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DE FONBLANQUE, JOHN ANTHONY (subsequently FONBLANQUE, JOHN DE GRENIER), second son of Jean Grenier De Fonblanque, London, merchant and banker, and Eleanor, dau. of Thomas Bagshawe, London; b.; adm. 24 Jan 1774; left Christmas 1774; at Harrow School 1774-6; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Nov 1780, aged 21; adm. Middle Temple 24 Sep 1777, called to bar 4 Jan 1783, Bencher 1 Jun 1804, Reader 1808, Treasurer 1815; KC 28 Apr 1804; MP Camelford 1802-6; assumed additional name of De Grenier by royal licence May 1828; regarded at his death as the “father of the English Bar”; writer on legal subjects; m. 30 May 1786 Frances Caroline, dau. of Col. John Fitzgerald; d. 4 Jan 1837. DNB.

DE BEAUVOIR, SIR JOHN EDMOND, BART., eldest son of Sir John Edmond Browne, Bart., and Margaret, second dau. of Matthew Lorinan, Ardee, co. Louth; b. 10 Dec 1794; adm. 23 Jul 1807; left 1812; familiarly known as “Paddy” Browne; his mill in fighting green with John Francis Miller Erskine, later 9th Earl of Mar and 11th Earl of Kellie (qv), was witnessed by Princess Charlotte (Albemarle, Fifty years of my life, i, 299); Ensign, 26th Foot 3 Mar 1814, 104th Foot (half-pay) 14 May 1818; assumed surname of De Beauvoir in lieu of Browne 14 Oct 1826; claimed honour of knighthood as of right and was accordingly knighted by Lord Lieut. Ireland 9 Mar 1827; MP Windsor Jan - Apr 1835; succeeded father as 2nd baronet 5 Sep 1835; the present coat of arms over the school doorway was presented by him to replace the former one which he had broken in his school days (see Elizabethan v, 234-5); m. 1st, 1825 Mary, widow of Vice Adm. John Macdougall, and only dau. of Richard Wright, East Harling Hall, Norfolk; m. 2nd, 16 Mar 1867 Letitia, younger dau. of Rev. Charles Mann, Denvir Hall, Downham, Norfolk, Rector of Southery, Norfolk; d. 29 Apr 1869.

Davidson, John Colin Campbell, 1st Viscount Davidson, only son of Sir James Mackenzie Davidson, Kt., M.B., C. M., of London, by Georgiana Barbara Watt, daughter of William Henderson, of Aberdeen; b. Feb. 23, 1889; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (A); left July 1907; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1907; B.A. 1910; Private Secretary to several Cabinet Ministers, including the Rt. Hon. A. Bonar Law when Prime Minister, 1910-23; called to the bar at the Middle Temple June 4, 1913; M. P. Herts (Hemel Hempstead Div.) Nov. 1920 - Nov. 1923, and from Oct. 1924; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster June 1923 - Jan. 1924; Financial Secretary to the Admiralty Nov. 1924 - Nov. 1926; Chairman of the Conservative Party organization 1926-30; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1931-7; served in Home Guard in Great War II; Controller of Production, Ministry of Information 1941; C. B. Jan. 1, 1919; C. H. March 25, 1923; P. C. 1928; G. C. V. O. 1935; created a Viscount May 28, 1937; a Governor of the School July 1927; Busby Trustee 1929; president of the Elizabethan Club 1946-49; represented Westminster on Governing Bodies' Assn. 1949-59; m. April 10, 1919, the Hon. Frances Joan, younger daughter of Willoughby, 1st Baron Dickinson; d. 11 Dec. 1970.

DAVENPORT, SIR THOMAS, brother of Davies Davenport (qv); b. 14 Jan 1733/4; adm. Apr 1748 (Watts'); left 1750; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jan 1750/1; adm. Inner Temple year 1752/3, called to bar 5 Jul 1764; MP Newton (Lancashire) from 1780; Solicitor-General to Queen Charlotte 1781-2; Serjeant-at-law 25 Jun 1783; knighted 27 Jun 1783; m. c. Sep 1770 Jane, dau. of Robert Seel, Liverpool, merchant; d. at York while on circuit 25 Mar 1786.

DARBY, GEORGE, brother of Jonathan Darby (qv); b. 1798; adm. Christmas 1809; KS (aged 13) 1810; left 1813; St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 Jan 1816, matr. Lent 1816; BA 1820; MA 1823; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 30 Jun 1816, called to bar 22 Nov 1821; Home Circuit and Sussex Sessions; MP (Cons) East Sussex Aug 1837 - Jan 1846; an Enclosure Commissioner for England and Wales 21 Aug 1846-52, a Copyhold Inclosure and Tithe Commissioner from 1852; DL JP Sussex; m. 29 Nov 1827 Maria, youngest dau. of Samuel Homfray MP, Coworth House, Berkshire; d. 16 Nov 1877.

DALSTON, SIR GEORGE, BART., son of Sir Charles Dalston, Bart., and his first wife Susan (?) (IGI), dau. of Sir Francis Blake, Witney, Oxfordshire; bapt. 13 Jul 1718; succ. father as 4th baronet 5 Mar 1723; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1727; left 1733; a volunteer on board Adm. Haddock’s squadron 1740; Lieut., Royal Navy 20 Jan 1741/2 – c. 1743; High Sheriff, Cumberland 1752/3; MP Westmorland 1754-61; Lieut. -Col., Yorkshire Militia 1759; m. 2 Jul 1742 Anne, dau. of George Huxley MP, Muster Master General; d. 7 Mar 1765.

CURZON, HON. ROBERT, son of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon (qv), and his second wife; b. 13 Feb 1774; adm.; left Bartholomewtide 1792; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1792; BA 1795; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1791; MP Clitheroe 1796-1831; DL JP Sussex, High Sheriff 1834; JP Staffordshire; m. 14 Oct 1808 Harriet Anne, Baroness Zouche, elder dau. of Cecil Bisshop, 12th Baron Zouche; d. 14 May 1863.

CURZON, HON. PENN ASSHETON, son of Assheton Curzon, 1st Viscount Curzon (qv), and his first wife; b. 31 Jan 1757; adm. 12 Sep 1768; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 May 1774; MP Leominster 1784-90, Clitheroe 1790- Feb 1792, Leicestershire from 27 Feb 1792; Lieut. -Col., Staffordshire Militia 12 Mar 1781; m. 31 Jul 1787 Sophia Charlotte Howe, Baroness Howe, eldest dau. of Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (qv); d. 3 Sep 1797.

CURZON, NATHANIEL, 2ND BARON SCARSDALE, eldest son of Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Scarsdale (qv); b. 27 Sep 1751; in school lists 1764, 1765, 1767; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 Jan 1768; MA 1771; Cornet, 3rd Dragoons 19 Jul 1771; MP Derbyshire 4 Feb 1775-84; succ. father as 2nd Baron Scarsdale 5 Dec 1804; m. 1st, 11 Aug 1777 Hon. Sophia Susanna Noel, third dau. of Edward Noel, 1st Viscount Wentworth; m. 2nd, 18 Nov 1798 Felicité Anne Josèphe de Wattines, Peruwels, Cambrai; d, 27 Jan 1837.

CURZON, NATHANIEL, 1ST BARON SCARSDALE, second son of Sir Nathaniel Curzon, Bart., MP, and Mary, dau. of Sir Richard Assheton, Bart., MP; b. 23 Dec 1726; adm. (aged 13) Mar 1739/40 (Watts'); carved his name on the Coronation Chair in the Abbey; left 1744; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Feb 1744/5; DCL 14 Apr 1749; Grand Tour; MP Clitheroe 2 Feb 1748-54, Derbyshire 1754-61; succeeded father as 5th baronet 18 Nov 1758; created Baron Scarsdale 9 Apr 1761; Chairman of Committees, House of Lords; m. 27 Oct 1750 Lady Caroline Colyear, eldest dau. of Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore (S) KT; d. 5 Dec 1804. DNB Missing Persons.