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DWIGHT, SAMUEL, third son of John Dwight, Fulham, Middlesex, pottery manufacturer, and Secretary to Bishop of Chester; b. 17 Dec 1668; adm.; KS 1686; left 1687; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Jul 1687, aged 18; BA 1691; MA 14 Feb 1693/4; LRCP 25 Jun 1731; a medical practitioner in Fulham; author of three medical treatises published respectively in 1722, 1725 and 1731; in the two latter treatises he is described as a Doctor of Medicine, but the degree was not recognised by the College of Physicians; m. Sep 1716 Margaret Price, Fulham; d. 10 Nov 1737. DNB.

DYCE, JAMES STERLING, brother of William Gladstone Dyce (qv); b. 29 Jul 1853; adm. (G) 12 Jun 1868; left Aug 1870; d. 3 Dec 1908.

DYCE, WILLIAM GLADSTONE, son of William Dyce RA, Norwood, Surrey, painter, and Jane Bickerton, eldest dau. of James Brand, Milnathort, Kinross-shire; b. 9 Feb 1852; adm. (G) 15 Jun 1865; QS 1867; left Christmas 1870; went to Cape of Good Hope for his health; d. during a voyage from The Cape to Calcutta 1877.

Dyer, Charles Volney, son of Louis Dyer, of Oxford; b. Dec. 22, 1891; adm. as K.S. Sept. 22, 1904; left Easter 1905.

Dyer, Paul Geoffrey, son of George Dyer, Southern Rly official, and Alberta Gladys, d. of Edward Pritchard Cooke of Leominster, Heref; b. 12 Dec. 1930; adm. Jan. 1945 (B); left July 1946; dir. A. G. Noble Ltd., Chelsea; m. 2 July 1955 Aoife Maire Seosainhin Deamhneat, d. of Cicoran o’Conaill of Boyerstown, Co. Meath, Ireland; d. 24 Sept. 1969.

DYER, THOMAS, brother of John Dyer (at school under Freind, qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1717; Min. Can. 1718; KS 1719; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1723, matr. 18 Jun 1723, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1723 - void 25 Mar 1738 (expiry year of grace as R. Bedhampton from 22 Apr 1736 (sic)); BA 1727; MA 1730; LLD; ordained priest (Oxford) 1 Jun 1729; Rector of Bedhampton, Hampshire, from 19 Apr 1736; Yeoman of the Almonry; lic. to m. 11 Jan 1739/40 Dorothy, sister of William De La Place (qv); d. 1780.

DYKE, SIR JOHN DIXON, BART., brother of Thomas Dyke (qv); b. 23 Nov 1732; adm. May 1744 (Ludford's); left 1747; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Mar 1749/50; succ. father as 3rd baronet 20 Aug 1756; m. 3 May 1756 Philadelphia Payne, dau. of George Horne, East Grinstead, Sussex; d. 6 Sep 1810.

DYKE, SIR PERCIVAL HART, BART., eldest son of Sir Percival Hart Dyke, Bart. (qv); b. 9 Jun 1799; adm. Mich. 1812; KS 1814; left 13 Dec 1817; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Apr 1819; migrated to St. Alban Hall; played cricket for Kent 1823-8 and for Gentlemen against Players 1827 and 1833; a fine bat and a fast underarm bowler; succ. father as 6th baronet 4 Aug 1846; DL Kent; m. 25 Jun 1835 Eliza, youngest dau. of John Wells MP, Bickley House, Kent, shipbuilder and banker; d. 12 Nov 1875.

DYKE, THOMAS HART, second son of Sir Percival Hart Dyke, Bart. (adm. 1776, qv); b. 11 Dec 1801; adm. 9 Dec 1816 (Packharness'); left Christmas 1818; went to Harrow School Jan 1819; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 Dec 1820, Canoneer Student 1821 - still 1829; BA 1824; MA 1827; played cricket for Kent in one match 1827; ordained deacon 1824, priest 1825 (both Oxford); Rector of Lullingstone, Kent, from 3 Jul 1828; Rector of Long Newton, co. Durham, from 2 Mar 1832; m. 4 Feb 1833 Elizabeth, second dau. of Thomas Lodington Fairfax, Newton Kyme, Yorks. ; d. 25 Jun 1866.

DYKE, THOMAS, eldest son of Sir Thomas Dyke, Bart., and Anne, widow of John Bluett, Holcombe Regis, Devon, and only child of Percival Hart, Lullingstone, Kent; grandson of Sir Thomas Dyke, Bart. (at school 1661-6, qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1738 (Russel's); d. 6 Dec 1745.