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DAWSON, HENRY TOWNLEY VESEY, younger son of Vesey Thomas Dawson, Lincoln’s Inn, barrister, and Catherine Maria ---; b. 3 Jul 1855; adm. 7 Oct 1867 (James'); QS 30 Jan 1871; left Dec 1873; “banker” (1881 Census); d. in Shasta County, California, USA 4 Nov 1902.

DAVSON, SIR CHARLES SIMON, eldest son of George Louis Davson, Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana, manager British Guiana Bank, and Josephine, dau. of Charles Joseph King, Northwick Terrace, London; b. 20 May 1857; adm. 26 Jan 1871 (James'); QS 15 Mar 1873; left Apr 1876; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 15 Aug 1876, matr. Mich. 1876; BA and LLB 1880; adm. Middle Temple 29 Apr 1878, called to bar 26 Jan 1882; British Guiana bar; Stipendiary Magistrate, British Guiana 1888-98, Solicitor-General 1898-1905; Puisne Judge, Mauritius Supreme Court 1905-14; Chief Justice, Fiji, and Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific 3 Oct 1914-22; knighted 21 Feb 1917; m. 16 Jan 1889 Mary Rosa Matilda, dau. of Lynch Thomas MD, Barbados; d. 6 Nov 1933.

DANIEL, WILLIAM ABBOTT; b. 18 Mar 1841; adm. 19 Jun 1851 (James'); St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; MRCS 1866; practised at Liss, Hampshire; m. 9 May 1867 Mary, dau. of William Ludlow Roots, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey; d. 2 Jan 1885.

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.

CUPPAGE, WILLIAM ADAM, eldest son of Maj. John Macdonald Cuppage, Fermoy, co. Cork, 89th Foot [check], and Elizabeth Geraldine De Courcy, third dau. of William Cooke-Collis, Castle Cooke, co. Cork; b. 24 Jun 1860; adm. 3 Jun 1872 (James'); QS 1875; left May 1879; RMC Sandhurst 1880; 2nd Lieut., 99th Foot 22 Jan 1881; 8th Foot 30 Mar 1881; Lieut., Liverpool Regt., 1 Jul 1881; Capt., 22 Jan 1882; Bengal Staff Corps, 15 Oct 1884; Wing Officer, 5th Bengal Native Infantry 8 May 1885; Double Company Commander, 1 May 1900; Maj., Indian Army 22 Jan 1901; Lieut. -Col. commandant, 48th Brigade 6 Apr 1901; retd. 1 Apr 1905; served in Burmese expedition 1866-7, severely wounded in engagement in Shan Hills; m. 28 Jan 1891 Caroline Isabella, eldest dau. of Lieut. -Gen. James May CB, Bengal Army; drowned in the Blackwater, near Fermoy, 19 Oct 1908.

CROZIER, FREDERICK WILLIAM FRANCIS ST. JOHN, son of Rev. James Alexander Crozier, Chaplain to Household Cavalry, and Frances Elizabeth, dau. of William Frederick Chambers (KS 1800, qv); b. 24 Jun 1858; adm. 22 Jan 1874 (James'); left Dec 1874; lived for several years in South Africa; d. unm. 10 Feb 1903.

CROWDY, FRANCIS DEMAINBRAY, brother of Ernest Alfred Crowdy (qv); b. 17 Sep 1857; adm. 26 Jan 1871 (James'); QS 1872; left Apr 1876; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Jan 1877; played Association Football against Cambridge 1877, 1880; BA 1881; MA and MB 1885; MD 1889; St. Thomas’s Hospital; MRCS LSA 1885; practised at Torquay; m. 8 Apr 1896 Florence Mary, dau. of John Brewer Saunders, Torquay.

CROWDY, ERNEST ALFRED, eldest son of Alfred Southby Crowdy, Donnington, Berks., banker, and Emma Eliza, dau. of James Smith Townsend (qv); b. 18 Sep 1855; adm. 27 May 1869 (James'); left Aug 1872; drowned by the upsetting of his canoe at Anstey’s Cove, Torquay 5 Mar 1874.

CROUCH, HENRY NEWTON, second son of Charles William Crouch, Middle Temple, barrister, and Sarah Mary Anne, only dau. of Henry Constable, South Hampstead, Middlesex; b. 6 Aug 1865; adm. (J) 12 Jun 1879, exhibitioner; QS 20 Oct 1879; left May 1884; LLB London Univ 1890; adm. solicitor Oct 1892; went out to India; Public Prosecutor, Sind 27 Sep 1897; adm. Middle Temple 21 Feb 1900, called to bar 9 May 1900; Additional Judicial Commissioner, Sind 18 Jun 1906; Kaisar-i-Hind medal (1st class) 3 Jun 1918; m. 8 Jan 1900 Ethel Frances, second dau. of Lieut. -Col. John Muir Hunter CSI OBE, Indian Staff Corps, later of Tunbridge Wells, Kent; d. 12 Mar 1946.

CROSS, ROBERT CLIFFORD LLOYD, son of Maurice Cross, Comboconum, Madras, and Grace Eleanor Cottnam, dau. of Col. Robert Clifford Lloyd, 68th Foot; b. 2 Apr 1863; adm. (J) 27 Jan 1876; left Dec 1876; at Cheltenham Coll. 1877-9.