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CRAMER, JOHN ANTHONY, son of John Anthony Cramer, Mittoden, Switzerland, and Henrietta Courtet; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1807; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1811, matr. 28 May 1811, Westminster Student, Tutor; 1st cl., Classics and Mathematics, 1814; BA 1814; MA 1817; BD 1830; DD 1831; ordained; Curate, Binsey, Oxfordshire 1822-45; Vice-Principal, St. Alban Hall, Oxford 1823-5; Select Preacher 1826, 1831; Public Orator 1829-42; Principal, New Inn Hall (which he rebuilt) 1831-47; Regius Professor of Modern History from 1842; Dean of Carlisle from 21 Dec 1844; author, A Description of Ancient Italy, 1826, and other works; m. 27 May 1823 (IGI) Henrietta [or Harriet ?] Ashton; d. 24 Aug 1848. DNB.

CREIGHTON, ROBERT, son of Robert Creighton (elected to Camb. 1613, qv); b. adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1655, adm. pens. 23 May 1655, scholar 1655, matr. Easter 1656; 10th in “ordo” 1658/9; BA 1658/9; MA 1662; DD 1678; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1659 - c. 1668, Tutor 1665; Regius Professor of Greek 1666-72; Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II; Reptor of Uplowman, Devon, 1670; Rector of Ashbrittle, Somerset, from 22 Oct 1670; Prebendary of Wells from 23 Aug 1662, also Precentor and Canon Residentiary from 2 May 1674; in a letter to Richard Busby (qv), dated 15 Dec 1688, preserved among the muniments of the Busby Trustees, Creighton thus acknowledges his obligations to his old master : “I have been your debtor from my childhood, to you I owe my education, and my child’s, my fortune, my Fellowship in Cambridge, my lecture there, my travails, my station in this church, this dividend, myselfe, all, except my infirmities” (Elizabethan xi, 140); composed several services and anthems, one of which, “I will arise” is still a favourite with lovers of church music; m.; d. 17 Feb 1733/4, aged 97. DNB.

DIBBEN, THOMAS, second son of Richard Dibben, Clare Market, London; b.; adm.; KS 1692; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1696, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1696, aged 18, scholar 23 Apr 1697, readm. as fellow commoner 1702, matr. 1699; BA 1699/1700; MA 1703; BD 1710; DD 1721; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Jun 1699; ordained deacon (London) 16 Jun 1700, dispensation for priest’s orders 12 Jul 1701; Rector of Fontmell Magna, Dorset, from 16 Jul 1701; Chaplain to Right Rev. John Robinson, Bishop of Bristol, at Congress of Utrecht 1713; Precentor of St. Paul’s from 16 Jun 1714; Proctor for Bristol diocese in Convocations of 1715 and 1727; several references to “Dirty Dibben of Dorsetshire” will be found in HMC Bath MSS, vol. iii; became mentally deranged and lost all his money; a Latin poet of some celebrity; translated the Carmen Saeculare of Matthew Prior (qv) into Latin verse, 1700; m.; d. in The Poultry Compter, London 5 Apr 1741. DNB.

DONNE, JOHN, eldest son of Very Rev. John Donne DD, Dean of St. Paul’s and poet, and Anne, dau. of Sir George More MP, Loseley, Surrey, Chancellor of the Order of the Garter and Lieut. of the Tower of London; b. 1604; adm.; KS in 1619; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1622, Westminster Student to 1632; BA 1626; MA 1629; ordained; Vicar of Tillingham, Essex 1631; tried for the manslaughter of a child of eight years old before Vice-Chancellor Laud 1633, but acquitted; went abroad; LLD Padua (incorp. Oxford 30 Jun 1638); Rector of High Roding, Essex 10 Jul 1638; Rector of Ufford, Northants., 29 May 1639; Rector of Fulbeck, Lincs., 10 Jun 1639; Chaplain to Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh; edited his father’s Poems, 1649; author, Donne’s Satyr, 1662; m. 27 Mar 1627 [sic : check] Mary Stapley, Camberwell, Kent; buried St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London 3 Feb 1662/3. DNB.

DUKE, RICHARD, son of Richard Duke, London, and his second wife Anne Pierce; b. 13 Jun 1658; adm.; KS 1670; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1675, adm. pens. 25 Jun 1675, scholar 1676, matr. 1678; 1st in “ordo” and BA 1678/9; MA 1682; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1681-c. 1689; ordained; Rector of Blaby, Leics., Jan 1687/8-1708; Prebendary of Gloucester from 6 Jul 1688; Proctor in Convocation for diocese of Gloucester; Chaplain to Queen Anne; Chaplain to Right Rev. Jonathan Trelawny (qv), Bishop of Winchester 1707; Rector of Witney, Oxfordshire, from Jul 1710; a friend of Francis Atterbury (qv) and of Matthew Prior (qv); his Poems upon Several Occasions were collected in 1717 and published with those of Wentworth, Earl of Roscommon; m. 1st, 1696 Mary, widow of Sir Edward More, Bank Hall, Lancaster, and of “Mun” Browne, London, and dau. of --- Ben; m. 2nd, 3 Dec 1708 Martha, dau. of Thomas Jordan, Witney, Oxfordshire; d. 10 Feb 1710/1. DNB.

DUNSTER, SAMUEL, son of James Dunster, Westminster; b. Sep 1675; at Merchant Taylors’ School 1688-9; adm.; KS 1690; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1693, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1693, scholar 20 Apr 1694; BA 1696/7; MA 1700; DD 1713; ordained deacon 2 Nov 1698, priest 11 Jun 1700 (both London); Perpetual Curate of St. James, Paddington, Middlesex [by 1705 ?]; Rector of Chinnor, Oxfordshire 12 Jul 1716; Prebendary of Lincoln from 6 Jun 1720; Prebendary of Salisbury 19 Jul 1720 - res Oct 1748; Vicar of Rochdale, Lancs., from 23 Apr 1722; Chaplain in Ordinary to George I (Chamberlayne 1716); Chaplain, 13th Dragoons, to Mar 1740; author, Anglia Rediviva, 1699, The Satyrs and Epistles of Horace done into English, 1710, and other works; m. 1 Jul 1705 Mary Hammond; d. 19 Jul 1754. DNB.

DUPORT, JAMES, fourth son of Rev. John Duport DD, Master of Jesus Coll. Cambridge, and Rachel, dau. of Right Rev. Richard Cox DD, Bishop of Ely; b. 1606; adm.; KS in 1619; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1622, adm. scholar 1623; 4th in “ordo” and BA Jan 1626/7; MA 1630; BD 1637; DD 1660; Fellow of Trin. Coll. 1627-c. 1666, Tutor 1635-64, a Senior Fellow 1654, Vice-Master 1655-65; Regius Professor of Greek, Cambridge Univ., 13 Jul 1639 - 54, ejected; ordained; Archdeacon of Stow 14 Aug 1641- res 12 Nov 1641; Prebendary of Lincoln from 14 Aug 1641 (ejected by Parliamentary Visitors 1643, reinstated at Restoration); Lady Margaret Preacher 1646; at Restoration appointed Chaplain to King Charles II and reinstated as Regius Professor of Greek, but soon afterwards resigned his Professorship to make way for his pupil Isaac Barrow; Dean of Peterborough from 27 Jul 1664; Master of Magdalene Coll., Cambridge, from 1668; Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge Univ. 1669; Rector of Boxworth, Cambs., 1668; Rector of Aston Flamville, Leics., Jan 1672/3-77; the most eminent Greek scholar of his day; author, Threnothriambos (Greek translation of Book of Job), 1637, Homeri Gnomologia duplici Parallelismo illustrata, 1660 (of which the preface contains an enthusiastic and grateful address to the School), and other works; d. 17 Jul 1679. DNB.

FRANCKLIN, WILLIAM, eldest son of Thomas Francklin (qv); b.; adm. 6 Jun 1774; KS 1777 (aged 14); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1781, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1781, aged 18, but did not matr.; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1782; Ensign, 19th Native Infantry 31 Jan 1783; present at OWW dinner at Calcutta 1783 (Hickey, Memoirs, iii, 245-6); Lieut., 20 Oct 1789; Capt., 30 Sep 1803; Maj., 29 Mar 1810; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 4 Jun 1814; Lieut. -Col., 22nd Native Infantry 16 Dec 1814; invalided 1 Oct 1815; Regulating Officer, Bhangulpore 1814-25; retired in India Dec 1825; Librarian and member of Council, Royal Asiatic Society; an oriental scholar of considerable reputation; one of the donors of the Warren Hastings Cup; author, Observations made on a Tour from Bengal to Persia, 1788, and other works; m. 9 Mar 1801 Marian Hastings, dau. of John Collie, Surgeon, EICS Bengal; d. 12 Apr 1839. DNB.

FITZGERALD, THOMAS, son of Gerald Fitzgerald, Westminster, Copying Clerk, House of Lords, and Anne ---; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1709; QS 1710; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1714, adm. pens. 27 May 1714, scholar 13 May 1715; BA 1717/8; MA 1721; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 6 Sep 1720, Major Fellow 5 Jul 1721; ordained deacon 9 Mar 1717/8, priest 18 Dec 1718 (both Rochester); an Usher at the School c. 1720 - c. 1745 (?); Curate and Lecturer, St. John the Evangelist, Westminster 1728; Vicar of Brigstock, Northants., 24 Aug - Nov 1737; Rector of Wotton, Surrey, from 24 Dec 1739; Rector of Abinger, Surrey, from 11 Jun 1743; edited Martial and Terence for use at the School; his Poems on several Occasions, 1733, dedicated to Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset (qv), includes the prologue to the school performance of Julius Caesar at which the latter acted; the Poems were reprinted in 1781 by his grandson Thomas Wintour (qv); m. 1st, 2 Jan 1727/8 Anne, dau. of Henry Playford, London, music publisher (her mother, Mrs Playford, was the Dame of a boarding house at the School c. 1719 - c. 1743); 2nd, 25 Aug 1741 Frances Weston, St. George’s, Hanover Square, London; d. 15 Aug 1752.

FRANCKLIN, THOMAS, son of Richard Francklin, Covent Garden, Westminster, bookseller; b.; adm. (aged 6) Jun 1727; KS 1735; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1739, adm. pens. 21 Jun 1739, scholar 2 May 1740; BA 1742/3; MA 1746; DD 1770; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1745, Major Fellow 2 Jul 1746 - c. 1759; Regius Professor of Greek, Cambridge Univ., 27 Jun 1750-9; presided at the Westminster Club Dinner at The Three Tuns, Cambridge 17 Nov 1750, and in consequence of the interference of the Senior Proctor was involved in a dispute with the University authorities (Wordsworth, Social Life at the English Universities in the Eighteenth Century, 70-5); an Usher at the School c. 1743-6 (?) (but still in Chamberlayne 1748); ordained deacon (Ely) May 1746, priest (Rochester) 6 Mar 1746/7; Vicar of Ware, Herts., 2 Jan 1759-77; lecturer, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden (by 1765); Chaplain in Ordinary to George III Sep 1767 - still 1780; Professor of Ancient History, Royal Academy, from 1774; Rector of Brasted, Kent, from 1 Apr 1777; author, translations of The Letters of Phalaris, 1749, Sophocles, 1759, and Lucian, 1780, also of four plays and other publications; m. 20 Jan 1759 Mary, dau. of --- Venables, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, wine merchant; d. 15 Mar 1784. DNB.