DEWHURST, ROBERT, son of Sir Bernard Dewhurst, Kt, Cheshunt, Herts., Secretary to Lord Burleigh, and Anne Warde; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1595, adm. scholar 1596, matr. c. 1595; adm. Gray’s Inn 9 Jun 1600; Custos Brevium, Court of King’s Bench; of Cheshunt Nunnery, Herts.; m. 1st, 7 Sep 1620 Prudence, dau. of Sir Thomas Dacres, Cheshunt, Herts.; m. 2nd, 9 Dec 1630 Anne, dau. of Roger Dye, St. Mary Woolnoth, London; m. 3rd, Julia, dau. of Beckenham Boteler, Tewin, Herts.; d. 4 May 1645, aged 68.

DEWEY, FRANCIS, son of William Dewey, Oxford, and Jane ---; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1616, matr. 25 Oct 1616, aged 17, Westminster Student to 1630; BA 1620; MA 1623; BD 1630; ordained; licensed to preach 1630; Vicar of Chippenham, Wilts., from 1630; Rector of Hardenhuish, Wilts., 1634; m. Margaret, dau. of Henry Shepheard, Barnstaple, Devon; d. 1650 (will proved PCC 10 Dec 1650).

DEVISME, LOUIS, third son of Philip De Visme, London, Huguenot refugee, and Marriane De La Majannes; b. 25 Sep 1720; adm. Jan. 1731/2; Min. Can. 1734; KS 1735; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1739, matr. 22 Jun 1739, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1739 - 8 May 1753 (expiry year of grace as R. Bigbury); BA 1743; MA 1746; ordained deacon 22 Sep 1745, priest 21 Sep 1746 (both Oxford); Rector of Bigbury, Devon, 27 Apr 1752; in Italy with William Nassau, 4th Earl of Rochford, Jun 1753, again in Italy as travelling tutor with Sir Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, Bart., 1758-9; abandoned clerical duties to enter diplomatic service; Secretary to Lord Rochford when British Ambassador at Madrid, 1763-7; Secretary to British Embassy, St. Petersburg, Mar 1768 - Feb 1769; Minister Plenipotentiary to Elector of Bavaria and to German Diet Dec 1769 - Jan 1774; Envoy Extraordinary to Sweden from 29 Nov 1773; d. unm. at Stockholm 4 Sep 1776. DNB.

DEVAUX, WILLIAM, third son of Thomas Devaux, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London, apothecary, and Magdalen ---; brother of Sir Theodore Devaux MD FRS; bapt. 6 Dec 1629; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1648, matr. 27 Feb 1650/1, Westminster Student; ordered by the Dean and Chapter of Ch. Ch. in 1650 to be “publicly whipped in the House and afterwards sent home to his father for twelve months” for “divers gross and scandalous acts” (Thompson, Christ Church, 75) : BA 1652; adm. Middle Temple 17 Nov 1651; Secretary to Col. John Reynolds on his expedition to Mardike; drowned near the Goodwin Sands on his passage back from Mardike 12 Dec 1657.

DETHICKE, GILBERT, eldest son of Sir Henry Dethicke, Kt, Poplar, Middlesex, and Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Thomas Best, Ratcliff, Middlesex; grandson of Sir William Dethicke, Kt, Garter King of Arms; bapt. St. Dunstan, Stepney 21 Jun 1621 (IGI); adm.; KS 1638; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1639, matr. 5 Jul 1639, aged 17, Westminster Student; adm. Gray’s Inn 28 Jun 1641, called to bar 12 May 1648; d. unm. Oct 1649.

DETHICKE, GERARD, only son of George Dethicke, Covent Garden, London, tailor, and Mary, sister of Robert Griffith; b.; adm.; KS; in school lists 1656; elected to Christ Church, Oxford (aged 18) 1659, matr. 9 Dec 1659, Westminster Student; BA 1663; MA 1666.

DESBOROW, PHILIP, son of Charles Desborow, Greenwich, Kent, and Elizabeth --- (IGI); bapt. Greenwich, Kent 29 Aug 1712 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) Sep 1724; Min. Can. 1727; KS 1728; Capt. of the School 1732; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1733, matr. 25 May 1733, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1733; BA 1737; MA 1740; ordained deacon (Oxford) 21 Sep 1740; d. 29 Jun 1741 (will proved 2 Jul 1741, as of Tufton Street, Westminster).

DERHAM, ROGER, second son of Baldwin Derham, West Dereham, Norfolk, and his first wife Margaret, dau. of John Heath, Kepyer, co. Durham; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1588, adm. scholar 1589, matr. Lent 1588/9; BA 1592/3; MA 1596; BD 1608; DD 1615; Fellow of Peterhouse 1597, Bursar 1613-4; ordained deacon and priest 20 Feb 1602; Rector of Statham [check], Leics.; Vicar of Cherry Hinton, Cambs., 1604-17; Rector of Great Casterton, Rutland 13 May 1618-21; Rector of Great Stukeley, Hunts., 1618; Rector of Braunstone, Leics., 1621; buried St Andrew Undershaft, London 7 Mar 1637/8.

DENTON, THOMAS, second son of Jeremiah Denton, Kirby Moorside, Yorks., and Dorothy Burton; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1693; left 1697.

DENT, WILLIAM, brother of Charles Dent (qv); b.; adm.; QS 1702; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1705, adm. pens. 7 Jun 1705, aged 16, scholar 12 Apr 1706, matr. 1705/6; BA 1708/9; MA 1712 (incorp. Oxford 14 Jul 1712); Minor Fellow, Trin. Coll. 2 Oct 1711, Major Fellow (and occasional tutor) from 19 Jul 1712; d. 26 Jan 1714.