DIXON, WILLIAM JERROLD, eldest son of William Hepworth Dixon, St. James’s Terrace, Regent’s Park, London, author and journalist, and Marian, dau. of James MacMahon, Ardwick Green, Manchester; b. 24 Mar 1848; adm. 13 Mar 1862; QS 1863; left Dec 1866; while helping to save lives in the terrible ice accident in Regent’s Park on 15 Jan 1867 he caught a severe chill which rendered him more or less an invalid for the rest of his life; adm. Inner Temple 15 Apr 1867, called to bar 26 Jan 1870; South-Eastern Circuit; Hon. Secretary, Savage Club; Secretary to Dublin Sanitary Commission 1879; author, Married Another, and of numerous magazine articles; d. unm. at Dublin 20 Oct 1879.

DIXON, HAROLD BAILY, brother of William Jerrold Dixon (qv); b. 11 Aug 1852; adm. 15 Jun 1865; QS 1867; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1871, matr. 27 May 1871; 3rd cl. Classics (Mods) 1873, 1st cl. Natural Science 1875; BA 1875; MA 1878; played Association Football against Cambridge; Millard Lecturer, Trin. Coll. Oxford 1879-86, Bedford Lecturer, Balliol Coll. Oxford 1881-6; Fellow of Balliol Coll. 1886-7; Natural Science Examiner, Oxford 1886-8, 1899-1900; FRS 4 Jun 1886, Royal Medal 1913; Professor of Chemistry, Owen’s Coll., Manchester Univ., 1886-1922, Hon. Professor from 1922; member, Royal Commission on Explosions of Coal Dust in Mines 1891-4, Royal Commission on Coal Supplies 1902-5; President, Chemical Society 1909-11; member, Home Office Executive Committee on Explosions in Mines 1911-4; Deputy Inspector of High Explosives, Manchester area, during 1914-18 War; CBE 7 Jun 1918; Chairman, Selective Committee for NW District, Ministry of Labour 1922; Superintendent of Research on Ignition of Gases under Safety in Mines Research Board 1927; author, The Conditions of Chemical Change in Gases, 1884, and other works; m. 1st, 14 Jul 1885 Olive Beechey, dau. of Edward Martin Hopkins, Montreal, Canada; m. 2nd, 26 Aug 1918 Muriel Agnes Mary, dau. of William Kinch, Henley, Oxfordshire; d. 18 Sep 1930.

Dix, George Eglington Alston, son of the Rev. George Henry Dix, Principal of St. John's Coll., Battersea, by Mary Jane, daughter of James Eteson Walker, of Preston, Lancs; b. Oct. 4, 1901; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1915; left (with Triplett) July 1920; Merton Coll. Oxon., exhibitioner (history), matric. Michaelmas 1920; B.A. 1923; lecturer at Keble Coll. 1923 and 1924-26; professed as Dom Gregory Dix, O. S. B., 1926; Prior 1948; author of The Shape of the Liturgy (1944) and other works; d. May 12, 1952.

DITCHFIELD, JOHN, second son of Edward Ditchfield, St. Mary Woolchurch Haw, London, and Edmonton, Middlesex, and his second wife Katharine, dau. of John Whittingham, Middlewich, Cheshire; bapt. 19 Jan 1617/8; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1638, matr. 23 Nov 1638, aged 18; BA 1642; MA 1645; ordained; buried St. Albans, Herts. 22 May 1658.

DISBROWE, JOHN, son of Samuel Disbrowe, Westminster; b.; in under school list 1715; KS (aged 13) 1717; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1721, matr. 10 Jun 1721, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1721 - void 3 Jul 1728; BA 1725.

DIGBY, HON. WILLIAM, brother of Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby (qv); b. 21 Jan 1733/4; adm. Mar 1744/5 (Watts'); KS (Capt. ) 1748; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1752, matr. 4 Jun 1752, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1752 - void 2 Apr 1761, expiry year of grace as R. Kilmington; BA 1756; MA 1759; DCL 1765; ordained deacon 28 Sep 1759, priest 2 Mar 1760 (both Oxford); Rector of Kilmington, Somerset, 26 Apr 1760; Vicar of Coleshill, Warwicks., from 1763; Rector of Sheldon, Warwicks., from 1766; Chaplain in Ordinary to King George III 1761 -c. 1770; Prebendary of Exeter 17 Apr 1762-79; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford 23 Jul 1765-9; Dean of Worcester 29 Aug 1769 - res by Jan 1778; Master of St. Oswald’s Hospital, Worcester 1770-8; Dean of Durham from 18 Sep 1777; m. 14 Apr 1766 Charlotte Lepel, dau. of Joseph Cox, Stanford, Berks.; d. 18 Sep 1788.

DIGBY, THOMAS, of Warwickshire; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1592, matr. 15 Dec 1592, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1601, Faculty Student 1601-4; BA 1596; MA 1599.

DIGBY, HON. CHARLES, brother of Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby (I) (qv); b. 22 Apr 1743; in school list 1754; KS 1758; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1761, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1761 - void 6 Jun 1768 (expiry year of grace as R. Kilmington); BA 1765; MA 1770; ordained deacon (Oxford) 22 Jun 1766; Rector of Kilmington, Somerset, from 1766; Prebendary of Wells from 13 Dec 1774, also Canon Residentiary from 1 Jul 1794; Perpetual Curate of Moddington [check], Wilts., in 1783; Vicar of Oborne, Dorset, from 1789; a Brother of St. Katherine’s Hospital by the Tower, London, 1801; Canon of Windsor from 23 Jan 1808; m. 5 Jan 1775 Priscilla, dau. of William Mellier [or Mellior ?], Castle Cary, Somerset; d. 10 Sep 1811.

DICKSON, ROBERT BRUCE, brother of Sir John Frederick Dickson (qv); b. 25 Mar 1842; adm. 7 Jun 1855 (James'); QS 1857; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1861, adm. pens. 25 May 1861. Matr. Mich. 1861; BA 1865; MA 1868; ordained deacon 1865 (London), priest 1866 (Oxford); Curate, Holy Trinity, Brompton 1865-6, Coleshill, Bucks., 1866-74, High Wycombe, Bucks., 1874-7; Curate in charge, Ashtead, Surrey 1878; Vicar of Cadmore End, Bucks., 1878-90; Vicar of Stewkley, Bucks., 1890-1905; Vicar of Speen, Berks., 1905-22; m. 1st, 28 Apr 1877 Augusta Catherine, dau. of Henry Hugh Hilder MRCS LSA, Berkhampstead, Herts.; m. 2nd, 7 Jul 1881 Grace Agnes, third dau. of Rev. Clement Francis Broughton, Rector of Norbury-cum-Snelston, Derbs.; d. 3 Mar 1940.

DICKSON, SIR JOHN FREDERICK, eldest son of Robert Dickson MD FRCP, Hertford Street, Mayfair, London, and Cambridge Lodge, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, and Anna Maria, dau. of John Coope, Cumberland Place, London; b. 17 Sep 1835; adm. 30 Jan 1847 (Rigaud's); readm. Mar 1850; QS 1851; Capt. of the School 1854; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1855, matr. 7 Jun 1855; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1857; BA 1859; MA 1873; Writer, Ceylon Civil Service Feb 1859; in Colonial Secretary’s Office, Ceylon 1859-62; Police Magistrate, Dambool 1862, Galle 1865; acting Government Agent, Southern Province 1879, Central Province 1882; CMG 24 May 1883; Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements, from Sep 1885; member, Legislative Council; KCMG 24 May 1888; m. 1st, 30 Jun 1859 Annie, dau. of Randle Jackson Waters (qv); m. 2nd, 31 Mar 1875 Emily Ayton, youngest dau. of George Lee, Dickleburgh, Suffolk; d. 21 Dec 1891.