DUKE, WILLIAM, son of George Duke, Wandsworth, Surrey, barrister and Bencher Inner Temple, and Jane, dau. of Richard Hale, New Windsor, Berks.; b.; adm.; KS (aged 16) 1661; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1663, matr. 3 Jul 1663, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1663 - void 1689, Tutor 1674; BA 1667; MA 23 Mar 1669/70; ordained; Curate, Tring, Bucks. Mar 1681/2; Rector of Swyncombe, Oxfordshire, from 1688; d. unm. 20 Mar 1695/6.

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.

DUFFYLD, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-4 (Chapter Muniments).

DUCKWORTH, GEORGE HENRY, only son of Adm. Sir John Thomas Duckworth, Bart. GCB MP, and his first wife Anne, only child of John Wallis, Trenton, Cornwall; b. 25 Jun 1782; adm. 28 Apr 1794 (Clapham); KS (aged 14) 1795; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1799, matr. 22 May 1799, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1799 - deprived 2 Dec 1802; Ensign, 39th Foot 18 Jul 1801; Lieut. , 68th Foot 6 Oct 1801; 11th Foot, 7 Nov 1801; Capt. , 60th Foot 24 Sep 1803; 55th Foot 14 Jul 1804; 7th Foot, 23 Feb 1805; 59th Foot, 19 Nov 1805; Maj. , York Light Infantry Volunteers 26 Jul 1806; 67th Foot, 7 Oct 1806; Lieut. -Col. , 1st West India Regt. 16 Jan 1808; 48th Foot, 18 Jun 1808; served in Peninsular War; m. Sep 1806 Penelope, dau. of Capt. Robert Fanshawe, Royal Navy; killed at battle of Albuera 16 May 1811.

DUCKETT, PAUL, b.; adm.; KS 1636; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1638, adm. pens. 3 Jun 1638, scholar 1639; BA 1642/3; ordained; Rector of Grinstead, Essex 1660-2; Rector of St. Leonard’s, Colchester, Essex 1661-2; Vicar of Boreham, Essex, and Rector of Rettendon, Essex, from 1662; d. 1670. [Presumably Paul Duckett, son of Rev. Gregory Duckett (or Dackett) DD, Rector of St. Andrew, Holborn, and Prebendary of St. Paul’s, and Margaret (Watts ?), bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 23 Feb 1619 (IGI); and perhaps Paul Duckett who m. at St. Bartholomew the Less 20 Sep 1646 Joan Munday (IGI)]

DUCK, NATHANIEL, son of John Duck, Ridge, Herts., and Ellen Pearce (IGI); bapt. Ridge, Herts. 9 Mar 1617 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1629; KS 1630; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1635, matr. 26 Jun 1635, Westminster Student to 1641.

DUCASSE, PETER, son of Peter Ducasse, St. Clements Danes, London, linen draper, and Marie Dumaurisson; bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 7 May 1710 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jan 1722/3; KS (Capt. ) 1726; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1730, but never adm.; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Jun 1730; an Usher at the School c. 1736.

DU PRE, HENRY RAMUS, son of Rev. Henry Ramus Du Prè, Rector of Shellingford, Berks., and Anne Cuthbert, youngest dau. of John Cuthbert Joyner, Denmark Hill, Surrey; b. 3 Sep 1848; adm. 7 Jun 1860; QS 1863; left Whitsun 1867; a farmer in Manitoba, Canada; subsequently resident in California, U. S. A.; m. Sophia Pruden.

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.

DRYWOOD, GEORGE; b.; adm.; QS in 1566; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1569, adm. scholar 1570, matr. Mich 1570; BA 1573/4; MA 1577; BD 1586; Fellow of Trin. Coll. 1576- c. 1594, Senior Dean 1588; Deputy Public Orator, Cambridge Univ., 18 May 1582; ordained deacon and priest (Peterborough) 28 May 1583; Rector of Mistley cum Manningtree, Essex 10 Jan 1585/6-90; Rector of South Ockendon, Essex, from 31 Aug 1590; Rector of Holy Trinity the Less, London, 11 May 1603-5; Rector of Chadwell, Essex, from 11 Jun 1605; lic. to m. 1st, 8 Dec 1593 Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Sampson, Kersey, Suffolk; m. 2nd, 28 Jun 1597 Mary, dau. of William Keltredge, St. Michael’s, Cornhill, London; buried at South Ockendon 2 Jun 1611.