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DICKINSON, MARSHE, third son of William Dickinson, London, citizen and grocer, and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Powell, London; bapt. St. Peter le Poer, London 8 Jul 1703 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) 1718; apprenticed to William Beoley 1 Dec 1719; adm. Inner Temple 15 Oct 1728; adm. solicitor 3 Dec 1730; member Common Council, City of London, Vintry Ward 1738-43; Alderman, City of London, Queenhithe Ward, from 13 Feb 1749, Sheriff 1751-2, Lord Mayor 1756-7; Master, Grocers’ Co. 1749-50; MP Brackley from 1754; Chairman of Committee of Ways and Means, House of Commons, from 1761; m. 4 Jun 1736 Mary Cleve; d. 6 Feb 1765.

DICKINSON, FRANCIS HENRY, second son of William Dickinson (adm. 1781, qv); b. 6 Jan 1813; adm. 18 Jun 1824 (Stikeman's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 May 1831, scholar 1834, matr. Mich. 1831; BA 1835; MA 1838; adm. Inner Temple 25 Apr 1835; of Kingweston, Somerset; MP (Conservative) West Somerset 1841-7; DL JP Somerset, High Sheriff 1853; an active Anglican High Churchman; FSA 16 Dec 1852; m. 8 Sep 1835 Caroline, dau. of Maj. -Gen. Thomas Carey; d. 17 Jul 1890.

DICKINS, FRANCIS, only son of Ambrose Dickins (qv); b.; at school under Markham and Smith (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1777); presumably “Dickens”, Christian name not stated, who appears in school lists 1764-7; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 28 Dec 1767; probably travelling in Italy 1772-3; a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber 1779; MP Cambridge 29 May 1788-90, Northamptonshire 1790-1806; of Wollaston Hall, Northants., and Branches Hall, Suffolk; m. 21 Apr 1778 Diana, dau. of Lord George Manners-Sutton MP; d. 23 Dec 1833, aged 83.

DEWAR, DAVID ALBEMARLE BERTIE, brother of George Edward Matthew Dewar (qv); b. 3 Jul 1794; adm. 7 Apr 1802 (Clapham); left 1802; went to Harrow Sch.; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 Jul 1812, fellow commoner 7 Nov 1812, matr. 1812; of Doles Hall, Andover, Hampshire; m. 12 May 1821 Ann Louisa, eldest dau. of Richard Magenis MP [perhaps OW, qv], Grosvenor Place, London, Lieut. -Col. Fermanagh Militia; d. 25 Nov 1859.

DERING, SIR EDWARD, BART. , elder son of Sir Edward Dering, Bart. (adm. 1719, qv), and his first wife; b. 28 Sep 1732; adm. Jan 1743/4 (Watts'); left 1749; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 15 Mar 1750/1; Grand Tour (Italy) 1758-9; succ. father as 6th baronet 15 Apr 1762; MP New Romney 1761-Feb 1770, 1774-Jan 1787; member, Society of Dilettanti 1761; m. 1st, 8 May 1755 Selina, third dau. of Sir Robert Furnese, Bart. , MP; m. 2nd, 1 Jan 1765 Deborah, only dau. of John Winchester, Nethersole, Kent, formerly a surgeon in London; d. 8 Dec 1798.

DERING, SIR EDWARD, BART., son of Sir Cholmeley Dering, Bart., MP, and Mary, only dau. of Edward Fisher, Fulham, Middlesex; bapt 8 Dec 1705; succ. father as 5th baronet 9 May 1711; adm. (aged 14) Sep 1719; in under school list 1720; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 31 Jan 1721/2; MA 1725; DCL 3 Jul 1759; MP Kent 2 Apr 1733-54; m. 1st, 24 Feb 1727/8 Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Henshaw, Well Hall, Eltham, Kent; m. 2nd, 11 Sep 1737 Mary, widow of Henry Mompesson, and eldest dau. of Capt. Charles Fotherby, Royal Navy, Barham Court, Kent; d. 15 Apr 1762.

DERING, SIR EDWARD, BART., son of Sir Anthony Dering Kt, Deputy Lieutenant of Tower of London, and his second wife Frances, dau. of Sir Robert Bell Kt, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer; b. 28 Jan 1598; at school under Ireland and/or Wilson (M. E. Bond, ed., The Diaries and Papers of Sir Edward Dering Second Baronet 1644 to 1684, London, 1976, p. 109, where Dering records that his father died “of an imposthume in his head, taking beginning as it was verily thought, from a box on the eare given him many yeares before at Westminster Schoole”); Magdalene Coll. Cambridge; knighted 22 Jan 1619; Lieutenant of Dover Castle; created baronet 1 Feb 1626/7; MP Hythe 1625, Kent 1640-2; active promoter of church reform in 1640-1, serving as chairman of House of Commons committee on religion and moving first reading of Root and Branch Bill 27 May 1641, but subsequently defending the retention of bishops; a published collection of his speeches was ordered to be burnt by the House of Commons 4 Feb 1641/2 and he was briefly imprisoned in the Tower; joined royalist party on outbreak of the Civil War and raised a cavalry regiment for the King; resigned commission 1643; one of first to accept terms of composition from Parliament 1644; his interest in history and religion is evidenced by a number of publications; m. 1st, 29 Nov 1619 Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Nicholas Tufton (afterwards 1st Earl of Thanet); m. 2nd, Anne, third dau. of Sir John Ashburnham, Kt, Ashburnham, Sussex; m. 3rd, 16 Jul 1629 Unton, dau. of Sir Ralph Gibbes, Kt, Honington, Warwicks.; d. 22 Jun 1644. DNB.

DELAVAL, JOHN HUSSEY, BARON DELAVAL, brother of Sir Francis Blake Delaval (qv); b. 17 Mar 1728; adm. Oct 1737; left 1745; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. 1746, but sent down Dec 1746; managed family’s Northumberland estates from 1755; assumed additional surname of Hussey before Delaval on inheriting Hussey family’s estate at Doddington, Lincs., from his mother in 1759; MP Berwick-upon-Tweed 1754-61, 18 Jan 1765-74, 1780-21 Aug 1786, also contesting Northumberland 1774; created baronet 1 Jul 1761; inherited Seaton Delaval estate on death of his elder brother Sir Francis Blake Delaval (qv) in 1771; created Baron Delaval (I) 17 Oct 1783, as supporter of Fox-North coalition; changed sides and created Baron Delaval (GB) 21 Aug 1786, as supporter of Pitt administration; the subject of The Delavaliad (see The Rolliad, 1812 edn., 406-9); m. 1st, 2 Apr 1750 his cousin Susanna, widow of John Potter, Under Secretary for Ireland, and dau. of Ralph Robinson, Gateshead, co. Durham; m. 2nd, 5 Jan 1803 Susanna Elizabeth Knight; d. 17 May 1808. Buried St. Paul’s chapel, Westminster Abbey.

DELAVAL, SIR FRANCIS BLAKE, eldest son of Capt. Francis Blake Delaval RN MP, Ford Castle and Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, and Rhoda, dau. of Robert Apreece, Washingley, Hunts.; b. 16 Mar 1727; adm. Oct 1737; left 1744; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Mar 1746/7; MP Hindon 4 May 1751-4, Andover 1754-68; KB 26 May 1751; the most fashionable and extravagant man of his day; m. 8 Mar 1749/50 Lady Isabella Tufton, widow of Lord Nassau Paulet MP, and dau. of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet; d. 7 Aug 1771.

DEHANY, PHILIP, son of David Dehany, Bristol, and of Hanover parish, Jamaica, merchant, and Mary, dau. of Matthew Gregory; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1743 (Hart's); left 1752; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 3 Jul 1752, matr. 1753; one of the committee which revised the laws of cricket at the Star and Garter Hotel, Pall Mall 25 Feb 1774; MP St. Ives 26 Dec 1778-80; purchased Hayes Place estate, Kent 1797; buried Hayes, Kent 6 Nov 1809.