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DOWNMAN, SIR THOMAS CHARLES FRANCIS (_eld. son of Col. Francis
Downman, Royal artillery_). _b._ St. Neots, Hunts. 1776; 2 lieut.
R.A. 24 April 1793; lieut. col. R.H.A. 20 Dec. 1814, col.
commandant 28 Sep. 1843 to death; commanded Woolwich district and
garrison 1848 to death; aide-de-camp to the Sovereign 27 May 1825
to 10 Jany. 1837; L.G. 9 Nov. 1846; C.B. 8 Dec. 1815; K.C.B. 6
April 1852; K.C.H. 1831; knighted at St. James’s palace 13 Sep.
1831. _d._ Royal arsenal, Woolwich 11 Aug. 1852.

DOWNSHIRE, ARTHUR WILLS BLUNDELL SANDYS TRUMBULL WINDSOR HILL, 4
Marquis of (_eld. child of 3 Marquis of Downshire 1788–1845_).
_b._ Hillsborough castle, co. Down 6 Aug. 1812; ed. at Eton and
Ch. Ch. Ox.; ensign Royal South Down militia 4 June 1833, col. 30
July 1845 to death; M.P. for co. Down 30 Aug. 1836 to 12 April
1845 when he succeeded; K.P. 24 May 1859. _d._ Dolphin hotel,
Herne Bay 6 Aug. 1868.

DOWTON, JOHN. _b._ Uxbridge 1820; tutor at Haileybury; professor of
Hindustani at University college, London and at Staff college,
Sandhurst 1855–77; author of _Grammar of the Urdu or Hindustani
language_ 1862; _Classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and
religion, history and literature_ 1879; edited from the papers of
Sir H. M. Elliott _History of India as told by its own historians
8 vols._ 1867–77. _d._ Sandhurst lodge, East Worthing 23 Aug.
1881.

DOWTON, WILLIAM (_son of Mr. Dowton of Exeter, Innkeeper_). _b._
Exeter 25 April 1764; joined a company of strolling players at
Ashburton 1781; acted with Mrs. Baker’s company in Kent 1791–96;
made his first appearance in London at Drury Lane as Sheva in _The
Jew_ 11 Oct. 1796, continued at Drury Lane 36 years playing at the
Haymarket in the summer; manager of theatres at Canterbury and
Maidstone; acted in New York, June to Nov. 1836; one of the most
versatile actors of his time. _d._ Brighton terrace, Brixton 19
April 1851. _Oxberry’s Dramatic Biography iv_, 253–62 (1826),
_portrait_; _Bentley’s Miscellany xli_, 318–30 (1857);
_Cumberland’s British Theatre xxvii_, 7–8, _portrait_; _British
Stage, Nov. 1819 pp._ 25–6, _portrait_; _Tallis’s Dramatic Mag.
June 1851 pp._ 235–6, _portrait_; _Illust. sporting and dramatic
news 30 Oct. 1880 pp._ 160, 162, _portrait_.

DOWTON, WILLIAM (_eld. son of the preceding_). _b._ 1793; manager of
the Kent circuit 1815–35; made his first appearance in London at
Drury Lane theatre 3 Dec. 1832 as Tangent; a brother of the
Charterhouse 1846 to death. _d._ the Charterhouse, London 19 Sep.
1883.

DOXAT, LEWIS. _b._ British West Indies 1773; employed on the
_Morning Chronicle_ in London 25 years; manager of the _Observer_
1804–57; manager of the _Morning Chronicle_ 1821–34. _d._ 13
Queen’s crescent, Haverstock hill, London 4 March 1871 aged 98.

DOYLE, ANDREW (_3 son of Andrew Doyle of Dublin, merchant_). _b._
1809; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; barrister L.I. 10 June 1842;
inspector of poor law board, Feb. 1848 to 1871, of local
government board 1871–76, his district included nearly all Wales;
prepared elaborate reports on vagrancy 1849 and 1865, on pauper
education 1850 and 1862, and a detailed report on sanitary state
of his district on passing of first Public Health act 1872;
assistant comr. on agricultural depression in England for Western
district 1879–80. _d._ Pendarren, Crickhowell, Breconshire 14 Dec.
1888.

DOYLE, SIR CHARLES HASTINGS (_eld. son of Sir Charles Wm. Doyle,
C.B. 1770–1842_). _b._ 10 April 1803; ed. at Sandhurst; ensign 87
foot 23 Dec. 1819; A.A.G. in Ireland 1847; inspector general of
militia in Ireland 1856–61; commanded the troops in Nova Scotia
1861–68; lieut. governor of New Brunswick Oct. 1866 to Oct. 1867;
lieut. governor of Nova Scotia, Oct. 1867 to May 1873; col. of 70
foot May 1868, of 87 foot 10 Oct. 1870 to death; commanded forces
in British North America 1870–74, and Southern district of England
1874–77; general 15 March 1877, placed on retired list 1 Oct.
1877; K.C.M.G. 23 June 1869. _d._ at his lodgings 18 Bolton st.
Piccadilly, London 19 March 1883.

DOYLE, SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS CHARLES, 2 Baronet (_only son of Sir
Francis Hastings Doyle, 1 baronet 1783–1839_). _b._ Nun Appleton,
Yorkshire 22 Aug. 1810; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1832,
B.C.L. 1843, hon. D.C.L. 1877; fellow of All Souls’ coll. 1835–45
and 1872–77; barrister I.T. 17 Nov. 1837; assistant solicitor of
the Excise 1845–46; receiver general of Customs 1846 to Nov. 1869;
comr. of Customs, Nov. 1869 to 1883; professor of poetry at Oxford
20 June 1867 to June 1877; author of _Miscellaneous Verses_ 1834;
_Two Destinies, a poem_ 1844; _Return of the guards and other
poems_ 1866; _Lectures delivered before the University of Oxford_
1868, _second series_ 1877; _Reminiscences and opinions_ 1886.
_d._ 46 Davies st. Berkeley sq. London 8 Feb. 1888.

DOYLE, JOHN. _b._ Dublin 1797; portrait painter in London 1821;
published 6 plates entitled _The life of a racehorse_ 1822; issued
under initials of H. B. a series of lithographed caricatures
entitled _Political sketches of H. B., Nos. 1–917 a series of
coloured lithographic prints 9 vols._ 1829–51, there was a key to
them entitled _A Key to the political sketches Nos. 1–600 of H. B.
11 vols._ 1831–43; paid £300 by the War Office for an improved
Tent 1856. _d._ 54 Clifton gardens, Maida Vale, London 2 Jany.
1868. _Everitt’s English caricaturists_ (1886) 238–86; _J. Paget’s
Paradoxes and puzzles_ (1874) 461–3; _The Month viii_, 392–411
(1868).

DOYLE, SIR JOHN MILLEY (_2 son of Rev. Nicholas Milley Doyle, R. of
Newcastle, co. Tipperary_). _b._ 1781; ensign 107 foot 31 May
1794; lieut. col. Portuguese army March 1809; commanded sixth
Portuguese brigade 1813–14; lieut. col. on half pay 11 May 1820;
retired from service as col. 27 May 1825; M.P. for co. Carlow
1831–32; served in Portuguese army 1832 to May 1834; military
knight of Windsor, July 1853; serjeant at arms to the Queen, June
1854 to death; nominated K.T.S. 12 Oct. 1812, gazetted 20 March
1813; knighted by Prince Regent at Carlton house 28 July 1814;
K.C.B. 2 Jany. 1815; published pamphlets and petitions 1829–46 by
which he got the mixed commission appointed to liquidate claims of
English officers who served in Portuguese army. _d._ Lower ward,
Windsor castle 9 Aug. 1856.

DOYLE, PERCY WILLIAM (_brother of Sir Charles Hastings Doyle
1803–83_). _b._ 1806; attached to British mission at Washington 2
June 1825; sec. of legation to Mexican republic 6 Dec. 1842,
minister plenipotentiary 24 Dec. 1851 to 19 Feb. 1858 when he
retired on pension; C.B. 4 March 1858. _d._ 5 Half Moon st.
Piccadilly, London 21 Feb. 1888.

DOYLE, RICHARD (_2 son of John Doyle 1797–1868_). _b._ London, Sep.
1824; published _The Eglinton Tournament or the days of chivalry
revived_ 1839; kept a manuscript ‘Journal’ 1840, issued in
facsimile 1885; contributed sketches and cartoons to _Punch_
1843–50; designed the cover for _Punch_ now used; his _Manners and
customs of ye Englyshe_ appeared in _Punch_ 1849; published _The
foreign tour of Brown, Jones and Robinson_ 1854; illustrated _The
Newcomes_ by Thackeray 1854 and other books; contributed
_Birds’-eye views of society_ to _Cornhill Mag._ 1861–63; many
water-colours by him were exhibited at Grosvenor gallery, London
1885; drawn by Leech in his cartoon entitled “Mr. Punch’s fancy
ball” in _Punch vol. xii, p._ 14, Jany. 1847, as the clarionet
player in the orchestra. _d._ 7 Finborough road, South Kensington,
London 11 Dec. 1883. _Everitt’s English caricaturists_ (1886)
381–94; _Gillow’s English Catholics ii_, 101–3 (1885); _W. M.
Rossetti’s Fine Art_ (1867) 289–91; _Blackwood’s Mag. April 1885
pp._ 485–91; _Graphic xxviii_, 608 (1883), _portrait_; _I.L.N.
lxxxiv_, 13 (1884), _portrait_.

DOYLE, REV. THOMAS. _b._ 21 Dec. 1793; ed. at St. Edmund’s college,
Ware, ordained priest 1819; priest at Royal Belgian chapel, London
road, Southwark 1820, senior priest there 1829; St. George’s R.C.
cathedral in St. George’s Fields was built owing to his exertions,
consecrated 4 July 1848; Provost of cathedral chapter of Southwark
1850 to death; wrote letters in _The Tablet_ and other periodicals
under signature of ‘Father Thomas.’ _d._ St. George’s Cathedral,
London 6 June 1879. _Gillow’s English Catholics ii_, 103–5 (1885).

DOYLE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (_son of Edward Doyle_). _b._ Nassau,
Bahamas 1823; barrister M.T. 8 May 1846; registrar of court of
bankruptcy for Bahamas 1847–58; assistant justice of general court
of Bahamas 1858, chief justice and pres. of legislative council 14
Sep. 1865 to 31 March 1875; knighted at Windsor Castle 12 Dec.
1873; chief justice of Leeward Islands 31 March 1875; chief
justice of Gibraltar, judge of vice admiralty court and court of
requests 14 May 1877 to death. _d._ 8 Montpellier villas,
Cheltenham 27 April 1879.

DOYLEY, HENRY (_youngest son of Ven. Matthias Doyley, archdeacon of
Lewes, who d. 13 Nov. 1815 aged 71_). _b._ 21 April 1780; ensign
Grenadier guards 2 Aug. 1797, lieut. col. 10 Jany. 1837 to 28 June
1838; col. 33 foot 28 Sep. 1847 to death; general 30 Jany. 1855.
_d._ Nevill park, Tunbridge Wells 26 Sep. 1855.

DOYLEY, THOMAS (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ London 16 Nov.
1774; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1795, B.C.L. 1800,
D.C.L. 1804; fellow of All Souls’ college 1800–20; barrister M.T.
9 Nov. 1798; serjeant at law 9 Feb. 1819, received patent of
precedence 1834; chairman of quarter sessions, West Sussex; edited
with E. V. Williams _Burn’s Justice of the Peace 5 vols._ 1836.
_d._ Rottingdean near Brighton 14 Jany. 1855.

DOYNE, WILLIAM THOMAS (_2 son of Rev. J. Doyne, P.C. of Old
Leighlin, co. Carlow_). _b._ April 1823; articled to Edward Dixon,
C.E. 1840; resident engineer of Rugby and Leamington railway
1847–50; in charge of the Army works corps consisting of about
2400 navvies and artificers, at Balaclava 1855–56; practised at
Melbourne 1866 to death; consulting engineer to government of
Western Australia 1869; A.I.C.E. 6 March 1849, M.I.C.E. 9 Nov.
1852; author of _The causes which have retarded the construction
of railways in India_ 1860; _Report upon the plains and rivers of
Canterbury, New Zealand_ 1864. _d._ Melbourne 29 Sep. 1877. _Min.
of proc. of Instit. of C.E. li_, 270–73 (1878).

DRAKARD, JOHN. Printer and bookseller at Stamford; started a weekly
paper called _The Stamford News_ 15 Sep. 1809; sentenced to 18
months’ imprisonment in Lincoln Castle and fined £200 at Lincoln
13 March 1811 for a seditious libel, an article in his paper of 24
Aug. 1810 entitled ‘One thousand lashes’; started a weekly paper
called _The Champion of the East_ 5 Jany. 1830, the name was
changed to the _Stamford Champion_; both his papers ceased 1834;
published _Drakard’s Edition of the public and private life of
Colonel Wardle, Stamford n.d._; author of _The history of
Stamford_ 1822. _d._ Ripon 25 Jany. 1854 aged 79. _Howell’s State
Trials xxxi_, 495–544 (1823).

DRAKE, CHARLES FREDERICK TYRWHITT (_younger son of Col. Wm. Tyrwhitt
Drake of the Royal horse guards, who d. 21 Dec. 1848_). _b._
Amersham, Bucks. 2 Jany. 1846; ed. at Rugby, Wellington coll. and
Trin. coll. Cam. but took no degree; spent winters of 1866 and
1867 in Morocco; visited Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Greece and
Turkey 1868–70; engaged on survey of Palestine for Palestine
exploration fund society 1870 to death; F.R.G.S.; author of
_Modern Jerusalem_ 1875; author with Sir R. F. Burton of
_Unexplored Syria 2 vols._ 1872. _d._ Jerusalem 23 June 1874.
_Literary remains of C. F. T. Drake by W. Besant_ 1877; _Modern
Jerusalem by the late C. F. T. Drake with a memoir_ 1875;
_Palestine Fund Reports_ (1874) _pp._ 131–4.

DRAKE, JOHN POAD (_son of Thomas Drake of Stoke Damerel, Devon, who
d. 20 May 1835_). Baptised at Stoke Damerel 20 July 1794; painted
a picture of Napoleon on board the Bellerophon at Plymouth 1815
which he exhibited in New York; occupied with schemes for
breechloading guns 1829–37; laid proposals before government for
ironcased floating batteries and steam rams 1832–40; patented his
diagonal system of shipbuilding and a screw trenail fastening
1837; failed to obtain adoption of any of his inventions. _d._
Fowey, Cornwall 26 Feb. 1883. _Dict. of Nat. Biog. xv_, 447
(1888).

DRAKE, SAMUEL, stage name of Samuel Bryant. _b._ England 15 Nov.
1768; apprenticed to a printer; ran away and became an actor;
managed a theatre in West of England; acted at Boston theatre,
U.S. 1809–13, and at Albany, New York 1813–15; managed theatres at
Frankfort, Lexington and Louisville all in Kentucky 1815 to about
1827, afterwards managed theatres in Ohio, Tennessee, Missouri and
Indiana; may properly be called the pioneer of the drama in the
West. _d._ Oldham county, Kentucky 16 Oct. 1854.

DRAKE, SIR THOMAS TRAYTON FULLER-ELIOTT, 1 Baronet (_3 son of John
Trayton Fuller of Ashdown house, Sussex, who d. 1812_). _b._
Heathfield park, Sussex 8 Feb. 1785; lieut. 52 foot 5 Oct. 1804,
major 26 May 1814 to 25 May 1815 when placed on h.p.; assumed
additional surnames of Eliott and Drake by r.l. 31 March 1813;
created baronet 22 Aug. 1821; sheriff of Devon 1822; edited _Life
of Sir F. Drake_ 1828. _d._ Nutwell court near Exeter 6 June 1870.

DRAKE, THOMAS TYRWHITT (_eld. son of Thomas Drake of Shardeloes,
Bucks., who d. 1810_). _b._ 16 March 1783; M.P. for Amersham,
Bucks. 31 Jany. 1805 to 3 Dec. 1832; sheriff of Bucks. 1836;
master of hounds in the Bicester country many years. _d._
Bucknell, Oxfordshire 23 March 1852.

DRAKE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (_son of John Drake, deputy commissary
general, who d. 24 June 1867 aged 84_). _b._ 1812; deputy
assistant commissary general 16 April 1835, commissary general 21
June 1859; controller in Ireland 1867, in Great Britain 1869;
director of supplies and transports 3 Sep. 1871 to 29 Sep. 1872;
C.B. 4 Feb. 1856, K.C.B. 20 May 1871. _d._ 10 Clanricarde gardens,
Bayswater, London 28 Jany. 1882.

DRAPER, REV. DANIEL JAMES. _b._ parish of Wickham, Hants. 28 Aug.
1810; became a Wesleyan Methodist 1830; minister of Chatteris
circuit 1834; minister at Sydney, N.S.W. 1836–37, 1842–46, at
Melbourne 1846–47 and 1855 to 1865, at Adelaide 1847–55; president
of the Conference 1859; drowned with 244 other passengers in the
wreck of the “London” steamship in the Bay of Biscay 11 Jany.
1866. _F. J. Jobson’s Memorial tribute to D. J. Draper_ 1866,
_portrait_.

DRAPER, JOHN WILLIAM (_son of John C. Draper, Wesleyan minister, who
d. 1829_). _b._ St. Helen’s near Liverpool 5 May 1811; ed. at
Woodhouse grove school, London Univ. and Univ. of Pennsylvania,
M.D. 1836; professor of chemistry and natural philosophy in
Hampden Sidney college, Virginia 1836–39; professor of medical
department in Univ. of New York 1839, of chemistry 1840–81; pres.
of New York medical college 1850–73; made first photographic
portrait from life 1839 and first photograph of moon’s surface
1840; LLD. Princeton 1860; first pres. of American Chemical Soc.
1876; author of _Text book of chemistry_ 1846; _Text book of human
physiology_ 1856; _History of the intellectual development of
Europe 2 vols._ 1864; _History of the American civil war 3 vols._
1871; _History of the conflict between religion and science_ 1874,
translated into 9 languages. _d._ Hastings on river Hudson 20
miles north of New York 4 Jany. 1882. _Barker’s Memoir of J. W.
Draper_ 1882, _portrait_; _Appleton’s American Biog. ii_, 226–27
(1887), _portrait_; _Graphic xxv_, 68, (1882), _portrait_.

DRAPER, WILLIAM HENRY (_son of Rev. Henry Draper, lecturer of St.
George’s ch. Southwark_). _b._ near London 11 March 1801; arrived
in Cobourg, Canada 4 June 1820; called to bar in Canada 16 June
1828; reporter to the King’s Bench 18 Nov. 1829 to March 1837;
solicitor general of Upper Canada 23 March 1837, member of
executive council, Dec. 1837, the first attorney general for Upper
Canada 13 Feb. 1841 to 28 May 1847; Q.C. 1842; a legislative
councillor of Canada 10 April 1843 to Jany. 1845; member of
legislative assembly Jany. 1845 to 28 May 1847; a puisne judge of
Queen’s Bench 12 June 1847; chief justice of Common Pleas 5 Feb.
1856; chief justice of Upper Canada 22 July 1863 to 20 Oct. 1868;
C.B. 23 June 1854; pres. of court of error and appeal Ontario 20
Oct. 1868; author of _Upper Canada King’s Bench Reports_ 1729–31,
_2 vols._ 1861–62. _d._ Yorkville, Toronto 3 Nov. 1877. _Law
Magazine and law review xxvii_, 362 (1869).

DRAYTON, HENRI. _b._ Philadelphia 1822; ed. at Paris Conservatoire;
primo basso in Italian opera in France and Belgium 1848–50; sang
in English opera in London 1850–59; gave parlor opera
entertainments with his wife in the United States 1859–61 when he
returned to England; sang with Riching’s English Opera company in
America 1867–70; author of dramas and operas. _d._ 57 East ninth
st. New York 11 Aug. 1872. _I.L.N. xxx_, 411 (1856), _portrait_.

DREW, ANDREW. _b._ 27 Nov. 1792; entered navy 4 May 1806; commodore
of provincial marine of Upper Canada 1838–39; captain on h.p. 10
June 1843; agent victualler at Cape of Good Hope 16 Dec. 1850 to
30 Jany. 1863; admiral on h.p. 30 July 1875; discovered a
dangerous shoal between Trinidad and Tobago 1842, afterwards
called Drew’s Rock. _d._ Glenwood house, Peckham Rye, Surrey 19
Dec. 1878. _A narrative of the capture of the Caroline_ 1844.

NOTE.—He successfully defended Cape Coast castle in 1824 with
160 sailors against an attack by 50,000 Ashantees. During the
Canadian rebellion in 1838 with only about 35 men he captured
the rebel steamer Caroline and sent it burning over the falls
of Niagara, one of the most daring exploits recorded in naval
history.

DREW, REV. GEORGE SMITH (_son of George Drew of 11 Tottenham court
road, London, tea dealer_). _b._ Louth, Lincs. 1819; sizar at St.
John’s coll. Cam. 22 Jany. 1839; 27 wrangler 1843; Inc. of St.
John the Evangelist, St. Pancras, London 1850–54; V. of
Pulloxhill, Beds. 1854–58; V. of St. Barnabas, South Kensington,
London 1858–70; select preacher to Univ. of Cam. 1869–70; R. of
Avington, Hants. 1870–72; Hulsean lecturer at Cam. 1877; V. of
Holy Trinity, Lambeth, London 18 Sep. 1872 to death; F.R.G.S.;
author of _Scripture studies or readings in the Old Testament_
1855, _2 ed._ 1869; _Scripture lands in connection with their
history_ 1860, _2 ed._ 1862; _Reasons of faith or the Christian
argument developed_ 1862, _2 ed._ 1869 and 11 other books. _d._
Holy Trinity vicarage, Lambeth 21 Jany. 1880.

DREW, JOHN. _b._ Bower Chalk, Wiltshire 1809; kept a school at
Southampton 1826–42; built a small observatory there 1847;
supplied the correct time to ships leaving Southampton many years;
Ph.D. Univ. of Basle; F.R.A.S. 9 Jany. 1846; a founder of
Meteorological Soc. 1850; author of _A manual of Astronomy_ 1845,
_2 ed._ 1853; _Practical meteorology_ 1855, re-edited by his son
1860 and other books and many papers. _d._ Surbiton, Surrey 17
Dec. 1857.

DREW, JOHN. _b._ Dublin 3 Sep. 1825; appeared at Bowery theatre, New
York 1845 as Dr. O’Toole in _The Irish Tutor_; lessee with Wm.
Wheatley of Arch st. theatre, Philadelphia 20 Aug. 1853 to 1855;
acted in England 1855, California 1858 and Australia 1859;
returned to New York from England 9 Jany. 1862; best Irish
comedian on American stage; played for last time 9 May 1862. _d._
Philadelphia 21 May 1862. _T. A. Brown’s History of the American
stage_ (1870) p. 105, _portrait_.

DREW, REV. WILLIAM HENRY. Educ. at St. John’s coll. Cam., 8 wrangler
1849; B.A. 1849, M.A. 1856; mathematical master at Blackheath
proprietary school 1856–73; C. of Crockenhill near Dartford
1866–73; professor of mathematics at King’s college, London June
1869 to death; author of _A geometrical treatise on conic
sections_ 1857, _6 ed._ 1880. _d._ Park house, Maida hill west,
London 14 July 1882 aged 55.

DRISCOLL, HENRY. _b._ Dublin 1792; ensign 67 foot 13 June 1811;
lieut. 100 foot 3 March 1814; lieut. 99 foot 1815 to 1817 when
removed from the army; studied for the bar at Montreal; edited the
_Herald_ newspaper; edited the _Courant_ newspaper; called to
Canadian bar May 1823; Q.C.; police magistrate 1840. _d._ Montreal
28 Oct. 1869.

DROOP, HENRY RICHMOND (_son of John Abraham Droop of Stamford Hill,
Middlesex_). _b._ about 1831; ed. at Marlborough and Trin. coll.
Cam., scholar 1853, 3 wrangler 1854; fellow of his coll. 1855,
mathematical lecturer; B.A. 1854, M.A. 1857; barrister L.I. 26
Jany. 1859; author of _North side of the table, a criticism_ 1866;
_Proportional representation as applied to election of local
governing bodies_ 1871; _Relations between an invading army and
the inhabitants_ 1871; _The Edwardian vestments an investigation_
1875. _d._ 11 Cleveland gardens, London 21 March 1884.

DROUGHT, THOMAS ARMSTRONG. _b._ 1798; Ensign 15 Foot 11 Nov. 1813,
lieut. col. 21 March 1845 to 1 Oct. 1854; inspecting field officer
1 Oct. 1854 to 11 Jany. 1860; col. 45 Foot 25 June 1866 to 21
April 1868; col. 15 Foot 21 April 1868 to death; general 29 May
1875. _d._ Hill house, Winchester 22 Aug. 1877.

DRUCE, CHARLES CLARIDGE (_one of the 24 children of Charles Druce of
city of London, solicitor 1791–1881_). _b._ Billiter sq. London
1819; solicitor in Billiter sq. 1843 to death; vice pres. of
Incorporated Law Society 1880–81, pres. 1881–82. _d._ Brighton 10
June 1885 in 66 year.

DRUCE, GEORGE (_brother of the preceding_). Educ. at Shrewsbury and
St. Peter’s coll. Cam., senior classic 1843, 2 chancellor’s
medallist 1843; B.A. 1843, M.A. 1846; fellow of his college 1846;
barrister L.I. 19 Nov. 1846; Q.C. 13 Dec. 1866; one of standing
counsel to univ. of Cam. Nov. 1867 to death. _d._ Denmark hill,
Camberwell, London 15 April 1869 aged 48 in consequence of an
accident while riding the day before. _Reg. and mag. of biog. i_,
470–71 (1869).

DRUITT, ROBERT. _b._ Wimborne, Dorset, Dec. 1814; studied at King’s
college and Middlesex hospital; L.S.A. 1836; M.R.C.S. 1837,
F.R.C.S. 1845; F.R.C.P. 1874; M.D. Lambeth, Sep. 1878; practised
in London from 1837; on his retirement 370 subscribers presented
him with a cheque for £1215 in a silver cup; edited _The Medical
Times and Gazette_ 1862–72; a medical officer of health for St.
George’s, Hanover sq. 1856–67; pres. of Metropolitan Association
of medical officers of health 1864–72; author of _The Surgeon’s
Vade Mecum_ 1839, _11 ed._ 1878; _Report on the cheap wines, their
quality, wholesomeness and price_ 1865, _2 ed._ 1873. _d._ 8
Strathmore gardens, Kensington, London 15 May 1883. _W. T.
Robertson’s Photographs of medical men_ (1868) _ii_, 109–13,
_portrait_.

DRUMMOND, BERKELEY. _b._ 27 May 1796; ensign 3 Foot guards 5 March
1812, lieut. col. 31 Dec. 1844 to 28 June 1850 when placed on
h.p.; col. 3 Foot 12 Dec. 1857 to death; L.G. 9 April 1859. _d._
Eaglehurst, Hants. 3 May 1860.

DRUMMOND, GEORGE HARLEY. _b._ 23 Nov. 1783; M.P. for Kincardineshire
26 Feb. 1812 to 29 Feb. 1820. _d._ 23 July 1853.

DRUMMOND, SIR GORDON (_4 son of Colin Drummond, paymaster general of
the forces at Quebec_). _b._ Quebec 27 Sep. 1772; ensign 1 foot 21
Sep. 1789; lieut. col. 8 foot 22 April 1794 to 28 July 1804;
commanded a division in Jamaica 1805–1807; won battle of Niagara
25 July 1814; commanded forces in Canada 1814–16; col. of 97 foot
8 Feb. 1814 to 24 Nov. 1818 when regiment was disbanded; col. of
88 foot 10 March 1819, of 71 foot 16 Jany. 1824, of 49 foot 21
Sep. 1829, of 8 foot 24 April 1846 to death; general 27 May 1825;
K.C.B. 2 Jany. 1815, G.C.B. 7 Jany. 1817. _d._ 25 Norfolk st. Park
lane, London 10 Oct. 1854. _Historical record of King’s Liverpool
regiment of foot_, _2 ed._ (1883) 270–71.

DRUMMOND, HENRY (_eld. son of Henry Drummond of the Grange, Hants.
1762–94_). _b._ 5 Dec. 1786; ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch. Ox.;
partner in Drummond’s bank, London; M.P. for Plympton Earle, Devon
1810–13; M.P. for West Surrey 1847 to death; founded professorship
of political economy at Oxford 1825; F.R.S. 19 Dec. 1839; seceded
from Church of England and was immersed by Rev. James Harrington
Evans about 1817, for whom he built a chapel in John st. Bedford
Row, London 1818; one of founders of Catholic Apostolic or
Irvingite church 1832, pastor at Albury near Guildford 20 Oct.
1832, apostle at Albury 25 Sep. 1833; took charge of Scotland and
Switzerland 1833 to death, built the C.A. church at Albury 1835 at
cost of £16,000; erected new parish church of SS. Peter and Paul
at Albury 1841; author of _Dialogues on prophecy 3 vols._ 1828–29;
_Social Duties_ 1830; _Condition of Agricultural classes 2 vols._
1842; _On Tracts for the Times 24 parts_ 1843; _Histories of
British families 8 parts_ 1844–49 and about 90 other books and
pamphlets. _d._ Albury Park near Guildford 20 Feb. 1860. _Miller’s
History of Irvingism 2 vols._ 1878; _London quarterly review Oct.
1860 pp._ 255–84; _Speeches of Henry Drummond edited by Lord
Lovaine 2 vols._ 1860.

DRUMMOND, HENRY. Second lieut. Bengal engineers 2 Dec. 1843, col. 23
July 1874 to 1 June 1878 when he retired on full pay with hon.
rank of M.G.; sec. of government of India public works department
1874–78. _d._ at his residence near Bedford 28 March 1883.

DRUMMOND, HENRY HOME. _b._ 28 July 1783; M.P. for co. Stirling
1820–1831, for Perthshire 1840–1852. _d._ Blair Drummond near
Stirling 12 Sep. 1867. _Proc. of R. S. of Edin. vi_, 191 (1869).

DRUMMOND, JAMES. Botanical collector; in charge of Cork botanic
garden to 1829; A.L.S. 1810; went to Swan River, Western Australia
1829; Lindley’s _Sketch of the vegetation of the Swan River_ 1839
was drawn up from his collections; _Drummondita_ a genus of
Diosmeæ was founded by Dr. Harvey 1855. _d._ Western Australia 27
March 1863 aged 79.

DRUMMOND, JAMES (_son of Mr. Drummond of Edinburgh, merchant_). _b._
1810; studied in School of Design, Edin.; subject and history
painter; A.R.S.A. 1846, R.S.A. 1852, librarian 1857; curator of
National gallery, Edin. 1868; member of council of Royal Scottish
Soc. of Antiquaries and curator of the museum; exhibited 11
pictures at R.A., 5 at B.I. and 5 at Suffolk st. gallery 1839–72;
author of _Catalogue of national gallery of Scotland_ 1869 many
editions. _d._ Edinburgh 12 Aug. 1877.

DRUMMOND, JAMES LAWSON (_son of William Drummond, surgeon R.N._)
_b._ Larne, co. Antrim 1783; surgeon in the navy 1807 to 21 May
1813; M.D. Edin. 24 June 1814; practised in Belfast from 1814;
professor of anatomy Belfast Academical Institution 15 Dec. 1818
to Nov. 1849 when collegiate part of the Instit. was merged in
Queen’s College; chief founder of Belfast natural history society
5 June 1821; author of _Thoughts on the study of natural history_
1820, anon.; _First steps to botany_ 1823; _Letters to a young
naturalist_ 1831; _First steps to anatomy_ 1845. _d._ 8 College
sq. north, Belfast 17 May 1853. _bur._ Ahoghill, co. Antrim 19
May. _Proc. of Belfast Nat. Hist. and Philos. Soc._ (1882) 13.

DRUMMOND, JOHN (_only son of John Drummond of The Boyce Court near
Ledbury, who d. 13 May 1835 aged 81_). _b._ 5 Oct. 1793; ed. at
Harrow; ensign Coldstream guards 22 Nov. 1810, captain 22 June
1826 to 13 April 1832 when placed on h.p.; general 10 Feb. 1865.
_d._ The Boyce court 15 April 1875.

DRUMMOND, JOHN GAVIN. Entered Bengal army 1807; lieut. col. 30
Bengal N.I. 1847 to death; quartermaster general Bengal army 8
Feb. 1850 to death; C.B. 30 Oct. 1844. _d._ Ghelum, Bengal 11
Jany. 1852.

DRUMMOND, PETER ROBERT. _b._ parish of Madderty, Perthshire 1802;
kept a circulating library at 15 High st. Perth 1832; a bookseller
at 32 High st. Perth and then at 46 George st.; built the Exchange
hotel, Perth; a farmer at Balmblair, Perthshire; gained a medal
for a churn at Great Exhibition 1851; author of _The tenants and
landlords versus the free traders, By Powdavie_ 1850; _Perthshire
in bygone days, one hundred biographical essays_ 1879; _The life
of Robert Nicoll poet, edited by James Drummond_ 1884. _d._
Ellengowen, Almond Bank near Perth 4 Sep. 1879 in 77 year.

DRUMMOND, REV. WILLIAM HAMILTON (_brother of James Lawson Drummond
1783–1853_). _b._ Larne, co. Antrim, Aug. 1778; ed. at Belfast
academy and Glasgow college; licensed by Unitarian presbytery of
Antrim 9 April 1800; second minister of Belfast 26 Aug. 1800 to
1815; kept a boarding school at Mount college, Belfast; D.D.
Marischal college, Aberdeen 29 Jany. 1810; minister at Strand st.
Dublin from 15 Oct. 1815; M.R.I.A. librarian, retired 1861; author
of _Juvenile poems, By a Student of the University of Glasgow_
[1795]; _The Man of Age_ 1797, _2 ed._ 1798; _The doctrine of the
Trinity_ 1827, _3 ed._ 1831; _The life of Michael Servetus_ 1848
and 20 other books. _d._ Lower Gardiner st. Dublin 16 Oct. 1865.
_Sermons of Rev. W. H. Drummond with memoir by J. S. Porter_ 1867,
2 _portraits_.

DRURY, BYRON (_son of Rev. Henry Drury of Harrow school_). _b._
1815; entered navy 13 Aug. 1830; surveyed coast of New Zealand
1850–56; captain 8 Aug. 1857; retired 31 March 1866; retired
admiral 7 April 1885; F.R.G.S. _d._ 4 Cambridge villas, Cheltenham
6 Nov. 1888.

DRURY, VENERABLE HENRY (_eld. son of Henry Joseph Thomas Drury
1778–1841_). _b._ Harrow 11 May 1812; ed. at Harrow and Caius
coll. Cam., B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840; R. of Alderley, Gloucs. 1843; V.
of Bremhill, Wilts. Jany. 1845 to death; exam. chaplain to bishop
of Salisbury 1850 to death; preb. of Salisbury cath. 1855 to
death; chaplain of House of Commons, Sep. 1857 to death;
archdeacon of Wilts, July 1862 to death; published with some
friends a collection of translations into Latin and Greek by
Cambridge men entitled _Arundines Cami_ 1841, 6 ed. 1865. _d._
Bremhill vicarage 25 Jany. 1863. _G.M. xiv_, 660–61 (1863).

DRURY, WILLIAM BARKER (_eld. son of Rev. Richard Drury of Dublin_).
_b._ Dublin 1812; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; called to Irish bar
1835; registrar of Irish Court of Chancery 1859 to death;
published _Reports of cases in the Court of Chancery tempore
Sugden 1843–4_, _Dublin_ 1851; _Select cases in the Court of
Chancery tempore Napier 1858–9_, _Dublin_ 1860; published with F.
W. Walsh _Reports of cases in the Court of Chancery tempore
Plunket 1837–40_, _2 vols._ _Dublin_ 1839–42; with R. Warren
_Reports of cases in the Court of Chancery tempore Sugden
1841–43_, _4 vols. Dublin_ 1843–46. _d._ Harcourt st. Dublin 9
Jany. 1885 in 73 year.

DRY, SIR RICHARD. _b._ Elphin near Launceston, Tasmania 15 June
1815; member of council of Tasmania, Feb. 1844; member for
Launceston of legislative council 1851–62, for Tamar 1862 to
death; speaker of council 30 Dec. 1851 to 1855; knighted by patent
12 March 1858; colonial secretary and premier 24 Nov. 1866 to
death. _d._ Hobart Town 1 Aug. 1869. _Fenton’s History of
Tasmania_ (1884) 74, 338, 459.

DUANE, WILLIAM JOHN (_son of William Duane of Philadelphia,
journalist 1760–1835_). _b._ Clonmel, Ireland 1780; a printer,
afterwards a paper dealer; admitted to the bar 1815; represented
Philadelphia in the legislature; assistant editor of the _Aurora_,
Philadelphia paper to 1822; sec. of the U.S. treasury 1833,
removed by Jackson 23 Sep. 1833, for declining to remove the
deposits from the United States bank; author of _The law of
nations investigated_ 1809; _Letters to the people of
Pennsylvania, on internal improvements_ 1811; _Narrative and
correspondence concerning the removal of the deposits_ 1838. _d._
Philadelphia 27 Sep. 1865.

DUBOURG, GEORGE (_grandson of Matthew Dubourg, violinist
1703–1767_). _b._ 1799; contributed to various newspapers
especially at Brighton; author of the words of many songs, best
known of which is John Parry’s ‘Wanted a Governess’; published
_The Violin, being an account of that leading instrument and its
most eminent professors_ 1836, _5 ed._ 1856. _d._ Maidenhead 17
April 1882.

DUCIE, HENRY GEORGE FRANCIS REYNOLDS-MORETON, 2 Earl of (_eld. son
of 1 Earl of Ducie 1775–1840_). _b._ Conduit st. London 8 May
1802; M.P. for Gloucs. 1831–32, for East Gloucs. 1832–1834;
succeeded as 2 Earl 22 June 1840; a lord in waiting to the Queen
1846–1852; a charity estates comr. 1849; pres. of Royal
Agricultural Society; invented the Ducie cultivator and many other
agricultural implements; master of Vale of White Horse hounds
1830–42. _d._ Tortworth court, Gloucs. 2 June 1853. _Sporting
Review xxviii_, 64 (1852), _portrait_, _xxx_, 140 (1853); _I.L.N.
xxi_, 41 (1852), _portrait_; _Cecil’s Records of the Chase_ (1877)
199–201.

DUCKETT, SIR GEORGE (_younger son of Sir George Jackson, 1 baronet,
who took name of Duckett 1797 and d. 15 Dec. 1822 aged 97_). _b._
Old palace yard, Westminster 17 July 1777; M.P. for Lymington
1807–1812; F.R.S. 8 Dec. 1808. _d._ Gloucester gardens, Hyde park,
London 15 June 1856.

DUCKWORTH, SIR JOHN THOMAS BULLER, 2 Baronet. _b._ Downes, Crediton,
Devon 17 March 1809; succeeded his father 31 Aug. 1817; ed. at
Eton and Oriel coll. Ox., B.A. 1829; M.P. for Exeter 1845–1857;
sheriff of Devon 1861; one of referees of House of Commons for
private bills 1868. _d._ Wear house near Exeter 29 Nov. 1887.

DUDLEY, WILLIAM WARD, 1 Earl of. _b._ 27 March 1817; ed. at Trin.
coll. Ox.; succeeded his father as 11 Baron Ward 6 Dec. 1835;
created Viscount Ednam of Ednam and Earl of Dudley 17 Feb. 1860;
chairman of Worcestershire quarter sessions 1858 to 28 June 1880;
gave £900,000 for the Foley estate Worcs. largest sum ever paid
for purchase of an estate; his life was insured for £300,000. _d._
Dudley house, Park lane, London 7 May 1885, personalty sworn
upwards of £1,026,000 18 July. _Waagen’s Treasures of Art ii_,
229–38 (1854); _I.L.N. xlii_, 181 (1862), _portrait_.

DUDLEY, HOWARD (_only son of George Dudley of Tipperary, who d. at
Ghent 1827_). Engraver on wood in Edinburgh 1845–52, in London
1852 to death; printed _Juvenile researches, or a description of
some of the principal towns in the west of Sussex and the borders
of Hants._ 1835, _2 ed._ 1835; _The history and antiquities of
Horsham_ 1836; _The history and antiquities of Midhurst_ 1836.
_d._ Holford square, Pentonville, London 4 July 1864 aged 44.

DUDLEY, REV. JOHN (_eld. son of Rev. John Dudley, V. of Humberstone,
Leics., who d. 17 May 1794 aged 74_). _b._ 1762; ed. at Uppingham
sch. and Clare hall, Cam., 2 wrangler 1785; B.A. 1785, M.A. 1788;
Fellow of his coll. 1787–94, tutor 1788–94; V. of Humberstone 1794
to death; V. of Sileby, Leics. 1795 to death; author of _The
metamorphosis of Sona, a Hindu tale in verse_ 1810, and 4 other
books. _d._ Sileby 7 Jany. 1856. _G.M. xlv_, 197–98 (1856).

DUDLEY, WILLIAM HENRY. _b._ Roscrea, Tipperary, Ireland 7 Oct. 1811;
M.R.C.S. Ireland 1833; practised in Jamaica 1834–1841 in Brooklyn,
New York 1841 to death; curator of New York Medical college 1851;
a founder of Long Island college hospital, treasurer, president; a
member of New York Academy of Medicine 1848, of King’s county
Medical and other societies. _d._ Brooklyn 9 Oct. 1886.

DUFF, SIR ALEXANDER (_second son of 3 Earl of Fife 1731–1811_).
Ensign 66 foot 23 May 1793; lieut. col. 88 foot 14 April 1798 to
1809 when placed on h.p.; col. 92 foot 6 Sep. 1823 to 20 July
1831; col. 37 foot 20 July 1831 to death; G.C.H. 27 May 1834;
general 28 June 1838; M.P. for Elginburghs 1826–1831; lord lieut.
of Elginshire 17 Feb. 1848 to death. _d._ Percy cross, Walham
Green, Middlesex 21 March 1851 aged 77. _bur._ in family vault,
Banff.

DUFF, REV. ALEXANDER. _b._ Auchnahyle farm, parish of Moulin,
Perthshire 26 April 1806; ed. at Univ. of St. Andrews, D.D. 1837;
ordained Aug. 1829; sent by general assembly of Church of Scotland
as their first missionary to India, reached Calcutta 27 May 1830
where he opened an English school 1830; edited the _Calcutta
Review_ 1845–49; moderator or pres. general assembly of Free
church of Scotland 1851 and 1873; LLD. New York 1854; the virtual
governor of Univ. of Calcutta 1857–63 where 4 Duff scholarships
were instituted; convener of the foreign missions committee 1864;
missionary professor in New college, Edin. 1867; author of _India
and India missions_ 1840; _The Jesuits_ 1845 and 12 other books.
_d._ Sidmouth, Devon 12 Feb. 1878. _Life of A. Duff by George
Smith 2 vols._ (1879), _2 portraits_; _Wylie’s Disruption
Worthies_ (1881) 215–22, _portrait_; _Hogg’s Instructor viii_, 369
(1852), _portrait_; _Graphic xvii_, 320 (1878), _portrait_.

DUFF, ARCHIBALD. Entered navy 29 June 1788; captain 22 Jany. 1806;
R.A. 17 Aug. 1840, V.A. 3 March 1849, admiral on half pay 4 July
1855. _d._ Braemoriston 9 Feb. 1858 aged 83.

DUFF, HENRIETTA ANNE (_dau. of Norwich Duff, V.A._) Author of
_Virginia, a Roman sketch_ 1877; _Fragments of verse_ 1880; _Honor
Carmichael, a study 2 vols._ 1880; _My imperialist neighbour and
other tales_ 1880. _d._ of heart disease at 9 Holland road, Hove,
Brighton 14 Nov. 1879 aged 37.

DUFF, JAMES. _b._ Innes house, Elgin 29 July 1831; ed. at Rugby; 2
lieut. 23 foot 15 May 1851, captain 29 Dec. 1854 to 4 Nov. 1859
when he sold out; taken prisoner at battle of Inkerman; M.P. for
North Norfolk 21 April 1876 to death. _d._ 36 Upper Brook st.
London 22 Dec. 1878.

DUFF, JAMES CUNINGHAME GRANT (_eld. son of John Grant of Kincardine,
who d. about 1799_). _b._ Banff 8 July 1789; ed. at Marischal
coll. Aberdeen; entered Bombay army 1805; fought against the
Mahrattas 1817–18; resident of Sattara 1818–1823; lived at Eden
near Banff 1825 to death; author of _History of the Mahrattas_
1826. _d._ Eden 23 Sep. 1858.

DUFF, MARY ANN (_dau. of Mr. Dyke of Kilkenny_). _b._ London 1795;
learnt dancing from D’Egville; first appeared as an actress at
Boston theatre U.S. Nov. 1810; first appeared in London at Drury
Lane 3 March 1828 as Isabella in _The fatal marriage_; played
leading Shakesperean parts with Edmund Kean in the United States
1821; retired from the stage at New York 1835. (_m._ (1) 1810 John
Duff of Dublin, actor 1787–1831, _m._ (2) 1833 Charles Young,
marriage dissolved 1833, _m._ (3) Joel G. Seaver of New Orleans,
lawyer). _d._ New York 5 Sep. 1857. _Ireland’s Mrs. Duff_ 1883, _2
portraits_; _Ireland’s Records of the New York stage i_, 419–21
(1866).

DUFF, NORWICH. _b._ about 1793; entered navy June 1805; captain 23
April 1822; naval aide-de-camp to the Queen, May 1849 to 7 Oct.
1852; V.A. on half pay 28 Nov. 1857. _d._ Bath 20 April 1862 aged
68.

DUFFY, EDWARD. _b._ Ballaghadareen, co. Mayo 1840; devoted himself
to spreading Fenian principles in Connaught 1863; arrested at
Fairfield house, Sandymount 11 Nov. 1865, sentenced to a term of
imprisonment, liberated on bail in consequence of ill health Jany.
1866; again applied himself to the organisation; re-arrested at
Boyle 11 March 1867, tried 21 May 1867 and sentenced to 15 years
penal servitude; found dead in his cell at Millbank prison, London
17 Jany. 1868. _T. D. Sullivan’s Speeches from the Dock_, _23 ed.
part i, pp. 208–10_.

DUFFY, JOHN. Ensign 10 foot 21 Oct. 1795; major 43 foot 17 June
1813; lieut. col. 95 foot 21 Sep. 1815 to 25 Dec. 1818 when placed
on h.p., re-appointed lieut. col. of 95 foot 12 Aug. 1819; lieut.
col. 8 foot 9 Sep. 1819 to 20 March 1828 when placed on h.p.; col.
28 foot 18 May 1849, col. 8 foot 10 Oct. 1854 to death; L.G. 11
Nov. 1851; rose by his own merit without purchasing a single step;
C.B. 26 Sep. 1831. _d._ Jermyn st. Piccadilly, London 17 March
1855 aged 76.

DUFTON, WILLIAM (_younger son of John Dufton of Brigham,
Cumberland_). _b._ Cumberland; educ. Borough hospitals, London and
at Jervis st. hospital, Dublin; surgeon at Birmingham 1831 to
death; established Institution for relief of deafness and was its
sole medical officer 1844 to decease; chief consulting
practitioner in midland district for deafness; author of _The
nature and treatment of deafness and diseases of the ear, and the
treatment of the deaf and dumb_ 1844, _another ed. Philadelphia_
1848. _d._ of heart disease at 39 Temple st. Birmingham 17 Oct.
1859 aged 53.

DUFTON, WILLIAM. _b._ Northampton 13 March 1830; kept the
Philharmonic billiard saloons, Islington, London; played many
billiard matches with John Roberts senior; played Edward Green for
£1000 at St. James’s hall, London 30 Jany. 1865 gaining by 1001 to
893; entertained at a banquet at Victoria club, London 1865 when
presented with a testimonial and 200 guineas; taught the Prince of
Wales and many of the nobility; the inventor of handicap
billiards; author of _Practical Billiards_ 1867, _3 ed._ 1873;
present at match between Wm. Cook and John Roberts junior at
Gaiety restaurant, London 28 May 1877; poisoned himself with
cyanide of potassium at Canterbury tavern, Brixton, London 29 May
1877. _bur._ Norwood cemetery 4 June. _W. Dufton’s Practical
billiards_ 1867, _portrait_; _Illust. Sporting News iii_, 356
(1864), _portrait_, _iv_, 633 (1865), _portrait_, _and v_, 108,
121 (1866), _portrait_; _Bell’s Life in London 2 June 1877 pp._ 3,
5.

DUGDALE, WILLIAM STRATFORD. _b._ 1 April 1800; ed. at Westminster
and Ch. Ch. Ox.; M.P. for Shaftesbury, Dorset 1830–1831, for
Bramber, Sussex 1831–1832, for North Warwickshire 1832–1847. _d._
Blyth hall near Coleshill 15 Sep. 1871.

DUGGAN, PETER PAUL. _b._ Ireland about 1810; went to the United
States; Professor of Art New York Free Academy soon after its
opening; devoted himself chiefly to crayon drawing. _d._ Paris 15
Oct. 1861.

DUGMORE, WILLIAM (_younger son of John Dugmore of Swaffham, Norfolk,
comr. of inclosures, who d. 11 Feb. 1844 aged 87_). _b._ 1800;
barrister L.I. 24 June 1828; practised as conveyancer; Q.C. 22
Feb. 1861. _d._ Cannes 1 July 1872.

DUIGAN, DANIEL JOHN. L.R.C.S. Ireland 1844, F.R.C.S. 1845; M.D.
Aberdeen 1857; M.R.C.P. 1860; assistant surgeon R.N. 26 July 1844,
surgeon 29 Aug. 1854, fleet surgeon 31 March 1867; retired deputy
inspector general of hospitals and fleets 22 April 1876; C.B. 24
May 1881. _d._ 29 Edith road, West Kensington, London 2 Dec. 1884
in 63 year.

DUKE, REV. EDWARD (_2 son of Edward Duke of Lake house near
Amesbury, Wilts._) _b._ 1779; ed. at Magd. hall, Ox., B.A. 1803,
M.A. 1807; contributed to _Gent. Mag._ 1823–49; author of
_Prolusiones historicæ or essays illustrative of the Halle of John
Halle citizen of Salisbury vol. i_, 1837; _The Druidical temples
of the county of Wilts_ 1846. _d._ Lake house 28 Aug. 1852. _G.M.
xxxviii_, 643–44 (1852).

DUKE, SIR JAMES, 1 Baronet (_3 son of John Duke of Montrose,
merchant, who d. Aug. 1822 aged 63_). _b._ Montrose 31 Jany. 1792;
secretary to Admiral Sir John Gore 1814; coal factor and insurance
broker in London 1819–48; pres. of Honourable Artillery company
1868 to death; sheriff of London and Middlesex 1836; knighted by
the king at St. James’s palace 5 April 1837; alderman of ward of
Farringdon without, city of London 1840 to death, lord mayor
1848–49; M.P. for Boston 1837–1849, for city of London 1849–1865;
created a Baronet on opening of new coal exchange, London 30 Oct.
1849. _d._ Laughton lodge, Hawkhurst, Sussex 28 May 1873. _I.L.N.
xiii_, 297 (1848), _portrait_, _lxii_, 541, 547, (1873),
_portrait_.

DUKE, THOMAS ASSHETON. _b._ 1805; ensign Madras European regiment 13
Feb. 1821, major 2 Jany. 1843; brigadier general Madras 8 Dec.
1857 to 12 Sep. 1859; major general Madras 20 April 1864 to 19
April 1869; general 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ 7 Queen’s gardens, Hyde
park, London 22 Feb. 1887.

DUKINFIELD, REV. THOMAS JACOB JOHN, 7 Baronet (_3 son of Sir
Nathaniel Dukinfield, 5 Baronet, who d. 20 Oct. 1824_). _b._
Sulham near Reading 1 Jany. 1791; ed. at Musselburgh, Rugby, Eton
and Ch. Ch. Ox., student 1810; B.A. 1813, M.A. 1816; P.C. of
Ruscombe, Berkshire 1814–16; V. of Waltham, St. Lawrence,
Berkshire 1816–34; V. of St. Giles, Reading 1816–34; Preb. of
Salisbury 29 March 1832 to 1856; V. of St. Martin in the Fields,
Westminster 1834–48; succeeded his brother 7 Dec. 1836. _d._ 33
Eaton place, London 24 Jany. 1858. _A memoir of Rev. Sir H. R.
Dukinfield, privately printed_ 1861.

DUMBRECK, SIR DAVID (_only son of Thomas Dumbreck, collector of
inland, revenue at Glasgow_). _b._ Aberdeenshire 1805; ed. at
Univ. of Edin., M.D. 1830; L.R.C.S. Edin. 1825; hospital assistant
in the army 3 Nov. 1825, surgeon 2 July 1841, inspector general 19
July 1859; served with the army in the Crimea as senior deputy
inspector general, placed on half pay 1 May 1860; hon. physician
to the Queen 21 Nov. 1865; C.B. 4 Feb. 1856, K.C.B. 20 May 1871.
_d._ 34 Via Montebello, Florence 24 Jany. 1876.

DUN, CHARLES DENIS. Entered Madras army 1804; col. 41 Madras N.I.
1854 to death; L.G. 6 Jany. 1863. _d._ the Cloisters, Bath 16 Aug.
1864 aged 77.

DUN, FINLAY. _b._ Aberdeen 24 Feb. 1795; ed. at Perth gr. sch. and
Univ. of Edin.; studied the violin under Baillot in Paris; first
viola player in orchestra of San Carlo theatre, Naples; teacher of
the violin, composition and singing in Edin.; is best known by the
collections of Scotch songs which he edited; composed glees, songs
and dance music. _d._ suddenly at Edinburgh 28 Nov. 1853.

DUNBAR, REV. DUNCAN. _b._ Northern Highlands of Scotland about 1791;
in business in Aberdeen 1811–17; went to New Brunswick 1817;
became a Baptist, immersed in the harbour of St. John 31 Oct.
1818; pastor of Mc Dougal st. Baptist chapel, New York. _d._ New
York 28 July 1864. _Life of Rev. D. Dunbar by Rev. Jeremiah
Chaplin, New York_ 1878.

DUNBAR, GEORGE. _b._ Coldingham, Berwickshire 1774; published
_Herodotus cum annotationibus 7 vols._ 1806–7; _Elements of the
Greek language_ 1834, _2 ed._ 1846; _A new Greek and English and
English and Greek lexicon_ 1840, _3 ed._ 1850; assistant professor
of Greek literature in Univ. of Edin. 1805, professor 1806 to
death; F.R.S. Edin., M.A. Edin. 1807. _d._ Rose park, Trinity,
Edinburgh 6 Dec. 1851. _G.M. xxxvii_, 195–96 (1852).

DUNBAR, GEORGE (_son of Alexander Orr of Landmore, co.
Londonderry_). _b._ 1810; assumed name of Dunbar instead of Orr
1833; M.P. for Belfast 1835–1837 and 1838–1841. _d._ 17 Aug. 1875.

DUNBAR, JOHN. _b._ Cork 17 May 1827; fellow of Univ. of Bombay; M.P.
for New Ross 9 Feb. 1874 to death. _d._ 19 Russell road,
Kensington, London 3 Dec. 1878.

DUNBAR, ROBERT NUGENT. Lived many years in the West Indies; author
of the following poems _The Cruise or a prospect of the West
Indian archipelago_ 1835; _The Caraguin, a tale of the Antilles_
1837; _Indian hours or passion and poetry of the Tropics_ 1839;
_Beauties of Tropical scenery, lyrical sketches and love songs_
1862, _3 ed._ 1866, and of a song entitled _Garibaldi at the opera
of ‘Masaniello’_ 1864. _d._ Paris, July or August 1866.

DUNCAN, ALEXANDER. Entered Bengal army 1795; col. 5 Bengal N.I. 1
May 1824 to death; general 20 June 1854. _d._ Gattonside house,
Melrose 14 May 1859.

DUNCAN, DAVID (_son of James Duncan of Alyth, Perthshire_). _b._
Perthshire 1831; a merchant in Chili 10 years, then at Liverpool;
M.P. for Barrow in Furness, Nov. 1885, unseated on petition for
illegal employment of voters 16 March 1886; M.P. for Exchange
division of Liverpool, July 1886 to death. _d._ Gayton hall,
Heswall, Cheshire 30 Dec. 1886.

DUNCAN, DAVID. _b._ Perth 1823; printer at Cardiff 1858 to death;
founded _Cardiff Times_ 1857, _South Wales Daily News_ 1872,
_South Wales Echo_ evening paper 1884. _d._ Penarth, Cardiff 14
Jany. 1888.

DUNCAN, EDWARD. _b._ London 1804; member of New Soc. of Painters in
water colours 1831; member of Old Water colour Soc. 1848;
landscape painter, etcher and lithographer; illustrated _The life
of Nelson_ 1849 and other works; his works were sold at Christie’s
11 March 1885. _d._ 36 Upper park road, Haverstock hill, London 11
April 1882. _I.L.N. lxxx_, 404 (1882), _portrait_.

DUNCAN, FRANCIS (_son of John Duncan of Aberdeen, advocate_). _b._
Aberdeen 4 April 1836; ed. at Univ. of Aberdeen, M.A. 1855; lieut.
R.A. 24 Sep. 1855, lieut. col. 1 Oct. 1882 to 1 Oct. 1887 when
placed on h.p.; col. in army 15 June 1885; reorganized the
Egyptian artillery 1883; in command at Wady Halfa during the Nile
expedition 1885; contested Morpeth 6 Feb. 1874, Durham city 13
June 1874, and Finsbury April 1880; M.P. for Holborn division of
Finsbury, Nov. 1885 to death; seconded address to Queen 9 Feb.
1888; C.B. 25 Aug. 1885; author of _History of the Royal
Artillery_, _2 ed. 2 vols._ 1872, _3 ed._ 1879; _The English in
Spain, the war of succession_ 1877. _d._ The Common, Woolwich 16
Nov. 1888. _Graphic 18 Feb. 1888 p. 132_, _portrait_.

DUNCAN, GEORGE. _b._ 1791; a merchant in Dundee to 1831; M.P. for
Dundee 1841–57; mainly instrumental in introducing steam
navigation between Dundee and London. _d._ The Vine, Dundee 6
Jany. 1878.

DUNCAN, REV. JOHN (_eld. child of John Duncan of Gilcomston, parish
of Old Machar, city of Aberdeen, shoemaker_). _b._ Gilcomston
1796; ed. at Aberdeen gr. sch. and Univ., B.A., M.A., LLD. 1840;
licensed by the Presbytery 24 June 1825; min. of Persie chapel,
parish of Bendochy, Sep. 1830 to July 1831; ordained in the Barony
parish church, Glasgow 28 April 1836; min. of Milton church,
Glasgow 1836–42; first missionary from the Church of Scotland to
the Jews at Buda-Pesth 1840–1843; joined Free church 1843;
professor of Hebrew and oriental languages New coll. Edinburgh
1843 to death; edited in 1838 a British edition of E. Robinson’s
_Greek and English Lexicon of the New Testament_. _d._ 10
Dalrymple crescent, Edinburgh 26 Feb. 1870. _David Brown’s Life of
John Duncan, LLD._ (1872); _Recollections of John Duncan by A. M.
Stuart_ (1872); _Wylie’s Disruption Worthies_ (1881) 231–36,
_portrait_.

DUNCAN, JOHN (_natural son of John Duncan of Drumlithie,
Kincardineshire, weaver_). _b._ Stonehaven, Kincardineshire 19
Dec. 1794; weaver at Aberdeen 1816–24, a country weaver at
Longfolds 1826–32, at Netherton 1836–49, at Auchleven 1849–52, at
Droughsburn 1852 to death; collected a very fine herbarium which
he presented to the Univ. of Aberdeen 31 Dec. 1880. _d._
Droughsburn 9 Aug. 1881. Buried in Alford churchyard 15 Aug. _The
life of John Duncan by W. Jolly_ 1883, _portrait_; _H. A. Page’s
Leaders of men_ (1880) 220–63.

DUNCAN, JONATHAN (_son of Jonathan Duncan 1756–1811, governor of
Bombay_). _b._ Bombay; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1821; edited
_Guernsey and Jersey Mag. 4 vols._ 1836–37; wrote and spoke
frequently on financial matters and other questions of reform;
started _The Journal of Industry_ 1850, 16 numbers only; author of
_History of Russia 2 vols._ 1854 and many other books. _d._ 33
Norland sq. Notting hill, London 20 Oct. 1865 aged 65.

DUNCAN, RIGHT REV. PATRICK (_son of John Duncan of parish of
Kilmactiague, co. Sligo_). _b._ parish of Kilmactiague 5 Feb.
1790; ed. at Ballaghadereen and Maynooth; ordained priest 1820;
bishop of Achonry 1852 to death, elected 28 Sep. 1852, consecrated
30 Nov. 1852. _d._ Ballaghadereen 1 May 1875.

DUNCAN, PHILIP BURY (_son of Rev. John Duncan, R. of South
Warnborough, Hants._) _b._ South Warnborough 1772; ed. at
Winchester and New coll. Ox., fellow 1792; B.A. 1794, M.A. 1798,
D.C.L. 1855; barrister L.I. 24 May 1800; lived much at Bath 1801
to death; keeper of Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 1826 to 1855; author
of _Reliquiæ Romanæ_ 1836; _Essays and Miscellanea_ 1840 and other
books. _d._ Westfield lodge near Bath 12 Nov. 1863.

DUNCAN, REV. THOMAS. _b._ parish of Cameron, Scotland, Oct. 1777;
ed. at Univ. of St. Andrews; a preacher of the Established Church;
rector of Dundee Academy 1802–20; professor of mathematics in
Univ. of St. Andrews, Nov. 1820 to death; author of _Elements of
plane geometry_ 1848. _d._ St. Andrews 23 March 1858.

DUNCAN, WILLIAM AUGUSTINE. _b._ Aberdeenshire 1811; publisher and
bookseller at Aberdeen 5 years; went to New South Wales, July
1838; a publisher in Sydney 1838; edited the _Australasian
Chronicle_ 3 Sep. 1839 to 1843; issued _Duncan’s Weekly Register
of politics, facts, and general literature_ 1843; sub-collector of
customs at Moreton Bay 1846; collector of customs for N.S.W. Jany.
1859 to 1881; C.M.G. 1881; author of _A plea for New South Wales
constitution_ 1856. _d._ Aug. 1885.

DUNCOMBE, ARTHUR (_4 son of 1 Baron Feversham 1764–1841_). _b._ 24
March 1806; entered navy 1 April 1819; captain 24 Oct. 1834; R.A.
on h.p. 1 Dec. 1856; admiral on h.p. 18 Oct. 1867; M.P. for East
Retford 1830–31 and 1835–51, M.P. for East Riding of Yorkshire
1851–68; groom in waiting to the Queen 1841–46; lord of the
Admiralty Feb. to Dec. 1852; sheriff of Yorkshire 1874; chairman
of East Riding quarter sessions. _d._ Kilnwick Percy near
Pocklington, Yorkshire 6 Feb. 1889.

DUNCOMBE, VERY REV. AUGUSTUS (_brother of the preceding_). _b._
Helmsley near York 2 Nov. 1814; ed. at Worcester coll. Ox., B.A.
1836, M.A. 1852, B.D. and D.D. 1859; preb. of York cathedral 18
Oct. 1841 to 1858; dean of York 28 May 1858 to death; precentor of
York 1862 to death; declined Scotch bishopric of Argyll and the
Isles 1874; spent a large sum of money on the cathedral; restored
St. Mary’s ch. Castlegate, York at cost of £4000; author of
_Manual of family devotions_ 1868. _d._ York 26 Jany. 1880. _bur._
in Helmsley church 30 Jany., personalty sworn under £500,000 March
1880. _A memorial of A. Duncombe, Dean of York_ 1880; _The Church
of England photographic portrait gallery_ 1859 _pt._ 49,
_portrait_; _Church Portrait Journal iii_, 41, (1879), _portrait_.

DUNCOMBE, OCTAVIUS (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 24 Arlington
st. Piccadilly, London 8 April 1817; cornet 1 Life guards 3 April
1835, lieut. 19 July 1839, retired 1839; M.P. for North Riding of
Yorkshire 1841–65 and 1867–74; an original director of Great
Northern railway company 1846, chairman July 1874 to death; col.
of Cambridgeshire militia 2 Aug. 1852 to death; sheriff of Hunts.
1866. _d._ 84 Eaton sq. London 3 Dec. 1879.

NOTE.—It is a curious coincidence that his death should have
occurred on the same day as that of Edward Shipley Ellis
chairman of the Midland Railway company.