DICKINSON, FRANCIS HENRY, second son of William Dickinson (adm. 1781, qv); b. 6 Jan 1813; adm. 18 Jun 1824 (Stikeman's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 May 1831, scholar 1834, matr. Mich. 1831; BA 1835; MA 1838; adm. Inner Temple 25 Apr 1835; of Kingweston, Somerset; MP (Conservative) West Somerset 1841-7; DL JP Somerset, High Sheriff 1853; an active Anglican High Churchman; FSA 16 Dec 1852; m. 8 Sep 1835 Caroline, dau. of Maj. -Gen. Thomas Carey; d. 17 Jul 1890.

DOLBEN, SIR GILBERT, BART., eldest son of John Dolben (elected Oxford 1640, qv); b. 16 Nov 1658; adm.; KS 1671; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1674, matr. 18 Jul 1674, aged 15, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1674 - void 1679; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 28 Nov 1680, Bencher 1706, Treasurer 1721; MP Ripon Mar 1684/5 - Jul 1687, Peterborough Jan 1688/9 - Jul 1698, Jan 1700/1 - Sep 1710, Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) Oct 1710 - Jan 1714/5; Puisne Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Ireland 24 Jun 1701-20; created baronet 1 Apr 1704; in the debate on the Aylesbury case in Jan 1704 Dolben maintained the exclusive jurisdiction of the House of Commons in election questions; mentioned by John Dryden (qv) in the postscript to his translation of the Aeneid; m. Anne, dau. of Tanfield Mulso, Finedon, Northants.; d. 22 Oct 1722. DNB.

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.

DUNN-GARDNER, JOHN, eldest surviving son of John Margetts, St. Ives, Hunts., brewer, and Sarah, wife of George Ferrers Townshend, 3rd Marquis Townshend, and dau. of William Dunn Gardner, Chatteris, Isle of Ely; b. 20 Jul 1811; adm. 16 Jun 1819 (Packharness'); left Nov 1828; assumed surname of Townshend in lieu of Margetts 1823, and known for some years as Lord John Townshend; subsequently assumed courtesy title of Earl of Leicester, but was declared by an Act of Parliament passed in 1843 to have no right to that title; assumed surname of Dunn-Gardner in lieu of Townshend 10 Aug 1843; MP (Cons) Bodmin 1841-7; DL Cambridgeshire, High Sheriff Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire 1859; JP Isle of Ely; a collector of early English and foreign silver (sold Christies Apr 1902 for £39, 020); m. 1st, 9 Dec 1847 Mary, sister of Richard Lawson (qv); m. 2nd, 15 Mar 1853 Ada, dau. of William Pigott, Dullingham House, Newmarket, Cambs.; d. 11 Jan 1903.

FINCH, HON. CHARLES, second son of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford (qv); b. 4 Jun 1752; adm.; in school list Jun 1764; KS 1765; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1769, matr. 24 May 1769, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1769 - void 11 Nov 1772 on election as Fellow All Souls; Fellow, All Souls Coll., 1772; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 May 1772; MP Castle Rising 2 Feb 1775 - May 1777, Maidstone 16 May 1777-80; m. 28 Dec 1778 Jane, eldest dau. of Watkin Wynne (qv); d. 17 Dec 1819.

FINCH, HON. EDWARD, fourth son of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford (qv); b. 26 Apr 1756; adm. 27 May 1766; KS 1768; Capt. of the School 1772; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1773, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1773, scholar 22 Apr 1774, matr. Lent 1774; BA 1777; adm. Inner Temple year 1775/6; Cornet, 27th Light Dragoons 27 Dec 1778; Lieut., 87th Foot 7 Oct 1779; Lieut. and Capt., 2nd Foot Guards 5 Feb 1783; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 3 Oct 1792; 2nd Maj., 19 Nov 1800, 1st Maj., 18 Jun 1801 - Apr 1808; Brevet Col., 3 May 1796; Maj. -Gen., 1 Jan 1801; Lieut. -Gen., 25 Apr 1808; Col. . 54th Foot 3 Aug 1808 – Sep 1809, 22nd Foot from 23 Sep 1809; Gen., 12 Aug 1819; travelling in Italy 1787; served in Flanders 1793-5, Ireland 1798, and on expedition to The Helder 1799; commanded the cavalry under Abercromby in Egypt 1801, and the Brigade of Guards at Bremen 1806 and on expedition to Copenhagen 1807; MP Cambridge 11 May 1789 - Nov 1819; Groom of the Bedchamber to Kings George III, George IV and William IV 27 Apr 1802 - 20 Jun 1837; d. 27 Oct 1843. DNB.

HUMBERSTON, PHILIP STAPLETON, only son of Philip Stapleton Humberston, Chester, and Catherine, dau. of George Cotton (qv); b. 17 Aug 1814; adm. 18 Jan 1827 (G); Mayor, Chester 1858; MP Chester 1859-65; DL Cheshire, JP Cheshire 1859, High Sheriff 1878; DL Denbighshire, JP Denbighshire 1869; member council, Royal Agricultural Society; m. 29 Oct 1840 Elizabeth Henrietta, dau. of Henry Robert Hughes, Kinmel Park, Denbighshire; d. 16 Jan 1891.

HURST, ROBERT HENRY, only son of Robert Henry Hurst (b. 1788, qv); b. 1 Jun 1817; adm. 8 Apr 1831 (G); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 26 May 1836, matr. Mich. 1836; 25th Wrangler 1840; BA 1840; MA 1843; adm. Middle Temple 29 May 1835, called to bar 25 Nov 1842; South-Eastern Circuit; Recorder of Hastings and Rye from 8 Feb 1863; MP Horsham 1865-8, May 1869-74, Dec 1875 – Feb 1876; Chairman, West Sussex Quarter Sessions; of Horsham Park, Sussex, and Barrington Grove, Burford, Oxfordshire; DL JP Sussex, JP Oxfordshire; m. 28 Apr 1859 Matilda Jane, eldest dau. of James Scott, Rusper, Sussex; d. 12 Feb 1905.

GODOLPHIN, SIR WILLIAM, brother of Francis Godolphin (qv); bap 2 Feb 1634/5; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1648; KS 1650; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1651, matr. 21 Jun 1651, Westminster Student; MA 14 Jan 1660/1; DCL 28 Sep 1663; Under-Secretary, Secretary of State’s Office Oct 1662 – Dec 1665; FRS 2 Nov 1664; MP Camelford 17 Oct 1665-79; Secretary to Earl of Sandwich, Ambassador in Spain Dec 1665; employed in negotiations at Madrid in 1666-7 which led to a commercial treaty with Spain; knighted 28 Aug 1668; Envoy Extraordinary to Spain, 1669-71; Ambassador at Madrid 1671- Nov 1678; recalled under suspicion of having become a Roman Catholic, but preferred to remain in Spain and soon afterwards openly professed himself a Catholic; his “notarial act”, providing for a posthumous will by the Procurator-General of the Jesuits and others, was declared null and void by Act of Parliament 1698; d. at Madrid, Spain 11 Jul 1696. DNB.