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DRAKE, WILLIAM, son of William Drake (adm. 1738, qv); b. 3 Dec 1747; in school list 1764; left May 1765 (Porten); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Jun 1765; MA 13 Apr 1768; DCL 8 Jul 1773; Grand Tour (Italy) 1768-9; MP Amersham from 1768; m. 1st, 19 Feb 1778 Mary, only dau. of William Hussey MP, Salisbury, Wilts. ; m. 2nd, 20 Aug 1781 Rachel Elizabeth, only surviving dau. of Jeremiah Ives, Norwich, merchant; d. 18 May 1795.

DRAKE-GARRARD, CHARLES, fourth son of William Drake (adm. 1738, qv); bap 23 Dec 1755; adm. 15 Jun 1767 (Porten/Ottey); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 May 1774, aged 18; assumed additional surname of Garrard on succeeding to the estate of Lamer Park, Hertfordshire, on the death of his cousin Sir Benet Garrard, Bart. , in 1767; MP Amersham 1796 - Jan 1805; m. 8 Jun 1790 Anne, sister of Barne Barne (qv); d. 27 Jul 1817.

DRUMMOND, JOHN, only son of Andrew Drummond (at school under Knipe, qv); b. 27 Apr 1723; adm. Jun 1735; left 1735; succeeded father as head of Drummond’s Bank, Charing Cross; MP Thetford from 1768; m. 22 Dec 1744 Charlotte, dau. of Lord William Beauclerk MP; d. 25 Jul 1774.

DRUMMOND, JOHN, eldest son of Colin Drummond, Commissary-Gen. and Paymaster to Forces in Canada, and Katherine, dau. of Robert Oliphant, Rossie, Perthshire; b. 1754; adm. 19 Apr 1765; of Lennoch and Megginch, Perthshire; member of Council and Deputy Commissary-Gen. and Paymaster, Canada 1776-81; MP Shaftesbury 5 Jul 1786-90; subsequently in financial difficulties; m. 4 Aug 1788 Lady Susan Fane, half-sister of John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland (qv); d. 13 May 1835] [But Whitmore believed that the admission of 19 Apr 1765 was that of John Hay-Drummond (1756-80); was this John Drummond in fact an OW ?]

DUFF, HON. SIR ALEXANDER, brother of James Duff, 4th Earl of Fife (qv); b. 1777; adm. Dec 1788 (A. & H. Tayler, ed., Lord Fife and his factor, 1925, 196); in school list Dec 1788; still at school Jan 1792 (Tayler, ed., ibid., 232); Ensign, 66th Foot 23 May 1793; Lieut. in Capt. Powers’ Independent Co. Jan 1794; Capt., 88th Foot Jan 1794; Maj., 28 Mar 1794; Lieut. -Col., 14 Apr 1798; half-pay 1808; Brevet Col., 25 Apr 1808; Maj. -Gen., 4 Jun 1811; Lieut. -Gen., 19 Jul 1821; Col., 92nd Foot 6 Sep 1823 – Jul 1831, 37th Foot from 20 Jul 1831; Gen., 28 Jun 1838; served in Flanders 1794-5, East Indies 1798, Egypt 1801-2; commanded centre column in attack on Buenos Aires 1806; MP Elgin Burghs 1826-31; GCH 1833; knighted 27 May 1834; Lord Lieut. Elginshire from 17 Feb 1848; m. 16 Mar 1812 Anne, youngest dau. of James Stein, Kilbagie, Clackmannanshire; d. 21 Mar 1851.

DUFF, JAMES, 4TH EARL OF FIFE (I), elder son of Alexander Duff, 3rd Earl of Fife (I), advocate, and Mary, eldest dau. of George Skene, Carriston, Forfarshire; b. 6 Oct 1776; adm. Dec 1788 (Tayler, ed., ibid., 196); in school list Dec 1788; still at school Jan 1792 (Tayler, 232) and probably in Mar 1793 (Tayler, 242); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Feb 1794; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Apr 1794, Inner Temple 24 Nov 1795; volunteered to join Spanish army 1808; served in Spanish Army with rank of Maj. -Gen.; wounded at Talavera 1809 and in storming of Fort Matagorda, near Cadiz, 1810; succeeded father as 4th Earl of Fife (I) 17 Apr 1811; Lord Lieut., Banffshire 12 Jun 1813 - Mar 1856; MP Banffshire 1818 - 28 Apr 1827; a Lord of the Bedchamber 15 Jan 1819- Mar 1821, 17 Apr 1827- Dec 1834, Aug - Oct 1835; GCH 1823; created Baron Fife (UK) 28 Apr 1827; KT 3 Sep 1827; supporter of Conservative governments to 1830, subsequently a Whig; m. 9 Sep 1799 Lady Mary Caroline Manners, second dau. of John Manners (qv), and Louisa, Countess of Dysart (S); d. 5 Mar 1857. DNB.

DUGDALE, WILLIAM STRATFORD, only son of Dugdale Stratford Dugdale MP, Merevale Hall, near Atherstone, Warwicks., and his first wife Hon. Charlotte Curzon, dau. of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon (qv); b. 1 Apr 1800; adm. 3 Apr 1812; left 2 Aug 1816; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 May 1818; MP (Conservative) Shaftesbury 1830-1, Bramber 1831-2, North Warwickshire 1832-47; DL JP Warwickshire; m. 1 Mar 1827 Harriet Ella, dau. of Edward Berkeley Portman, Bryanston, Dorset; d. 15 Sep 1871.

DUMMER, THOMAS LEE, son of Thomas Dummer, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, Deputy Master of Great Wardrobe, and Isabella Dorothea, only dau. of Thomas Holland, Quidenham, Norfolk; bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 28 Jun 1712 (IGI); adm. (aged 10) Feb 1722/3; in under school list 1724; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Apr 1728; MA 1731; adm. Middle Temple 3 Jun 1725; Clerk of Great Wardrobe from 7 Dec 1721; MP Southampton 10 Jun 1737-41, Newoport (Isle of Wight) from 1747; of Cranbury Park, Hampshire (purchased by him 1737); a collector of coins and medals; m. 6 Dec 1735 Elizabeth, dau. of John Penton, Winchester, Hampshire; d. 6 Oct 1765.

DUMMER, THOMAS, only son of Thomas Lee Dummer (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) May 1749 (Hutton's); in school list 1754; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Sep 1760; MP Newport (Isle of Wight) 26 Dec 1765-8, Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 19 Jan 1769-74, Downton 1774 - 14 Feb 1775, Wendover 14 Mar 1775-80, Lymington from 1780; of Cranbury Park, Hampshire; FRS 27 May 1773; m. 5 Jun 1766 Harriott, dau. of Sir Cecil Bisshop, Bart., MP; d. 3 Jun 1781.

DUNCOMBE, ANTHONY, 1ST BARON FEVERSHAM, only son of Anthony Duncombe MP, Governor Scarborough Castle, and Jane, eldest dau. of Hon. Frederick Cornwallis; b.; at school under Knipe (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1730/1); Grand Tour; inherited a large fortune from his uncle Sir Charles Duncombe MP, a banker and Lord Mayor of London; MP Salisbury 6 May 1721-34, Downton 1734-47; cr. Baron Feversham 23 Jun 1747; m. 1st, 1 Jan 1714/5 Hon. Margaret Verney, dau. of Very Rev. George Verney DD, 12th Baron Willoughby De Broke, Dean of Windsor; m. 2nd, 3 Nov 1756 Frances, dau. of Peter Bathurst MP, Clarendon Park, Wilts.; m. 3rd, 10 Aug 1758 Anne, sister of John Hales (qv); d. 18 Apr [or Jun ?] 1763, aged 68 (M. I. Downton, Wilts. ).