS, Hatfield House.
Dowson, Lawrence Stephen, son of Henry Martin Dowson, of Oxford; b. Oct. 20, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (A); left July 1914; Wadham Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1914; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. Oxf. and Bucks Light Infantry Sept. 15, 1915; Lieut. Dec. 20, 1916; was wounded while serving in Great War I.
DOYLE, SIR CHARLES WILLIAM, eldest son of William Doyle KC (I), Bramblestown, co. Kilkenny, a Master in Chancery (I), and his second wife Cecilia, dau. of Gen. --- Salvini, Austrian Army; b. (Dublin); adm.; at school 1791; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1792; Ensign, 105th Foot 28 Apr 1783, half-pay 1783; Lieut., Capt. Grey’s Independent Co. Foot, 12 Feb 1793; Capt. Hardy’s Independent Co. Foot, 7 Mar 1793; 91st Foot, 30 Oct 1793; Capt. -Lieut., 108th Foot 21 Jun 1794; 87th Foot, 3 Sep 1795; Capt., 1 Aug 1798; Maj., 61st Foot 9 Jul 1803; Lieut. -Col., 87th Foot 22 Aug 1805; Col., 4 Jun 1813; half-pay, 84th Foot 25 Dec 1818; Maj. -Gen., 12 Aug 1819; Lieut. -Gen., 10 Jan 1837; served in Netherlands 1793, wounded at siege of Valenciennes and battle of Lannoy; in West Indies 1796-8; on Abercromby’s expedition to Egypt, wounded 21 Mar 1801; sent by British government to help insurgents in Spain, with local ranks of Brig. and Maj-Gen.; wounded at battle of Col de Balaguer and in defence of Tarragona; made Lieut. -Gen. in Spanish Army for his brilliant services in Catalonia; Director and Inspector-General of Military Instruction, Cadiz 1811-4; knighted 1815; CB 3 Feb 1817; KCH 1821; GCH 1837; m. 1st, 15 May 1802 Sophia Cramer, dau. of Sir John Coghill, Bart., MP (I); m. 2nd, 1828 Sophia, widow of William Stair; d. at Paris 25 Oct 1842. DNB.