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DAVSON, SIR CHARLES SIMON, eldest son of George Louis Davson, Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana, manager British Guiana Bank, and Josephine, dau. of Charles Joseph King, Northwick Terrace, London; b. 20 May 1857; adm. 26 Jan 1871 (James'); QS 15 Mar 1873; left Apr 1876; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 15 Aug 1876, matr. Mich. 1876; BA and LLB 1880; adm. Middle Temple 29 Apr 1878, called to bar 26 Jan 1882; British Guiana bar; Stipendiary Magistrate, British Guiana 1888-98, Solicitor-General 1898-1905; Puisne Judge, Mauritius Supreme Court 1905-14; Chief Justice, Fiji, and Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific 3 Oct 1914-22; knighted 21 Feb 1917; m. 16 Jan 1889 Mary Rosa Matilda, dau. of Lynch Thomas MD, Barbados; d. 6 Nov 1933.

DAWSON, HENRY TOWNLEY VESEY, younger son of Vesey Thomas Dawson, Lincoln’s Inn, barrister, and Catherine Maria ---; b. 3 Jul 1855; adm. 7 Oct 1867 (James'); QS 30 Jan 1871; left Dec 1873; “banker” (1881 Census); d. in Shasta County, California, USA 4 Nov 1902.

DE FONBLANQUE, MILDMAY BARRINGTON, eldest son of Edward Barrington de Fonblanque, Deputy Comptroller, Commissariat Department, and Lavinia, dau. of Capt. Joseph Foot, Toronto, Canada; b. 15 Jun 1845; adm. 23 Jun 1859 (James'); left Aug 1861; d. 27 Dec 1861.

DE MICHELE, LEOPOLD JOHN MANNERS, son of Charles Eastland De Michele (qv); b. 2 Feb 1845; adm. 24 Jan 1856 (James'); Min. Can. 1860; left Dec 1862; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 2 Jul 1863, matr. Mich. 1863; adm. Inner Temple 12 Apr 1867, called to bar 26 Jan 1870; South-Eastern Circuit; Junior Counsel for Treasury for Surrey and South London 1881; “he was a complete humbug, but as he was the type of humbug whom everybody saw through, nobody disliked him” (Sir H. S. Morris, The Barrister, 1930, 125); m. 4 Mar 1876 Constance Emma Juliet, youngest dau. of Philip Augustus Browne (qv); d. 10 Nov 1920.

DE MICHELE, VITALI DOMENICO, fourth son of Charles Eastland De Michele (qv); b. 11 Nov 1848; adm. 5 Oct 1861 (James'); left Aug 1862; apprenticed to Robert Stephenson & Co., engineers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1863-8; manager cement works of Messrs. Francis & Co., Cliff Creek 1868-77; AMICE 1 Dec 1874, MICE 8 Dec 1891; in practice as an engineer at Rochester, Kent; a recognised authority on manufacture and application of Portland cement and concrete; m. 15 Feb 1882 Beatrice Theodosia, dau. of William Lake, Rochester, Kent; d. 21 Mar 1906.

DICKSON, ROBERT BRUCE, brother of Sir John Frederick Dickson (qv); b. 25 Mar 1842; adm. 7 Jun 1855 (James'); QS 1857; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1861, adm. pens. 25 May 1861. Matr. Mich. 1861; BA 1865; MA 1868; ordained deacon 1865 (London), priest 1866 (Oxford); Curate, Holy Trinity, Brompton 1865-6, Coleshill, Bucks., 1866-74, High Wycombe, Bucks., 1874-7; Curate in charge, Ashtead, Surrey 1878; Vicar of Cadmore End, Bucks., 1878-90; Vicar of Stewkley, Bucks., 1890-1905; Vicar of Speen, Berks., 1905-22; m. 1st, 28 Apr 1877 Augusta Catherine, dau. of Henry Hugh Hilder MRCS LSA, Berkhampstead, Herts.; m. 2nd, 7 Jul 1881 Grace Agnes, third dau. of Rev. Clement Francis Broughton, Rector of Norbury-cum-Snelston, Derbs.; d. 3 Mar 1940.

DODGSON, PERCY, son of Hassard Hume Dodgson (qv); b. 3 Feb 1838; adm. 26 Mar 1852 (James'); Cornet, 10th Light Dragoons (Hussars) 5 Feb 1858; 14th Light Dragoons (Hussars) 5 Mar 1858; retd. 1864; d. at Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia 10 Sep 1886.

DOVE, ARTHUR; b. 12 Oct 1850; adm. 2 Apr 1861 (James'); left Aug 1863. [Perhaps son of (Rev. ?) John Thomas Dove, Spalding, Lincs., and Jane Ding (IGI)]

DRUITT, ROBERT, eldest son of Robert Druitt MD FRCP FRCS, Strathmore Gardens, Kensington, and Isabella, dau. of William Hopkinson; b. 2 Apr 1847; adm. 27 Jan 1857 (James'); QS 1862; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1866, matr. 23 May 1866; BA 1870; adm. solicitor Hilary 1874; in practice at Christchurch, Hampshire; Registrar and High Bailiff, County Court there; Mayor of Christchurch 1910-3; m. 24 Jan 1882 Alice Mary, dau. of Daniel Tupper, Lord Chamberlain’s Office, St. James’s Palace; d. 9 May 1917.

EDDIS, BASIL UPTON, son of Arthur Shelly Eddis QC, Weymouth Street, London, County Court Judge, and Elizabeth Mary, fourth dau. of Job Wright, Cheshunt, Herts.; b. 4 Apr 1850; at Highgate Sch. Sep 1860 - Dec 1863; adm. 22 Jan 1864 (James'); QS 1865; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1869 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 12 May 1869, matr. Mich. 1869; BA 1873; adm. solicitor Mar 1876; Registrar, Clerkenwell County Court; of St. John’s Lodge, Newbury, Berks.; m. 8 Apr 1896 Margaret Anna, youngest dau. of Rev. Richard Cockburn Kindersley, Vicar of Brampford Speke, Devon; d. 23 Nov 1936.