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Cutts, ---, fl. 1644
GB-2014-WSA-019037 · Person · fl. 1644

CUTTS, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1644 (Chapter Muniments 43114).

Cuzner, Brian Roy, 1932-2008
GB-2014-WSA-05709 · Person · 1932-2008

Cuzner, Brian Roy, son of Harold Roy Cuzner, pharmacist, of Purley, Surrey, and Marjorie Kathleen, d. of Harold Jessup, farmer, of Sevenoaks, Kent; b. 18 July 1932; adm. Sept. 1946 (B); left July 1951; St Edmund Hall Oxf., matric. 1953, BA 1956, MA 1961; man. dir. Wilfrid Smith (Fine Chemicals) Ltd. 1982-97; m. 23 Dec. 1961 Margaret Louise Cuzner PhD, Reader Inst. of Neurology, Univ. of London, d. of F. J. MacLeod FRCS, of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada; d. 24 Apr. 2008.

GB-2014-WSA-05712 · Person · ca. 1718-1743

D’ARCY, HYACINTH, fifth son of Hyacinth D’Arcy, Kiltalla, co. Galway, and Catharine, dau. of John D’Arcy, Gorteen, co. Mayo; b.; adm. (aged 17) Mar 1735/6 (Preston's); left 1736; of Cloonbanane, co. Mayo; d. 10 May 1743.

GB-2014-WSA-05715 · Person · 1849-1917

D’ARCY, WILLIAM KNOX, only son of William Francis D’Arcy, Newton Abbott, Devon, and afterwards of Rockhampton, Queensland, solicitor, and Elizabeth Baker, dau. of Rev. Robert Bradford, Rector of Wolborough, Devon; b. 11 Oct 1849; adm. 27 Jan 1863 (James'); Min. Can. 1864; left Christmas 1865; went out to Queensland; became one of proprietors of Mount Morgan mine; returned to England with a large fortune in 1889; subsequently acquired original D’Arcy conecession of Anglo-Iranian Oil Co.; of Stanmore Hall, Middlesex; m. 1st, 23 Oct 1872 Elena, dau. of Samuel Bradford Birkbeck, Glenmore, Queensland; m. 2nd, 21 Feb 1899 Nina, dau. of Arthur Leslie Boucicault, Queensland, and sister of Mary Boucicault, singer; d. 1 May 1917. DNB Missing Persons 172-3.

D’Evereux, Simeon, d. 1733
GB-2014-WSA-05718 · Person · d. 1733

D’EVEREUX, SIMEON; b.; adm.; KS 1671; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1675, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1675, scholar 1676, matr. 1677; 3rd in “ordo” 1678/9; BA 1678/9; MA 1682; ordained; Chaplain, Trin. Coll. 1681-9; Perpetual Curate of Nackington, Kent, from 1686; Minor Canon and Sacrist of Canterbury from c. 1690; Minor Canon of St. Paul’s 23 Feb 1691/2 - 1 Jun 1698; Rector of Harbledown, Kent, from 1731; Vicar of Brookland, Kent, from 1731; d. 6 Jul 1733.

D’Oyly, Francis, 1815-1831
GB-2014-WSA-05720 · Person · 1815-1831

D’OYLY, FRANCIS, eldest son of Rev. George D’Oyly DD, Rector of Lambeth, Surrey, and Maria Frances, dau. of William Bruere, Chetwynd, Shropshire; b. 27 Nov 1815; adm. (G) 8 Oct 1827; subsequently went to Eton; d. 27 Jul 1831.

GB-2014-WSA-05721 · Person · 1821-1897

D’OYLY, JOHN WALPOLE, brother of Francis D’Oyly (qv); b. 23 Dec 1821; adm. 3 Oct 1834 (Scott's); left to go to Winchester Coll. 1836; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 May 1840, but did not reside; Ensign, 11th Foot 17 Sep 1841; Lieut., 5 Sep 1843; Capt., 15 Jun 1849; Maj., 13 Jul 1858; Lieut. -Col., 17 Sep 1861; Brevet Col., 17 Sep 1866, half-pay 8 May 1867; Major-Gen., 1 Oct 1877; retired as hon. Lieut. -Gen., 1 Jul 1881; m. 2 Jan 1884 Frances Maria, widow of Capt. Lord Amelius Wentworth Beauclerk, Royal Navy, and only dau. of Charles Harrison MP, Bedford Row, London, solicitor; d. 5 Apr 1897.

D’Oyly, John, 1774-1825
GB-2014-WSA-05722 · Person · 1774-1825

D’OYLY, SIR JOHN, BART., son of Matthias D’Oyly (qv); b. 6 Jun 1774; adm. 15 Sep 1787; KS 1788; succeeded Robert Hugh Kennedy (qv) as Capt. of the School 1791; not allowed to present himself for Election 1792 on account of his conduct when Capt. during a sudden “insurrection” of the School, when all the boys, leaving their forms and their masters, went down school to watch a “mill” in Green, and refused to return until it was finished (see Elizabethan vi, 247 and xii, 324, reproducing extracts from the London Post and Public Advertiser); left 1792; Corpus Christ Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1792, matr. Lent 1793; Sir W. Browne’s Medal for Latin Ode 1795, Chancellor’s Second Medal 1796; BA 1796; MA 1799; Fellow of Corpus Christi Coll. 1798-1801; went out to Ceylon 1801; Collector, Colombo 1802; Secretary to Government, Ceylon 1810; the only Singalese scholar in the Ceylon Civil Service; head of intelligence department in Gen. Brownrigg’s campaign against the King of Kandy 1814-5; Resident and First Commissioner, Kandy Provinces; created baronet 29 Aug 1821; d. unm. at Kandy 25 May 1825. DNB.

D’Oyly, Samuel, 1681-1748
GB-2014-WSA-05724 · Person · 1681-1748

D’OYLY, SAMUEL, only son of Charles D’Oyly, Westminster, and Martha ---; bapt. St. Margaret’s, Westminster 24 Nov 1681; adm.; BB 1691; KS (Capt. ) 1697; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1700, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1700, scholar 2 May 1701, matr. 1703; BA 1703/4; MA 1707; Minor Fellow, Trin. Coll., 2 Oct 1706, Major Fellow 25 Apr 1707, Tutor 1707; ordained; Vicar of St. Nicholas, Rochester, Kent, from Nov 1710; was “of such uncommon corpulence that he was prevented attending his duty as army chaplain in Flanders in the war of 1741 for no horse, it is stated, could carry him” (Bayley, History of the D’Oyly Family, 1845, 160); author, Christian Eloquence in Theory and Practice, made English from the French original, 1718, and joint translator with John Colston of Calmet’s Dictionnaire de la Bible, 1732; m. Frances ---; buried Rochester Cathedral 9 May 1748. DNB.

D’Oyly, Thomas, 1820-?
GB-2014-WSA-05726 · Person · 1820-?

D’OYLY, THOMAS, only son of Thomas D’Oyly (qv); b. 21 Oct 1820; adm. 26 May 1834 (Benthall's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1839; BA 1843; adm. Middle Temple 13 Feb 1843; became a strolling actor in the provinces.