DOVE, HENRY, son of Rev. Robert Dove, Vicar of Ilsington, Devon, and Elizabeth ---; nephew of Right Rev. John Pearson DD, Bishop of Chester; bapt. 2 Nov 1641; a boarder 1656; KS 1656; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1658, adm. pens. 29 May 1658, scholar 1659, matr. 1660; 9th in “ordo” 1661/2; BA 1661/2; MA 1665 (incorp. Oxford 6 May 1669); BD and DD 1677; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1664-c. 1675, Tutor 1667-73; ordained deacon (Ely) Mar 1664/5, priest 1672; Vicar of St. Bride’s, Fleet Street, London, from 10 Jan 1673/4; Archdeacon of Richmond from 3 Dec 1678; Chaplain to Charles II, James II, William III and Mary II; an able preacher; several single sermons of his were published; m. 1st, Thomazin ---; lic. to m. as widower 2 Jul 1680 Rebecca Holworthy, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, spinster; d. 11 Mar 1694/5. DNB.

DOVE, JOHN, son of John Dove, Camberwell, Surrey, and Margaret, dau. of Matthew Kelett, Ripley, Surrey; bapt. 9 May 1562; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1580, matr. 20 Nov 1580, aged 19; BA 5 Feb 1583/4; MA 16 Mar 1586/7; BD 1593; DD 1596; ordained; Rector of Tidworth, Wilts., 22 Jun 1596, and of St. Mary Aldermary, London, from 2 Nov 1596; author, A Confutation of Atheism, 1605, and other works; m. 1st, Frances, only dau. of Very Rev. Thomas Blague DD, Dean of Rochester; m. 2nd, Anne, youngest dau. of Anthony Stone, Brightwell Baldwin, Oxfordshire, and his second wife; d. 19 Apr 1618. DNB.

DOWDESWELL, BERNARD, son of William Dowdeswell (KS 1670, qv); b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1715; KS 1716; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1720, matr. 23 Jun 1720, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1720 - void 26 Nov 1736 (expiry year of grace as V. Westwell), Tutor 1725-32, Junior Censor 1733-4; BA 1724; MA 1727; Proctor 1735; ordained; Vicar of Westwell, Oxfordshire, from 10 Oct 1735; d. 14 Apr 1746.

DOWDESWELL, CHARLES, son of William Dowdeswell (KS 1670, qv); bapt. Bushley, Worcs. 29 Oct 1683 (IGI); adm.; KS 1700; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1704, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 Jul 1704, aged 19; d. 22 Jul 1705.

Downes, Gerald Edward, youngest son of the Rev. William Edward Downes, Rector of Baylham, Suffolk; b. April 18, 1881; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 27, 1895; left Dec. 1895; d. Sept. 11, 1896.

DOWNTON, PAUL; b.; adm.; QS in 1596 (Chapter Muniments 33651); a contributor to the collection of verses written by QSS on the death of Lady Elizabeth Cecil 1597, preserved among Salisbury MSS, Hatfield House.

DRAKE, THOMAS, third son of John Drake (in school lists 1764-7, qv); b. 19 Feb 1782; adm.; KS 1795; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1799, matr. 22 May 1799, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1799 - void 25 Jun 1808; BA 1803; MA 1806; 2nd Lieut., 95th Foot 23 May 1805; 54th Foot, 5 Feb 1806; 1st Lieut., 95th Foot 15 May 1806; Capt., Canadian Fencibles 28 May 1807; 95th Foot 25 Mar 1808; Brevet Maj. and DGMG Ionian Islands 22 Apr 1813; Brevet Lieut. -Col. and QMG Mediterranean 16 Nov 1826; Brevet Col., 23 Nov 1841; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards 14 Jul 1843, retired same day; served on the Elbe 1805-6, in Peninsular War 1808-9, 1810-3, and on Walcheren expedition 1809; CMG 9 Feb 1833; m. 21 Dec 1813 Elizabeth Sarah, eldest dau. of John Fane MP, Wormsley, Oxfordshire; d. 22 Dec 1851.

DRINKWATER, PETER; b.; adm.; KS 1630; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1635, adm. pens. 14 Mar 1635/6, scholar 1636; BA 1638/9; MA 1642.

DRUITT, ROBERT, eldest son of Robert Druitt MD FRCP FRCS, Strathmore Gardens, Kensington, and Isabella, dau. of William Hopkinson; b. 2 Apr 1847; adm. 27 Jan 1857 (James'); QS 1862; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1866, matr. 23 May 1866; BA 1870; adm. solicitor Hilary 1874; in practice at Christchurch, Hampshire; Registrar and High Bailiff, County Court there; Mayor of Christchurch 1910-3; m. 24 Jan 1882 Alice Mary, dau. of Daniel Tupper, Lord Chamberlain’s Office, St. James’s Palace; d. 9 May 1917.

DRURY, JOSEPH, son of Thomas Drury, London, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Hilton, London; b. 11 Feb 1750; adm. (perhaps as chorister); KS 1765; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1768, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1768, matr. Mich. 1768, but unable to remain at university through lack of means; Assistant Master, Harrow School 1769-85; ordained deacon (London) 24 Feb 1773, priest 21 Dec 1779; readm. Trin. Coll. Camb. 2 Jun 1774; BD 1784; DD 1789; Head Master, Harrow School Easter 1785 - Easter 1805; Vicar of Aldwinckle, Northants., 1 Jul 1788-1806, resigned; Rector of Pilton, Northants., 27 Dec 1794 - 1806, resigned; retired to Lockwood, near Dawlish, Devon; Prebendary of Wells from 17 Mar 1812; a successful teacher and firm disciplinarian, under whose rule Harrow increased both in numbers and in reputation; Byron refers gratefully to him in his Hours of Idleness and in a note to Childe Harold, canto iv, st. 75; m. 5 Aug 1775 Louisa, dau. of Benjamin Heath DCL, Town Clerk of Exeter, and sister of Benjamin Heath, Head Master of Harrow School; d. 9 Jan 1834. DNB.