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              Devaux, William, 1629-1657
              GB-2014-WSA-06101 · Person · 1629-1657

              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.
              Devisme, Louis, 1720-1776
              GB-2014-WSA-06109 · Person · 1720-1776

              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.
              Dewey, Francis, ca. 1599-1650
              GB-2014-WSA-06114 · Person · ca. 1599-1650

              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).
              Dewhurst, Robert, ca. 1577-1645
              GB-2014-WSA-06115 · Person · ca. 1577-1645

              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.
              Dibben, Thomas, 1677/8-1741
              GB-2014-WSA-00536 · Person · ca. 1678-1741

              DIBBEN, THOMAS, second son of Richard Dibben, Clare Market, London; b.; adm.; KS 1692; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1696, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1696, aged 18, scholar 23 Apr 1697, readm. as fellow commoner 1702, matr. 1699; BA 1699/1700; MA 1703; BD 1710; DD 1721; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Jun 1699; ordained deacon (London) 16 Jun 1700, dispensation for priest’s orders 12 Jul 1701; Rector of Fontmell Magna, Dorset, from 16 Jul 1701; Chaplain to Right Rev. John Robinson, Bishop of Bristol, at Congress of Utrecht 1713; Precentor of St. Paul’s from 16 Jun 1714; Proctor for Bristol diocese in Convocations of 1715 and 1727; several references to “Dirty Dibben of Dorsetshire” will be found in HMC Bath MSS, vol. iii; became mentally deranged and lost all his money; a Latin poet of some celebrity; translated the Carmen Saeculare of Matthew Prior (qv) into Latin verse, 1700; m.; d. in The Poultry Compter, London 5 Apr 1741. DNB.
              Dickens, Henry John, 1771-1830
              GB-2014-WSA-06133 · Person · 1771-1830

              DICKENS, HENRY JOHN, son of Samuel Dickens (qv); bapt. Durham Cathedral 1 Nov 1771; adm. 15 Jun 1778; KS (aged 12) 1783; Capt. of the School 1787; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1788, matr. 22 May 1788, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1788 - void 25 Jun 1800; BA 1792; MA 1795; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 9 Nov 1790, called to bar 8 Jun 1796; practised at York; Deputy Commissary, Prerogative Court of York 1802; Auditor, Christ Church, Oxford; d. 19 Dec 1830, aged 59.
              Dickens, Richard Mark, 1764-1808
              GB-2014-WSA-06134 · Person · 1764-1808

              DICKENS, RICHARD MARK, son of Samuel Dickens (qv); bapt. Durham Cathedral 6 Jan 1764; adm. 7 May 1770; KS (Capt., aged 12) 1776; Capt. of the School 1779; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1780, matr. 24 May 1780, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1780 - void 1 Oct 1784; Ensign, 44th Foot 26 Sep 1782; Lieut., 30 Mar 1787; Capt., 76th Foot 25 Dec 1787; 44th Foot, 1 Feb 1788; Maj., 86th Foot 30 Oct 1793; Lieut. -Col., 17 Jun 1794; 34th Foot, 22 Oct 1794; Adjutant-Gen. to Forces in West Indies 28 Nov 1797; served at capture of Port Royal, Grenada, and mentioned in despatches 21 Jun 1798; Col. in Army 1 Jan 1800; Maj. -Gen., 30 Oct 1805; m. 8 Jan 1785 Mary, dau. of George Hoar, Middleton St. George, co. Durham, Keeper of the Regalia; d. at Muttra, North West Provinces, India 29 Apr 1808.
              Dickens, Samuel, 1718-1791
              GB-2014-WSA-06136 · Person · 1718-1791

              DICKENS, SAMUEL, son of Rev. Samuel Dickens, Rector of Hemingford Abbots, Hunts., and Mary, dau. of John Hildesley, Hemingford Abbots, Hunts., barrister; bapt. Hemingford Abbots, Hunts., 12 Jul 1718 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) Nov 1729; KS 1732; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1736, matr. 25 Jun 1736, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1736 - void by marriage 22 Sep 1760, Tutor 1747-53, Senior Censor 1747-50, Librarian 1754; BA 1740; MA 1743; BD 1752; DD 1753; Proctor 1751; Regius Prof. of Greek 30 Nov 1751-63; ordained; Curate, Drayton, Oxfordshire 1746, Binsey, Oxfordshire 1748; Prebendary of Durham from 3 Jan 1757 (holding the “golden stall” from 16 Mar 1761); Archdeacon of Durham from 2 Jan 1762; Rector of Easington, co. Durham, from Jan 1760; m. 18 Sep 1760 Margaret, dau. of Richard Lardner, Marylebone, London; d. 30 Aug 1791.
              Dickenson, Edward Newton, 1818-1882
              GB-2014-WSA-06137 · Person · 1818-1882

              DICKENSON, EDWARD NEWTON, second son of Edward Wingfield Dickenson (qv); b. 8 Jun 1818; adm. 28 Jan 1831 (Stikeman's); KS 1833; left 1836; Addiscombe Coll. 1836-7; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1838; Ensign, 24th Bengal Native Infantry 1 Sep 1838; Lieut., 19 Aug 1841; resigned on account of ill-health 20 Oct 1842 and returned to England; Queens’ Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 6 Jul 1843; ordained; Curate, St. Stephen’s, St. Albans, Herts. 1847-8, 1862-5; Curate, St. Cuthbert, Wells, Somerset 1853-4; Curate, Deal, Kent, and Chesilborough, Somerset; Chaplain, EICS Bombay 1850 (still 1860); m. 25 Aug 1846 Mary Dorothea, youngest dau. of Lieut. -Col. Thomas George Fitzgerald, Turlough Park, co. Mayo, and Maperton House, Somerset; d. 19 Nov 1882.