Danby, Thomas Osborne, Esq. of, one of Charles II.’s courtiers, impeached for his share in the negotiations by which France was to pension Charles on condition of his refusal to assist the Dutch.
Danes, only had a few trading stations in India, which they sold to the British in 1845.
Demosthenes and Hyperides, the two great orators of Athens who were also contemporaries and friends.
De Pauw, Cornelius, a Dutch canon (1739-99), esteemed by Frederic the Great among others, as one of the freest speculators of his day.
Derby, James Stanley, Earl of, one of Charles I’s supporters, captured at Worcester and beheaded in 1651.
Derwentwater... Cameron, Stuart adherents who suffered for their share in the attempts of 1715 and 1745.
Dido, Queen of Carthage, who after years of mourning for her first husband, vainly sought the love of Aeneas.
Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse (367-343 B.C.) who gathered to his court the foremost men of the time in literature and philosophy.
Dodd, Dr., a royal chaplain and fashionable preacher whose extravagance led him to forge a bond of Lord Chesterfield’s, for which he was sentenced to death and duly executed (1729-77).
Dodington, George Bubb, a time-serving and unprincipled politician in the time of George II., afterwards Baron Melcombe.