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DILLON, LUKE, son of Henry Dillon MP (I), Clonbrock, co. Galway, and Margaret, widow of Sir Arthur Shaen, Bart., and dau. of Morgan Mahan, Togherstown, co. Westmeath; b.; adm. (aged 16) Jul 1742 (Stephens'); m. Bridget, dau. of John Kelly, Castle Kelly, co. Galway; d. c. 1773.

DISBROWE, JOHN, son of Samuel Disbrowe, Westminster; b.; in under school list 1715; KS (aged 13) 1717; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1721, matr. 10 Jun 1721, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1721 - void 3 Jul 1728; BA 1725.

DITCHFIELD, JOHN, second son of Edward Ditchfield, St. Mary Woolchurch Haw, London, and Edmonton, Middlesex, and his second wife Katharine, dau. of John Whittingham, Middlewich, Cheshire; bapt. 19 Jan 1617/8; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1638, matr. 23 Nov 1638, aged 18; BA 1642; MA 1645; ordained; buried St. Albans, Herts. 22 May 1658.

d'Ivernois, Victor H. B., son of A. Ulric d'Ivernois, of Cricklewood; b. June 24, 1895; adm. Jan. 14, 1909 (H); left Dec. 1910; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 9th Batt. Royal Sussex Regt. Oct. 3, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917, attached R. A. O. C. June 25, 1919.

Dix, George Eglington Alston, son of the Rev. George Henry Dix, Principal of St. John's Coll., Battersea, by Mary Jane, daughter of James Eteson Walker, of Preston, Lancs; b. Oct. 4, 1901; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1915; left (with Triplett) July 1920; Merton Coll. Oxon., exhibitioner (history), matric. Michaelmas 1920; B.A. 1923; lecturer at Keble Coll. 1923 and 1924-26; professed as Dom Gregory Dix, O. S. B., 1926; Prior 1948; author of The Shape of the Liturgy (1944) and other works; d. May 12, 1952.

Dix, Ronald John Eteson, brother of George Eglington Alston Dix (qv); b. 11 Oct. 1905; adm. Sept. 1920 (A); left July 1924; King's Coll. Camb., matric. 1924, BA 1928, MA 1934; ord. deacon 1929, priest 1930 (Lond.); Curate St Mary of Eton, Hackney Wick, 1929-33; Curate in charge St Michael Beaconsfield 1933-45; Chaplain to the Forces (TA) 1935-45, attd Oxf. & Bucks LI; MBE 1944; Rector of Holy Cross Greenford, Middx, 1945-53; Vicar of St Matthias Malvern Link 1953; m. 18 Oct. 1933 Eileen Radcliffe, d. of Charles Calway of Tapton Manor, Chester­field; d. 11 Feb. 1966.

Dixon, D'Arcy Boulton, son of Charles Walter Dixon, of West Kensington, by Emilie Flower, daughter of Samuel Martin, of Camberwell, Surrey; b. Dec. 26, 1895; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (H); left Dec. 1913; joined the Artists' Rifles Dec. 1915; 2nd Lieut. East Surrey Regt. Sept. 5, 1916, served with 2nd Batt. in Salonika Oct. 1916 - Nov. 1917; invalided home; Military Forwarding Officer, Dover Garrison, Feb. 1918 - May 1919; a civil servant; m. Sept. 24, 1930, Doris Winifred, daughter of Charles Drake, of Margate.

DIXON, HAROLD BAILY, brother of William Jerrold Dixon (qv); b. 11 Aug 1852; adm. 15 Jun 1865; QS 1867; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1871, matr. 27 May 1871; 3rd cl. Classics (Mods) 1873, 1st cl. Natural Science 1875; BA 1875; MA 1878; played Association Football against Cambridge; Millard Lecturer, Trin. Coll. Oxford 1879-86, Bedford Lecturer, Balliol Coll. Oxford 1881-6; Fellow of Balliol Coll. 1886-7; Natural Science Examiner, Oxford 1886-8, 1899-1900; FRS 4 Jun 1886, Royal Medal 1913; Professor of Chemistry, Owen’s Coll., Manchester Univ., 1886-1922, Hon. Professor from 1922; member, Royal Commission on Explosions of Coal Dust in Mines 1891-4, Royal Commission on Coal Supplies 1902-5; President, Chemical Society 1909-11; member, Home Office Executive Committee on Explosions in Mines 1911-4; Deputy Inspector of High Explosives, Manchester area, during 1914-18 War; CBE 7 Jun 1918; Chairman, Selective Committee for NW District, Ministry of Labour 1922; Superintendent of Research on Ignition of Gases under Safety in Mines Research Board 1927; author, The Conditions of Chemical Change in Gases, 1884, and other works; m. 1st, 14 Jul 1885 Olive Beechey, dau. of Edward Martin Hopkins, Montreal, Canada; m. 2nd, 26 Aug 1918 Muriel Agnes Mary, dau. of William Kinch, Henley, Oxfordshire; d. 18 Sep 1930.

DIXON, JOHN, only son of John Dixon, Rotterdam, Netherlands; b. 6 Nov 1804; adm. 16 Apr 1817 (Packharness'); left Midsummer 1817; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Apr 1822; BA 1829.

DIXON, WILLIAM JERROLD, eldest son of William Hepworth Dixon, St. James’s Terrace, Regent’s Park, London, author and journalist, and Marian, dau. of James MacMahon, Ardwick Green, Manchester; b. 24 Mar 1848; adm. 13 Mar 1862; QS 1863; left Dec 1866; while helping to save lives in the terrible ice accident in Regent’s Park on 15 Jan 1867 he caught a severe chill which rendered him more or less an invalid for the rest of his life; adm. Inner Temple 15 Apr 1867, called to bar 26 Jan 1870; South-Eastern Circuit; Hon. Secretary, Savage Club; Secretary to Dublin Sanitary Commission 1879; author, Married Another, and of numerous magazine articles; d. unm. at Dublin 20 Oct 1879.