DOWNES, JOHN, second son of Rev. John Downes, Rector of St. Michael’s, Wood Street, London, and Anne, dau. of Henry Balguy, Derwent Hall, Derbs.; b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1749; KS 1753; Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 4 Jul 1757; BA 1761; ordained deacon 1761, priest (London) 14 Dec 1762; Curate, Teddington, Middlesex 1761-2, Titsey, Surrey 1766-75; Rector of Tatsfield (?Thames Ditton), Surrey, from 20 Mar 1766; assistant minister (freehold), Sheffield Parish Church 1766-74; living in Sheffield 1793; m. 5 Apr 1762 Sarah Elizabeth Sparrow; d. 3 Aug 1816.

DRAKE, JAMES, son of James Drake MD FRS FRCP, London, a vigorous Tory pamphleteer; b.; adm.; in under school list 1715; KS (aged 14) 1718; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 8 Jul 1720, matr. 1720; MD 1728; practised medicine at Salisbury; d. 12 Mar 1736.

DRAYCOTT, JOHN, son of William Draycott, London, and Martha (Lacey ?) (IGI); bapt. St. Anne, Soho 13 Nov 1763 (IGI); adm. 16 Jan 1775; KS (aged 16) 1780; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1784, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1784, scholar 8 Apr 1785; BA 1788; ordained deacon (London) 21 Dec 1788; buried Lisbon, Portugal 1793.

DRYDEN, CHARLES, eldest son of John Dryden (elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1650, qv); b. 6 Sep 1666; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1680; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1683, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1683, aged 17, scholar 10 Apr 1684, matr. 1683; became a Roman Catholic; resident in Italy 1692-8; Chamberlain to Pope Innocent XII; translated the seventh satire of Juvenal for his father’s English version, and author of at least two published poems; drowned in the Thames, near Datchet, Bucks., 20 Aug 1704. DNB.

DRYWOOD, GEORGE, eldest son of George Drywood (qv); b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1618, adm. scholar 1619; BA 1622/3; MA 1626; living at Shaxtons, Writtle, Essex, in 1634.

DUNCAN, ALEXANDER, brother of Francis Duncan (qv); b. 16 Dec 1809; adm. 13 Jan 1823 (Singleton's); KS 1824; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 May 1828, matr. Mich. 1828; MA 1834.

DUNDAS, SIR DAVID, third son of James Dundas, Ochtertyre, Perthshire, Writer to the Signet, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Graham, Airth, Stirlingshire; b. 24 Jan 1799; adm. 29 Jan 1810; KS 1812; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1816, matr. 25 May 1816, Westminster Student; BA 1820; MA 1822; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 7 Feb 1823, Bencher 1840, Treasurer 1853; QC Apr 1840; MP (Whig/Liberal) Sutherlandshire Apr 1840 - Jul 1852, Mar 1861 - May 1867; Solicitor-General 10 Jul 1846 - Mar 1848, resigning on grounds of health; knighted 4 Feb 1847; Judge Advocate-General 30 May 1849 - Feb 1852; Privy Councillor 29 Jun 1849; inherited Ochtertyre estate 1842; Trustee, British Museum 1861-7; Busby Trustee 5 May 1855-75; Chairman of committee chosen at meeting of OWW held in Jun 1860 to consider the question of the removal of the School into the country; presented a small collection of Greek and Roman coins to the School 1873; d. unm. 30 Mar 1877. DNB.

DURELL, DAVID, son of David Durell, St. Saviour’s, Jersey, and Marie, dau. of Jean Aubin, Denonciateur, Royal Court of Jersey; b. 18 Jun 1762; adm. 23 Sep 1772; KS 1777; convicted with four other Westminster boys at Middlesex Quarter Sessions 21 May 1779 of a gross assault on a man in Dean’s Yard, but was only fined one shilling, as it was doubtful whether he was one of the principal offenders (Annual Register, 1779, 213); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1781, matr. 30 Jun 1781, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1781 - void 29 Sep 1792, expiry year of grace as V. Mongewell from 15 Oct 1791; BA 1785; MA 1789; DD Durham [check date]; ordained; Perpetual Curate, Hampton Magna, Worcs., 3 Jul 1789-91; Rector of Mongewell, Oxfordshire, from 1791; Rector of Twining, Gloucs., 1791-1802; Rector of Crowmarsh, Oxfordshire, 1793-1843; Prebendary of Durham from 4 Dec 1801; m. Ann, dau. of Philip Robin, Jersey; d. 15 Jan 1852.

DUROURE, JOHN, son of Francis Duroure (qv); bapt. 15 Jul 1749; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1764; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 20 Jun 1768; Lieut. and Capt., 3 Jun 1774; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 15 Mar 1779; retd. 15 Dec 1789; FRS 25 May 1780; FSA 16 Nov 1780; m. 2 Jun 1790 Sarah, eldest surviving dau. of Thomas Winn, Ackton, Yorks.; d. 28 Feb 1801.

DUVAL, PHILIP, son of Francis Philip Duval (or Davall) MD LRCP, Physician to Augusta, Princess of Wales, and Marianne, sister of Anthony Aufrère (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1743 (Durand's); KS 1745; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1749, adm. pens. 25 May 1749, scholar 11 May 1750; LLB 1756; ordained deacon (Chester) 13 Jun 1756, priest (St. Davids) 31 May 1761; Secretary, Treasurer and Domestic Chaplain to Duke of Gloucester and his son; Prebendary of Worcester 3 Mar 1767 - Jan 1772; Rector of Broadway, Worcs., 1768; Vicar of Chipping Sodbury, Gloucs., 6 Nov 1769-86; Rector of Hartley Wespall, Hampshire, 3 Oct 1786-92; Canon of Windsor from 25 Jan 1772; Vicar of Twickenham, Middlesex, from 25 Jan 1792; FRS 12 May 1774; FSA 27 May 1784; m. 1772 Anna, dau. of Very Rev. William George DD, Dean of Lincoln, previously Provost of King’s Coll. Cambridge and Canon of Windsor; d. 14 Mar 1808.