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Eccles, Brian, son of William Hunter Eccles, Sierra Leone Civil Service, of Kennett, Cambs, and Beatrice Ethel, d. of Dudley Oliver Sutton of Sutton Coldfield, Warks; b. 27 Jan. 1928; adm. Sept. 1941 (KS); left July 1946; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1949, MA 1953; HM Colonial Service Zanzibar 1952-7; DO Tanganyika 1957-61; dir. Brit. Information Services Zanzibar 1961-4; FCO, 1st Sec. Sierra Leone 1964-5, Lond. 1965-7; CUP representative West Africa 1967-75; gen. sec. South Regional Assn. for the Blind 1976-92; latterly resident in France; m. 1979 Joset Lin; d. 23 Jan. 2001.

EATON, NATHANIEL, son of Rev. Richard Eaton BD, Vicar of Great Budworth, Cheshire; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1629, adm. scholar 1630, matr. Lent 1629/30; obtained a licence to pass to Leyden 1 Oct 1632, aged 22; in 1633 a pupil of the puritan divine Rev. William Ames DD at Franeker, Netherlands; ordained; emigrated with his two elder brothers to North America; President-designate, Harvard College 1638/9, but was “fitter to be a master of a Bridewel than a college” (Cotton Mather), and was dismissed by court order for cudgelling an usher, 9 Sep 1639; absconded to England; PhD and MD Padua 1647; ordained; Vicar of Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire 1661; Rector of Bideford, Devon, 18 Mar 1668; author, De Fastis Anglicis, sive Calendarium Sacrum, 1661; m. twice, one of his wives being a daughter of Thomas Graves, Virginia [another the widow of Rev. William Cotton ?]; d. 1674, when a prisoner for debt in the King’s Bench Prison, Southwark. DNB.

EASTLAKE, CHARLES LOCKE, fourth son of George Eastlake, Plymouth, Devon, Admiralty Law Agent and Deputy Judge Advocate of the Fleet; nephew of Sir Charles Eastlake, President of the Royal Academy, painter and art historian; b. 11 Mar 1833; adm. 1 Oct 1846 (Rigaud's); QS 1848; left 1850; pupil of Philip Hardwick RA, architect; Royal Academy Schools, silver medal for architectural drawings 1854; successively Assistant Secretary and Secretary, Royal Institute of British Architects 1866-78; FRIBA 19 Apr 1869; Keeper and Secretary, National Gallery 1878-98; a Governor of the School from 1882; author, Hints on Household Taste in Furniture, 1868, A History of the Gothic Revival in England, 1870, and other works; m. 1 Oct 1856 Eliza, youngest dau. of George Bailey; d. 20 Nov 1906. DNB. [Mother perhaps Eliza Shute (IGI)]

EARLE, GEORGE, brother of James William Earle (qv); b. 3 Feb 1806; adm. 12 Jan 1819 (Du Brieux's); KS 1820; left 1822; adm. solicitor; practised at Romford, Essex; after retirement lived at Gatcombe, near Totnes, Devon; m. 12 Dec 1829 (IGI) Maria Wood Nash; d. c. 1869.

EALES, WILLIAM THOMAS HUXHAM, son of Rev. William Eales, Chaplain, EICS Bengal, and Catherine, dau. of Thomas Raban, Calcutta, solicitor; b. 18 Dec 1811; adm. 22 Sep 1824 (Stelfox's); KS 1826; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1830, adm. pens. 2 Jul 1830, scholar 1831, matr. Mich. 1830; BA 1834; ordained deacon 1835, priest 10 Apr 1836 (both Exeter); Curate, Ashburton with Bickington, Devon 1835, St. Breock, Cornwall 1844, Wolborough, Devon 1851; Vicar of Yealmpton, Devon, from 1857; m. 15 Jan 1845 Emily Fulford, dau. of William Fulford Weatherdon, Newton Abbot, Devon; d. 27 Nov 1887.

Dyson, Frank Palemon, son of Sir Frank Watson Dyson, K. B. E., LL. D., F.R.S., Astronomer Royal, by Caroline Bisset, daughter of Palemon Best, M.B., of Louth, Lincs; b. Nov. 14, 1900; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1914; Captain of the School 1918; left Dec. 1918; A.M.I.C.E. 1927; M.I.C.E. 1946; M. Inst. Gas E. 1951; in practice in London; m. May 1928, Muriel Louisa, sister of Donald Attfield Radermacher (q.v.).

DYOTT, WILLIAM HERRICK, brother of Richard Dyott (qv); b. 13 Nov 1809; adm. 16 Jun 1819 (Packharness'); KS 1824; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1828, adm. pens. 16 May 1828, scholar 1829, matr. Mich. 1828, readm. pens. 13 Jan 1833; BA 1834; MA 1837; ordained deacon 25 May 1834, priest 14 Jun 1835 (both Lincoln); Vicar of Ansty, Warwicks., from 1844; Domestic Chaplain to Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere (qv), Nov 1844; m. 21 Jan 1846 Matilda Sophia, third dau. of Donatus O’Brien, Tixover House, Rutland; d. 26 Oct 1883.

DYMBLEBEE, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1553-6 (Chapter Muniments 37713).

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.

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.