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Dee, Edward, son of Emanuel Dee, and Rachel, d. of Abraham Behr of Hove, Sussex; b. 2 Oct. 1924; adm. Jan. 1938 (A); left July 1940; Emmanuel Coll. Camb., matric. 1944, BA 1946; founder and chmn. Smarties Candy Co. (formerly Ce De Candy Inc), NJ, USA 1949-; m. 10 Sept. 1946 Anita Doreen, language therapist, d. of W. Wolfe of Leeds.

DEGGE, HERVEY, brother of Staunton Degge (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Oct 1720; KS 1722; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1726, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1726, scholar 14 Apr 1727; 1st in “ordo” 1729/30; BA 1729/30; Minor Fellow. Trin. Coll., from 2 Oct 1732; d. 22 May 1733.

DEHANY, GOODIN, brother of Philip Dehany (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1748/9 (Hart's); KS 1752; Glasgow Univ., matr. 1754; Ensign, 24th Foot 27 Sep 1757.

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.

Deighton, Edmund Anthony, son of Cecil Deighton, asst. master Boston GS, Lincs, and Doris Scott, d. of Thomas Briggs of Bishop Auckland, Co. Durham; b. 23 Feb. 1942; adm. Sept. 1955 (QS); left Dec. 1960; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1961, BA 1964, MA 1968; m. Kay Rosamond Blundell Jones, Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, d. of Geoffrey Blundell Jones, orthopaedic surgeon; d. 22 Feb. 1975.

DELAPLACE, WILLIAM, son of Dennis Delaplace, headmaster of a preparatory school at Marylebone, and Catharine ---; bapt. 10 May 1727; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1742; Lieut., 26th Foot 2 Oct 1755; Capt. -Lieut., 29 Nov 1760; Capt. 18 Apr 1766; last mentioned in Army List 1777.

DELAVAL, EDWARD HUSSEY, brother of Sir Francis Blake Delaval (qv); bapt. 12 Jun 1729; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1738 (Hutton's); left 1748; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 4 Jul 1747, matr. 1748; BA 1750/1; MA 1754; Fellow of Pembroke Coll. 1751; contested Newcastle 1754; studied chemistry and experimental philosophy; FRS 6 Dec 1759, Copley Medal 1766; member, Royal Societies of Göttingen and Uppsala, and of Institute of Bologna; inherited Seaton Delaval estate, Northumberland, on death of his elder brother John Hussey Delaval, Baron Delaval (qv), in 1808; author, The Cause of Changes in Opaque and Coloured Bodies, 1777, and of various papers published in Philosophical Transactions; m. 22 Dec 1808 Sarah, dau. of George Scott, Methley, Yorks.; d. 14 Aug 1814. Buried in nave, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

DELAVAL, ROBERT, brother of Sir Francis Blake Delaval (qv); b. 5 Mar 1733; adm. May 1744 (Gibson's); left 1747; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards 29 Apr 1754 - retirement 14 Oct 1755; Capt., European Grenadier Co. (raised by him personally), EICS Bengal 26 Apr 1758; d. on voyage to India 11 Dec 1758.

DELBOE, SIMON, son of Simon Delboe, London, merchant, and Anna, dau. of Gillis Vanbrugh, London, merchant; b.; adm.; KS 1672; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1676, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1676, aged 18, scholar 1677; BA 1679/80; MA 1683; Fellow of Trinity Coll. from 1682; d. 21 Jul 1685.

Delgado, Frank Gershom, son of Gershom Delgado, of St. John's Wood, by Sophia, daughter of Fred Cohen; b. March 29, 1903; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (G); left Dec. 1920; a fine art publisher; m. April 3, 1935, Aileen, younger daughter of A. E. Simonsen; d. Aug. 27, 1937.