DAVERS, SIR ROBERT, BART., eldest legitimate son of Sir Jermyn Davers, Bart., M. P., and Margaretta, eldest dau. of Rev. Edward Green, Rector of Drinkstone, Suffolk; b.; succ. as 5th baronet 20 Feb 1742/3; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1745 (Preston's); left 1751; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 24 Jan 1752, matr. 1752; Grand Tour (Italy) 1756; was in North America 1761-3; killed in a boat by Indians on or near Lake Huron Jun 1763 (and allegedly later eaten by them); unm.
DAVERS, HENRY, brother of Sir Robert Davers, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1747/8 (Burges'); left 1748; Lieut., Royal Navy 2 Jun 1756; shot himself on board ship 1759. [presumably Henry Davers, Rushbrooke, Suffolk, will proved PCC 11 Sep 1759]
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.
DAVENPORT, RANDOL; b. ; adm. ; KS 1630 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS lxix, f. 137).
Daus, Edward Herbert, son of Robert Daus of Hampstead and Katherine Mary Gertrude, d. of Anthony Klimek of Hamburg, Germany; b. 30 Dec. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (R); left Dec. 1941; Fordham Univ., NY, USA, BSc 1953; Cordi, Durrant & Murray Ltd. 1946-9 and after 1954; French American Banking Corpn., New York, 1949-51; Chase National Bank 1951-2; resident Bradenton, FL, USA; d. 6 Dec. 1996.
Dauber, John Addison Grant, son of John Henry Dauber, M.B., F.R.C.S., of Mayfair, by Margaret Isabel, daughter of Col. Addison Potter, C. B., of Heaton Hall, Northumberland; b. Jan. 10, 1901; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (R); left July 1919; entered the employ of the Gas Light and Coke Co.; m. April 26, 1947, Hilary Grey, daughter of George Grey Turner, F.R.C.S., of Huntercombe Manor, Berks, Emeritus Professor of Surgery, London Univ.; d. 19 Apr. 1981.
DASENT, JOHN, eldest son of James Dasent, Assistant Judge of Nevis, W. I., and Frances Hickman; b. 19 Feb 1734/5; adm. Jan 1749/50 (Atwood's); left 1751; Attorney-General and subsequently Assistant Judge, Nevis; Chief Justice of Nevis from 1768; m. Eleanor, dau. of James Roche, Martinique; buried Nevis 22 Apr 1787.
DASENT, SIR JOHN ROCHE, eldest son of Sir George Webbe Dasent (qv); b. 24 Jan 1847; adm. 14 Jun 1856; QS 1861; twice stoned by the “Skis” and was wounded by the frying-pan at the “booking” of the Cook on Shrove Tuesday 28 Feb 1865 (see Lusus Alt. West., 2nd series, 304-8); elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1865, matr. 7 Jun 1865; BA 1869; MA 1872; adm. Middle Temple 10 Nov 1882, called to bar 17 Jun 1885; secretary to his uncle John Delane, editor of the Times; entered Education Department as Junior Examiner Jul 1876; private secretary to Lords Spencer, Carlingford, Kimberley and Rosebery as Presidents of the Council, and to Lord Spencer as Lord Lieut. Ireland; CB 2 Jul 1895; Assistant Secretary, Board of Education 1900; knighted 26 Jun 1908; retired 1908; edited The Acts of the Privy Council of England 1542-1604, 32 vols, 1890-1907; m. 27 Jul 1878 Ellen, younger dau. of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry John Codrington KCB, Royal Navy; d. 21 Nov 1914.
DASENT, JOHN BURY, eldest son of John Roche Dasent (qv) and his first wife; b. 22 Dec 1806; adm. 19 Jan 1820 (Stelfox's), from Rugby Sch.; left Dec 1823; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 7 Dec 1823; migr. to Trinity Hall, adm. 26 Feb 1825, matr. Mich. 1825; 1st in Civil Law classes 1828; LLB 1830; adm. Middle Temple 18 Oct 1823, called to bar 19 Apr 1833; special pleader and member Norfolk circuit; County Court Judge (Bow and Shoreditch) 2 Oct 1858 - Jan 1884; m. 18 Aug 1838 Jane Camden, dau. of M. D. French, Wimpole Street; d. 7 Apr 1888.
DASENT, GEORGE WILLIAM MANUEL, second son of Sir George Webbe Dasent (qv); b. 29 Apr 1849; adm. 3 Jun 1858; QS 1864; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1868, matr. 30 May 1868; 1st cl. Classical Moderations 1870; drowned while bathing at Sandford Lasher, near Oxford, 30 Apr 1872. Memorial window in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.