DAVID, PHILIP PETER, son of John David, Westminster, and Blanche Baraille (IGI); b. 13 Dec 1740; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1755; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1759, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1759, scholar 2 May 1760, matr. Mich. 1759; BA 1763; MA 1766; Minor Fellow Trin. Coll. 2 Oct 1765, Major Fellow 2 Jul 1766; ordained priest (Winchester) 9 Oct 1763; Curate, Ockham, Surrey 1763.

DAVENPORT, RANDOL; b. ; adm. ; KS 1630 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS lxix, f. 137).

DASENT, SIR JOHN ROCHE, eldest son of Sir George Webbe Dasent (qv); b. 24 Jan 1847; adm. 14 Jun 1856; QS 1861; twice stoned by the “Skis” and was wounded by the frying-pan at the “booking” of the Cook on Shrove Tuesday 28 Feb 1865 (see Lusus Alt. West., 2nd series, 304-8); elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1865, matr. 7 Jun 1865; BA 1869; MA 1872; adm. Middle Temple 10 Nov 1882, called to bar 17 Jun 1885; secretary to his uncle John Delane, editor of the Times; entered Education Department as Junior Examiner Jul 1876; private secretary to Lords Spencer, Carlingford, Kimberley and Rosebery as Presidents of the Council, and to Lord Spencer as Lord Lieut. Ireland; CB 2 Jul 1895; Assistant Secretary, Board of Education 1900; knighted 26 Jun 1908; retired 1908; edited The Acts of the Privy Council of England 1542-1604, 32 vols, 1890-1907; m. 27 Jul 1878 Ellen, younger dau. of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry John Codrington KCB, Royal Navy; d. 21 Nov 1914.

DASENT, GEORGE WILLIAM MANUEL, second son of Sir George Webbe Dasent (qv); b. 29 Apr 1849; adm. 3 Jun 1858; QS 1864; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1868, matr. 30 May 1868; 1st cl. Classical Moderations 1870; drowned while bathing at Sandford Lasher, near Oxford, 30 Apr 1872. Memorial window in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

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.

DARLEY (or DARLEIGH), JOHN, son of Nathan Darley, Beccles, Suffolk, and Maria Houghton; b.; KS Jan 1609/10 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f. 261); at school in 1612 (Chapter Muniments 33665); subscribed Oxford Univ. 23 Apr 1613; Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, BA 1615/6 (incorp. Oxford 1618); MA 1618; BD 1627; ordained; Rector of Northill, Cornwall, from 1619; m. Ann, dau. of John Featley (or Fairclough), Oxford; buried 9 Nov 1664.

DARBY, GEORGE, brother of Jonathan Darby (qv); b. 1798; adm. Christmas 1809; KS (aged 13) 1810; left 1813; St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 Jan 1816, matr. Lent 1816; BA 1820; MA 1823; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 30 Jun 1816, called to bar 22 Nov 1821; Home Circuit and Sussex Sessions; MP (Cons) East Sussex Aug 1837 - Jan 1846; an Enclosure Commissioner for England and Wales 21 Aug 1846-52, a Copyhold Inclosure and Tithe Commissioner from 1852; DL JP Sussex; m. 29 Nov 1827 Maria, youngest dau. of Samuel Homfray MP, Coworth House, Berkshire; d. 16 Nov 1877.

DARBY, CHRISTOPHER LOVETT, brother of Jonathan Darby (qv); bap 9 Feb 1793; in school lists 1801, May 1803, Oct 1803; KS (aged 13) 1806; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1811, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 May 1811; migrated to St. Mary Hall, Oxford; BA 1815; MA 1826; ordained 1815; Rector of Killenaule, co. Tipperary, from 1822; Vicar of Kells, co. Kilkenny, from 1828; Precentor of Ossory, elected 1 Feb 1840; m. Mary, dau. of Alexander Boyle; d. 15 Jan 1874.

DANVERS, CHARLES, second son of Henry Danvers MP, Bayntun, Wilts., and Elizabeth, dau. of William Bower, West Lavington, Wilts.; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1654, matr. 20 Jul 1654; BA 19 Jan 1657/8; MA 1660; adm. Inner Temple Nov 1657, called to bar 12 Feb 1664/5; m.

DANIELL, JOHN BAMPFYLDE, son of George Daniell MD, Exeter, Devon, medical practitioner, and Harriet, dau. of Sir Richard Warwick Bampfylde, Bart., MP; bapt. 29 Jun 1797 (IGI); adm. Michaelmas 1808; KS (aged 13) 1811; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Feb 1816; BA 1819; MA 1822; MB 1823; MD 1834; practised at Exeter, at Bath and afterwards in London; FRCP [check]; d. at Bonn, Germany 25 Jan 1859.