DOMVILLE, William Thomas (brother of the preceding). Assistant surgeon R.N. 3 May 1842; surgeon 7 Feb. 1852; served in Resolute in Arctic regions in search of Sir John Franklin 1852–54; inspector general of hospitals and fleets 18 Feb. 1875; in chief control of Haslar hospital 13 Nov. 1877 to death; C.B. 2 June 1877. d. royal naval hospital, Haslar 21 Oct. 1879.
DON, Emily Eliza (eld. dau. of John Saunders of Adelphi theatre, London, actor). Acted in comedy and farce at Adelphi, Haymarket, Surrey and other theatres. (m. at Marylebone 17 Oct. 1857 Sir Wm. Henry Don 1825–62). acted in Australia 1861–2, in England 1862–7, in New York 1867; lessee of T.R. Nottingham short time; sang at music halls latterly. d. Edinburgh 20 Sep. 1875.
DON, George (eld. son of George Don, curator of royal botanic garden, Edinburgh). b. Doo Hillock, Forfarshire 17 May 1798; assistant in Botanic garden, Chelsea 1818–21; travelled as collector of Horticultural Society in Brazil, West Indies and Sierra Leone, Dec. 1821 to Feb. 1823; F.L.S. 1831; published A general system of gardening and botany 4 vols. 1832–38. d. Bedford place, Kensington, London 25 Feb. 1856. Proc. of Linnæan Soc. (1856) 39–41.
DON, Sir William Henry, 7 Baronet (only son of Sir Alexander Don, 6 bart. of Newtondon, Berwickshire, who d. 11 April 1826 aged 47). b. 4 May 1825; ed. at Eton 1838–41; page to Lady Montgomerie at Eglinton tournament 28–30 Aug. 1839; cornet 5 dragoon guards 3 June 1842, lieut. 14 March 1845 to 28 Nov. 1845 when he sold out; owner of steeple chase horses; sold Newtondon for £85,000; acted in America 1850–55, in Great Britain 1855–61, in Australia 1861 to death; played Queen Elizabeth in burlesque of Kenilworth at Hobart Town 15 March 1862. d. Webb’s hotel, Hobart Town 19 March 1862. N. P. Willis’s Hurry-graphs, 2 ed. (1851) 230–33.
DONALDSON, John. Called to Scottish bar 1826; a teacher of music in Edinburgh; Reid professor of music in Univ. of Edin. 1845 to death; contributed largely to means of carrying out concerts by erection of music room and organ 1860; got rights of the professor established by process at law 1855 after 5 years litigation; granted civil list pension of £75, 19 April 1861. d. Marchfield near Edin. 12 Aug. 1865. Sir A. Grant’s Story of the Univ. of Edinburgh ii, 232–3, 459–61 (1884).
DONALDSON, Rev. John William (2 son of Stuart Donaldson of London, merchant). b. London 7 June 1811; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1834, M.A. 1837, B.D. 1844, D.D. 1849; fellow of his college 1835–40; head master of Bury St. Edmunds school 1841–55; a tutor at Cambridge 1855 to death; author of The New Cratylus, or contributions towards a more accurate knowledge of the Greek language 1839, 3 ed. 1859; Complete Greek grammar 1848; Complete Latin grammar 1852; Jashar, fragmenta archetypa carminum Hebraicorum 1854, 2 ed. 1860; Christian orthodoxy reconciled with the conclusions of modern Biblical learning 1857 and about 20 other books. d. 21 Craven hill, Hyde park, London 10 Feb. 1861.
DONALDSON, Sir Stuart Alexander (brother of the preceding). b. London 26 Dec. 1815; partner in mercantile firm of Donaldson and Co. of Sydney, N.S.W. 1836–56; a territorial magistrate 1838–59; member of council and assembly 1848–59; colonial sec. 6 June to 25 Aug. 1856; colonial treasurer 3 Oct. 1856 to 7 Sep. 1857; fought a duel with Sir Thomas Mitchell 27 Sep. 1851; returned to England 1859; contested Harwich 24 April 1860; knighted by patent 23 Aug. 1860. d. Carleton hall, Cumberland 11 Jany. 1867.
DONALDSON, Thomas Leverton (eld. son of James Donaldson of London, architect). b. 8 Bloomsbury sq. London 19 Oct. 1795; studied architecture in Italy and Greece; member of Academy of St. Luke at Rome 1822; architect in London; an active founder of Royal Institute of British Architects 1834, gold medallist 1851, pres. 1864; professor of architecture at Univ. coll. London 1841–65, emeritus professor July 1865 to death; district surveyor for South Kensington; exhibited 27 works at R.A. 1816–54; author of Pompeii 2 vols. 1827; A collection of the most approved examples of doorways from ancient buildings in Greece and Italy 1833 and 10 other books. d. 21 Upper Bedford place, Bloomsbury, London 1 Aug. 1885. Builder 24 July 1869 p. 586, portrait, 8 Aug. 1885 p. 179.
DONALDSON, Walter Alexander. Actor at Dublin; in Scotland; first appeared in London at Royal Coburg theatre 11 May 1818 as Second Smuggler in Trial by Battle; appeared at Bristol 1826; retired about 1852; author of Recollections of an actor 1865; reprinted under title of Fifty years of green-room gossip 1881, Theatrical portraits or the days of Shakespeare, Betterton, Garrick and Kemble 1870 with portrait of Donaldson. d. Putney near London 19 Dec. 1877 aged 84.
DONEGALL, George Hamilton Chichester, 3 Marquis of (eld. child of 2 Marquis of Donegall 1769–1844). b. Great Cumberland place, London 10 Feb. 1797; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox.; lieut. 7 hussars 4 Oct. 1821 to 16 April 1823 when placed on h.p.; M.P. for Carrickfergus 1818–20, for Belfast 1820–30, for Antrim 1830–37, for Belfast again 1837–38; vice chamberlain of the household 1830–34; P.C. 19 July 1830; G.C.H. 1831; lord lieut. of co. Antrim 24 April 1841 to death; col. of Antrim militia 3 April 1841 to 17 Aug. 1881; created a peer of the U.K. by titles of baron Ennishowen of Ennishowen, co. Donegal and Carrickfergus of Carrickfergus, co. Antrim 18 Aug. 1841; succeeded 5 Oct. 1844; militia aide de camp to the Queen 15 April 1847 to death; captain of yeomen of the guard 16 Feb. 1848 to 1852; K.P. 1857; lieut. col. commandant of London Irish volunteers 15 May 1860 to death; col. of 4 battalion Royal Irish rifles 17 Aug. 1881 to death. d. Brighton 20 Oct. 1883.