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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.

DRINKWATER-BETHUNE, JOHN ELLIOT, eldest son of Lieut-Col. John Drinkwater-Bethune CB, Comptroller of Army Accounts, and Eleanor, dau. of Charles Congalton, Congalton, Midlothian; b. 12 Jul 1801; adm. Midsummer 1814; KS (aged 14) 1816; left 31 Oct 1816; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 25 Jan 1819, scholar 1821, matr. Mich. 1819; 4th Wrangler and BA 1823; MA 1826; adm. Middle Temple 12 Jan 1821, called to bar 4 May 1827; Parliamentary Counsel, Home Office 28 Sep 1835 - 10 Feb 1848; drafted Municipal Reform Act, Tithe Commutation Act and County Courts Act; assumed with his father the additional surname of Bethune 1836; legislative member, Supreme Council of India, from 11 Apr 1848; President, Council of Education, Calcutta 1848; founder of Bethune’s Girls’ School, Calcutta, endowed by his will; d. at Calcutta 12 Aug 1851. DNB.

DRIVER, BENJAMIN; b.; adm. (aged 13) Feb 1724/5; left 1726. [perhaps bapt. East Grinstead, Sussex 14 Sep 1711, son of Edmond Driver, and Mary --- (IGI)]

DRIWOOD, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS; a contributor to the congratulatory verses by QSS to Queen Elizabeth c. 1586 (Salisbury MSS, Hatfield) and to a similar collection of verses c. 1687 in Westminster Abbey Library. [Probably William Drywood, Trinity Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich 1588, scholar 1589, and probably William Drywood, son of Thomas Drywood, Warley Franks, Essex, who m. 14 Jun 1595 Catherine, sister of Robert Dewhurst (qv) and who was buried Cheshunt, Herts., 10 Jan 1598].

Drought, George Thomas Acton, only son of the Rev. George Meares Drought, Incumbent of St. Matthew Newtown, Mount Kennedy, co. Wicklow, by Beatrice, daughter of James Scott Robertson, C. B.; b. Aug. 2, 1880; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (H); left July 1894, and went to Dulwich Coll.; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Nov. 22, 1899; Lieut. Feb. 16, 1901; Adjutant Nov. 23, 1904 -June 17, 1908; Capt. May 19, 1906; Major Oct. 30, 1914; served in the South African War 1900-2, and in Great War I; m.; d. June 14, 1915, of wounds received in action in France May 17, 1915.

Druce, Bernard Otto, son of Otto Edward Druce, of Wimbledon; b. Nov. 16, 1889; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (H); left Easter 1905.