DASENT, SIR GEORGE WEBBE, son of John Roche Dasent (qv) and his second wife; b. 22 May 1817; adm. 14 Apr 1830 (Stelfox's); Min. Can. 1832; left 1834; Magdalen Hall, Oxford, matr. 28 Apr 1836; BA 1840; MA 1843; DCL 1852; secretary to Sir Thomas Cartwright, British Minister at Stockholm, 1840-5; adm. Middle Temple 30 May 1844, called to bar 30 Jan 1852; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 2 Nov 1852; assistant editor, The Times 1845-70, during its editorship by his brother-in-law John Delane; Professor of English Literature and Modern History, King’s Coll. London 1853; a Civil Service Commissioner Jan 1870 - Aug 1892; knighted 27 Jun 1876; a Scandinavian scholar; author, The Story of Burnt Njal, 1861, and other works; his Annals of an Eventful Life contain some interesting reminiscences of the School; m. 4 Apr 1846 Fanny Louisa, third dau. of William Frederick Augustus Delane, Easthampstead, Berks., barrister; d. 11 Jun 1896. DNB.
DASENT, BURY IRWIN, son of John Roche Dasent (qv) and his second wife; b. 12 Jul 1815; adm. 1 Oct 1827 (Stelfox's); Assistant Surgeon, Royal Westminster Opthalmic Hospital, in 1847; FRCS; consulting surgeon, Colonial Hospital, and police surgeon, Trinidad 1857; m. 4 Feb 1845 Elizabeth, youngest dau. of William Conyngham, Upper Gower Street, London; d. in Trinidad 1872.
DASENT, ALEXANDER, son of John Roche Dasent (qv) and his second wife; b. 30 Apr 1819; adm. 14 Apr 1830 (Stelfox's); King’s Coll. Sch. 1833-5; went to West Indies 1840; ordained deacon 1843, priest 1844 (both Carlisle); held a curacy in St. Vincent; Rector of Recquia, St. Vincent, West Indies 1851-4; in New Zealand by 1864; Vicar of Karori, Wellington, New Zealand 16 Jan 1882- Jun 1897; m. 13 Oct 1847 Caroline Mayer, second dau. of George Colquhoun Grant, Treasurer of St. Vincent; d. at Karori 22 Sep 1905.
Darlington, Paul (known at School as Hans Paul), brother of Otto Darlington (q.v.); b. Dec. 1, 1904; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (A); left Dec. 1920; joined the administrative staff of the London Passenger Transport Board; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. July 22, 1942; m. Sept. 15, 1928, Violet, daughter of Robert Lennard, of Pendleton, Lancs.; d. Feb. 1996.
Darlington, Otto, son of Harry Darlington, and adopted son of the Rev. John Darlington, D.D., Vicar of St. Mark, Kennington, Surrey; b. Dec. 7, 1898; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (A); left Dec. 1916.
Darlington, John, son of the Rev. John Darlington, D.D., Vicar of St. Mark, Kennington, Surrey, by Lilian, sister of Frederic Perceval Farrer (q.v.); b. Aug. 15, 1899; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left Dec. 1917; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. Oct. 28, 1918; served in Great War I; Magd. Coll. Oxon., matric. Hilary 1920; B.A. 1922, M.A. 1927; Leeds Clergy School 1923; ord. deacon 1924, priest 1925 (London); Curate of St. John Baptist, Haxton 1924; Minister of All Hallows, Greenford, Middx 1931; London Diocesan Home Missioner 1931; Vicar of Newton Valence and of Selborne, Hants 1948; author of The Family of Christ's Church (1937); m. April 25, 1931, Margaret, daughter of the Rev. Charles Erskine Clarke; d. 31 Jan. 1986.
Darling, Kent Crosby, son of Edward Crosby Darling, of Hampstead; b. Nov. 12, 1899; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (R); left April 1916.
DARLEY, WILLIAM, second son of Charles Albert Darley, Burtonfield House, Yorks., landowner, and Marianne Mills, dau. of Rev. William Nesfield, Rector of Brancepeth, co. Durham; b. 25 Oct 1848; adm. (G) 26 Sep 1861; Min. Can. 1863; left Whitsun 1865; land agent (1881 Census); JP (1887) Yorkshire East Riding; m. 19 May 1875 Mary, dau. of William Parry-Jones.
DARLEY, EDMOND OSWALD, brother of Bertram Darley (qv); b. 19 Oct 1854; adm. (G) 24 Jan 1868; left Christmas 1871; a coffee planter in Ceylon for some years; subsequently living in Texas, U. S. A.; m.; d. in Mexico 1912.
DARLEY, BERTRAM, fourth son of Henry Brewster Darley, Aldby Park, near York, and Harriet Louisa, youngest dau. of Harrington Hudson (qv); b. 4 Nov 1850; adm. (G) 24 Jan 1861; QS 1865; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1869, matr. 19 May 1869; BA 1873; MA 1876; ordained deacon 1875, priest 1876 (both Winchester); Curate, St. Crispin’s, Bermondsey 1875-7; missionary in charge, St. Paul’s Mission, Calcutta 1878-80; Curate, Harthill, Yorks., 1880-4; Brother of St. Katharine’s Hospital, London 1884-91; Rector of Harthill, Yorks., 1891-1923; Hon. Canon Sheffield from 1919; d. 28 Apr 1926.