DURELL, DAVID, son of David Durell, St. Saviour’s, Jersey, and Marie, dau. of Jean Aubin, Denonciateur, Royal Court of Jersey; b. 18 Jun 1762; adm. 23 Sep 1772; KS 1777; convicted with four other Westminster boys at Middlesex Quarter Sessions 21 May 1779 of a gross assault on a man in Dean’s Yard, but was only fined one shilling, as it was doubtful whether he was one of the principal offenders (Annual Register, 1779, 213); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1781, matr. 30 Jun 1781, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1781 - void 29 Sep 1792, expiry year of grace as V. Mongewell from 15 Oct 1791; BA 1785; MA 1789; DD Durham [check date]; ordained; Perpetual Curate, Hampton Magna, Worcs., 3 Jul 1789-91; Rector of Mongewell, Oxfordshire, from 1791; Rector of Twining, Gloucs., 1791-1802; Rector of Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire, 1793-1843; Prebendary of Durham from 4 Dec 1801; m. Ann, dau. of Philip Robin, Jersey; d. 15 Jan 1852.
DURELL, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1745/6 (Preston's); in school lists 1746-9.
Durham, Shelton, son of John Stephens Durham, attorney-at-law and civil engineer, of Philadelphia, USA, and Constance, d. of Robert Shelton Mackenzie MD DLitt, of Edinburgh and Philadelphia; b. 26 Nov. 1900; adm. Jan. 1915 (A); left Apr. 1919; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1919, BA 1923, MA 1939; Lond. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1931; MB BCh (Oxon.) 1939; Dip. in Tropical Medicine & Health 1940; RAMC in WW2 (Lieut.); MO Tanganyika Territory and later Cameroons Devel. Corpn; regional malariologist Papua New Guinea 1961-6; MO Durban, South Africa, 1967-72; m. 1st 1940 Eve Hart; 2nd 4 Oct. 1979 Mabel Simmons; d. 12 Nov. 1992.
Durnford, John Nigel Livingstone, son of Dudley Silas Victor Durnford, schoolmaster, and Winifred Marjorie, d. of Alfred Smith Lamb, evangelist and missionary in N. Africa; b. 21 Mar. 1928; adm. Sept. 1941 (G); left July 1943; RASC in WW2, serving in Trieste and Palestine; asst. master St David’s Sch., Queen’s Gate, London; d. 6 Mar. 1994.
DUROURE, JOHN, son of Francis Duroure (qv); bapt. 15 Jul 1749; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1764; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 20 Jun 1768; Lieut. and Capt., 3 Jun 1774; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 15 Mar 1779; retd. 15 Dec 1789; FRS 25 May 1780; FSA 16 Nov 1780; m. 2 Jun 1790 Sarah, eldest surviving dau. of Thomas Winn, Ackton, Yorks.; d. 28 Feb 1801.
Durrant, William Blencowe Wells, only son of Frederick Chester Wells Durrant, of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, Attorney-General of the Bahamas, West Indies, by Gertrude, daughter of William Blencowe, of Brackley, Northants; b. May 4, 1894; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1908; left (with Triplett) July 1913; Magd. Coll. Camb., exhibitioner, matric. Michaelmas 1913; 2nd Lieut. 6th Batt. (Reserve) Rifle Brigade Nov. 1, 1914; went out to the western front in March 1915 and was attached to the 2nd Batt.; killed in action near Ypres May 8, 1915; unm.
DURY, ALEXANDER, brother of John Bourchier Dury (qv); b. 2 Aug 1859; adm. (G) 3 Apr 1872; left Christmas 1874; “agent to W. H. Wilberforce” (1881 Census); “land agent”, living Lincoln (1901 Census); of The Moss, Ripley, Yorkshire.
DURY, JOHN BOURCHIER, second son of John Dury, The Moss, Ripley, Yorkshire, land agent, and Barbara Catherine Frances, dau. of James Garden Seton (qv); b. 2 Oct 1855; adm. (G) 26 Jan 1871; left Aug 1873; “cotton spinner” (1881 Census”; went out to South Africa Mar 1894; m. 28 Apr 1886 Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Robinson, Skipton, Yorks.; d. at Durban, South Africa 17 Feb 1895.
DUTTON, JOHN, third son of Laurence Dutton, an Ordinary Messenger of the Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I, and Anne, dau. of Robert Lombard, Chedworth, Gloucs.; b.; adm.; QS 1592 (see Acts of Privy Council, NS xxii, 493, for a letter dated 28 May 1592 to the Dean and Chapter requesting them to admit Dutton as a QS “at the next election of schollers”).
Dutton, Reginald James, son of Charles Dutton, of Croydon, by Marion Georgina, daughter of Francis Dingle, of Worcester; b. March 6, 1903; adm. Jan. 17, 1918 (R); left Easter 1921; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1930; practised at Birmingham; d. 16 May 1986.