DAVENPORT, SIR THOMAS, brother of Davies Davenport (qv); b. 14 Jan 1733/4; adm. Apr 1748 (Watts'); left 1750; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jan 1750/1; adm. Inner Temple year 1752/3, called to bar 5 Jul 1764; MP Newton (Lancashire) from 1780; Solicitor-General to Queen Charlotte 1781-2; Serjeant-at-law 25 Jun 1783; knighted 27 Jun 1783; m. c. Sep 1770 Jane, dau. of Robert Seel, Liverpool, merchant; d. at York while on circuit 25 Mar 1786.
DAVIES, JOHN, son of John Davies, Brentwood, Essex; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1752 (Watts'); KS 1757; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1761, adm. pens. 21 May 1761, scholar 30 Apr 1762, matr. Easter 1762; BA 1765; MA 1768; BD 1790; Minor Fellow, Trin. Coll. 2 Oct 1766, Major Fellow from 6 Jul 1768, college offices held including those of Junior Bursar 1782-90 and Vice-Master 1797-1805; Librarian, Cambridge Univ. from 1783; ordained priest (Peterborough) 1772; Vicar of Shudy Camps, Cambs., 1784-96; Vicar of Flintham, Notts., 1785; Rector of Orwell, Cambs., from 1804; d. unm. 1 Feb 1817.
DERING, SIR EDWARD, BART. , elder son of Sir Edward Dering, Bart. (adm. 1719, qv), and his first wife; b. 28 Sep 1732; adm. Jan 1743/4 (Watts'); left 1749; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 15 Mar 1750/1; Grand Tour (Italy) 1758-9; succ. father as 6th baronet 15 Apr 1762; MP New Romney 1761-Feb 1770, 1774-Jan 1787; member, Society of Dilettanti 1761; m. 1st, 8 May 1755 Selina, third dau. of Sir Robert Furnese, Bart. , MP; m. 2nd, 1 Jan 1765 Deborah, only dau. of John Winchester, Nethersole, Kent, formerly a surgeon in London; d. 8 Dec 1798.
DIGBY, EDWARD, 6TH BARON DIGBY (I), eldest son of Hon. Edward Digby MP, and Charlotte, only surviving dau. of Right Hon. Sir Stephen Fox, Kt., PC MP; b. 5 Jul 1730; adm. Feb 1738/9 (Watts'); Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 May 1747; Grand Tour (Italy, Germany) 1748-50; MP Malmesbury 13 Jun 1751-4, Wells from 1754; succ. grandfather as 6th Baron Digby (I) 29 Nov 1752; Groom of the Bedchamber to George III when Prince of Wales 1751-3; d. unm. 30 Nov 1757.
DIGBY, HENRY, 1ST EARL DIGBY, brother of Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby (qv); b.; adm. (aged 7) Feb 1738/9 (Watts'); readm. Sep 1743 (Watts'); left 1748; a clerk in Secretary of State’s Office May 1749 - c. 1750; Secretary to Sir Charles Hanbury Williams on diplomatic missions in Germany and Poland 1750-; Under-Secretary of State Nov 1755-Nov 1756; MP Ludgershall 21 Nov 1755-61, Wells 1761-19 Aug 1765; succ. brother as 7th Baron Digby (I) 30 Nov 1757; a Lord of the Admiralty Apr 1763 - Jul 1765; created Baron Digby of Sherborne (GB) 19 Aug 1765; Lord Lieut. Dorset from 21 Jun 1771; created Earl Digby (GB) 1 Nov 1790; m. 1st, 5 Sep 1763 Elizabeth, dau. of Hon. Charles Feilding; m. 2nd, 10 Nov 1770 Mary, dau. of John Knowler, Recorder of Canterbury; d. 25 Sep 1793.
DIGBY, HON. STEPHEN, brother of Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby (qv); b. 10 May 1742; adm. Jan 1752 (Watts'); in school list 1754; Cornet, 6th Dragoons 7 Feb 1759; Capt., Vaughan’s Foot Regt. 11 Jan 1760; 24th Foot, 7 Aug 1760; Maj., 45th Foot 25 Jul 1771; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards 2 Jun 1774; retd. 31 Dec 1778; Groom of Bedchamber to Prince of Wales 1780-2; Vice-Chamberlain to Queen Charlotte 1782 - Nov 1792; Master of St. Katherine’s Hospital by the Tower, London, from 1788; Deputy Ranger, Richmond Park, from 1792; m. 1st, 1 Oct 1771 Lady Lucy Strangways Fox, youngest dau. of Stephen Fox, 1st Earl of Ilchester; m. 2nd, 6 Jan 1790 Hon. Charlotte Margaret Gunning, Maid of Honour to Queen Charlotte, eldest dau. of Sir Robert Gunning, Bart., KB, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, St. Petersburg; d. 30 May 1800.
DIGBY, HON. WILLIAM, brother of Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby (qv); b. 21 Jan 1733/4; adm. Mar 1744/5 (Watts'); KS (Capt. ) 1748; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1752, matr. 4 Jun 1752, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1752 - void 2 Apr 1761, expiry year of grace as R. Kilmington; BA 1756; MA 1759; DCL 1765; ordained deacon 28 Sep 1759, priest 2 Mar 1760 (both Oxford); Rector of Kilmington, Somerset, 26 Apr 1760; Vicar of Coleshill, Warwicks., from 1763; Rector of Sheldon, Warwicks., from 1766; Chaplain in Ordinary to King George III 1761 -c. 1770; Prebendary of Exeter 17 Apr 1762-79; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford 23 Jul 1765-9; Dean of Worcester 29 Aug 1769 - res by Jan 1778; Master of St. Oswald’s Hospital, Worcester 1770-8; Dean of Durham from 18 Sep 1777; m. 14 Apr 1766 Charlotte Lepel, dau. of Joseph Cox, Stanford, Berks.; d. 18 Sep 1788.
ELLIS, THOMAS, son of John Ellis, Glanywern, Llandrillo-yn-Rhos, Denbighshire; b.; adm. Jul 1752 (in school list 1752 as Ellis, Christian name not stated) (Watts'); KS (aged 15) 1753; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1757, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1757, matr. Mich. 1757; d. 12 Mar 1759. Buried Trinity Coll. Chapel.
FALCONER, JAMES, son of James Falconer, Chester, Cheshire, Lieut., Royal Navy, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Inge, Thorpe Constantine, Staffs.; b. 18 Feb 1738; adm. (aged 12) Oct 1750 (Watts'); left 1754; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 31 Oct 1754; BA 1758; MA 1761; migrated to Oriel Coll. Oxford; BD and DD 1772; ordained; Rector of Thorpe and Vicar of Lullington, Derbs.; Prebendary of Lichfield from 22 Nov 1777; Archdeacon of Derby from 10 Feb 1795; m. 26 Sep 1761 (IGI) Mary, dau. of Thomas Hall, Hermitage, Cheshire; d. 27 Apr 1809.
FALCONER, THOMAS, son of William Falconer, Inner Temple, barrister, Recorder of Chester, and Elizabeth, dau. of Randle Wilbraham, Townsend, Nantwich, Cheshire; b. 7 Jan 1736 (bapt. St. John’s, Chester 11 Aug 1736 (IGI)); adm. (aged 14) Oct 1750 (Watts'); left 1751; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Mar 1754; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Aug 1754, called to bar 20 Jun 1760; suffered from bad health and spent a life of studious retirement at Chester; called by Miss Seward the “Maecenas” of Chester; left materials for an edition of Strabo; author, Chronological Tables, 1796, and other works; d. unm. 4 Sep 1792. DNB.